1965 Dodge Dart Charger

MOBodyman said

I would say you would be hard pressed to get it any closer than you have. The car is going to be beautiful and I doubt anyone has done any more research on this model than you have....so the judges won't be able to prove it should be any other way. lol

I agree about the clear coat. It wouldn't be right on a car that is an authentic restoration, and it won't look the same as single stage. Clear will tend to make metallics stand out a bit more and enhances certain colors, making them appear brighter than they were originally.

Great job as always! You should write a restoration book!

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Dallas!

I'm writing a reference manual for ICCA. User are car judges or some one that want's to restore a 1965/1966 Dart!!

I think the paint will look great and I'm also happy about the metallic paint for the interior. One paint that I haven't located is the color on the upper part of the instrument panel. It seems like some kind a glossy paint. I will need to check into that.

I took apart the front bumper tonight. The bolts on NOS bumper guards are different compare to the assembly line guards. The assembly line workers used H head bolts while Chrysler used some other kind of bolts for the spare parts.

On the inside of the bumper guards you can see black paint on the upper half. Last picture is the inside of an NOS bumper guard with shiny glossy black paint. Not sure why the paint is there but one idea is that you might see the inside of the upper half of the guard.