Will 72 valiant 4 door rails and sheet metal work on a 69 Dart

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I have a 69 Dart that needs floors, trunk, and all the rails replaced. I have a 4 door Ply Valiant donor car with excellent floors, rails, and trunk. Is it the exact same sheet metal that I could swap into the 69 Dart?

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There's a bit of difference in the wheel base between Darts and Valiants, so, I would imagine the rear floor pans are probably different, and maybe the rocker panels too. Why not fix the Valiant and use the Dart as a parts car?
 
cudamark said:
There's a bit of difference in the wheel base between Darts and Valiants, so, I would imagine the rear floor pans are probably different, and maybe the rocker panels too. Why not fix the Valiant and use the Dart as a parts car?
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I I want to fix the two door dart not the four-door valiant front end is missing off the valiant anyhow
 
You could put the Dart front end on the Valiant, but, I understand not wanting to end up with a 4dr.
 
Everything but the rear footwell pan will work fine.
You will need to use a 72 fuel tank as the fill tube is in a different location.
 
moparmarks said:
Everything but the rear footwell pan will work fine.
You will need to use a 72 fuel tank as the fill tube is in a different location.
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Huh?
Is that really right? I never noticed a difference.
 
Other than the number of vent hoses in the tank, I don't remember any differences in fuel tanks from '68-76, but I haven't swapped every single combination.
 
They are only about an 1" off but enough to be a pain. The fill tube hole in the trunk pan and the boot are different. I put the earlier 18 gal tank in my 72 which usually takes the later 16 gal tank and it is not working out with hole and boot.
Matt2000 has a fix.
 
Hmmm...That may explain why I did have a fitment problem once. I thought the reproduction tank was made wrong.
 
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