Hey all,
FNG here. Thanks for having me, glad to be here.Have an interesting scenario here and could use some help.I have a 72 dodge dart swinger coupe - manual steering manual & front disc brakes..Car was originally a slant 225 (per fender tag) and before I got it, someone converted to 318 from a 73 (I have checked the block to confirm)When they did the swap, they did the k member and motor from the 73. (and maybe the brakes)Oh and wanted to mention also, the brakes are a slide type caliper if that helps..Now my car is getting older and could use a front end rebuild that I want to do myself then roll to the alignment shop I want to do everything at once, i.e. control arm bush, BJ’s, Idler/pit, tie rods etc, etc
My confusion lies within the swap. First off, I am under the assumption that you couldn’t get disc brakes until 73 so was that swapped in? .
secondly, it is my assumption that most of the front end stuff except maybe shocks are different between the years.
I don’t know dodge so when doing a k member and or brake swap (I cant confirm that the discs were swapped), would you typically convert all the front end to match the K member?
Or… Would you retain the 72 stuff and just swap motor and/or brakes
Or.. worst case scenario, could my car be a hodge podge of mixed year parts?
Thoughts, suggestions, insight or direction appreciated?