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  1. purplehazenils

    '69 Barracuda T56 swap, floor, cross member

    Nice work as usual!
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    Exactly, haha it will be hard to find something as cool.
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    For a while after the crash I was not sure if I was going to fix the car and I didn't know much about wheel repair, I assumed the two damaged wheels were scrap so I sent one to Ireland to serve as my garden hose holder for the past two years. After learning that repairing wheels is normal I...
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    Shortly after visiting the guy doing the repair the car was done! It is now no longer a crashed car which is exciting, its "just" missing some parts. I think he did a fantastic job, the new blue 68 fender fits like a glove and it looks more or less original with the rolled sheetmetal the...
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    A little more progress on the repair. When I was in Sweden over Christmas I went to visit the guy who was straightening the car, luckily this was only 1.5 hours away. Both frame rails needed some repair from the wheels moving back but most damage was on the passenger side, as you can see the...
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    '69 Barracuda T56 swap, floor, cross member

    Great work as usual. What speedometer cable did you use? Does silver sport have one that works with the original instruments? I assume an adapter to change the gearing will be needed later on.
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    '69 Barracuda T56 swap, floor, cross member

    Just read the whole thread, super clean work, thanks for documenting! I have saved a lot of photos for reference when I do the same swap.
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    67 Barracuda with Viper V10 for sale

    I just found a 67 Barracuda with Viper V10 for sale: Blocket - Sveriges största marknadsplats, bilar, bostäder, möbler m.m. Unfortunately for most here it is in Sweden but thought I would share anyway because it is so unusual. Looks like it could do with being tidied up a little but its the only...
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    The straightening of the car has begun! The car was transported to the guy who is doing the job a couple of weeks ago and he has made some progress which is very exciting to see. So far the dent on the left frame rail has been fixed, next up is the right side where most of the damage is. When...
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    Thank you. No matter what the car is for the k member and LCA welding is a great mod, almost no cost and makes a big difference. That's good to know about the sheetmetal, so far I have a 68 passenger side fender and hope to reuse the drivers side, for the bumper we will have to see, there are...
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    It does make progress very slow. When its running I hope to bring it to Ireland where it might become the only Dodge Dart in the country, there are almost no American classics here. Thanks! The steering wheel is a Grant challenger 860.
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    12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build

    Have you noticed much difference in terms of steering feedback, maybe small bumps and divots in the road feel different?
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    Uneven tie rods and adjusters? Steering wheel alignment weirdness

    Centre links are symmetrical right? I assume having it backwards would not cause this issue.
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    Question on Borgenson power steering box

    Hi Peter, I bought a Borgerson box from you recently but have not installed yet. I think you said that the Borgerson box wants 12-1300 psi, what's the ideal pressure to give the pump? Does the steering feel change much depending on pressure?
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    Caster with 275/35’s?

    What lower control arm pivot and bushing did you have when you got +8° with generic tubular upper control arms? I think I remember reading that some lower control arm bushings push the control arm back giving you less positive caster.
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    Unfortunately at this point the progress will slow down for a while. I have the car in Sweden but live full time in Ireland which means I have a very limited amount of time to work on it. Before wrapping up for this summer I received the Borgerson power steering box from Peter Bergman...
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    I can't help myself

    Great work! Will be following.
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    1969 Valiant Slicing

    Very cool project, great work! Will there be any problems registering it/making it road legal? Don't know how it works in the US.
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    Just a small bit of work done today. I welded a temporary piece of metal to the floor under the driveshaft just to stop it from scraping on the ground when being transported. After sitting for years the car picked up a lot of dust and graffiti so I brought it outside and washed it for the...
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    Super information thank you! Ill start looking into B body brakes. The spindles, brakes and wheels make sense to do at the same time.
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    The parts are now installed and the car is finally a roller again. It feels good and is a bit of a milepost after the car has been sitting wrecked for three years! I have a few more small prep jobs to do, then the car is ready to be transported to the guy who is going to straighten the car. I...
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    The old ball joints are just temporary while getting the car straightened. But it turns out that one was too bad even for just rolling the car up on to a trailer and transporting it to the chassis jig.!
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    I got started on the assembly of the front suspension and ran into one more issue. The passenger lower ball joint was way worse than I thought, it easily pops out of its seat. The plan is to replace both lower ball joints but I have not ordered them yet. In Europe its not as simple in the US, if...
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    Just a little bit of progress today. The SPC upper control arms that I wanted only come with a big ball joint so the tapered holes in the spindles need to be enlarged. I bought a 7° reamer and got the job done little by little making sure not to go too far. The reamer cost the equivalent of...
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    With the k member done I finally got to start assembling things. I have ordered most parts from Peter Bergman, some parts got held up with shipping but the most important stuff to get the wheels on the car has arrived: -SPC adjustable upper control arms (replacing stock ones with Moog offset...
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    So the 67 K member idler mount issue was a surprise that delayed things and took much longer than expected. In the end the jig was scrapped and I got help from my dads friend who is very experienced and has built many cars. We spent a lot of time measuring and making small adjustments in order...
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    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    To move the idler arm mount I built a jig on the old k member very similar to what someone else on this forum had done before. But when it was transferred something was definitely wrong, the idler arm mount sat way too high on the new k member, it is tacked on in the last photo and the...
  28. purplehazenils

    1969 Dart Pro touring daily driver **Crashed**

    Yes this has now been done, the 67 is probably quite a lot more flimsy than the later ones. Thanks you! It will be a slow repair but eventually it will be back on the road.
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    Modification of K-member idler arm mount advice

    It was lucky to have someone who could go hands on! For stuff like this it can for sure be difficult to explain in text. I'm doing an engine swap once the car is straightened so I figure I can just weld in something new and remove the old mount down the line. After measuring we started to...
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    Modification of K-member idler arm mount advice

    I ended up scrapping the jig and with the help of my dads friend (who has built many many cars) we located the idler arm and mount by carefully taking a of of measurements. We have sure the distance between the pivot points of the idler and pitman were the same along with a bunch of other...
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