Daves 1969 Dart Swinger 340 Restoration.

[mopardude318]

WOW DUDE!!! Awesome!! Just read through this whole thing man nice work!! You have awesome fab skills. I wanna take An Auto body class now!!

 

[dbphemi]

Thanks Guys! Its not as hard as it looks. Just takes some basic welding skills , trial and error and lots of time . Oh yeah and lots of money witch is why this project has taken so long lol!

 

[dbphemi]

I got some motivation and finally welded in the trunk floor and started working on the trunk gutter.:cheers:

 

[dbphemi]

I made some patches for the trunk gutter. ready to weld up.:headbang: Kinda feels like Ive been doing rust repair for a couple years lol!

 

[SkyBlueDuster]

Heroic effort. Thanks for sharing.

 

[dbphemi]

Been doing some more hand fabrication. It is tedious work! Ive got the dutchman panel pretty much repaired now and am about to finnish up the left trunk gutter.

 

[dbphemi]

Also been working on the tail light bucket. I decided to give up on finding a new one and fix it myself.

 

[dbphemi]

Ive been doing more work on the tail buckets and trunk gutter. Slow but steady she goes! lol :glasses7:

 

[dbphemi]

Oh and i picked up a 1969 IL plate

 

[dbphemi]

I finished repairing the right tail light bucket and started stripping the dart! Needless to say sanding sux! Bare sheet metal wants to rust. What a pain. Next time I'm getting the car blasted and primed first thing. I got the car half primed and my compressor thru a rod so I'm taking a break and letting it rust some more lol.

 

[dbphemi]

Christmas time at Daves Garage! Picked up some amd quarter skins, a prestolite dual point distributor , factory lookin 10 3/4 rear drums with the funny spring on them and a factory 1969 340 radiator. rayer:

 

[Hemiorangeswinger]

Great progress and nice parts collection you've got going there! Can't wait to see more progress..

 

[340sFastback]

That car is coming along nicely!

 

[dbphemi]

Thanks guys! I'm trying to get the whole car in epoxy primer b4 the cold weather hits.Then back to sheet metal work !

 

[dbphemi]

More stripping and priming. Fall weather is coming, I gotta hurry!

 

[gp3624]

Great work, what an inspiration

 

[AlV]

Wow! You've done an incredible job..
I read this thread with apreciation and envy of your skill and commitment
Keep up the great work.

 

[dbphemi]

Some update pics of what i got done b4 Chicagoland turned into the north pole lol.

 

[dbphemi]

Im about tired of 3 months of this and and single digit temps

 

[dbphemi]

Trying to get my hodge podge of aftermarket and used parts to line up on the tail of the dart. I wanna get them close b4 i attempt installing my new quarters. I see lots of body filler in my future lol!

 

[340sFastback]

That body is really starting to shape up. Front of car looks very nice.

 

[dbphemi]

Thanks! yeah its coming along. I have to take a brake from it now in then or it starts driving me mad lol.

 

[kustom2k1]

Your already mad!! Great work brother, very impressed and shes going to be a stunner. How are you going to finish her off, color wise, wheels etc.

 

[dbphemi]

Attempting to restart stalled project. Bought a house moved . I have a new bigger garage now. More space to work. Trying to dry fit a bunch of parts I've acquired over the years. I bolted in the grill. It kinda looks like a car now lol!

 

[dbphemi]

Added some more parts. Just need to put the engine back in it and I'll have a proper roadkill ride lol.