standup303
Well-Known Member
Super excited to be starting my first classic car build. I’ve always been a bike guy in the past owning everything from dirt bikes to road race bikes and Harleys. Now with a 3 year old I’ve sold off the bikes and picked up my 74 Dart Swinger.
I purchased the car 7/18/22 in Colorado Springs. It has a Plum Crazy Purple 5 foot paint job, new vinyl top, some new seat covers, and runs/shifts fairly decently. It’s a 225 slant six with 54k miles. I really wanted a Dart Swinger in good overall condition with ready to roll body, interior, paint so I can focus on the fun performance aspects.
My immediate plans include:
-Change oil and coolant
-New air cleaner
-New spark plugs
-New muffler and get a few pinholes in the pipe welded at the same time. Going to fake it till I make it and get a Flowmaster 40 installed.
In the next few months:
-Convert to power brakes
-New pads/drilled slotted rotors up front, new shoes out back
-New shocks all around
Starting to research V8 swaps, looking heavily into a 360 swap and what all is involved.
Thanks for looking!
I purchased the car 7/18/22 in Colorado Springs. It has a Plum Crazy Purple 5 foot paint job, new vinyl top, some new seat covers, and runs/shifts fairly decently. It’s a 225 slant six with 54k miles. I really wanted a Dart Swinger in good overall condition with ready to roll body, interior, paint so I can focus on the fun performance aspects.
My immediate plans include:
-Change oil and coolant
-New air cleaner
-New spark plugs
-New muffler and get a few pinholes in the pipe welded at the same time. Going to fake it till I make it and get a Flowmaster 40 installed.
In the next few months:
-Convert to power brakes
-New pads/drilled slotted rotors up front, new shoes out back
-New shocks all around
Starting to research V8 swaps, looking heavily into a 360 swap and what all is involved.
Thanks for looking!