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Thanks everyone for the compliments! its been one of the more challenging resto's Iv'e done, but its rarity and uniqueness made it well worth saving! My father got me into this hobby when I was a kid and I have build a ton of cool stuff over the years so it was fitting in my mind to give back so...

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So finishing up my dads car I realized I have'nt posted pics since Dec! Since then pretty much everything has been finished! here are some highlights, the only things left to do to drive are an alignment and inspection and way earlier than my July 4th goal runs and sounds awsome! the 273 hi po...

Thanks to all for the compliments! I've really enjoyed this build as my dad and I havent restored a car together since my 65 barracuda when I was a kid. To answer a few questions The car is being restored factory stock with a few exceptions being the frame connectors(I put them in all my cars...

Been awhile since an update on progress : the car is painted, the rear end, front suspension and brakes are done, a lot of little things like dash,console rear tail panel are all redone. most of the trim is polished. after the holidays gonna wire in tach and gauges(easier with no interior) then...

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Been awhile since I've posted any pics, so heres some highlights on waht I've done and where i'm at: floors and chassis are finished as well as the frame connectors, next gonna start body work.

After finishing my 68 gts for the most part I started to tear down my fathers 67 dart and decided to start a resto thread,This car is a pretty much untouched and completely original other than a color change from red to green in 1975, so it needs everything! so far i've pretty much tore down the...

Thanks guys, Its been a busy summer so I havent been on here much,The first time I took it out in June, we went to a show where they judged the cars which I didnt know was the case until we got there and I got best mopar out of like 10/15 really nice mopars! but it was really nice to know people...

A couple pics I took just outside my barn when I finished it .

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crap I had my computer repaired now Im having issues I'll try to get it fixed thanks for letting me know. I'm south of buffalo near fredonia

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So after some issues and concerns with the motor that resulted in a total tear down the motor is back together and in the car I took it for a ride this weekend and everything is great. Here are a few pics of the final step.

Thanks, things have been progressing a lot quicker than expected! Once I get the interior in, Im just waitin on the machine shop to finish my heads and intake so I can put the motor back in.

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Got alot done this week, the headliner is in, the wiring harnesses, dash, glass and vinyl top is in.Also got all the exterior trim on as well, hope to get some interior done this week.

Thanks guys, got the top and glass in the last couple of days, once the trim is on I''ll be posting some pictures!

Finally got the car back from getting painted heres a couple pics from when I picked it up. Been busy working on it and have more pics, just have nt had a chance to down load them yet. Will do that asap.

Got everything lined back up and did a final blocking of the whole car , so now I've just got to wet sand the bumpers and bolts and wait for some more funds and its off to be painted! Hopefully in january maybe sooner. As far as the bumpers I'm gonna run painted ones until I can afford some...

Thanks for the compliments, I'll post a couple more pics of the car together after work today.

So here's some more progress . I got the car all jammed in color and will be putting all the panels back on today and aligning everything also got the floors cleaned and painted as well. Then I'm taking a break . After that I 'm gonna do a final blocking fixing any little thing I missed then its...

The tires fit perfectly with about an 1/8" trimmed off the wheel lip all the way across the top, and a stock ride height, if you want to lower the car say even an inch in the back and 1" 1/2 in the front then some major modifications to the rear wheel tub and lip would need to be made. If you...

Thanks hope to get some color on the jambs by the weekend.

Made some more progress on the car, Gave the quarters one last coat of fill primer and blocked them out, then got both doors and trunk straight. Needed a break from that so I repainted the dash,speedo cluster, upper and lower door frames and console. Order the paint and materials to jamb the...

Thanks I think they will compliment the green with white top and stripe nicely!

Thanks for the compliments guys. Yeah I've been very busy the last few months. As far as the wheels they are Boyd Coddington smoothie twos and are 17x7 up front and 17x9.50 out back with 255 40zr17 cooper cobras in the back and 215 50 17 coopers up front. and I think the backspace was 4" on the...

So I've got the car stripped down to the uni body and started straightening the quarters with fill prime, The car has all its original sheet metal with just 40 yrs of shopping cart dings and some very small lower panel rust that was repaired when I did my driver resto on it last year, so should...

Here are some more pics of the finished(for now) product. The motor makes over 450 hp the way it is but eventually with some serious head work a single plane intake and a solid lifter cam I'd like to get over 500. That plus i'd like to convert to 4.5 bolt pattern with disc brakes, new wheels...

I believe the wheels are 14x7 and 14x6 according to the guy I bought it from they have been on there since the 80's. The headers are hooker comp's.Though this isnt my first resto it is the first time I did everything and it was a ton of work but I really enjoyed doing it. I fired it up for the...