'66 Dart Wagon Survivor "refurbish"

I've mentioned a bit about my project in other areas here, but thought I'd provide some "eye candy". The car is a VERY solid survivor that spent it's entire life in West Texas...and the last 20 years sitting in the desert. I spotted it online and it matches identically in year, color combo and options (except exhaust spoilers and dealer AC) as the one I rode all over the country in as a kid.

My brother and I have been "refurbishing it" , not restoring it as we want to keep as much a survivor as possible. It has all of it's original body panels, glass, trim and 95% of its paint. We re-did front seat, added dash overlay, gas tank, re-cored radiator, brakes and had some minor rust repaired in just the rear quarter panels (usual spot).

We presented it to my father and our siblings this Xmas...they got a kick out of it. The overwhelming comment from them was "I can't believe how small it is??" Of course, we're all in our forties or better now, so we're a bit bigger than we were when my parent took the five of us kids, crammed in this for yearly nine hour trips to Chicago!!

Hope you enjoy the shots. Last one is my father standing with his "2nd" Dart wagon.