My 1966 Dart GT restoration

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MaydenTexas

Do it right or don't do it at all
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History, my father and uncle's best friend came by this car in the mid 80s. At the time he was renting a house from my grandfather and traded the car for rent. After a few years my father took an interest in the car and bought it. He drove it until the mid 90s until he sheared something in the rear end and parked it. I have always loved it and my Dad promised me that I could have it when I got a place to keep and work on it. 25 years later and she is finally home and going to be restored. I have started the process of tearing her down here are some before photos. She is a 1966 Dart GT 273 2bbl auto console shift P4W trim and QQ1 paint with a white rag top (missing at present)

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She is very complete. As far as I can tell only missing very few original parts. Drivers door panel mid crome trim, spare tire cover and carpet, dome light lens. And she has been wrecked and poorly repaired in the past. Damage to drivers side of hood, drivers door and minor damage to upper section of drivers quarter panel just below the GT badge. Here are some pictures of the tear down so far. Making some repairs and doing rust removal as I go.
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I sincerely welcome any questions or suggestions. I will be restoring her almost all original. Oh and she is a Canadian. One of the few I have seen. If anyone else has a GT Canada car I would love to see it.
 
If you end up wanting to fix the rear end I have a NOS set of spider/side gears in the original box floating around in the bottom drawer of my toolbox.
That is usually what fails in 7.25's.
 
If you end up wanting to fix the rear end I have a NOS set of spider/side gears in the original box floating around in the bottom drawer of my toolbox.
That is usually what fails in 7.25's.
I definitely want to repair it just haven't gotten as far as opening it up to see what the problem is yet. Thanks for the offer, I will let you know what I find.
 
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