75 Dart Swinger
I've been reading all of these restoration forums and figured I'd start my own so I could look back on it one day.
I picked up this 75 Dart this last winter for 400 bucks and a 300 dollar gun.
It's a 318 auto car and the plan is to put a low deck big block and an a-833 in it!
When I got it the driver side quarter panel had been replaced by the previous owner and his friend that was a welder (apparently) and it came with the panel to do the passenger side as well. He had put a Edelbrock air gap intake on and a 4 barrel carb (not sure what cfm)
The car runs pretty good but leaks a lot of oil and water. The whole car jerks forward a bit when I put it into drive but I only plan on driving the car with the 318/auto for this summer and put in the big block/a-833 this coming winter.
It's sitting on some wheels I got from a friend and they are definitely not the right back spacing but it does what I need it to right now, (Bringing it in and out of the shop and doing the occasional burnout).
The floor was pretty rotted so I just bit the bullet and bought the new floor pan from AMD and I just finished cutting the old one out and I'm going to sandblast the rest of the floor that doesn't warrent replacing but needs to be cleaned up and painted! The spare tire well needs to be replaced because it's rusted through but I think I'm just going to cut it out and put a flat piece of sheet metal over the hole until I feel like giving more money to AMD!
That's where it sits right now, I replaced the tie rod ends so it's in bad need of alignment but I'm hoping once the floor is in I'll bring it for an alignment and a safety (Because Canada) so I can start driving it!
I've been reading all of these restoration forums and figured I'd start my own so I could look back on it one day.
I picked up this 75 Dart this last winter for 400 bucks and a 300 dollar gun.
It's a 318 auto car and the plan is to put a low deck big block and an a-833 in it!
When I got it the driver side quarter panel had been replaced by the previous owner and his friend that was a welder (apparently) and it came with the panel to do the passenger side as well. He had put a Edelbrock air gap intake on and a 4 barrel carb (not sure what cfm)
The car runs pretty good but leaks a lot of oil and water. The whole car jerks forward a bit when I put it into drive but I only plan on driving the car with the 318/auto for this summer and put in the big block/a-833 this coming winter.
It's sitting on some wheels I got from a friend and they are definitely not the right back spacing but it does what I need it to right now, (Bringing it in and out of the shop and doing the occasional burnout).
The floor was pretty rotted so I just bit the bullet and bought the new floor pan from AMD and I just finished cutting the old one out and I'm going to sandblast the rest of the floor that doesn't warrent replacing but needs to be cleaned up and painted! The spare tire well needs to be replaced because it's rusted through but I think I'm just going to cut it out and put a flat piece of sheet metal over the hole until I feel like giving more money to AMD!
That's where it sits right now, I replaced the tie rod ends so it's in bad need of alignment but I'm hoping once the floor is in I'll bring it for an alignment and a safety (Because Canada) so I can start driving it!
