hutch1bronco
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Here is what I own.
1970 Dodge Dart Swinger 2dr Hardtop Slant 6 - Very Straight rust free car that I have owned since 1989. I purchased this car in 1989 with 32,000 miles on it, painted it blue, put rallies, bucket seats and a bumble bee stripe on it and drove all through high school and college. Currently it has 106,000 miles, its in black primer and my plans have always been to take it back to the original blue with blue interior and a V8.
Recently I bought this as a plan to use as many parts as I could.
1971 Dodge Dart Swinger 2dr Hardtop, 230hp 318, 8 3/4 rear, originally Plum Crazy Purple, black interior, black vinyl roof car. The odometer shows 61,000 miles and judging from the lack of wear on the pedals, seats, arm rests and such, I dont think its 161,000. I would also believe it to be a numbers matching, but I have not researched that yet. The car is really rusty, and I do not believe it is a candidate for a restoration, but all the trim inside and out is in great shape, plus it has the rear end and motor combo that I have wanted.
My question is, does it make sense for me to go to the trouble of using my car as a doner body for that car. Is that acceptable in the Mopar community? I have never planed to do a perfect restoration on my car and don't really want to. I am more interested in just building a good looking driver with the freedom to resto-mod as I wish.
I have only decent mechanical skills and I do not have a vast knowledge of Mopars, so having a complete car to rob from for all its desirable pieces was my driving force to pick this car up. Now, after doing a little research I am finding that this car may be fairly rare. Am I committing a sin by cannibalizing this car?
Let me know some thoughts.
1970 Dodge Dart Swinger 2dr Hardtop Slant 6 - Very Straight rust free car that I have owned since 1989. I purchased this car in 1989 with 32,000 miles on it, painted it blue, put rallies, bucket seats and a bumble bee stripe on it and drove all through high school and college. Currently it has 106,000 miles, its in black primer and my plans have always been to take it back to the original blue with blue interior and a V8.
Recently I bought this as a plan to use as many parts as I could.
1971 Dodge Dart Swinger 2dr Hardtop, 230hp 318, 8 3/4 rear, originally Plum Crazy Purple, black interior, black vinyl roof car. The odometer shows 61,000 miles and judging from the lack of wear on the pedals, seats, arm rests and such, I dont think its 161,000. I would also believe it to be a numbers matching, but I have not researched that yet. The car is really rusty, and I do not believe it is a candidate for a restoration, but all the trim inside and out is in great shape, plus it has the rear end and motor combo that I have wanted.
My question is, does it make sense for me to go to the trouble of using my car as a doner body for that car. Is that acceptable in the Mopar community? I have never planed to do a perfect restoration on my car and don't really want to. I am more interested in just building a good looking driver with the freedom to resto-mod as I wish.
I have only decent mechanical skills and I do not have a vast knowledge of Mopars, so having a complete car to rob from for all its desirable pieces was my driving force to pick this car up. Now, after doing a little research I am finding that this car may be fairly rare. Am I committing a sin by cannibalizing this car?
Let me know some thoughts.
