1967 Dodge Dart Convertible

[sobiecam]

Just picked this up weekend before the Indy Heads swap meet, 1967 Dart 'vert, factory 273 2bbl car column auto, copper on white car, overall it's fairly solid for being in the midwest it's whole life but it's still due for some panel replacement.

Pictures are from the previous owner:

Car came with a 1966 383 so that's out of it now and getting freshened up, car will be getting disc brakes up front, already bought a 8-3/4 for it, have an "old school" pioneer cassette player for it, a 727, bought a 71 bench seat for it (67 bench springs are rusted and broken to the point of being useless), so now I get to put the money together to reupholster what's left of the interior, put a new top on, get the body nicer and lay a coat of newer Challenger Hemi orange pearl on it!

 

[pacuda59]

It looks like you've got yourself a project. Good luck and post some pictures along the way.

 

[65dartcharger]

Cool project!

 

[sobiecam]

Thanks guys! Car got off of the trailer Sunday after the Indy show (I live about 6 miles from the fairgrounds, 2.5 miles from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and maybe 1.75 miles from IRP.... er... Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis now) Once my uncle got his 67 GTX and 87 Ram out of the garage it became my domain. I spend an evening cleaning and organizing the garage, put up a shelf, and got ready to fiddle with the Dart

It wasn't long after I pulled the 383 out and took it to my other (of three) shops to work on refreshing it. Then a couple days later I decided to take off some more parts, which will bring us into the beginning of returning this Dart to glory

I'm between just making it roadworthy with a nice interior (since my Dakota is turning from a street/race truck to a more track oriented racecar) or just jumping into a full bore restoration, which after looking at several threads on FABO after being away for a while seems to be the direction we're leaning towards now.

The only bummer for me is going to college full time and also working full time while trying to drag race as much as I can and keep my awesomely supportive girlfriend happy as well, so the Dart will likely not fly together like I wish it could.

Here's how she sits tonight after a little bit of stripping!

Eventually I'll break out my real camera so you guys don't have to squint at these grainy cell phone pictures.

 

[Shingar]

Looks fun! Interested to know where you picked up your 8 3/4? I've been looking for a while. Thought I had one....but it turned out to be junk.

 

[69conv]

Best of luck. You'll have a real fun ride when your done. Not much better than a big block dart.

 

[sobiecam]

Looks fun! Interested to know where you picked up your 8 3/4? I've been looking for a while. Thought I had one....but it turned out to be junk.

Bought it from a local racer/friend at the Indy show, there were several housings there but the one I picked up was one of the better deals, it's had the perches inboarded for a spring relocation which I was going to attempt anyways to get some more rubber under the 'vert.

 

[sobiecam]

Car keeps losing parts! Trying to tear it down and send it to Redi-Strip here in indy to see if there's anything left after we remove the rust, filler, paint, and other nonsense that's wound up in this car over the years.

Noticed that the lower core support is pulled out and in general not looking too straight

Need to get the shop-vac from my dad's place to help clean this thing out!

Anyways, more work to be done taking this thing apart and maybe off to the stripper (I'd go to a stripper too but I've got a girlfriend for that LOL)

 

[sobiecam]

Little more disassembly done tonight after work, this car is actually coming apart pretty drama free compared to most of the junk I've had before! Just need to get the dash stripped or just take it out whole and go from there and get around to pulling the top parts, decklid, and what remains of the suspension and brake stuff and it goes off to get stripped. Is the trim on top of the windshield and on the a-pillars held on like hardtop windshield trim or is mine just stuck to the rubber?

Progress pic for those keeping track at home:

you guys can see the 71 bench in there for engine-sounds-making purposes