Recent content by charm

For the right price, I'd consider shipping you the green turd!

I imagine that was the line that was triple the cost of the of the others. Makes sense now!

The comment about not knowing how old the fluid is, it's too old, I think is what sparked my question. When I first got the car from my in-laws, I figured it just needed new front shoes. So, I got those replaced. I knew that wasn't the issue because the shoes on it, while likely old, had...

Hoping somebody will tell me that my thought makes sense (or doesn't). 74 Dart Sport, 65k miles, 225 and an auto transmission. Other than a couple patches of steel in the floor boards, the car is bone stock, including the drum brakes. I drove the car the other day, something I've only done...

Or, I could use the fronts, with the 3.5" bs in the rear of the dart to shove the tire outboard and get the same size tire and wheel with a 4.5" bs for the front. This would give me, I think, a modern look and solve what I think was one of the biggest design flaws of cars of this era, the rear...

Sad. I guess they'll make a great platform to hone my wheel polishing skills on!

I may look into offsetting the springs in the rear if that'll get me there. First, however, I need to do the brakes and axles. I figure I have a year or two before these get on the car. In the meantime, I think slotted mags would look pretty awesome polished to a mirror like shine!

I just picked up a set of US Mags off of Craigslist, for free. The price was right regardless of whether or not I can make this set of wheels work on my 74 Dart Sport. All four wheels have a 3.5" backspace and the 5 on 4.5 bolt pattern. Fronts are 15x7.5 Rears are 15x9 They were on an...

After much soul searching, I've decided to sell my Dart. This was purchased new by my wife's grandfather and, considering its age, hasn't put very many miles on its own wheels...just ~65k. I won't bore you with any more of my in-law's history with the car...unless you ask. First the good...

The car was my wife's grandfather's. The rest is minimal. So far it's the pin holes in the trunk, a small spot in the forward portion of both sides of the floor pan, and a spot in the inner wheel well where some undercoating cracked and was packed with dirt. I assume there's also some rust...

While I haven't even bought a welder yet, let alone figured out how to work one, I'm starting to deal with the rust repair on my 74 Dart. In the spare tire well, driver's side, above the tank are some pin holes. Is there a good way to deal with this without pulling the tank? If they weren't...

AMEN!!!!! I'm in the Seattle area. I really don't see many of these cars. A few Swingers, but almost never see Sports.

Ultimately the car is worth whatever somebody will pay for it. If you were selling a Bugatti Veyron, I might offer $20 because I think they're hideous. Plenty of other people would pay you a $1 million + for it. And, frankly, before I brought this thing home from my in-laws, I was thinking...

I have a vision for the car! Or had one. My goal was to take make it look a little more modern. Lowered a touch, not much, just a little, bigger wheels, remove much of the chrome trim, and make everything clean. I think folks have talked me off the ledge, at least for awhile. I think...

Frame appears solid. While I could do a better rust inspection with the car on the lift, I think I know where everything, or is suspected to be. The photos show the years of leaking wiper seals and either the trunk seal or rear window. Based on the head liner, now in the garbage with the...