My Dart Swinger Project!

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Johnny Dart said:
Better keep yer eye on the white dog. Looks like he's ready to lift his leg on the new tires. :D
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The little black aussie is the pisser that little effer pisses on everything. I don't get it lol. He is a good boy tho. They all are my buddies! Lol
 
missing linc said:
Looks like you've got the whole pit crew helping out.
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Yea they are my shadows especially Marshall (the white one) he never leaves my side except for when I go to work and my wife says he cries the whole time in gone lol. He is a special boy. We recently found out that he is allergic to pretty much everything outdoors so I brought him inside he is a inside dog now and he is loving it. Lol the aussie and boxer where already inside dogs so now we have 3 inside dogs lol yea I'm one of those ppl haha. It's been an adjustment but he is happy and healthy so that's all that matters to me. I do have a vacuum cleaner in every room now we pretty much just vacuum 24/7 Haha
 
Sounds a lot like my house, 3 big dogs, all indoors, plus my wife looks after a friend's 2 Great Pyrenees during the week. No end of dog hair here.
 
dartfreak75 said:
The little black aussie is the pisser that little effer pisses on everything. I don't get it lol. He is a good boy tho. They all are my buddies! Lol
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He's just leaving P mail for other dogs! We have a 15 year old Shitzoo that runs and plays like she's a puppy. I wouldn't take a million bucks for her, because she and I have been down like 4 flat tires since the day we got her! :)
 
I got a little bit done today to the car that is. I got alot done but not much of it was working in the car. Lol I got a security system a while back and finally got around to installing it today, but I got my dash trim put in my car I have to get the heater controls figured out I can't get them straight im gonna have to get some hardware im missing the nuts that go on the back of the long pins and im missing the bar part to the glove box latch. I gotta dig thru my storage unit tomorrow and try to find it. But here is what it looks like now.

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Johnny Dart said:
Dash looks great. Nice work !
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Thanks bud. Hopefully I can get the cluster finished up and put in soon. Then I can get the steering column all buttoned up. I think I'm gonna swap out some of the gauges in my cluster I have a spare I got to looking and the needles are alot brighter orange and not faded at all in the spare. Or I could just put the bezel on that whole cluster lol the only reason I wanted to use the one I am is its a 120 speedo the other one is 100 and the 120 is a 71 year it don't have the seat belt and egr light I think it looks cleaner without them.

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The one on the left is my original one not the spare I have, the one on the right is the one im using
 
I took all three of them apart the other day and it was amazing to me how much better the quality of the 71 was. The 71 has metal around all the gauges and separating the bulbs the 75 was masking tape and cardboard I don't recall what year the spare was out of 72 or 73 it has the seat belt light but not the egr whatever year that was, but it had the cardboard spacer too
 
Got more of the dash assembled today. I got the radio in and the heater controls put in and the glovebox put together. I need a few parts that im missing I'm gonna put a want ad in for it. I need the glovebox latch striker and the lens for the glovebox light. And my my heater temp cable broke during testing go figure lol also got my mirror put on the door.

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Measured some for the radiator today and im pretty certain the one I have isn't gonna fit. Dang it just perfect. There's another 200 bucks that I don't have. Lol I Measured from the bottom of the sticker to the deepest part of the hood and its about 4 1/2 inches then I Measured from the sticker part of the latch to the radiator cap and its 5 inches, nope not gonna fit, just perfect! Guess I will be ordering a champion in the next few weeks im gonna have to save some money or sale a kidney or something. Looks like I'm gonna have to go with the 22" champion because the 26 inch is the same height as the one i have so I know that's not gonna fit either!
 
It’ll work if ya start cutting... then drop the radiator in lower.... I know.... not a great idea after painting.
 
rumblefish360 said:
It’ll work if ya start cutting... then drop the radiator in lower.... I know.... not a great idea after painting.
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Yea that crossed my mind. I'd rather not cut the support. I learned a long time ago parts are parts! If you can change a part without modification on the core your better off.
 
Is your radiator support for a 22, or 26" radiator? Get a radiator for whichever one it is, but get one that has 2 wide rows of cooling fins. 2 wide rows of fins are better than 3 rows of smaller fins, if that makes sense.
 
JDMopar said:
Is your radiator support for a 22, or 26" radiator? Get a radiator for whichever one it is, but get one that has 2 wide rows of cooling fins. 2 wide rows of fins are better than 3 rows of smaller fins, if that makes sense.
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A 22 came out of it. Well actually it's like a 18 the outside holes are like 24 1/2 iirc
 
Small update i got some work done today I got the cable to fix the heater controls today thanks @SGBARRACUDA ! Finished up the glovebox and got the car moved around to the back yard where its level so I can get the engine put in a little easier. I also started hacking away in the driver's floor, cutting out all the rust. Im gonna do this one a little differently than the passenger side. I'm only cutting out the rusty parts and gonna patch it on smaller sections instead of the whole pan. The whole pan on the passenger side was a pita! I have to replace a small section in the crossmember im trying to figure out how im gonna do it. My plan was to weld a small plate from the inside but there is nothing there to weld too the sides are just as bad as the bottom. I think I may just cut the whole corner out and try to fab one and butt weld it in. Idk yet.

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Are you going to get the engine in before the snow flies?
 
sireland67 said:
Are you going to get the engine in before the snow flies?
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Yea im trying my best too. I have to get a new timing chain idk if you seen that thread or not but my engine tech brand one was way off. I just haven't had the money to order a new one so im saving up for one and just trying to get as much done as I can without spending a ton of money. Lol
 
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