''I'm going to fix it up someday'' The resurrection of a '74 Dart Sport......
Tom, Just front to backed your thread. I am amazed at how much you have done. Nice intake BTW. Same one I have.
Thanks, it's been a lot of work.
It has paid off though, i still can't believe it's the same car that i looked at and schemed about all of these years!
I really enjoy driving it when i get a chance.
The intake story is funny. I responded to an ad on Calgary kijiji for someone wanting to give away a bunch of parts for an old Mopar. He said his wife wanted her garage space back so i looked at the stuff and filled my pickup with all of the parts, (odds and ends, etc. mostly truck stuff) and when i was going to leave, he said ''Do you want to take the other stuff at my dad's place too?'' I said sure, let's go have a look. Well, in his dad's garage there was a good running slant 6, 2 Weiand small block intakes, a truck short tailshaft small block 727, and 4 14'' big bolt pattern rallye wheels. I asked him how much he wanted for all of it and he said ''Just take it, i have no use for it'' and i said it's worth some money, i can't just take it for free and he said ''If you don't want it, the scrap yard said they will pick it up for free, and i want it gone.'' I said okay, and we loaded up my pickup to the hilt with all of it.
This was on Superbowl Sunday 4 years ago, so i went and bought him a bottle of Whiskey for the party he was having later on in the day. i then sold the slant 6 engine minus the 2 barrel intake for $100.00 to cover my gas to go get the parts, kept the intakes and rallye wheels, and gave the rest away to friends.
Not too bad for a day's work. :D
I used one of the intakes on my Dart Sport and will use the other one on my '69 Valiant, and the wheels are on my Valiant.