66 Dart GT resurrection - Parts I and II
This is a 2 part build thread since the car was first 85% rebuilt by Mopar Tim and then he sold it to me to finish (part 2).
Here is Part 1...
Tim bought a salvageable 66 GT California car. Sounds good so far, right?
Well, the car had some rust issues...
So Tim got to work and started hacking out the rust and replacing the sheet metal where ever it needed...
Once all the metal was replaced, he pulled off all the trim, gutted the interior and pulled the drive train to get ready for paint. Then he selected a subtle color to enhance the looks of the car and painted everything followed by the process of putting it back together
After that he started putting it back together with lots of new parts...
Then, after several years of hard work (and buying a 69 GT convertible) he lost interest in finishing the car. He posted it for sale and gave me a smoking great deal on it with tons of new parts to pretty much finish the car. It was essentially a 1:1 scale model with all the parts included. How could I say no to that? :)
So we sealed the deal and he even delivered the car across the country to me here in Philly.
More of the story in the next post...
This is a 2 part build thread since the car was first 85% rebuilt by Mopar Tim and then he sold it to me to finish (part 2).
Here is Part 1...
Tim bought a salvageable 66 GT California car. Sounds good so far, right?
Well, the car had some rust issues...
So Tim got to work and started hacking out the rust and replacing the sheet metal where ever it needed...
Once all the metal was replaced, he pulled off all the trim, gutted the interior and pulled the drive train to get ready for paint. Then he selected a subtle color to enhance the looks of the car and painted everything followed by the process of putting it back together
After that he started putting it back together with lots of new parts...
Then, after several years of hard work (and buying a 69 GT convertible) he lost interest in finishing the car. He posted it for sale and gave me a smoking great deal on it with tons of new parts to pretty much finish the car. It was essentially a 1:1 scale model with all the parts included. How could I say no to that? :)
So we sealed the deal and he even delivered the car across the country to me here in Philly.
More of the story in the next post...
