Does this car look squatted

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Tinmannz said:
To give you a bit more perspective to where your stance is, here's a pic of my 71'. It sits perfectly level, has 17" wheels and the tire height is 25". Top of front tire even with the wheel arch and rear wheel tucked up inside.

Yours looks a tad bit lower on the rear, which mentioned in prior posts is probably due to age. You can either re-arc the leaf springs, buy new ones or add an ugly shackle.

I'm curious, does the car have the bachelor lean? Left side lower than the right side, due to solo occupancy over the years.

I have TTI headers and they hang evenly with the transmission oil pan on mine. I don't understand why one header would be lower than the other, unless they're mismatched or a cheaper set.

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Again with the honking perfect stance, just some beautiful cars in this thread!
 
Mike69cuda said:
In my opinion, hooker headers on a abody are designed very poorly. The left side where they go under the steering linkage usually gets smashed flat pretty quickly. You can’t have the car set very low in the front without this happening frequently. The picture is how I fixed the problem on my car.

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LMAO, I would wager a beer everyone on this site has done that at one point or another in our evolution as gear heads! A couple of beers, a little blood, some muttered terms of endearment, and next thing ya know the sawzall is in your hand! Hah!
 
I know I have. Most of the time it works out. Sorta. A buddy and myself cut a brand new set of flow masters off one night to put them on razors. It was cool for about 2 weeks. Lol way to loud


Sublime one said:
LMAO, I would wager a beer everyone on this site has done that at one point or another in our evolution as gear heads! A couple of beers, a little blood, some muttered terms of endearment, and next thing ya know the sawzall is in your hand! Hah!
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You are correct. But I have found this week this first week since I have owned it there is a sweet spot. To slow it rubs. To fast it will ram it.

krazykuda said:
You're going to crush that left side header if you drive it on the street... Curbs and speed bumps...

That happened to me on my 68 Barracuda with Hooker super comps... :BangHead: :mad:
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jos51700 said:
I just re-looked because, you know, damn. And is that some bubbling at the roof seam? :mob:
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Yes. I don't wash it any more. There's a few bubbles under that original vinyl top. Damn, nothing lasts 50 years any more. LOL
 
Sublime one said:
And that boys and girls are what they should look like. Honking perfect stance TMM! Of course they sit a bit lower if the trunk is full of Shandy! Just sayin.......
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Here is a '74 Dart Swinger riding low, packed full of Mopar Parts top to bottom heading to Minnesota. The trunk is not full of "Shandy" but just as good, "Mopar Parts" too. Stopped into a gas station to fuel up, a guy comes over and says: I like your Darts Swinger, we had one like that and I see you have it lowered already. I said no it's not lowered, and opened the door and said "it's packed full of Mopar Parts. The guy smiled with a big grin.

Lol . . .

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Heading for Minnesota
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New Stance:
8 3/4, custom mopar 15 x 7" sbp rear wheels, Rear Leafs Jacked, Front Torsions Cranked
(all the heavy Mopar Parts off loaded out of the car, lol . . .)

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Dan s said:
Shocks are definitely shot. Sway bar as soon as I get it back to Tennessee. I’m in Florida right now. I tried to upload a video but it won’t let me
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Best way I’ve found upload a video is to add it to YouTube and copy and paste the link here. Dustin
 
George Jets said:
Here is a '74 Dart Swinger riding low, packed full of Mopar Parts top to bottom heading to Minnesota. The trunk is not full of "Shandy" but just as good, "Mopar Parts" too. Stopped into a gas station to fuel up, a guy comes over and says: I like your Darts Swinger, we had one like that and I see you have it lowered already. I said no it's not lowered, and opened the door and said "it's packed full of Mopar Parts. The guy smiled with a big grin.

Lol . . .

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Heading for Minnesota
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New Stance:
8 3/4, custom mopar 15 x 7" sbp rear wheels, Rear Leafs Jacked, Front Torsions Cranked
(all the heavy Mopar Parts off loaded out of the car, lol . . .)

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Yet another example of just right! And a super nice shop pix as well! See ya in the Park!
 
If it were mine I would replace the rear springs and lower the torsion bars down an inch or so, but that's just my preferance
 
George Jets said:
Here is a '74 Dart Swinger riding low, packed full of Mopar Parts top to bottom heading to Minnesota. The trunk is not full of "Shandy" but just as good, "Mopar Parts" too. Stopped into a gas station to fuel up, a guy comes over and says: I like your Darts Swinger, we had one like that and I see you have it lowered already. I said no it's not lowered, and opened the door and said "it's packed full of Mopar Parts. The guy smiled with a big grin.

Lol . . .

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Heading for Minnesota
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New Stance:
8 3/4, custom mopar 15 x 7" sbp rear wheels, Rear Leafs Jacked, Front Torsions Cranked
(all the heavy Mopar Parts off loaded out of the car, lol . . .)

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Looks awfully close to the color on my 74 dart
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