Mopar Inheritance
Hello,
My name is Mike. My father, (also Mike) just passed away in the middle of a few projects. I joined this site to try and gain some knowledge and advice on attempting to complete the 70 Dart he was working on. He gave me my passion for Mopars, but I know next to nothing other than how to change brakes and basic "car guy" info. If someone could help get me to the correct thread / forum for (1) getting help identifying parts (2) asking a ton of questions (3) help selling parts, I would be greatly appreciative.
Car 1 is a 1970 Dart, Slant Six car. Still have the motor and transmission, but car has been stripped to rolling chassis and needs body work. This car will most likely be the car I try to build.
Car 2 is a 1969 Barracuda body that had the floor / front end ripped out so it could sit on top of a drag racing chassis.
Major parts include the aforementioned drag chassis (complete with fuel cell and steering), and a built 440. I recently contacted the shop who built the 440 for him and they said it can only be used with race fuel. My dad drag raced off and on throughout his life and I/we lived close to National Trails in Columbus, OH, but that was decades ago. I was told it could be rebuilt to lower the compression, but know nothing about those things and am wondering if it would be more advantageous to sell the motor, drag chassis, Barracuda body, and other parts (413 bare block, dana rear end, and numerous other parts) and try to start fresh with a drivetrain, etc. for the Dart. I wouldn't be able to maintain a drag car or have any use for it, so I wanted to at least build a car that he owned and worked on (Dart) if I couldn't fulfill his dream of going down the track one last time.
I'm including as many pics as possible because I think I've seen that I can link other posts back to this main one for reference in the future?
Thanks for having me
Hello,
My name is Mike. My father, (also Mike) just passed away in the middle of a few projects. I joined this site to try and gain some knowledge and advice on attempting to complete the 70 Dart he was working on. He gave me my passion for Mopars, but I know next to nothing other than how to change brakes and basic "car guy" info. If someone could help get me to the correct thread / forum for (1) getting help identifying parts (2) asking a ton of questions (3) help selling parts, I would be greatly appreciative.
Car 1 is a 1970 Dart, Slant Six car. Still have the motor and transmission, but car has been stripped to rolling chassis and needs body work. This car will most likely be the car I try to build.
Car 2 is a 1969 Barracuda body that had the floor / front end ripped out so it could sit on top of a drag racing chassis.
Major parts include the aforementioned drag chassis (complete with fuel cell and steering), and a built 440. I recently contacted the shop who built the 440 for him and they said it can only be used with race fuel. My dad drag raced off and on throughout his life and I/we lived close to National Trails in Columbus, OH, but that was decades ago. I was told it could be rebuilt to lower the compression, but know nothing about those things and am wondering if it would be more advantageous to sell the motor, drag chassis, Barracuda body, and other parts (413 bare block, dana rear end, and numerous other parts) and try to start fresh with a drivetrain, etc. for the Dart. I wouldn't be able to maintain a drag car or have any use for it, so I wanted to at least build a car that he owned and worked on (Dart) if I couldn't fulfill his dream of going down the track one last time.
I'm including as many pics as possible because I think I've seen that I can link other posts back to this main one for reference in the future?
Thanks for having me
