Here is my 1967 Dart Gt story! About 8 years ago I bought a really cool 1967 Dart GT roller from a local here in Wisconsin. The car was really clean from California. I ended up buying a 440 and installing. I was 90% done with the mechanical's and about to start the body (my profession) when I started going through the divorce process. I unfortunately had to sell it to a member here. I took a few years off of Mopar's but about two years ago I picked up a 69 GT from a member here. Unfortunately the car was rotted badly with really bad frame rails on it so I unloaded that car. I decided that I really wanted a 67 GT and would keep searching for one until I could get my "dream" car back. In the last few weeks I had a member contact me here that had a car that met my needs and we worked out a deal. I work for a large collision company and hired our transport driver to come with me yesterday to pick up my car. We started out with a winch that wouldn't work so we put a band aid on it and headed south to the Bloomington Illinois area. We met up with Jim (a member here) and got a look at his cool shop and car collection. Jim was a really great guy and even through in some parts with the car as well as some awesome t-shirts for me and my twin boys. The car is now home in storage and I noticed the last time she was licensed was 1979! Good year... That's the year I was born haha. I already bought a 440 and trans for the car so that will be my drivetrain. The car is an original V8 car so already has the 8 3/4.
Plans for the car: She's called "Shart" for a reason. This is going to be a budget build (for now) until I really go ahead and restore the car. I plan on cleaning the car up (pressure washer) and start fixing basic things like door fitment, brakes, fuel lines and other items to make it "safe-ish" haha. I then plan to drop the 440 into the car and get all of the bugs worked out like driveshaft and so forth. I then plan on driving it while I do some some upgrades.
The car needs a LOT before I get it "road worthy" like, floor pan, need seats, and a million other things. I think what I am trying to avoid with this car is going full on restoration and ensuring that the car won't sit for years before I get to have fun with it.
One of my major challenges is that I have an incline into my garage and with no engine or trans the car is really going to be hard to move in and out of the garage to work on. Anybody have an issue like this that they work around? I am toying with the idea of installing a winch on my garage wall to pull the car in and out but my garage is really old and I'm afraid I'll pull the entire thing down haha. Thoughts? Let me know what you all think of project "Shart"
More photo's to come.
Plans for the car: She's called "Shart" for a reason. This is going to be a budget build (for now) until I really go ahead and restore the car. I plan on cleaning the car up (pressure washer) and start fixing basic things like door fitment, brakes, fuel lines and other items to make it "safe-ish" haha. I then plan to drop the 440 into the car and get all of the bugs worked out like driveshaft and so forth. I then plan on driving it while I do some some upgrades.
The car needs a LOT before I get it "road worthy" like, floor pan, need seats, and a million other things. I think what I am trying to avoid with this car is going full on restoration and ensuring that the car won't sit for years before I get to have fun with it.
One of my major challenges is that I have an incline into my garage and with no engine or trans the car is really going to be hard to move in and out of the garage to work on. Anybody have an issue like this that they work around? I am toying with the idea of installing a winch on my garage wall to pull the car in and out but my garage is really old and I'm afraid I'll pull the entire thing down haha. Thoughts? Let me know what you all think of project "Shart"
More photo's to come.
I know my car will need some floor replacement, hope it's not too much, but I'll plan on the while thing so it it needs it, I won't be shocked. Keep at it!
Now I just need to order a few grand worth of metal!
