'69 Dodge Dart GTS

[Kegan B]

Finally felt like messing with it some, got the engine ready to pull one day this week. Then I can start on body work in the engine bay.

 

[Kegan B]

Got the engine out today and power washed the bay/engine off. Basically back to square one with it.

 

[bkd]

Nice seeing you working again Kegan! not that you had stopped...I mean logging stuff here in abodys

 

[Kegan B]

Nice seeing you working again Kegan! not that you had stopped...I mean logging stuff here in abodys

Yeah, I'm mostly on the neon forums these days. Decided it was time to make a little progress on this thing.

 

[Kegan B]

Where I ended the day off at, rust isn't bad at all for a car that has sat more than ran since the mid '90s.

 

[mygasser]

neon??? aren't they wrong wheel drive?

 

[Kegan B]

neon??? aren't they wrong wheel drive?

Depends on who you ask, they're fun to autocross. Last one had a decently built 2.4 turbo in it

 

[Kegan B]

Got the bay stripped a little more today, going to go look at a couple parts cars tomorrow hopefully.

 

[Kegan B]

Got the top end tore off the 340 tonight, doesn't look much different inside than it did when I put it together over a decade ago.

 

[Kegan B]

Hit up the Indy swap meet and got some nice hood hinges, engine paint from Mancini and new in box set of Johnson solid lifters.

 

[69DARTS]

This is odd I don't remember seeing u there

 

[Kegan B]

I messed with it a little today, still waiting on the retainers for the hood hinges to show up. Dug through my hoard and found the latch support and all the needed hardware for install.

 

[Kegan B]

Got it loaded up to take over to a buddy's shop so I can do the engine bay body work and paint. I'll do the rest of it later on after the car is going.

 

[Kegan B]

Got it dropped off so I can start on it next week.

 

[Kegan B]

Got the cover plates off the firewall and started sanding, the F8 under them was still nice and shiny haha. Probably been on it since the '70s.

 

[Kegan B]

Today's progress, can start patching everything up tomorrow.

 

[4spdragtop]

Nice work Kegan! Progress is good!

 

[Kegan B]

Nice work Kegan! Progress is good!

Thanks! Better late than never I suppose

 

[Kegan B]

Got the pass side all welded up today and picked up a hood for it.

 

[Kegan B]

Stopping point for the day, everything is ready to be ground down tomorrow.

 

[Kegan B]

Now we're down to the stuff that doesn't progress as fast in photos lol, got a lot of it ground down today.

 

[Kegan B]

Now I can move on to filler work and primer, glad that is over with

 

[hcallaway]

This is a question certainly not second guessing, but taking the engine bay all the way to bare metal, was that a personal preference for a starting point for any patch panels needed? I am trying to figure out how far to go on my dart and what you did is a tremendous effort. Great work.

 

[Kegan B]

This is a question certainly not second guessing, but taking the engine bay all the way to bare metal, was that a personal preference for a starting point for any patch panels needed? I am trying to figure out how far to go on my dart and what you did is a tremendous effort. Great work.

It was covered in spray paint and you cannot spray anything over it (it’ll cause a reaction in my experience). If it’s original paint you can get by with just sanding it. Thanks!

 

[Kegan B]

Didn't have as much time for it today but got the first coat of filler down and sanded.