Fixed the front end on my '70 Dart

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70DartMike

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A couple months back I whacked a deer with the front of my '70 Dart Custom. Pretty heartbreaking as the grill was a beautiful original unrestored piece. It had a huge hole in it smashed out, the bumper was twisted, the hood had small damage, and the valence was bent.
Claimed it through ICBC, and here we are.
Had our West Coast Mopars club sponsor, Linwood Custom Restoration, do the front end claim, as well as open up and repair some rust that had started since I had it done at the previous resto shop.
Jerry's Plastic Repair & Restoration in Duncan, BC, restored the 1971 Dart grill for me, Vic Plating did the bumper. The drivers side, hood, and passenger fender were resprayed in F8.

The first couple pics show the damage, the next pics are the repair, and the last pics show the car now.

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A couple months back I whacked a deer with the front of my '70 Dart Custom. Pretty heartbreaking as the grill was a beautiful original unrestored piece. It had a huge hole in it smashed out, the bumper was twisted, the hood had small damage, and the valence was bent.
Claimed it through ICBC, and here we are.
Had our West Coast Mopars club sponsor, Linwood Custom Restoration, do the front end claim, as well as open up and repair some rust that had started since I had it done at the previous resto shop.
Jerry's Plastic Repair & Restoration in Duncan, BC, restored the 1971 Dart grill for me, Vic Plating did the bumper. The drivers side, hood, and passenger fender were resprayed in F8.

The first couple pics show the damage, the next pics are the repair, and the last pics show the car now.

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That's a fine looking 70. Glad you got it fixed.
I hope the deer wasn't Rudolf, that would land you on the naughty list in a hurry.
Merry Christmas ;)
 
Nice looking repair and a beautiful car! Hope you don't have anymore bad luck.
 
Really love those wheels on a dart, and I truly love green mopars!!!
 
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