I saw this car posted for sale on an old thread here, had some roof damage. I ended up buying it this weekend. Guy I bought it from restored it in 2015. Have original bill of sale and a ton of other documentation on the way. Has to be pretty rare being built for export to Canada, 273, 4 bbl...
Turns out that won't work either with the curve where the hood meets the cowl. The brackets he had fabricated are bolt on, we are going to use another Duetz fastener on the bracket instead of the bolt on system it has now
Thanks, yes could be a challenge. I can live with the poles holding up the hood if I have to. It is just a pain to lift off the hood and put those strange brackets in at the back every time I want to leave the hood open at a show. We may look at some sort of piano type hinge for the rear just to...
My car has a strange set up, lift off hood with 2 poles in front to hold it oepn and strange brackets to hold up the rear. I would like to convert to a regular hood hinge but both hood and fenders are fiberglass. Any suggestions?
I bought it mostly done. Going to do some tweaking both cosmetically and mechanical to make it my own. Will attend some shows in the Okanagan for sure.
This is my first A body, looking forward to a fun summer. It's a custom 75 Dart, 522 Wedge, 727, 9 inch, currie axles, Eaton 3 91 posi. New build, 633 hp. PPG Gecko Green top and bottom.