second owner '72 Dart Swinger
Torsion bar anchor on the driver's side was starting to go so, rather than repair it, I dropped in a new one. That meant cutting the floor so I dissected a couple of reproduction floor pans to replace the removed sheet metal. The gas tank had a pinhole in the bottom from the float resting there all the time (the tank was always running on fumes when she had it) and I soldered a patch on it years ago. Since it was getting rusty, I replaced it with an NOS MoPar tank. She lost the tread on of the "quality" tires her mother had bought for her and that ripped up the trunk floor and extension pretty badly on the left side so I replaced those. The right quarter was getting lacy from the road salt so that got replaced along with the other trunk floor extension.
The car never made it to her 20th high school reunion nearly 3 years ago but it just got painted today. The paint is still drying.
Torsion bar anchor on the driver's side was starting to go so, rather than repair it, I dropped in a new one. That meant cutting the floor so I dissected a couple of reproduction floor pans to replace the removed sheet metal. The gas tank had a pinhole in the bottom from the float resting there all the time (the tank was always running on fumes when she had it) and I soldered a patch on it years ago. Since it was getting rusty, I replaced it with an NOS MoPar tank. She lost the tread on of the "quality" tires her mother had bought for her and that ripped up the trunk floor and extension pretty badly on the left side so I replaced those. The right quarter was getting lacy from the road salt so that got replaced along with the other trunk floor extension.
The car never made it to her 20th high school reunion nearly 3 years ago but it just got painted today. The paint is still drying.
