1967 Dodge Dart 270
After cutting out the rot, patching the frame rail on both sides, and a metric butt ton of trimming and fitting...
I got the new mount welded in, along with a new inner fender. Somehow I failed to get progress pictures of that but here's the installed and painted Driver's side. still need to hit it with some seam sealer but that'll be once both sides are done and I am ready to reassemble everything.
Decided to play around with the surface conditioning tool I picked up from harbor freight while I have the fender off.
Trying to decide if I want to get some paint on it this summer, or wait till after the car show season and take the winter to make the body super straight. I still have to do the passenger side control arm mount/inner fender. Once that's done, I will probably drop and paint the K member. It cleaned up pretty well and I would like it to stay that way.
I also want to give the engine bay a fresh coat of paint before I move on to the rear of the car. I picked up the appropriate...ish colors from The Coating Store. I used their Dark Blue Poly (1968 - EE) for the dash and I am using Bright Blue Poly (1968 QQ). Only one place makes the 1967 Bright Blue Poly(88) color and for the price of a gallon of that, I got a gallon of base, a gallon of clear, and a gallon and a half of primer in the 68 color.
Anywho, once the front clip is done, Gonna move on to the rear. Rear crossmember, crossmember extensions, trunk extensions and rear leaf spring mounts get here today. I already have the lower quarter patch panels.
I am getting excited as I can kind of see the light at the end of the tunnel. There's a lot of work to do yet but most of the "hard" stuff I was concerned about is behind me. She's close to being ready to put back together and on the road again!
After cutting out the rot, patching the frame rail on both sides, and a metric butt ton of trimming and fitting...
I got the new mount welded in, along with a new inner fender. Somehow I failed to get progress pictures of that but here's the installed and painted Driver's side. still need to hit it with some seam sealer but that'll be once both sides are done and I am ready to reassemble everything.
Decided to play around with the surface conditioning tool I picked up from harbor freight while I have the fender off.
Trying to decide if I want to get some paint on it this summer, or wait till after the car show season and take the winter to make the body super straight. I still have to do the passenger side control arm mount/inner fender. Once that's done, I will probably drop and paint the K member. It cleaned up pretty well and I would like it to stay that way.
I also want to give the engine bay a fresh coat of paint before I move on to the rear of the car. I picked up the appropriate...ish colors from The Coating Store. I used their Dark Blue Poly (1968 - EE) for the dash and I am using Bright Blue Poly (1968 QQ). Only one place makes the 1967 Bright Blue Poly(88) color and for the price of a gallon of that, I got a gallon of base, a gallon of clear, and a gallon and a half of primer in the 68 color.
Anywho, once the front clip is done, Gonna move on to the rear. Rear crossmember, crossmember extensions, trunk extensions and rear leaf spring mounts get here today. I already have the lower quarter patch panels.
I am getting excited as I can kind of see the light at the end of the tunnel. There's a lot of work to do yet but most of the "hard" stuff I was concerned about is behind me. She's close to being ready to put back together and on the road again!