1970 Swinger 340 Hemi Orange 4 speed
Yes, I will have to post some pics. I have owned mine twenty years or so, so I have pictures of various stages when I had it on the road. You mention the Go Wing. My car had one on, but the trunk lid was incorrect. The holes were drilled through with homemade brackets made out of an old license plate. I did obtain a "correct " trunk lid and brackets because I like that option with the trunk stripe. What code is it on a build sheet? I figure my car will never be concours correct, because right now I dont feel I will nitpick down to hose clamps etc. Plus I will run electronic ignition and Edelbrock carb and intake, things like that. I want to maintain the "stock" appearance with 14 inch rally wheels, vinyl top etc.
Thanks for the compliment! I'm glad you're enjoying the thread/vids. Yeah I don't think too many 1970 340 Darts are around anymore.. I'm lucky if I see one or two at the car shows around here. I was looking for a Hemi Orange 340 Dart for years before I came across this one and I'm glad I was patient because this one has all the options I wanted, which probably helps a lot with the motivation on restoring it since it's needed so much to bring back from the dead!
Mine is an early production car (sept 69) and I find it interesting that the early production ones never had the go wing provisions underneith the trunk lid. You have any pics of yours?
I started on removing the upper cowl assembly from my doner piece. I'm drilling the firewall/cowl seam from the bottom to retain all the original spot welds on the upper cowl so it looks factory under the hood when I panel bond (fuser structural) this lip to my car.. I will then weld the upper cowl on along the windshield seam and sides to retain the strength. When I remove the upper cowl from my car I will only drill the spot welds out thru the first layer of steel across the firewall seam so the original spotwelds will still be in place for the lower cowl/firewall.. It is a lot of work but should make for a seamless repair.
Yes, I will have to post some pics. I have owned mine twenty years or so, so I have pictures of various stages when I had it on the road. You mention the Go Wing. My car had one on, but the trunk lid was incorrect. The holes were drilled through with homemade brackets made out of an old license plate. I did obtain a "correct " trunk lid and brackets because I like that option with the trunk stripe. What code is it on a build sheet? I figure my car will never be concours correct, because right now I dont feel I will nitpick down to hose clamps etc. Plus I will run electronic ignition and Edelbrock carb and intake, things like that. I want to maintain the "stock" appearance with 14 inch rally wheels, vinyl top etc.