70Duster440
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Nothing particularly glamorous. After mini-tubbing, the rear seat back cushion no longer fit so we cut the seat frame and moved a couple of pieces around, busted out the hog rings, and it fits like a glove.
What Are You Doing To/With Your Car Today?
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Matts440
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Nice work did the same to my rear seat frame just dont have it covered yet lol, looks good
MobileCustoms
You can twist perceptions, reality won't budge
5 years ago today is the day I was liberated from a woman/wife whom among other bad qualities, hated my Barracuda project car.
So today, I celebrated with a little Burnout in the car she hated so much.
So today, I celebrated with a little Burnout in the car she hated so much.
NorcalGolddust
Well-Known Member
Changed the trans filter/fluid, diff fluid, tune up, adjusted valves and washed her. Then took her for a spin! Got that /6 purring almost forgot it was running at a stop light!
Dodge72
Odd one out
My Dart is on hold until I get enough cash...
Thought I had a good engine, wanted to take the heads off and check it over real quick. Realized that a few things were off, including the rust ridge it had in one cylinder beforehand was still there and caught with a fingernail. Couldn't clean it with a honing tool without taking off too much material. Will probably need a machine shop, more $$$. Hoping I'll be able to get it out together before the end of summer!
Thought I had a good engine, wanted to take the heads off and check it over real quick. Realized that a few things were off, including the rust ridge it had in one cylinder beforehand was still there and caught with a fingernail. Couldn't clean it with a honing tool without taking off too much material. Will probably need a machine shop, more $$$. Hoping I'll be able to get it out together before the end of summer!
skep419
5.9 Magnum 4 speed afficionado
Driving
Just waiting to get my center section back so I can get her back together!
Cley
Cley
Gonna build a garage stool while I wait! I got a 7.25 axle and a couple old 14" slot rims. The one with no rubber will be the seat.just need a trailer stub axle or something to mount the top rim to.
Cley
Cley
harrisonm
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Already posted this in another thread, but it looks like this one gets read a lot more. I just finished adding modern 3 point seat belts to my 69 Barracuda. They are very nice. The hardest part was taking the buckles apart and putting them back together after painting them dark green. It was a little tricky winding the spring back up during the reassembly.
LocuMob
Fluid Technician
I swapped cars, and brought my '68 Monaco 500 home, second time I've driven the car, and in spite if a bad (dirty) carb, the car ran well. Has good road feel to it, and I can't wait to get it sorted out, shouldn't take long.
And yes, I will get my Dart on the road, I swear.
And yes, I will get my Dart on the road, I swear.
Replaced my Dash harness with a new M&H piece and rebuilt the wiring in the steering column over the last 3 days. A word to the wise if you do this job - when you unhook the old harness label EVERYTHING on it and everything that hooked to it. A FSM wiring diagram is a great help for the stuff buried in the harness that it is hard to figure out just where it goes. The M&H product was exceptional - matched he old harness perfectly down to the color of every wire. Yeah I know who would ever see it, but when something goes wrong at least I can use the factory diagram to figure it out. This is the first replacement on car purchased by my Dad new. If someone had told someone at Chrysler that we'd still be driving these cars 49 year later they would have laughed their asses off.
Where did you source those shoulder belts from?
Dodge72
Odd one out
I like it! Where did you get those from??
73dartswingerlover
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Dreaming of it being finished. So close i can taste it but not doing the work myself because i dont know crab about cars.
Thanks to some of you guys here I got all the parts at reasonable prices imo and just waiting on them to clean the engine bay and engine and put the 360 in instead of the /6 but found one snag.
Dont know the name of the damn thing but rear left metal where leaf springs connect is rusted through on one side so gotta fine one to weld in or find a fix for that one so it wont tear off.
Thank god i got a 8 3/4 sg rear or we wouldnt have looked!
Thanks to some of you guys here I got all the parts at reasonable prices imo and just waiting on them to clean the engine bay and engine and put the 360 in instead of the /6 but found one snag.
Dont know the name of the damn thing but rear left metal where leaf springs connect is rusted through on one side so gotta fine one to weld in or find a fix for that one so it wont tear off.
Thank god i got a 8 3/4 sg rear or we wouldnt have looked!
LocuMob
Fluid Technician
Here's the car.
Took the carb apart, then after it was broke down I discovered the previous owner had ordered the wrong kit for it. Ordered the correct one, cleaned up what I took apart, and reassembled it. Found some nasty old dirty fuel in the back bowl, smelled like crap. Then I found my throttle cable sitting on the kickdown linkage.
Pulled it off and now the kickdown operates smoothly. Need to install an alternator, as I forgot it didn't have one. That's what happens when you buy a car and throw it into storage! And I applied Rain-X because the wipers don't work, and Rain-X AntiFog on the inside glass because the heat selector won't got to Defrost. Hope to get tires soon.
harrisonm
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straightlinespeed
Sometimes I pretend to be normal
Just adding the yearly paint nick... I seem to do it every damn year.. 
Cope
Fusing with fire
Had to pick up a buddy from the airport. I figured let's do this in style! Of course I picked him up in the race car.
Good lord you should see the size of the speed bumps there. They are not messing around!
Also about a million cops out front and driving around so I did like the penguins "just smile and wave boys, ..........smile and wave."
Good lord you should see the size of the speed bumps there. They are not messing around!
Also about a million cops out front and driving around so I did like the penguins "just smile and wave boys, ..........smile and wave."
Cudabnu
(3) 64 Val Verts. /6 4spd, 273/904, 318/727
Rear half floor pan installed.
LocuMob
Fluid Technician
Who would have know how much this would have helped, being in the right position?
Now the car can move faster than an old lady walking backwards. Another step in getting it roadworthy.
Now the car can move faster than an old lady walking backwards. Another step in getting it roadworthy.
ATW
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Unwrapped my 17x7s and 18x8.5s... 
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