Earl Austin
Well-Known Member
Hey Guys,
I'm a member here as well as over on the B Bodies forum. I sold My Gold 74 Dart after it was finished last spring. I am restoring a 64 Plymouth fury convertible I bought with that sale. It's a long haul project, so I purchased my Buddies 71 Dart, that he was well into restoring to finish. It has had a few setbacks such as it was vandalized after it was painted ( someone Keyed it ). Another fellow started the car, and spent a bucketload on it without a lot of knowledge of these cars...In my opinion, It was being way "Overbuilt"... I believe this guy just bought what he read about in magazines, Like it had a "Purple Cam", and an " Demon 850 Double pumper", and a 2800 Stall etc etc.... When he listed it for sale, after it had been keyed by his sons girlfriend, He said " Its to unruly to cruise in...It loads up with Gas and floods", etc etc. I wanted to say 'If you wanted a cruiser, why did you buy everything for a Street/Strip racecar then??
It has a ton of new stuff, everything from Bumpers, Grill, door handles, Door sills, Door Rubber ,etc etc.... The upholstery had been redone, and new headliner, windshield. New Rubber. We since installed New Window track Guides, Door fuzzys, side widow rubbers. Mirrors, etc.... We painted & detailed the Ralleye wheels. 15x7 and 14x6... I have new polished trim rings for the 15's, but need polished 14's unless i go to 15's all around (adding 15x8 to rear and moving 15 x 7 to front ). I also have a center console, & B&M Cable shifter. I may or may not use....We have been getting all the wiring worked out under the dash, and installed Guages. We pulled the Big Cam and Carb, and went with basically a stock 340 cam, a Mopar electronic ignition, and a Holley 650. The car sounds good, runs good and now is very streetable !! It still needs some things to finish but it will be a nice little car....
I'm a member here as well as over on the B Bodies forum. I sold My Gold 74 Dart after it was finished last spring. I am restoring a 64 Plymouth fury convertible I bought with that sale. It's a long haul project, so I purchased my Buddies 71 Dart, that he was well into restoring to finish. It has had a few setbacks such as it was vandalized after it was painted ( someone Keyed it ). Another fellow started the car, and spent a bucketload on it without a lot of knowledge of these cars...In my opinion, It was being way "Overbuilt"... I believe this guy just bought what he read about in magazines, Like it had a "Purple Cam", and an " Demon 850 Double pumper", and a 2800 Stall etc etc.... When he listed it for sale, after it had been keyed by his sons girlfriend, He said " Its to unruly to cruise in...It loads up with Gas and floods", etc etc. I wanted to say 'If you wanted a cruiser, why did you buy everything for a Street/Strip racecar then??
It has a ton of new stuff, everything from Bumpers, Grill, door handles, Door sills, Door Rubber ,etc etc.... The upholstery had been redone, and new headliner, windshield. New Rubber. We since installed New Window track Guides, Door fuzzys, side widow rubbers. Mirrors, etc.... We painted & detailed the Ralleye wheels. 15x7 and 14x6... I have new polished trim rings for the 15's, but need polished 14's unless i go to 15's all around (adding 15x8 to rear and moving 15 x 7 to front ). I also have a center console, & B&M Cable shifter. I may or may not use....We have been getting all the wiring worked out under the dash, and installed Guages. We pulled the Big Cam and Carb, and went with basically a stock 340 cam, a Mopar electronic ignition, and a Holley 650. The car sounds good, runs good and now is very streetable !! It still needs some things to finish but it will be a nice little car....
