Woods74
Broke Senior
Good to see you getting it done, leave the roof as it is. 
What have I gotten myself into?
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jrlegacy23
68 Barracuda
"Ya, I didn't know they made that hood on a Dart. I had that exact same hood on my Duster, stock. It had the 426 Hemi 6 pak with the HD 727 4-Speed. Nobody could touch me. They don't make them like they used to. Scamp though? Never heard of it."
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Granny's Duster
Well-Known Member
This thread is great! I love the body mods and the HemiDenny suspension...now I know why Detroit isn't building cool cars anymore. All the talent is here. I wish the new Dart was more like this.
bp46
Well-Known Member
Wait what? this is the last page??? crap I thought this car would be finished by now.... lol
damn.:happy1:
damn.:happy1:
johnparts
Slammed 1
You know I might be kinda hot, but, I will let them think whatever.
johnparts
Slammed 1
Wow what a great compliment. I am humbled by all of the praise I get on this build. I'm really stepping out of my comfort zone on a good deal of this car because I couldn't afford to do things I really wanted to do. I would never attempt body work myself before this car but by the time I'm done I will be able to do most of it myself. I was going for a Modern version of what I thought they could build today if they wanted to so again thank you for that comment.
johnparts
Slammed 1
Not yet sorry. Getting close too. I'm not doing much this week because I have been swapping an engine for my buddy to help pay for getting my rear axle's cut and the housing ends welded on so she can be a "roller" Also sent the wheels to my painter(across the building) so the front's will match the rears. Got the drivers side quarter mostly finished then the final coat on the rear bumper and the passenger quarter and the body work is 80% finished. When I see this car in paint I think I will die a bit inside because that means I can't change anymore sheet metal without re painting the whole thing.
johnparts
Slammed 1
That's why I'm leaving every badge off the car too. I want these people to ASK what it is. No Plymouth, no dodge, no hemi, nothing not a single identifier anywhere.
johnparts
Slammed 1
rotest:Why does my luck suck sometimes. Primered the quarter after sanding out the pants mark and my buddy goes to run his hand down the quarter to see if it's straight and it was still tacky so he left big as$ fingerprints in the new primer. :banghead:
Mad Dart
Nothing to see Here!
And you work at a Body Shop? Dang man.............
johnparts
Slammed 1
He didn't know it was wet it had dried on the outer layer so it was dull. I just can't catch a break though.
johnparts
Slammed 1
I'm going to get a trail camera and set it on the lift next to the car when I prime it next time.
Old Man Mopar
Righteous Dude
Anything going on here or has everybody got paint on the back of thier pants?
johnparts
Slammed 1
Took some time to rest my back. Hurt it swapping giant tires. I have to remake my lower control arm mounts on the axle housing, since I dropped the car 3" more then I had originally planned so I had a guy fab me up some custom mounts over at Fatty's Chassis and Speed parts. Great guy to work with he had the mounts fabbed up overnight and shipped this morning for $10 each. I also will have my master cylinder mount here today.
Matt was super cool to work with check out his website, I know he appears to be a chevy guy, but, he says he loves mopar.
http://www.fattyschassis.com/
johnparts
Slammed 1
This should be fun.
johnparts
Slammed 1
Great Strange won't touch my rear axle housing because they claim to not have the alignment bars for a 9.25" so I either need a new housing or I need to ship my housing out to someone to have the ends welded on. Damnit.
dkbug
Well-Known Member
5 1/2 hours later, I have studied every single picture and read every single post. Very nice build. Can't wait to see the ending product.
johnparts
Slammed 1
Thank you. I've become seriously motivated the last couple months so things are moving quickly.
txstang84
Well-Known Member
I can't wait to see the end result either-I like that it's a Scamp So many folks that see my car ask if it's a Dart, and I say, very close-it's a Scamp...I just get the deer in the headlights look. If that weren't enough, I went to a local Dodge dealer to see if they had the oil filter adapter seal kit in stock. They asked what I was working on, and I said '72 Scamp, and he said something like, "...we don't carry Mitsubishi parts-only Mopar/Jeep." :banghead:
That took nearly half an hour for me to explain to him what parts I needed...I ended up ordering the parts from Mancini after I left empty handed.
So many folks that see my car ask if it's a Dart, and I say, very close-it's a Scamp...I just get the deer in the headlights look. If that weren't enough, I went to a local Dodge dealer to see if they had the oil filter adapter seal kit in stock. They asked what I was working on, and I said '72 Scamp, and he said something like, "...we don't carry Mitsubishi parts-only Mopar/Jeep." :banghead:That took nearly half an hour for me to explain to him what parts I needed...I ended up ordering the parts from Mancini after I left empty handed.
johnparts
Slammed 1
Yeah I have to explain to people it's the darts redheaded step child cousin. I like the scamp for that reason it's got enough dart/valiant/duster DNA to allow me to use a mix of their parts.
johnparts
Slammed 1
Just ordered some RMS parts. I am going to redo my rear suspension so I ordered their spring relocation boxes. Don't need to do it however I like being able to adjust my lower arm mounting point.
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