1975 Dart
My first car was a 67 barracuda, which one of my brother now owns. It may sound weird, but I ended up doing an in family trade for a 75 Dart as it was the last project car my dad had. I figured that it would be a perfect project that I could enjoy with my three kids and something we could take to events as a family. This will be a way for the kids to be able to look back at the progress on this car as we get it back on the road and then get it to a track worthy vehicle. The kids really love the show Roadkill and they want to drive the car up to Roadkill nights next year. Getting back more on the car, it is a 1975 Dodge Dart Custom with a 318 and a 904 transmission. It started life (as far as we know) as a California car and my Dad had it halfway torn apart working on multiple projects at one time. One of my brothers got it able to drive on a trailer so that it could be shipped out to us in Georgia. When it arrived to me the motor mounts were just sitting on the cradles, half of the lug nuts were lose, and the distributor cap was broken into 3 pieces.
Short term items to get it back on the road:
- Air cleaner
- Cap and Rotor
- Properly install the motor mounts
- Bleed and check the brakes
- Hook up the cooling lines for the transmission
- Reinstall the power steering pump
- Check the bearings
- New lug nuts
- Oil and filter change
- Change the transmission fluid and filter
- New Carb and Valve cover gaskets
- New plugs and wires
- Change the old rusty front shocks
Medium term goals:
- Exhaust upgrades
- New leaf springs (probably Espo)
- New UCA (Bergman's)
- 1.12 Tbars (Feel Firm)
- Subframe connectors
- Cam upgrade (if the cylinder compression is good)
Longterm goals:
- Either stroke the 318 or drop in a 360 Magnum
- I would love to convert it over to a manual transmission, but I might just build up the automatic and switch to a floor shifter
Sitting halfway torn apart at my dad’s.
Engine mostly put back together.
Interior shot.
Waiting to get picked up.
My first car was a 67 barracuda, which one of my brother now owns. It may sound weird, but I ended up doing an in family trade for a 75 Dart as it was the last project car my dad had. I figured that it would be a perfect project that I could enjoy with my three kids and something we could take to events as a family. This will be a way for the kids to be able to look back at the progress on this car as we get it back on the road and then get it to a track worthy vehicle. The kids really love the show Roadkill and they want to drive the car up to Roadkill nights next year. Getting back more on the car, it is a 1975 Dodge Dart Custom with a 318 and a 904 transmission. It started life (as far as we know) as a California car and my Dad had it halfway torn apart working on multiple projects at one time. One of my brothers got it able to drive on a trailer so that it could be shipped out to us in Georgia. When it arrived to me the motor mounts were just sitting on the cradles, half of the lug nuts were lose, and the distributor cap was broken into 3 pieces.
Short term items to get it back on the road:
- Air cleaner
- Cap and Rotor
- Properly install the motor mounts
- Bleed and check the brakes
- Hook up the cooling lines for the transmission
- Reinstall the power steering pump
- Check the bearings
- New lug nuts
- Oil and filter change
- Change the transmission fluid and filter
- New Carb and Valve cover gaskets
- New plugs and wires
- Change the old rusty front shocks
Medium term goals:
- Exhaust upgrades
- New leaf springs (probably Espo)
- New UCA (Bergman's)
- 1.12 Tbars (Feel Firm)
- Subframe connectors
- Cam upgrade (if the cylinder compression is good)
Longterm goals:
- Either stroke the 318 or drop in a 360 Magnum
- I would love to convert it over to a manual transmission, but I might just build up the automatic and switch to a floor shifter
Sitting halfway torn apart at my dad’s.
Engine mostly put back together.
Interior shot.
Waiting to get picked up.
