Josh's 73 Dart Sport - "Fred"
Some of you have seen my post about my 14 yr old son getting his wrench on and bringing home a $400 73 Sport. That thread is here: My next young gun is starting to get his wrench on..... The search begins...
I figure I might as well start a restoration thread of sorts, to introduce y'all to the pending build. Josh's car is a 73 Dart Sport, power steering, fold down rear seat, drum brake car missing it's slant 6 and 904. Needs lower qtrs, a couple of floor patches, headliner and a roof skin. The rear springs are very saggy, for lack of a better term.
The plan is to start getting into it late Macrh/early April. However, as I begin to work on my own car, there are a few little things that I can get josh started on, although we don't necessarily need it done yet. The 1st thing being getting the 8.75 cleaned up, resealed and ready to go. I picked this rear up about a month and a half before the search for a car for Josh began. Out of a 68(?) Dart, from a member only 45 min from home for a mere $100... 8.75, sure grip, 3.23 gears. We brought Fred home on Dec 10, and the week before Christmas, I brought home a $200 carcass to donate it's roof, and a new set of leaf springs for $125, that the guy had bought for his Dart 14 years ago and never used them.
So here he is - Fred. Why did we name it Fred? Because the last registered tag on the car is in one of the pics
. Enjoy the journey, as Josh will be learning more than he can imagine right now....
Some of you have seen my post about my 14 yr old son getting his wrench on and bringing home a $400 73 Sport. That thread is here: My next young gun is starting to get his wrench on..... The search begins...
I figure I might as well start a restoration thread of sorts, to introduce y'all to the pending build. Josh's car is a 73 Dart Sport, power steering, fold down rear seat, drum brake car missing it's slant 6 and 904. Needs lower qtrs, a couple of floor patches, headliner and a roof skin. The rear springs are very saggy, for lack of a better term.
The plan is to start getting into it late Macrh/early April. However, as I begin to work on my own car, there are a few little things that I can get josh started on, although we don't necessarily need it done yet. The 1st thing being getting the 8.75 cleaned up, resealed and ready to go. I picked this rear up about a month and a half before the search for a car for Josh began. Out of a 68(?) Dart, from a member only 45 min from home for a mere $100... 8.75, sure grip, 3.23 gears. We brought Fred home on Dec 10, and the week before Christmas, I brought home a $200 carcass to donate it's roof, and a new set of leaf springs for $125, that the guy had bought for his Dart 14 years ago and never used them.
So here he is - Fred. Why did we name it Fred? Because the last registered tag on the car is in one of the pics