'75 Swinger, The Dartness!

Well, the dartness is finally driving on the road!! And it's about dammned time!!!

The transmission, as it turns out, was complete and utter ****. I ended up just finding a guy on craigslist who was parting out a church van, and I got a new (to me) transmission, and I ended up pulling a straight 24-hour shift getting it in and in place.

I also took and fixed a bunch of other little gremlins, and Once I got the pan to stop leaking, it's been going like a champ. I've put a few hundred miles on it, and it's probably about time to do my first oil change on the broken in motor.

It's still got some work to be done, though. I've gotta fiddle with the speedo gear, get that set right, gotta adjust the shift linkage, gotta straighten the steering wheel. Gotta get an alignment, But that's all par for the course.

Important thing is, it's done. :)

The next things to do are body work and rust repair. There's a spring shackle that needs to be welded up. There's rust in the rockers, subframe and fenders I need to fix. And I need to sand, block, and repaint the whole car, because whoever did it before was a ponce.

But like I said, the important thing is, It's done. ;)

NOW! ONTO THE FUTURE!!!!