Swedish 1969 Dart GT + 1964 Dart GT

[kma]

Sheet metal inside the car done and front bucket seats from Citroën , back seat too.
Not for the purists but I sit perfect and still in comparison.

 

[moparmat2000]

Cool looking seats. Are Citroens still made with 3 lug nuts per wheel? That feature alone does not inspire confidence in that brand of car lol.

 

[kma]

Cool looking seats. Are Citroens still made with 3 lug nuts per wheel? That feature alone does not inspire confidence in that brand of car lol.

Ha ha. Actually there’s a couple of models with 5-4,5 but mostly 4 lugs

 

[65dartcharger]

Throwing out some pictures of what’s been done.
Needed new floor pans on both sides and some work under the dash.


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Great work. I have some leftover 64 parts if needed!

 

[kma]

Great work. I have some leftover 64 parts if needed!

Thanks Ulf. I’ll keep that in mind.

 

[kma]

Made some fiberglass.

 

[kma]

First test drive since bought it.
This was a year ago

 

[kma]

Bad frame rails were fixed. Got rid of the inner fenders at the same time and replaced them with tubes

 

[kma]

Long time since last visit here.
I am finally up and running.
Done some more fiber glass details.
Trunk lid , fenders , doors and replaced all glass for lexan.
The weight is down at 2800 pounds.

It’s a 318 with ported Magnum heads. I followed a Magnum head porting for the beginner by @'63GT and got 255 cfm out of them. It’s my second attempt porting heads. I made a thread on porting J-heads couple of years ago and they also flowed 255 Porting small block 915 j-heads , Hughes springs and retainer kit ,Voodoo 703 cam. China Air Gap , Brawler 670 carb , home made fenderwell headers.
Prepped 904 with low first gear and manual valve body. Narrowed 8 3/4 4.10.

Made a new set of wheels 4 1/2” in the front and 10” in the back.
Currently running 245’s in the back but…

It’s fun but I can hardly come off the line in 1:st gear. It just spins
Have made a new set of wheels with better backspace. I can now run 295’s.