1970 Dart Restoration
Hi Everyone,
This is a first time for me posting on a website. I have enjoyed looking at other peoples project for a while now and thought I would share my newest project.
Background:
This is a 1970 Dart that was purchased from Arizona and brought up to Southern Ontario, Canada. My dad fell in love with the car as it had zero body rust. It was metallic green with no drive-line. The interior was baked.
He had a body-man strip down the car and weld up side molding trim holes. The car was primed, a 318 and 727 auto trans was rebuilt and installed. New Brakes, exhaust and tires then it sat for 8 to 10 years. He picked up another project and this one took a back seat for a while. Unfortunately, due to a lack of space the past few years the Dart was stored outside under a trap. Some surface rust was starting on the body edges and the car really needed to be finished and driven.
I have taken the project over and have a new body-man to give it the paint job it deserves. The goal is to get the car on the road with help from my Dad and my son. My Dad has always helped me with my cars. When I was 18, I bought a 1967 Firebird and we completely overhauled the car(three years to get on the road). I had it for 20 years and let it go as we needed a family vehicle.
I always liked the 1970 Dart. When I was in high school, there was a guy how had a blue dart he built up as a drag car with a street look. Blue with White interior and white vinyl top and rear stripe. I'm thinking about a blue for this project but a more street perforamce package under the hood.
Hi Everyone,
This is a first time for me posting on a website. I have enjoyed looking at other peoples project for a while now and thought I would share my newest project.
Background:
This is a 1970 Dart that was purchased from Arizona and brought up to Southern Ontario, Canada. My dad fell in love with the car as it had zero body rust. It was metallic green with no drive-line. The interior was baked.
He had a body-man strip down the car and weld up side molding trim holes. The car was primed, a 318 and 727 auto trans was rebuilt and installed. New Brakes, exhaust and tires then it sat for 8 to 10 years. He picked up another project and this one took a back seat for a while. Unfortunately, due to a lack of space the past few years the Dart was stored outside under a trap. Some surface rust was starting on the body edges and the car really needed to be finished and driven.
I have taken the project over and have a new body-man to give it the paint job it deserves. The goal is to get the car on the road with help from my Dad and my son. My Dad has always helped me with my cars. When I was 18, I bought a 1967 Firebird and we completely overhauled the car(three years to get on the road). I had it for 20 years and let it go as we needed a family vehicle.
I always liked the 1970 Dart. When I was in high school, there was a guy how had a blue dart he built up as a drag car with a street look. Blue with White interior and white vinyl top and rear stripe. I'm thinking about a blue for this project but a more street perforamce package under the hood.