Brads 72 Dart Swinger Done My Way
Well after owning Camaros, Chevelles, and Nova's in the late 70's and selling them not knowing what I had. I have now passed the children stage of my life and decided to jump into a nice 2-year project. But to make it exciting I went with a Mopar! New to me but so far so good. I looked for a good starter project, something someone else started and then either got tired of or ran out of money on. I found exactly the first with this car. The previous owner had her 8 years...drove her home. Pulled the 318 and was going to drop a 440 in her. He soon found out this was going to be work and quickly stopped. The car sat in his garage for 6 years until he advertised her. He managed to do a good job moving the springs in and cutting out for the tubs. He also mocked up a big block and 727 trans with the correct mounts for each. I traded a couple of guns and $300.00 and she was mine forever. The rear end was gone and he had a Dana 60 housing. I have since sold the Dana housing and found a 8 1/4" Posi with 3.91 gears. This will be fine as this will be a nice BB Crusier...not a weekend drag car. So it begins, 3 months so far of body work and gathering parts. I will post pics and list of parts and my way of doing things just like the old days of the 1970's "Old School My Way".
Well after owning Camaros, Chevelles, and Nova's in the late 70's and selling them not knowing what I had. I have now passed the children stage of my life and decided to jump into a nice 2-year project. But to make it exciting I went with a Mopar! New to me but so far so good. I looked for a good starter project, something someone else started and then either got tired of or ran out of money on. I found exactly the first with this car. The previous owner had her 8 years...drove her home. Pulled the 318 and was going to drop a 440 in her. He soon found out this was going to be work and quickly stopped. The car sat in his garage for 6 years until he advertised her. He managed to do a good job moving the springs in and cutting out for the tubs. He also mocked up a big block and 727 trans with the correct mounts for each. I traded a couple of guns and $300.00 and she was mine forever. The rear end was gone and he had a Dana 60 housing. I have since sold the Dana housing and found a 8 1/4" Posi with 3.91 gears. This will be fine as this will be a nice BB Crusier...not a weekend drag car. So it begins, 3 months so far of body work and gathering parts. I will post pics and list of parts and my way of doing things just like the old days of the 1970's "Old School My Way".