72 Dart Palomino Project

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I picked this car up a couple months back. Ran and drove decent. I knew it had some rust issues under the vinyl top and some around the rear wheel openings.


The drip edge was rotted off
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And hacked up under all the bondo
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So after digging into what was left

the gutters are all rotted out


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So with being in too deep on price of a slant six car, whats the next step. After cutting out most of the rusted top , I was thinkin Make it Topless !
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But that would only solve half the problems. Not to mention my wife wasn't too hip to the convertible, since there would not be a top for it.


Rear 1/4 glass didn't want to operate , rear seat was all ripped up. So I decided to go a different route !

I was just checking this option . Started checking fittment of stuff I had on hand and I started liking it !
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So I cut down some parts , swapped some 73 ventless doors on it .

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Had to fab up all the rear dutchman as it was all rotted off.
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Do some rust repair in the trunk floor and make it into a bed .
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