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    69 r4 dart resto

    Your doing good work there buddy, won't be long now----great spending some time with you last week in Daytona taking in the awesome 500 race , the cold beer and hot weather wasn't bad either. See ya soon. GF
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    69 r4 dart resto

    Nice work there Dave, talk to you soon.
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    69 r4 dart resto

    Wow! nice work Dave, your skills have always amazed me, wish I would have had all that sheet metal available when I did my first dart, she will be a beauty when you are done with it .I'll be up soon for a visit to check it out and maybe we will have a cocktail or two. Cheers
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    Update: Soon 2B 1 fine 69 340 Swinger

    Beautiful work. Love!!!!!! the colour, you will see how much attention the F6 will get at the shows.
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    1965 Barracuda Resto from Germany

    Very nice work Uli,your skills amaze me.That will be one fine ride. Was born just south of Gifhorn in Clausthal Zellerfeld. Will be following this one.----Cheers Gerhard
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    69 Cuda part 2!

    Very clean build you are doing there on that 69', I like it a lot !!!!!
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Thanks memike for compliments on my builds,always feels good when someone likes what you have created. The new air breather setup works real good, the smaller one I made and ran for a while was starving the stroker at WOT for air, not much on the market for the six pac setup so this one is...
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Very cool 69 valiant you are into, nice work on your build. I can tell you my experiences and the modifications I made for that 6 pac setup to work really good on my 410, had those carbs on and off dozens of times. Once you get em right you do not have to fuss with them any more IMO. Thanks...
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Thanks for the kind remarks on the Dart, didn,t know about the hemi hood thing at first but now I wouldn,t have it any other way--the car gets lots of attention at the local shows. Got the motor out of the Black Dart ---got some heads and stuff from Brian at IMM, great guy to deal with--took...
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Gave the green Swinger a new look and some more air. Have spent a cosiderable amount of time working with the six pack setup getting it to respond and boy does it ever. LOVE IT! Designed and machined a new billit air cleaner for more intake flow and K&N filter, looks kind of funky. Will be...
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    supercharged, man you got a clean great looking dart there---and with that inventory of parts you've listed it must perform very strong.I am currently workin on a different hood for my green car with custom induction and either a sixpac scoop or hemi scoop, it will be matt black--if I don,t...
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Hey 2darts, thanks for the compliment, nice talking to ya at the show---- maybe you could PM me on that yellow dart you talked to me about ,I didn,t even ask you what kind of $ you were asking for it?
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    thanks for the kind words 340s, love that 69 s you have there they are hard to come by and yours is especially nice. and yeah its fun to jump on at low speeds if the time and place are are all good, I hear ya.
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    lilhow, see ya at moparfest---keep thrashin on that demon and may be it will make it to!
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Thanks snake, the green got me from the first time I saw it, couldn't walk away from it had to take it home.Had a b5 blue for a short period of time back in the day and I loved the colour.I put mopar xhd springs in the green car with stock shackles and hangers, gave it a nice raked stance.I put...
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Thanks George, and your darts are and have been a work of art.
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Thanks for that Wally,hope to see ya at some of the local mopar events.
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Hi out there, haven't posted for a while so I thought I would add this about my little Green A body. Entered it into the Performance World Show at the International Center in Toronto ON on the weekend and it won its class as "Best Mopar Street Machine".--So that was kind of cool. For winning...
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    SLEEPYS 69 swinger project

    Freaking amazing fab & restoration skills, thanks for sharing---will be following till completion.
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Hey Kenny,I just take the lacquer thinners to the grill and strip it of all paint and grime, the original bright anodizing is quite durable and comes up nice bright and clean and is not effected by solvents, just dont use any abrasives that would remove this anodizing as it would actually make...
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Hey V-C if you use that drawing the mounting holes should be 13/32 (.406) not .343 as shown as it mounts with 3/8 bolts not 5/16, forgot to revise the drwg. Cheers
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    V-C could not find what I wanted on the market so I made my own housing to suit my needs and the thermo coupling fitting that comes with the autometer temp gauge.I attached the drawing I made of it, maybe if you have a buddy in the machining bizz he could make one up for you as custom stuff is...
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Thanks Kenny,Maybe see at some mopar outing. Gary
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    The tires are M/T Sportsman street radials 28x10x15 on the back 26x6x15 on the front.Wheels are Billet specialties Vintecs same as on my black dart only they are 17". As far as paint codes go Adam R listed the PPG base coat qt. code in a 11/13/08 dicussion this is the same formula we used for...
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Hey Steve 340-- used moser axles on both darts c/w bearings pressed on, they fit with no hassles with the stock brakes and backing plates. With the stock drums u simply redrill the 1/2"- 4.5 bolt circle between the existing 4" bolt pattern and slip em back on. Later.
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Thanks for the kind rermarks on my Dart project.Its nice to get compliments from you A body guys who have built and are building your own rides the way you like them.I have viewed many threads on this site and am amazed at the skill and knowledge that many of you have.Thanks again. Now its back...
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Thanks 65,I think my grandson is trying to tell me something like maybe he will be in the driver seat one day. See ya at the spring fling in Mississauga if you and petty blue are going again this year.
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Well here it is all done and it turned out pretty good ,let me know what u think.Tried to keep it as stock as possible other than drive train and wheels as it was a numbers correct car when I got a hold of it ,I do have everything to turn it back to pure stock should I ever decide to go this...
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    Soon 2B 1fine69 340 Swinger

    Wow nice find,I have the twin to that car that I just finished. I found the car in the USA all original as yours but not quite as worn.That will be one great project for you.Any info you may need I would be glad to help. I will post some finished pics of my F6 Dart next week for you to see...
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    skips 69 swinger resto

    Just thought I would post a few pics of my six pack set up in case somebody else was heading this way you could maybe use it as a reference for hose routing ,linkage ,etc.Went to the Promax rear carb base plate to get at the mix screws. also put in the Promax front and rear carb billet jet...
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