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These are shots of the car I've had all my life. My grandmother bought it now in 65. I bought it from my dad in 1983 for $1. It's been evolving ever since.
My grandmother bought it new shortly after my grandfather passed away. Although she lived in the interior of BC, she didn't drive it in the winter since the driving conditions can be pretty bad. That meant it didn't see much salt or many miles for the first 15 years which made the restoration...
Here are some pics of my 69 dart ,It is my current daily driver,cruiser,etc.. it averages 17.5mpg in its current form with a goal of 20 mpg with a few power freindly mods.
(update 12-10-06) new wheels :headbang:
The duster sitting in the garage. Removed the vinyl top and interior (what was left) to see how much rust there really is.... not too bad
So far I've rebuilt the entire suspension using urethane bushings, new MP HD torsion bars, MP HD rear springs and had the rear axles re-drilled for large bolt pattern which allowed me to add 15" Cragars, 15X6 in front and 15X7 in back. Also installed all new brake lines, Wilwood frnt. disc brake...
The car is done to look stock at car shows but the drive train has been changed. The origional trans was gone so I have a B&M racing 727 with a 4000 RPM stall converter. The rear is an 8 3/4 sure grip with 4:88 gears. The motor is stock looking also but has been built using 12.5:1 TRWs, Crane...
Thi car is painted the origional color of LL1 Sea foam Turquise. I changed the interior color from tan to white and added the white top. The OEM drive train was long gone when I bought the car but it still had the data plate. The car has a 383 and 4 speed. I have a 3:55 suregrip in the rear. It...
We picked this Dart up a year ago and are going to make it into a driver for the wife. It was origionally a 273 and 904 but we have a 360/727 to go into it. It doesn't look loke much now so we have aquired pretty much all we need for it so we are looking at a spring start.
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