What an amazing job you have done! A true work of art and you produced what was built back in the day as it was made. Truly cant wait to see it in a show or maybe more. Sure hope you drive....CAREFULLY :burnout:
the dart is just beautiful, congrats to the first drive.
awesome job,,,,, so when can I bring my dart over
Wow, they'd accept full US-spec lighting…US headlamps, US red rear turn signals, etc…but they didn't find the retroreflectors built into the taillamps adequate?! That's silly. Guess they objected to the high vs. low location.
I bought a 270 2 dr sedan from the first owner in Sweden. He bought it brand new at Reedmans in Langhorne, PA as a wedding gift. Drove it up to New York and had it shipped to Sweden. Drove it until 1977 and parked it due to some issues with the brakes. Was going to restore it some day! (Have we heard that before?) I started calling him in 1986 and called him every second year. Last year he called me for the first time and told me,
-I'm 81 years old now and I'm not going to complete the restoration. If you like you can have it. We agreed on the money and I got it in mid December last year.
Now the pictures are done for the Insurance policy. I love those extra reflexes under the rear bumper!!! NOT!:banghead: Just for state inspection!
Today I finally was able to do the factory invoice to the dealership. I found an old type writer machine at a garage sale which worked good. On Ebay I found the 1964/1965 invoice only.
After going through all my books and notes I guess that this is the closest I can get. However I have one question; where was this factory invoice taped? I think I have seen it placed on the inside of the glass on the drivers door. I was able to find a ad from the dealership that sold my car new, University Dodge in Palo Alto, CA.
Last picture is the new invoice to the left and a copy of an old one to the right. I think it turned out great.
Ulf, I believe the invoice was attached to the right quarter window (if you have room, or the right door window if you don't). I also believe the label would not have been attached to the driver's door for two reasons (a) visibility and (b) damage to the label from rolling the window up and down.
State mandated amber reflectors or not
Great work, I would love to use this thread as a reference, could you provide an index ?
Its better than new.
Very, very nice Ulf. Your car has got to be the best restored early A-body on the planet!!
Plaschy
Did you mount the reflectors prior to the inspection as just in case. Or did the guys at the inspection told you that the car needed those. I ask because mine got through the state inspection without any extra reflectors.