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Thanks Darren, The best memories that will last a life time for all of us.I hope one day to do the same with my kids... keep up the good ..
Thanks Darren, The best memories that will last a life time for all of us.I hope one day to do the same with my kids... keep up the good ..
Let her look at some of the other builds on here. It takes time to reverse 50 years of deterioration. My 67 barracuda was like peeling a rotten onion. The farther in i went, the worse it got. I am now at i think the halfway point. All the awful stuff is fixed. Maybe having pix of finished darts to look at to see the results will help. Maybe get it far enough along that it can be driven while completing the bodywork. These things are a never ending work in progress. Some of the satisfaction lies in reversing the years of damage, and stepping back and looking at your accomplishment and saying wow i actually fixed that.Hey Matt, Going to let her drive one of my old cars to school for know. She is young and seeing the moneys go and not have the car going is hard for her. And sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a freight train. we start one thing and a whole can of worms happens. Thanks..
Yea thinking that's what we are going to do. It's only the lines on the rear end that don't fit. Made some for my sons 68 C/10 and they work good.Hey, on the brake lines, i purchased the brake line in a 50 foot long coil from jc whitney when i restored my 60 el camino and upgraded it to disc brakes and dual master cylinder. I had to plumb it all custom. I bought a double flare tool and practiced on my dining room table with a foot of brake line until i was able to make the flares correct every time. You can buy the gravel guard (springy wire covering for the tubing) by itself as well. May be easier and cheaper to bend your own. I think a 50' roll cost me about $20
looks like your having a great time being with your kids and teaching them all about the transportation world . maintaining the vehicle in safe working order is a life giving lesson a gift that keeps a life time long . have a 69 dart gts myself , just sitting there . that could be a great car restored . eng/trans/re (340 727 8 3/4 354ls) are done , just the rest that needs attention .
Thanks, Yes it is a great time love it. Even getting the granddaughter in to it. Need to get going on your dart is what my daughter said.
We lived in Missouri for 6 years, that's where they are for now.Where are the cars stored?
That's great! Its very rewarding to take something that has been neglected and bring it back to life, and she will be driving a cool car, I started on a 69 340 dart 15 months ago and found that most of the parts I needed were fairly easy to find, although not cheap.Here is the only pic we have for know, we will be pulling the dart out and home this week.. Need to get the tags on the car trailer.
She has been helping me wrench on it and buying her own parts with her own money.. She is now 19 and just cant wait to drive her little Dart Custom. Yea these parts are not cheap. She has got a few parts from peoples here on this site and other searches she has found..That's great! Its very rewarding to take something that has been neglected and bring it back to life, and she will be driving a cool car, I started on a 69 340 dart 15 months ago and found that most of the parts I needed were fairly easy to find, although not cheap.
And yet another year has gone by and still her dart is not here with her.. We have got in the over price trap of renting.. Lets hope this spring we will be getting her dart out here as she is so wanting to at least have it here, then the work will follow.. We fell like such a losers not being able to help with getting her car out here. Anyone know of a company that can transport it at an affordable price.?WOW. Time goes by so fast at times. Just a little update on the lack of work we have done on her dart... Well I went to Colorado in November for work, and yep July I moved the family out here. (From Missouri) Only bad thing is we had to leave her Dart and 2 other of our classics there in storage. Wanted to go back and get them after getting settled in here, but our Durango didn't see it our way and now we don't have a vehicle worthy of going and getting her dart nor the moneys. Know it is getting close to Christmas so guessing will have to wait tell spring now. She still looks for parts and talks about her dart. This is one of the hardest parts is wanting to get her Dart here and working on it with her but not sure when and how we will do this... Keeping our fingers crossed we can get them classics here A.S.A.P.
Dartnlo, if you end up doing this I would chip in some beer money.I'm right in between the Dart and your family. I would help if I get the chance and time! What area of CO and MO?
Thanks! Wouldn't it make a great weekend for a bunch of the Mizzou A-body folks to go break the car out of storage get it ready for the road and drive it to Colorado?! NO? Just my type of crazy then?Dartnlo, if you end up doing this I would chip in some beer money.
If you or somebody else can help with the tow I'd chip in for gas money. Maybe a few more members could too.I'm right in between the Dart and your family. I would help if I get the chance and time! What area of CO and MO?
I'd have to see if I still have access to a flatbed trailer. Depending on the cities it would be about 1100 miles for me personally. Less if @statten69 wanted to meet in KS.If you or somebody else can help with the tow I'd chip in for gas money. Maybe a few more members could too.
This has the makings of an epic road trip. Cooler of beer, sack of beef jersey, some Gatorade, and wa la you are in Colorado!I'd have to see if I still have access to a flatbed trailer. Depending on the cities it would be about 1100 miles for me personally. Less if @statten69 wanted to meet in KS.
A cooler of beer, bag of jerkey, and some Gatorade and you got the makings of an epic road trip right there!Thanks! Wouldn't it make a great weekend for a bunch of the Mizzou A-body folks to go break the car out of storage get it ready for the road and drive it to Colorado?! NO? Just my type of crazy then?
we are in Brighton Colorado. car is in Farmington mo.I'm right in between the Dart and your family. I would help if I get the chance and time! What area of CO and MO?
Yea its 909 ish miles from us now.I'd have to see if I still have access to a flatbed trailer. Depending on the cities it would be about 1100 miles for me personally. Less if @statten69 wanted to meet in KS.