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  1. fredsmedina

    1974 Charger stripe

    Looking at painting on a tail stripe on the 74 charger SE. Just finished painting her plum crazy, and I am considering a flat black tail stripe. The car will also have a hood stripe same color, and a black vinyl top. What are your thoughts on stripes for this year charger? (the pic of the...
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    Paint for my '74 Charger

    I have my 1974 Charger SE. It was originally my grandparents car(bought it in 1975, when it was a year old), and now it is mine! My plans for the car are putting a completely rebuilt 318 in there. The car will be a daily driver as well. After doing all body and paint on my '67 Dart, I've...
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    Bonding Fiberglass scoop to a steel hood

    I have a stock steel hood on my '67 dart, and i bought a bolt-on scoop 6-pack for it. Although its bolt on, I still want to bond the hood on somehow to give the area a "smooth transition" if that makes sense. And once I bond it, I will be painting it Hot rod(satin) black. I know that i cant...
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    What color to paint my dart?

    I'm currently deciding between painting it a metallic silver, or sour apple green metallic. Either way, I will be adding on a 6 pack scoop and painting the hood/scoop with a satin black. cant decide on a body color though. The bodywork will be less than perfect. but I believe either color that...
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    67 dart windshield trim/seal?

    not sure exactly what I could be missing or what I need. I have no clue how the whole windshield sits in there. This is on my '67 dart. here are some pics of what I have though. is this the missing locking strips that another FABO member mentioned to me? or what do I need to get this all sealed...
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    Chassis dolly/casters?

    gong to make like a chasis dolly. so that the entire car will be on casters.. I believe i want to attach the rear casters to the front leaf spring mounts. trying to figure out some different ideas of how to attach some casters so that I can roll around the entire car. i won't have a rear end or...
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    powder coat/ paint bumpers?

    I have a 67 dart. the chrome on both bumpers isn't horrible, but i'm thinking about doing something to them since I will be painting the entire car soon here. how do powder coated bumpers look? and also thinking about possibly painting them a flat black color.? any comments/questions are...
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    Body work /paint prep tips

    Starting bodywork on my dart this week. any tips for me? all of the panels are alligned pretty good right now. there already seems to be some bondo on the rear quarters. and i'll probably need to use a little bondo in other areas of the car. I've never done any body work at all before. So any...
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    Pics of your Silver Darts

    I think i've decided on a color for my dart. Its a silver metallic from summit racing. Choosing this paint because its a lighter color and it wouldn't show all of my flaws in my beginner bodywork hopefully. this is going to be my first paintjob and first time doing real bodywork. trying to...
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    Race composite 6 pack hood scoop

    Has anyone used their products.? i think i've also seen them on ebay. http://www.racecomposites.com/sixpackbolt.htm sorry for having alot of different threads about 6 pack scoops. just seems very hard to find a quality bolt on 6 pack hood scoop. pics of this scoop installed would be...
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    Unlimited Products in CA

    Thinking about ordering a hood scoop from Unlimited Products in CA. going to be cutting up my stock steel hood and bolting the scoop onto it. Has anyone uses this exact scoop or dealt with unlimited before? quality of the scoop/other products from them? thank you! heres the scoop that i'm...
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    Painting the dart

    decided that i'm going to go ahead and paint my dart while I already have everything off of the car. not too sure what I want to do now though. right now the entire car is rattle canned black(previous owner) i like the look of all black, looks pretty mean. so i'm thinking of doing the entire...
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    My 1st real welding project.

    So i started out with a trunk (spare tire well) that was pretty rusted but i thought i might be able to get away with just cutting out and replacing the rusted through parts of the trunk. once i started cutting away though, i realized that the whole thing was rotted. so i had to come up with...
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    Driving in the rain?

    My dad is concerned about me installing a hood scoop on my dart because he said it'll allow the engine to get wet in the rain and it could possibly ruin the air cleaner. should i be worried about this at all? what do other guys with hood scoops do during the rain? i know the factory scoops...
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    Summit 6 pack hood scoop

    has anyone used this scoop from summit? with a discount code that i have and a gift certificate, i can get it for about it for just over 70 bucks or so.. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-475002/ whats the quality of the scoop though? and what does it look like on a car? does it...
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    JC whitney 6 pack hood scoop

    has anyone used these JC whitney hood scoops? i'm thinking about buying them for my 67 dart. i have some clearance issues with my air cleaner so i want to throw on a hood scoop. i don't mind cutting up the stock hood. how good are these JC whitney scoops though? the price is right, but...
  17. fredsmedina

    Dart GTS hood vs. 6 pack hood

    i am gonna have some clearane issues with an air cleaner, so i figure why not throw on a new hood with a scoop. i love the look of hoodscoops, but i'm sort of new to driving an Abody. whats the difference from teh Dart GTS hood cs. a 6 pack hood? also, i was looking at AAR (everyone seems...
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    welding in the trunk tomorrow

    gonna try welding in some patches in teh spare tire well in the trunk of my dart tomorrow. any suggestions?! this'll be my first time welding something on my car. so far the only stuff i've welded is clean sheet metal on a workbench. i have a ton of holes in the trunk that i'll be...
  19. fredsmedina

    What am i missing here?

    what am i missing to hold this window up? i think there is someting thats supposed to hold the window to the rail somehow. not sure how though. the window still rolls up and down fine and smoothly, its just not being held in on that one part. and there is a little hole there that has to be for...
  20. fredsmedina

    what kinda stuff can i do?!

    got a plasma cutter on the way in the mail! :cheers:i'm excited. trying to think of various projects that i can do with the new plasma cutter? debating how hard it would be to make a dash for my dart? i've got soo many ideas going through my mind of what i'll be able to do. anyone got some...
  21. fredsmedina

    Painting my 67 dart

    i have a gallon of 'sour apple green metallic' paint that i was originally thinking of painting the 74 charger with. summit racing had alot of their paints on sale. and this is the one that we had at one point decided to go with. we are now having 2nd thoughts on this. the reason we bought the...
  22. fredsmedina

    Need Some Things For My 67 Dart!

    first off i'm new to FABO. so thanks for any help!! i have a 67 dart. oringinally when i bought it, i though that all i'd need to do is rebuild the front end and then i'd have a great daily driver. same day that i bought it, tranny went out, destroying the rear end as well. so now i've not a...
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