1970 "DUPED" Dart Swinger

dowboy1970 said

Did the guy you bought the car put it together? Maybe he did not know about the leaks?

As far as the paint and body work goes, some are much easier to please in that department than others and you have already claimed that you are a give or take perfectionist.

It is a very nice looking Dart.

I am a little confused since you listed the car for sale last August for 30K.

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The previous owner "built" the car.

Claiming to be a perfectionist doesn't take away from the fact that the paint work was described as being done "by one of the best restoration shops in his area" but needed some paint correction. This isn't being a perfectionist to have massive sand scratch swelling, dirt everywhere in the paint, human hair in the paint... and so forth. I have photos of the work I had to do to "correct" it. I can post those up in a bit.

It would be very difficult to not notice the leaks... it literally left oil stains everywhere you parked it... the entire bottom of the engine is covered with oil... and I'm guessing he put that intake on after his builder did the short block.

I had the car up for sale after I bought it because I was so disappointed with it... and wanted to recover my money... but unlike the previous owner I took the listing down after I discovered all of the issues... and wanted to properly correct them before I sell or kept it myself. I am not sure which I will do at this point. I wasn't aware of all of these issues until I really got into the car mechanically to investigate the issues I was seeing.

I will post up some pictures of the trunk striker support that is smashed... and also when I did the paint correction I took the hood scoops off to find half of the fasteners missing or completely ripped out of the scoops.