''I'm going to fix it up someday'' The resurrection of a '74 Dart Sport......

Thanks for asking.
The funny thing is with this car is that the driver's side was terrible, the passenger side is almost rust free. The car wasn't undercoated from the factory except in the standard spots that all of the cars got.
The undercarriage and frame rails only had light surface rust on them. The only rust through on the car is a small hole in the rocker, some holes down low in front of the rear tire in the quarter, the trunk drop off and bottom quarter on the bottom behind the rear tire all on the driver's side! The rust scabs on the rear quarter are a result of some poor body work in it's past. The door and front fender were also bad on the driver's side too, and i changed them already.
The floor pan on the driver's side wasn't too bad with a couple of holes, but i changed the whole thing anyway. The bottom of the trunk floor where the gas tank mount is had some holes so i replaced it too.
I am buying a partial rear amd quarter for the driver's side up to about the filler neck, i have a new trunk drop off already, and i have a rust free rocker patch to take care of that bad spot.



That is the first thing that I noticed. The whole driver's side of the car took the worst; the other side was much better.
I was wondering if the orientation of the car to the elements had something to do with it.
Perhaps the left rear caught the brunt of the northern plains climate? The other side was sheltered from the storms or had a southeastern exposure.
I wanted to ask about the input shaft on the transmission. Was the 360 crank drilled for it?
How was this handled if it was not?
And the flywheel, did you have to rebalance it?

I run 215 70r 15 tires and have no trouble with clearances on my Dart Sports.
If you are going to drive this car, why not keep the tall gears?
Better fuel economy and doing over 100 mph sounds reasonable to me.

I think there should be some type of award for what you have done with this car.