BigBlockMopar
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Howdy,
I've bought myself a Dodge Dart recently, which I'll be using as my dailydriver pretty soon.
The Dart is a '73 model but the PO managed to swap a '71 (?) frontclip on the car. He also installed 4.5" discbrakes, rebuilt the front suspension and powdercoated the K-member.
The car has been parked outside in the weather for some 6 years after that, so I knew I had some work to do. Crunchy bubbles full of rust where popping up under the dry-rotted vinylroof near the rearwindow so that had to be fixed.
After I got the car in my garage I started tearing into it. Ripped the old vinyl off the roof, removed the worn benchseat and doorpanels.
Turned out the driversside front floorboard was toast aswell so I got a 2ft.square piece sheetmetal and started welding it in place. After the floorwelding was done I covered it in a coat of black paint.
I wanted to get rid of the brown interior aswell so out came the panels to be cleaned and painted with vinylpaint again. The dash stayed in the car put I painted it black aswell, along with the steeringwheel.
Instead of the original frontbench I've installed two black leather seats out of a BMW. I do plan on installing an original Dart center console aswell after a while.
I'm painting the outside of the car a two-tone scheme. The sides in orange and the horizontal sheetmetal will be painted black. All in semi-gloss paint roller applied.
I'm currently installing a new black vinyl top the PO had bought earlier for the car.
Anyway, enough yapping... Here are some pics in somewhat chronological order...
I've bought myself a Dodge Dart recently, which I'll be using as my dailydriver pretty soon.
The Dart is a '73 model but the PO managed to swap a '71 (?) frontclip on the car. He also installed 4.5" discbrakes, rebuilt the front suspension and powdercoated the K-member.
The car has been parked outside in the weather for some 6 years after that, so I knew I had some work to do. Crunchy bubbles full of rust where popping up under the dry-rotted vinylroof near the rearwindow so that had to be fixed.
After I got the car in my garage I started tearing into it. Ripped the old vinyl off the roof, removed the worn benchseat and doorpanels.
Turned out the driversside front floorboard was toast aswell so I got a 2ft.square piece sheetmetal and started welding it in place. After the floorwelding was done I covered it in a coat of black paint.
I wanted to get rid of the brown interior aswell so out came the panels to be cleaned and painted with vinylpaint again. The dash stayed in the car put I painted it black aswell, along with the steeringwheel.
Instead of the original frontbench I've installed two black leather seats out of a BMW. I do plan on installing an original Dart center console aswell after a while.
I'm painting the outside of the car a two-tone scheme. The sides in orange and the horizontal sheetmetal will be painted black. All in semi-gloss paint roller applied.
I'm currently installing a new black vinyl top the PO had bought earlier for the car.
Anyway, enough yapping... Here are some pics in somewhat chronological order...
