Dodge Dart A4 Buffed silver period race car

[toolmanmike]

A4 is such a nice color. Looking forward to seeing this one finished. tmm

 

[pishta]

I like the flat yellow paint! Put some shiny Dart graphics on it. Wish I could park my car like that, against the wall...!

 

[HemiDenny]

Cool build....but I'm partial to silver cars.

I like the Griffin aluminum rads...their factory looking model looks almost factory.

 

[trebor75]

Great work, looks really good!

 

[68383GTS]

Nice work........

 

[zhandfull]

Awesome work

 

[kingdragon]

Hi guys, I put my sixpack roadrunner project on ebay tonight. If any of you know someone who may be interested please let them know. Thanks guys

 

[QWKSLVR]

Hi. Looks great so far. Love the color especially since mine is also a4. Keep the pictures coming. Bobby

 

[kingdragon]

heres athe link for my sixpack project

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380886705154?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

 

[kingdragon]

Its off the rotisserie on getting the trunk detailed. Feels so nice to get back in the game.

 

[kingdragon]

The trunk sealed up with PPG Epoxy sealer.

 

[kingdragon]

4 coats of base, three coats of clear. Fresh paint gets me pumped.

 

[kingdragon]

PPG Epoxy sealer on the floors and firewall. I dusted the backside of the firewall with color and clear just because. One of my groupies applying seam sealer.

 

[kingdragon]

I had to walk away from the Dart this winter and get this 56 Chevy done for a good friend of mine. I convinced him to paint it a Chrysler hue. 49' Desoto color
looks bitchin
feels so good to get back on my car. I hope to have in paint and at the strip for the Ohio nationals.

 

[bad440]

Nice job...

 

[kingdragon]

Getting the engine compartment in paint.

 

[kingdragon]

Aligning the nose. Man! I can taste the blood! its coming together.

 

[72Dodge]

Sweet! I missed this one before. I'll be following now.

 

[kingdragon]

Its been a little while since Ive posted on my thread. Let me bring ya'll up to speed.
Got the car in finish primer. I tinted each coat so when it came to final wet sanding I could use the tints as a gauge of how much material is on the car. The least amount of primer the better.

 

[kingdragon]

I asked a few body shops if I could use there both for a weekend and no one was responsive. So...I just went for it in my filthy shop. Wet the floors down and started putting down base. I put a full two gallons of mixed base on this car. 4 gallons if you take into consideration the underside, jambs, trunk ....

 

[kingdragon]

2 gallons of mixed base. PPG DBC, then two coats(one gallon) of PPG 2021 clear. Wish I put another coat of clear on...gives you a extra build if it needs a fresh sand and polish in a few years.

 

[kingdragon]

I must have 50 hours in panel alignment alone. tweaking, twisting, welding, grinding. I have to say the final product shows in the super crisp lines and gaps.

 

[kingdragon]

had tri-city plating redo the original bumpers. Put the original trim and lights on. The chrome isn't perfect but I would rather have blemish originals then ching chang Chinese repro garbage.

 

[kingdragon]

I rebuilt a 4-speed for the car. 72' close ratio. Blasted the case parts with oxide then clear coated. we'll see how its judged. If anyone has a different approach to restoring bare iron I'm open for suggestions. dropped the
hot-rodded 340 and 4-speed in place. next is window regulators and alignment. the last car I did this task took 30 hours alone.

 

[Abodybomber]

Beautiful work, subscribed. Never see a A4 car done, anymore.