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    65 Dart GT Project Started

    Thanks
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    65 Dart GT Project Started

    Took 1st at the first car show!! Wife is now hooked cant wait till next show. She thought it would be boring but she had lots of fun. I met 2 other a body members as well. These cars are not a bodys but i had to share that we brought 3 cars and took 4 trophys My brothers 71 Road Runner took best...
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    65 Dart GT Project Started

    Well I finaly got the brake issue figured out!! I been fighting no pedal since getting it done!! I tried 3 diferent master booster combos and none worked any better!! I then decided i wasnt getting enough stroke on MC and the pedal hitting the floor was the limmiting factor!! I cut and bent it...
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    72 swinger: wierdest brake issue

    Sorry if i jacked this post but i solved my problem. I heated and bent my pedal as the limiting factor for full stroke was the floor board. after i did that and bled the brakes agian i now i have good brakes. I also eliminated the proportioning valve (combo valve) and have them direct to M/C so...
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    72 swinger: wierdest brake issue

    Ok i am having this same issue on my 65 dart. What do you mean by up or down? Where do the need to point?? thanks
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    65 Dart GT Project Started

    Well i got the car home a couple weeks ago the first pick is of it making it into the garage a changed car!! The 3rd pic is of wife getting her first ride this is 4th and 5th pic as well!! She was having trouble backing it up? She could see to much!!LOL
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    65 Dart GT Project Started

    I have not put the stripe on yet as i may repaint car this winter. The paint didnt quite turn out as nice as i wantes (lots of sink back) if it doesnt wetsand out then i will repaint. This is not the factory yellow bill i just mixed white and yellow too until i got desired color as well. The...
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    65 Dart GT Project Started

    Rapid I am not sure what you mean attached but if you are talking about the 3 vent port things this was factory installed on gt models. I need to find 1 more as i only have 2 for right side
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    65 Dart GT Project Started

    Well i havnt posted in a while as i have been pretty busy doing stuff around the house!! Wife wanted a pool so that took a couple of weeks then it got way to hot!! but I am now on the finishing stages. I have most of it together and running and driving after i figured out that i cannot use a...
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    65 Dart GT Project Started

    Well i took a little bit of a break (2 weeks) was getting burnt out so did some other projects. Got back at it a week ago or so and got the final paint on and got the motor and tranny in today. Now i will wire tommorow and see if i can get it to turn over. I will also be installing a lokar...
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    8 3/4 rear end swap

    Oops you are right I have the 8 1/4 I dont know why i was thinking 3/4. I am trying to find a 8 3/4 for my charger. And it may have been a sport I got the disk brake setup out of it and didnt pay to much attention to rest of car. Sorry
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    upper control arm bushings

    If your local parts store has a tool rental program get yourself a balljoint press set. Get the large set and it will have all the fitting you need to get these out. You also could do all your bushing and ball joints with this tool as well. And it would be a good time as you will nead a...
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    65 mopar wheels and tire

    Did you convert this to large bolt pattern? I think all early a bodys where 4 inch pattern? I may be mistaken though
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    8 3/4 rear end swap

    You can shorten a driveshaft yourself. No need for balancing we have done this lots of times. The rubber line for dist. block is in a different location but you can move this if you run a new hardline over and a new bracket. Not all 83/4 were small bolt pattern the later years were 4.5 I have...
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    65 Dart GT Project Started

    I havnt posted in a while because all the pics look the same!! 2 filler coats and lots of blocking and i put the first coat of color on tonight!!! Now i will let that sit for a week and then wetsand and then more color stripes and clearcoat. Getting motor ready tommorow for install mabey thursday!!
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