'75 Swinger, The Dartness!
Hi all, I just thought I'd post a few pictures of my car and the work I've done to it. When I got it it looked more or less like it does now, but it was (barely) running on 5 cylinders. So I took it down, rebuilt it (In a parking lot, without an engine stand, on the ground.) And put it in with a new Torque converter. It still needs a carb rebuild, (I have to put the idle air screw all the way in for it to run, I've been told it shouldn't run at all in this situation.) Nonetheless, I'm driving it now, and I got some pictures.
I'm really happy with how the hubcaps came out. I wanted the dog dish hubcap look, but I was only able to acquire three of the requisite caps. So I masked the centers of the regular caps, sandblasted, sanded, and painted the outer rim black. I honestly think it looks far better than even the poverty caps would.
I'm going to black the bumpers too, I'm going to try and fabricate nice looking police-style push bars, and install driving lights a lot like this hang-10 dart's. Meanwhile, there's also body work to do. Good bit of bondo and painted-over-rust in those rockers and fenders. I'll probably have it resprayed Sunburst Orange Perl once I'm done with it.
The slant probably won't stay in it forever. I'm specing parts to build a 400-425 horse 5.9 magnum. Looking also to put the late model overdrive tranny and rear end out of a Dakota or Durango under it. I'll keep y'all posted on the progress.
Hi all, I just thought I'd post a few pictures of my car and the work I've done to it. When I got it it looked more or less like it does now, but it was (barely) running on 5 cylinders. So I took it down, rebuilt it (In a parking lot, without an engine stand, on the ground.) And put it in with a new Torque converter. It still needs a carb rebuild, (I have to put the idle air screw all the way in for it to run, I've been told it shouldn't run at all in this situation.) Nonetheless, I'm driving it now, and I got some pictures.
I'm really happy with how the hubcaps came out. I wanted the dog dish hubcap look, but I was only able to acquire three of the requisite caps. So I masked the centers of the regular caps, sandblasted, sanded, and painted the outer rim black. I honestly think it looks far better than even the poverty caps would.
I'm going to black the bumpers too, I'm going to try and fabricate nice looking police-style push bars, and install driving lights a lot like this hang-10 dart's. Meanwhile, there's also body work to do. Good bit of bondo and painted-over-rust in those rockers and fenders. I'll probably have it resprayed Sunburst Orange Perl once I'm done with it.
The slant probably won't stay in it forever. I'm specing parts to build a 400-425 horse 5.9 magnum. Looking also to put the late model overdrive tranny and rear end out of a Dakota or Durango under it. I'll keep y'all posted on the progress.
