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  1. chgr1

    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    That's an outstanding job!! I like the yellow and black!
  2. chgr1

    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    I took time to make an initial alignment tool. Bought the steel from Lowes and the angle gauge from Harbor Freight. Will eventually obtain a digital angle gauge to be more accurate. Probably have $50 buckets in all of it.I can always use it on other vehicles. I had the complete front suspension...
  3. chgr1

    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    That's what I keep telling my wife!:poke:
  4. chgr1

    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    Its a long time posting my progress on the Dart. A lot of other priorities got in the way. Finally did manage to get it painted. Didn't paint the white stripe down the side and over the top like I wanted, changed my mind. Just going to put the white stripe decal down the side. Also managed to...
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    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    Here is the decode information for my project 1974 Dodge Dart Sport VIN Code: LM29 L4G 162525 Model Year: 1974 Car Line & Model: Dodge - Dart Sport 340 / 360 Price Class: Medium Body Type: 2 Door Sports Hard Top Engine: 360 CID 8 Cyl Assembly Plant: St. Louis Missouri...
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    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    The Dart has really good floor boards and frame , no rust, so there isn't much work to be done there, just a lot of cleaning and top coating. I completed the engine compartment refinishing. The before pic it looks really nasty and the engine although painted blue was actually blue paint over...
  7. chgr1

    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    When I did the inside of my hood I had enough time to blast it, clean it, dry it and apply the primer. If you can't get it done in one day spray the bare metal down with WD40 this will keep the flash rust off until you can finish it. WD 40 washes off easy and I use any kind of dish washing...
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    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    Lets talk paint stripping for this post. There are many different ways of accomplishing this. There is sand blasting, glass beads, plastic media, sodium bicarbonate, aluminum oxide, coal slag, crushed glass etc. Many of these kinds of media can be done wet or dry. Some of these "harder" media...
  9. chgr1

    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    Thanks for the encouragement. Like I've said I have had the Dart for some time but just haven't had the time to do anything with it. I work on it when I can. Depending on a persons interest, ie drag racing, cruising, concourse restorations and so forth, A lot of the A Bodies are somewhat under...
  10. chgr1

    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    The major body work is now done and the body is painted in epoxy primer. I'm just going through it and fixing all the little small stuff. I had to fix the passenger door under the mirror where it had rusted out. I fabed a small patch panel 3x5 and replaced the bad area. I had gotten...
  11. chgr1

    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    On the right side I replaced the entire panel. I just drilled out the spot welds around the panel with a spot weld cutter and removed the complete panel. Don't forget while your are doing this it is a great time to seal and repair any problems to the inside of fender. Over lap your panel at...
  12. chgr1

    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    On to the rear side panels. I appoligize for not taking a lot of pictures while I was doing the side panel replacement. I marked out how much forward on the side panel I wanted to cut. Leaving the rest of the replacement panel intact. Then I transfered the measurements to the new side panel...
  13. chgr1

    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    I completed the left rear tail light panel replacement the same way as I did the right. Make sure you take plenty of measurements before cutting. I used a cutoff wheel to do the cutting. I did not weld the new tail light panels to the side fender panels as I knew I would be replacing the rear...
  14. chgr1

    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    Starting on the rear body work. From preliminary inspection both right and left rear fenders will have to be replaced. Also both right and left rear tail light panels need replaced. Repairs done from privious owners was not done correctly so a lot of rust problems. I'm going to tackle...
  15. chgr1

    74 Dart Sport Restoration

    Howdy from Texas, Ya'll know how we Mopar people are, we can't stand to see them go to the crusher! So I rescued this Sport. Paid too much for it for what I found wrong with it, but isn't that usually they way. It's a 74 Dart Sport 360 console automatic with a Tuff steering column. Just like...
  16. chgr1

    Birth of the Blue Missile

    Keep Up The Great Work Andrew. Steve Cass MMCA
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