My New Daily Driver - 1972 Dart Swinger!!!!
Here is my new daily driver - a 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger. Althought this will not be a restoration, I am going to do some modifications to it so I thought this would be the forum to post it in. As I make progress I will add it here. Now about the car....
It is a factory 318, 904, 7 1/4 (2.76 ratio) beast!!! :burnout: LOL. I did not want a hot rod for a daily driver so this fits the bill great. It is a factory B5/B5 black top car. Has factory A/C (not working right now), PS, Manual drums on all corners, AM, Bench seat car. The car has 74K original miles and runs and drives great. "Floats" at 70 MPH.
As far as condition, it is wearing about 70% of the original paint. It has been buffed and burned pretty bad over the years and spotted on in several places. It is an all factory panel car and has the nicest truck floor I have ever seen in an A-Body. Lots of little door dings and scratch "patina" :smile: The trim is all nice and straight and in very good condition. The top is also original in great shape. The interior is original and very nice. It needs carpet and the drivers side arm rest is worn. Headliner and Dash is mint.
So, What do I plan to do... Well drive the crap out of it!!! I love driving this car. Here are some things I am going to do as far as upgrades...
- Front Disk Brake Conversion: I have 73+ spindles, UCAs, and 11" caliper mounts. I will get the rest from Rock Auto or local.
- New BBP Wheels: Here is where I am in a delima. I am going to keep the back SBP for now and run some billet adapters. I just don't know what size or kind of wheels to run. Either old school 15" Cragars with 60 series tires or 17" Torque Thrust style? I really like both looks. Also, I don't know if chrome/polish would look better or wheels with gray centers... Still trying to decide. Any suggestions?
- Dual exhaust
- Handling mods: 1" Tbars, front and rear sway bars and new shocks.
- Better Stereo
- Repair AC. I did put in some R-12 and it was cold for a couple days then quit again. Compressor was good and quiet and blew COLD! I hope it is a line.
After I get these mods done, I will then probaly put a little better paint job on it....
Well, that is the intro. As I make progress I will post. Thanks for looking!