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Stay tuned, it’s about to get more interesting, and this time it’s not my fault... it’s Fe2O3.

So we pulled the rocker shaft off and cleaned it up, cleaned the oil passage that flows up from the rear most rocker bolt (it was sludged up) and put some straight pushrods in. And guess what? The compression is around 150 on all cylinders. Gave it a tune up and runs good!

Checked compression and a few cylinders were hardly reading, dang! Pulled valve cover and some of the valves were stuck open and the pushrods were a nice ‘S’ shape. So lesson learned, I should have pulled cover prior to cranking and oiled everything up and checked for stuck valves, I was too...

Now that the car is white again we thought ‘hey let’s see if it will start’ It only sat for 27 years (previous post said 20 but I was guessing, last tabs are from 93). Hooked up a temporary gas tank, got some oil flowing and got some good backfires! It was trying but needs a tune up badly.

So usually the first thing we do to a project car around here is pressure wash and degrease. This thing was filthy...

I had talked to the seller and even did a video call. It was an estate sale so car had sat in a barn next to house for 20 years (yes a real barn find). We made a plan to meet, yes! I was finally getting another Valiant. But then the next day I was texted that another family member had others...

Moving on to our other project, the 68 Valiant! I really thought it was going to be sold out from under us but persistence paid off. Here’s the story: About 12 years ago I picked up a decent 69 Valiant 2 door, it sat in our driveway while I worked on my 68 Barracuda and remodeled our previous...

The bumpers were rusty and dented. 67 rear bumpers are impossible to find. We got them straight (with some persuasion from fire!). Dart bumpers have lots of weird angles contours. Sanded them well and sprayed epoxy. Will paint a metallic silver or charcoal.

I prefer the look of single stage on solid colors (non metallic) and it’s easy to repair if there is damage. Also, I hate dealing with clear coat issues as the paint ages (peeling, blisters, etc).

And... It begins, it’s white! It’s Southern Polyurethane single stage. Son is happy we are finally at this stage, I hate to tell him the color sanding and buffing is needed to make it really nice.

Got the high build on entire car, will block it down and next will be the topcoat! The emblems and trim were junk and he wanted a clean look so it was welded up at the start of all this.

Epoxy on inside of trunk, letting son learn how to lay down paint. Yeah we are outside...

More sanding...

Sanding....

Moving onto the bodywork, this car had dents and waves everywhere and was repainted poorly over bondo. We sanded one panel down at a time, got it straight with minimum or no filler, then repeat on the rest of the car. The body lines on Darts are a real pain! My Barracuda was much easier with...

Alright so remember this is all previous work, just updating until we get to the present. The slant wasn’t exactly speedy so we swapped in a super six intake, Holley 2bbl carb, and installed 2 1/4” exhaust. Also cleaned things up a bit. It was definitely an improvement but the Holley took a bit...

A trip to the alignment shop and back on the road! Hard earned life lessons you get to drive! Should be required learning!

Payday, new parts in!

While we had the k member out we cleaned it up and fully welded all seams and boxed in the steering box area, reinforced the lca holes, and fabricated parts so it could use a 68 idler arm.

Next major problem was the suspension and brakes were all junk. I had a disc brake swap we didn’t use on my 68 Barracuda so we used it along with all new bushings, ball joints, etc... Picked up a cheap 7 1/4 big bolt rear so we could run the 15” steel road wheels and fresh tires. My son quickly...

Check it out it’s titled: ‘A’ family affair.

Hey thanks! It’s been fun driving around and getting comments and thumbs up from people. Looks like that spoiler you made turned out good. Keep up the progress. Nates68

It’s just their pure white that is single stage. They don’t have many colors so no code. My Barracuda is their black single stage. Thanks

Ok so the previous owner had the foresight to pull the carb off and rebuild it; and the tank was empty so some fresh gas, oil change, and carb back on and it fired right up! Want to guess what motor? Yeah it’s a 225 slant 6. Plans are for a v8 swap in the future but as you will see there is lots...

Both cars have a great story of how we came to own them, so let’s get started on the 67 Dart. We had been scanning Craigslist like we all do and weren’t finding much or if we did it was overpriced or sold immediately. Then one day my son sent me the link of a 67 Dart that was listed in a small...

Thanks and yes we are making great memories for sure. I never thought we would own 3 great classics (not sure why the link is bad for my 68 Barracuda build, advice?). All 3 boys can turn a wrench but have lots of learning ahead, which is more than I can say for the current generation of...

So I pretty much finished my 1968 Barracuda (thread Brutal ‘Cuda ) so we are moving on to the other cars in our ‘fleet’, my oldest sons 1967 dart and youngest sons 1968 Valiant. We have 3 boys and the middle son chose to buy a newer truck, which is good, I don’t have the time to help with any...

Thanks all! Going to move my attention to our 67 dart and 68 valiant. May update this post from time to time. To everyone who has a long term project, just keep moving forward! Nates68

Started getting some paint on my sons 67 dart. It’s southern polyurethane white. Also picked up a 68 valiant 2dr post. Guess we like a-body mopars! Will start a new thread soon for those projects.

Now we are turning our at attention to my sons 67 dart. Yep he was the little kid in the pics when I first got the Barracuda!