After all the suspension work, we started on the motor. View attachment '74 dart compartment.jpg I originally thought the slant in the car was native to the fender wells, but its a transplant from a later car. The motor took a lot to get running, as a pack rat had made it's nest in the air cleaner, and the motor was stuck. After multiple pressure washings, WD-40 in the cylinders, and much breaker bar coaxing, the motor finally turned free, so we replaced the plugs, and fired up the motor. The little slant sputtered for a bit, but after some fiddling with the carburetor, It rumbled away like it was 1974.
I elected to take out the A/C system for now, rather than have a non working unit in the car, one interesting thing is the A/C unit is a chrysler co unit, which makes me think it is dealer installed View attachment '74 dart original interior.jpg
I don't think you can see the little silver badge on the right, but it says Chrysler next to a little pentstar.
The now running motor helped to reveal another problem, which manifested itself as a pool of ATF on the floor, turns out the transmission was hemorrhaging fluid.
