New Dodge at Home

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alex_borges_br

alex_borges_br

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Hi Guys, on December 30 I found a dodge on "brazilian ebay". Bought it on 1rst January.
As it was in another city, a friend collected it for me.
Last weekend (on 20th January), I went to Belo Horizonte (Brazil) to drive my new dodge home.

It is a Brazilian Dodge Magnum 1979 model.


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Well, definitely we are crazy. We just checked water and engine oil... We went to a gas station and fueled the car (the car is using a GNV kit, which is a kit to work with a gas as propane). This propane kit sucks..

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After 280km (175mile) (63miles/h).. we're home

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Hi Frankie, all Brazilian dodges are a-bodies.
Our dodges, from 69 to 78, looks like 68 and 69 American darts.

From 79 to 81, they look like dart swinger.



Frankie said:
Wow! That is certainly unique. Looks like it's built on an "F" platform. Is that correct?
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have to repair rear quarter panel, where side markers are placed.

both side on front have some dents.. easy to fix.

passenger door has a huge rust. fortunately I have a spare door.. but I can fix this door also.

well.. I don't want to repair car body at the moment. Want to ride it as my daily car


66340SEDAN said:
Cool car, it looks to be in good shape too!! :glasses7:
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alex_borges_br said:
have to repair rear quarter panel, where side markers are placed.

both side on front have some dents.. easy to fix.

passenger door has a huge rust. fortunately I have a spare door.. but I can fix this door also.

well.. I don't want to repair car body at the moment. Want to ride it as my daily car
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It looks to be a nice solid car. Tell us more about it,we are always interested in learning about A bodies.
 
Nice all around I think. Grill is cool, dash is sweet, round gauges, console with 4 speed! I like the hell out of it! More pictures please.
 
These Natural Gas cylinders are on my list "to remove"

I'm not a fan of natural gas. They are big, ugly and heavy.

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some trims we found on car. some of them looks really bad...

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I used some newspaper to try to dry all rain water poured on the floor.

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Floor not so bad!

I think I will only clean it.. I do not intend to do a hard work on this car. Just want to drive it!

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Nice find Alex! It's a very cool car indeed. Thanks for the images.

Looks like a manual transmission. What engine do you have in your Magnum? Is a natural gas conversion popular in Brazil?

Good luck with your project.
 
all brazilian dodges use 318 small block.
the most common setup I note is 3 speed, shift on column.

All brazilian magnuns are 4 speed floor shift. They used to be a top model, with hydraulic steering and air conditioner.

Dodge guys do not like gas conversion. I don't notice any rodder or car collector that enjoy conversion.

But, a few years ago, natural gas used to be much cheaper than gas. Then, a lot of people converted theirs cars. Most of them professional drivers (as taxi).



dilley340 said:
Nice find Alex! It's a very cool car indeed. Thanks for the images.

Looks like a manual transmission. What engine do you have in your Magnum? Is a natural gas conversion popular in Brazil?

Good luck with your project.
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Hi Tony, the blue mercury (and all other cars in that garage) behave to 2 brothers (which are great friends in Belo Horizonte).



Tony Fields said:
Cool car Alex!

I also like that blue Mercury in the garage. Is that yours.

I also see a 1963 Chevy.
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