basketcase
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Hi all,
I'm Mike, I'm 61 yoa and new to this site. I've loved muscle cars since my early teens and in fact, my first NEW car was a 69 AMX 390 4 speed. I currently have a hand full of muscle cars in various states of restoration and though I really don't need another project, I just deposited a 1969 Dart GT convertible basket case. At the risk of putting some of you to sleep, let me briefly explain. In my teens, when I owned my 69 AMX, a good friend of mine had a 1969 Dart GTS convertible which was purple with white interior and top with a 340 4 speed. MAN I loved that car. We would switch off cars now and again and would race each other here and there for fun. The two cars were so closely matched that the winner would be the one who shifted perfectly and made no mistakes. If you did a perfect first to second power shift in the dart, the glove box would pop open and the ash tray in the right rear arm rest would pop out so that was what we used as our "gague". Did I mention I LOVED that car? Yupp, I sure did. Anyway, I now intend to build the exact duplicate recreation of that rare little Dart GTS right down to the 340 4 speed and the purple and white color combo. I would really appreciate tech assistance from you all since this is my first total restoration of ANY Mopar. If I can figure out how, I would also like to post pictures of the progress as I move along. I live in Lancaster NY and have a place in Crossville Tn. where I also have a 26x32 shop and that is where all the body repair, assembly and paint will take place. I haven't picked the car up yet because my oldest daughter is getting married the 25th of this month, so I plan to head out to Tn. in Sept picking up the car on the way. I'm just finishing a 68 SS 427 4 speed Impala but it's just a driver. It was a true 427 SS but it has a 454 in it now and the transmission is a replacement muncie as well. Well, I've rambled on long enough, feel free to respond with punishing comments about my long windedness LOL. Mike
I'm Mike, I'm 61 yoa and new to this site. I've loved muscle cars since my early teens and in fact, my first NEW car was a 69 AMX 390 4 speed. I currently have a hand full of muscle cars in various states of restoration and though I really don't need another project, I just deposited a 1969 Dart GT convertible basket case. At the risk of putting some of you to sleep, let me briefly explain. In my teens, when I owned my 69 AMX, a good friend of mine had a 1969 Dart GTS convertible which was purple with white interior and top with a 340 4 speed. MAN I loved that car. We would switch off cars now and again and would race each other here and there for fun. The two cars were so closely matched that the winner would be the one who shifted perfectly and made no mistakes. If you did a perfect first to second power shift in the dart, the glove box would pop open and the ash tray in the right rear arm rest would pop out so that was what we used as our "gague". Did I mention I LOVED that car? Yupp, I sure did. Anyway, I now intend to build the exact duplicate recreation of that rare little Dart GTS right down to the 340 4 speed and the purple and white color combo. I would really appreciate tech assistance from you all since this is my first total restoration of ANY Mopar. If I can figure out how, I would also like to post pictures of the progress as I move along. I live in Lancaster NY and have a place in Crossville Tn. where I also have a 26x32 shop and that is where all the body repair, assembly and paint will take place. I haven't picked the car up yet because my oldest daughter is getting married the 25th of this month, so I plan to head out to Tn. in Sept picking up the car on the way. I'm just finishing a 68 SS 427 4 speed Impala but it's just a driver. It was a true 427 SS but it has a 454 in it now and the transmission is a replacement muncie as well. Well, I've rambled on long enough, feel free to respond with punishing comments about my long windedness LOL. Mike
