1965 Dodge Dart Charger

kmccabe56 said

Now is probably not the time to mention this, but wouldn't you have been better off to only drill the holes you need? Yes, I know "It wouldn't be factory", but as you've pointed out in other postings, those holes are nothing but a leak path to provide rust an opportunity to grow and spread.

If you've already drilled these holes, a small dab of sealer in each one before you put the tape on will help with the rust issue. Remember Chrysler was out to use the cheapest material they could, particularly for something that wouldn't have been seen by the customer. What you're probably looking for is something like cloth hockey stick tape.

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Kevin!

No worries! The trunk lid came orginally with holes just for the letters for the basic Dart. There were centered between the tail lights. If you added the trunk lid car for a Dart 270 you used the centered holes for the letters and you had the drill the holes for the upper and lower moulding. Finally if you had a GT you had the add the holes above the upper moulding. But for the cenetered holes you had to add a piece of tejp.

I was wondering about the rear exhaust hanger and today I think I solved the problem. The tail pipe that goes over the rear end is put into the flange at the end of the muffler. For keeping the system under the car during assembly process without falling down the exhaust hanger was mounted the way I hold it. THe U-bolt was mounted on the flange and the exhaust hanger was mounted to the tail pipe.

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