''I'm going to fix it up someday'' The resurrection of a '74 Dart Sport......

Well.......
We've all heard this statement, ''No, it's not for sale, i'm going to fix it up someday.'' On cars and barns it's a staple of the website.
THIS IS NOT A RESTORATION, IT"S A RESURRECTION!
There will be lots of pics of this build, and questions or comments are welcome.
Why this car? It's like one of those things that always sits in the back of your mind year after year, i really should do something with it some day.
I got this car in Fernie, B.C. on May 8 1986. I paid a dollar for it. The original owner bought it in Calgary, Alberta. It has 100,157 miles on it. It was a pretty typical build Dart Sport with a 225 /6, column auto, full wheel covers, wheel lip mouldings, drip trough mouldings, power steering, radio and heater, remote chrome mirror and not much else. The head gasket was blown and the original owner pulled it apart and couldn't figure how to put it back together. He said i could have the car if i took off the power steering box, rear tires, and headlights. I jumped at the chance and did that then flat towed the car to Cranbrook, B.C. where i lived. I had to pay a dollar for it because i wasn't related to him. I was 23 at the time i got it and i'm now 50.
I had big plans of putting a 440 in it with Pro Parts headers etc. but never did anything with it so it sat in the open and weathered.
I moved on to other projects, thinking i was going to fix it up someday.
This is not a rare car nor is it a particularly desirable one for that matter in it's new as bought form. But there is something about it that i have always loved about it, so with some discussions with some friends of mine and some careful planning i decided that now is the time to start building it.
It's not going to be fancy or tricked out with the latest gizmos or anything like that. It's built to be a reliable rain or shine daily driver with driver quality parts and a lot of good used parts that i've accumulated over the years.

First, i want to thank some friends of mine that were pivotal to this build.
- R.J. who without his shop, truck and trailer, hard work, patience, made it possible.
- Ken H with his restoration advice and some parts as well.
- George (gdrill on FABO) for helping work on the car and lending some key parts.
- My brothers who have always been behind me on the build.
- Doug and George in the machine shop of Silver Automotive in Lethbridge as well as Chris in the parts department for doing a lot of stuff at a moment's notice.
- And last but not least the wives and girlfriends of all of us who put up with our car hobby.

So, i'll get on with it, here's the victim as it sat a year or so ago.......

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