My 69 Dart Project
Next up, I drove the crap out of the car rest of the summer and fall! I was so stoked to finally have a V8 muscle car! My previous was a Plum Crazy 74 Swinger slant 6 I had been building a 440 for and wanting a V8 so bad in it.
Once winter hit I wanted to quiet the interior down and the bench seat was not agreeing with the 2 slipped discs I have in my back. I stripped the interior down, ground the floors down to bare metal and coated with KBS coat. Then installed Kilmat in every nook and cranny I could. Got everything except the roof. This made another huge improvement.
I started shopping around for new seats and they were just too expensive for anything nice, so off to the junkyard. I grabbed some front buckets from a VW Passat for $100 and then some brackets from Summit which I had to modify a bit. Ran a circuit for the electric recline function and love em so far!
I also replaced the front door glass track (this is a super fun task BTW….kidding), cat whiskers throughout, new interior and exterior door handles, key locks and ignition, custom made new door panels(which eventually failed), painted the front doors and rear passenger area, installed all new seat belts and thankfully had a tapped hole in the roof for the front shoulder belts, new package tray, installed kick panels with speakers and 6x9s in the back, ran all new wiring for these and they tie back into a Bluetooth module in the glove box.
Next up, I drove the crap out of the car rest of the summer and fall! I was so stoked to finally have a V8 muscle car! My previous was a Plum Crazy 74 Swinger slant 6 I had been building a 440 for and wanting a V8 so bad in it.
Once winter hit I wanted to quiet the interior down and the bench seat was not agreeing with the 2 slipped discs I have in my back. I stripped the interior down, ground the floors down to bare metal and coated with KBS coat. Then installed Kilmat in every nook and cranny I could. Got everything except the roof. This made another huge improvement.
I started shopping around for new seats and they were just too expensive for anything nice, so off to the junkyard. I grabbed some front buckets from a VW Passat for $100 and then some brackets from Summit which I had to modify a bit. Ran a circuit for the electric recline function and love em so far!
I also replaced the front door glass track (this is a super fun task BTW….kidding), cat whiskers throughout, new interior and exterior door handles, key locks and ignition, custom made new door panels(which eventually failed), painted the front doors and rear passenger area, installed all new seat belts and thankfully had a tapped hole in the roof for the front shoulder belts, new package tray, installed kick panels with speakers and 6x9s in the back, ran all new wiring for these and they tie back into a Bluetooth module in the glove box.