Project- Bills Buggy
Hey gang...Well its been a month since an update.. Not a great deal more has happened, money has been tight (been thats always the way it is) and I have been real busy with work... Did manage to get the Buggy outside last weekend so we could totally clean the garage out, organize tools and supplies, give the floor a quick bath, and put her back in to get ready for what I was hoping would be the final push (but you just can never tell) ... We got her in primer for the 3rd time, and she is starting to look real sweet.. Since the pics, I have already blocked her again, and have hit the small things that were found with icing.. Shes getting close... Only real issue still remains that passenger side fender... As I said in an earlier post that fender was hit.. and hit pretty good.. 69 Dart fenders are way harder to come by than I ever imagined and when I do find them they are not cheap!! lol.. This set was one I could afford and my friends were convinced we could save this fender... We have, but its just frustrating, trying to get body lines back in it, and get it to look good.. we keep chasing things all over the fender.. as you can see from the final pic, its close, but still not right.. I have come to the conclusion it just will never be 100% right... I am building a cruiser after all, so I can live with that....
Finally tracked down a NICE set of vinyl top moldings.. mine were decent but someone drilled holes in them to hold them down with stainless screws!! . Turns out the guy I got them from has a bunch of Darts (70-up) .. this is were project Bills Buggy may take a turn.. lol... I have posted threads on here looking for pics of a Dart I saw at the Nats 2 years ago.. it was orange/red 69 Dart with a 70-72 front clip (I am pretty sure it was a 70)... I absolutely LOVED the way the 70 front looked with the rest of the 69... since then I have never seen another .... Well this guy has a couple complete front clips.. Told me he would sell me a complete 71 front clip... dont know the exact price, but the guy is not out to make a fortune and has always been more than fair on pricing...
So... I am thinking real hard about making my car a 69 with a 71 front clip... My wife however has voted I leave the Buggy the way she has always been.. a 69 only... But said that the final decision will be mine... I realize this is my car and the only opinion that really matters is mine... but I do value the opinions of others.. so I am putting the question out there.. Finish the Buggy as a 69 ( and keep beating my head against the wall with that fender) or make the crazy 69-71 Buggy? ... all opinions, thoughts, and suggestions welcome.. enjoy the pics... and thanks in advance....