Finally the 66 Dart is here!!

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Enjoy:cheers: and tell your father he did a great job on Haelee Jean's cake, He still has the creative touch don't he :thumbrig:
Looking forward to the return of your monster 66 :cheers:
 
memike said:
Enjoy:cheers: and tell your father he did a great job on Haelee Jean's cake, He still has the creative touch don't he :thumbrig:
Looking forward to the return of your monster 66 :cheers:
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Thanks MeMike,my dad has been baking for 60 some odd years and hasn,t lost his touch at 78yrs old.:clock:


Well the 66 Dart made it to Ed,s without any salt on it.Weee!Ed and I got it up on stands and started in on it.Now I knew the left rear 1/4 had some major damage from 40 yrs ago and had been buttered up real good,but WOW!!bondo right over the paint??WTF?So now I,m looking for a left 1/4 panel or some 1/2 replacement panels for a 66 Dart 170.Anybody know were I can get one or some?AMD??Whats the name of the Desert place?MotorCity auto wreckers????Anyway,it was nice to spend some time with Ed working on the car.Ed and his wife and kids made me feel at home,shared dinner and slept on the couch.Ed and I were in tears laughing late lastnight reading Mullinax,s HAND thread.(priceless)LOL.Pics of the 66 Dart at Ed,s and a big job ahead.
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Can't wait to see the "New & Improved" version.......8)

Gonna show us any progress pics along the way?
 
Wow awesome scott. You guys should have that bad boy lookin good in no time. Keep us all updated with lots of pics!
 
I just called a salvage yard here in AZ on a LR quarter for you. He said $325. PM me if you'd like the contact info or if I can help you with it.
 
pettybludart said:
Thanks MeMike,my dad has been baking for 60 some odd years and hasn,t lost his touch at 78yrs old.:clock:


Well the 66 Dart made it to Ed,s without any salt on it.Weee!Ed and I got it up on stands and started in on it.Now I knew the left rear 1/4 had some major damage from 40 yrs ago and had been buttered up real good,but WOW!!bondo right over the paint??WTF?So now I,m looking for a left 1/4 panel or some 1/2 replacement panels for a 66 Dart 170.Anybody know were I can get one or some?AMD??Whats the name of the Desert place?MotorCity auto wreckers????Anyway,it was nice to spend some time with Ed working on the car.Ed and his wife and kids made me feel at home,shared dinner and slept on the couch.Ed and I were in tears laughing late lastnight reading Mullinax,s HAND thread.(priceless)LOL.Pics of the 66 Dart at Ed,s and a big job ahead.
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Mark Bruntmyer may have one off a parts car. Goes by AZMOPAR on Moparts. I think he's on this site as well. He's out of the Phoenix area
 
I have garage envy :) ..more pics when you can..

Looks great so far..

Grassy
 
Well I ordered a complete d.side 1/4 panel from Desert Valley,should be here next week?Thanks everybody for the links and help.
I got my sump welded in my gas tank also got the crack in my fenderwell headers welded up.Next is swapping my manual fuelpump and manual waterpump over to electric(parts are here)I,ve been polishing trim up also while the car is away for body/paint.Oh and some black bucket seats,so I can take a passenger down the track.:snakeman:
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You sure have been a busy man Scott 8)
Your welds and reworked tank looks great =P~:cheers:
Now when I make a trip to Canada I see there will be room for a passenger for a pass down the track =P~
What is the secret color you are going with on this mean 66 :-D
 
Sorry Memike,haven,t quite picked the exact color(so many to choose from)I will tell you this much,it will be blue.LOL:toothy10:
 
So what will you do after this ? Some sort of primer sprayed once or twice then spray with the colour of the car ? Bare metal is rather pretty ..too bad there is rust..

Is there a best primer out there ?

Grassy
 
grassy said:
So what will you do after this ? Some sort of primer sprayed once or twice then spray with the colour of the car ? Bare metal is rather pretty ..too bad there is rust..

Is there a best primer out there ?

Grassy
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I,m pretty sure once it,s down to bare metal,it will be sprayed with etching primer,some puddy on the bad spots,then primed again.I could be wrong Grassy as I,m not a bodyman,just the grunt.LOL
 
Had to look these up. Didn't realize that it was such a controversial subject - etcher vs. epoxy. The reason I ask ..if we are pulling everything off the car to replace, it would be almost criminal not to flip the car and with drills, wire brush the bottom . Trying to find a rotisserie to rent / borrow. With etcher, you have to have all the paint off and if you are doing body work, it will not stick..or so one site says.

I made the mistake of buying an underpowered air compressor.. the real numbers do not equate wit the ones on the machine ehrn I bought..i can just do light sand blasting but cnnot use a wench nor sander.

Looking forward to the next installment. I am quite enjoying this thread.

Ian.
 
Today my Caltracs showed up,these are speacial order # for 3 inch spring relo on an Early-A.I also bought a used rear bumper and some new(used) door handles.I,m just updating the thread to see if I can upload pics with the new server LOL.;-)

Well,my pics won,t upload now LOL...............Joey!!.....Help!
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Is working now LOL
 
Thank you Scott :thumleft: some 3x1 inch square tubing is on my list and my fab man will be doing this for me, I wont be needing boxes made ;-) all I want is to firm my girl up and this will do the trick.
This thread has helped me allot being a early A monster you have dun, I remember the day you said you have never built one and was buying a welder :happy2: and look at this 66 Dart today :thumleft: Thank you for all the great info and pictures many members will need I bet
 

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