1969 Dodge Dart Pro-Street 440

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Paint shop progress

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rule of thumb is that the bondo can only be as thick as a dime. one good thing about my dart is that was not necessary becaue my panels are actually pretty close.

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there was a section of the right quarter panel that my uncle bent out to make room for the big big tires. not sure why it was like that, as in why they did not fit only on that side, but I liked the little bend. body shop guy did not, so he smoothed out the bottom of the quarter and gave it a real nice radius

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Got the cents for the hood, i liked the 68 vents better then the 69. And if i get ambishious then i can cut out the centers to make them funtional. But they are steel soooooo i'll hold off unless i have to .

Was not a fan for the red that they came with so im going to make them plum crazy!

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Hot rod is still in the paint shop. Here is 4 months of progress

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He said the oaint of the roof was really thick, i said hell yes it was, bc i put the whole gallon on there, i wanted a rust proof that bad boy

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The trunk is not level with the rear deck lid, the guy said he is going to put on bumpers from a lincon out in the yard to make it level again.

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Also got them to delete the two holes that mount the trangle frogle or w.e its called. I cant find them anywhere! So no need to mount them

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So with the car still in the shop I am bored at home so I try to find things to keep me busy. Nhra said I hve to have a fire suit. Got a sfi 5 nascar suit from subway and the Carl Edwards team. Buutt he don't drive a dodge.... Sooooooo that's something I changed with my sewing machine and a mopar patch lot I cut of a xxl jacket my wife bought me last x-mass

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Hahahah just realized my Shop Gorman was in that picture. Probably planning a way to get in that garbage can... Bad dog. But Tada!!!! The mopar subway me fire suit!

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What do you do in the Air Force? I'm surprised you didn't do paint and bodywork yourself, you seem to be able to do it all!
 
What do you do in the Air Force? I'm surprised you didn't do paint and bodywork yourself, you seem to be able to do it all!

I could have for sure, i had a job painting motorcycles for a while. But I'm a pilot in the air force so I'm gone a lot!

I didnt want to get half way through sanding and have bare metal and have to go on a 2 month trip then come home to a rust bucket. So worth it to have it done professionally and have a warranty!

Ya know?

The wife asked me my i didnt paint it yellow like yours, i will admit it was my first choice. Yellow with silver stripes! Whoooo. But, my uncle has a 70 Road runner, and my old man had a muscled out dakota, all were yellow and i didnt want to copy them. I fell in love with plum crazy and the rest is history :)
 
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