67 dart resto progress ... PICS updated 8/26

[68_Val_Sedan]

So I finished up doing some mantanance on my chrysler  300 yesterday afternoon and decided to roll the 67 dart into the shop and do some measuring for the mini tubing.  well one thing lead to another at it is now on the turner and needs about 4  more hours to be ready for the media blaster.  This car is completly rust free ... I have never seen a nicer body on a 41 year old car.  All of the bolts and nuts came off or out with little effort. 

This is the car when it rolled into the shop yesterday









I found some bondo and wanted to see what was under it ... just a small dent with a gallon of bondo over the original paint can you say MACCO ?



Rust free underside







and as of 5 pm today its on the car turner




















Will post more pics as work progresses.  Hope to have it ready for media blaster by next weekend.

here are the wheels and tires I'm using

[tnplumber]

Very nice clean body.  I actually really like the color.

[satellite65]

Damn Chad.................You don't F around!
Looks good.

[eldubb440]

wow.....nice car!!!  so much for cutin, grindin, and weldin....... youll have that body painted in no time!

[b569rr]

Great looking car. Keep the pics coming. 

[67 dartgts]

Hello:
  WOW EXCELLENT .....I'm gonna have you buy my next project...excellent starting point .......can't wait to see what you do with it.

One question what type media blast you using?  I had my race car plastic blasted and it came out very good, although I vacumed out plastic 6 months.

   Maynard

[Daniel]

Nice to have a solid car to start with with.

[68_Val_Sedan]

I got the rest of the car disassembled to day ... there is nothing left to unbolt off of the body with the exception of the door hinges, I want them blasted then I will remove and rebuild them.    It is so nice to work with the car on the turner, it will make adding the frame connectors and mini tubing super easy.  I spun it over a few times troday and got about 5 gallons of sand out of the car.   I can only assume that it will be the same way when it comes back from media blasting  , the only difference will be it will be filled with little plastic beads.   I am going to push it outside and pressure wash the whole thing tommorrow.   here are some more pics

[Adam]

Nice clean body. I'd have been cruising my since April if it had been in that kind of shape. 

 

[68_Val_Sedan]

BTW any one local want a /6 with a  904 and 4 nice small bolt  pattern tires and wheels ?   If so drop me a pm an they are yours ... otherwise thy are going to the crusher later this week

[abodyjoe]

nice car man

[dangerdawg]

nice car, nice shop, keep us posted.

[5258]

That is a wonderful looking car, You found a nice starting point.

5258

[Dart_440]

JEEZZZZ talk about makin the rest of us look bad!! Great shop..  nice ride too.. so jealous..

What are you doing with your old wheels and tires?? I might be interested if you are looking to get rid of them?

thanks Bryan

[flyboy01]

Dayum! You did in two days what it took me 9 months to do.

[jackie]

are you that fast? or do you have a CREW of people helping!! looks good, you will driving it by monday!! tues. you can come and help me..

[That One Guy]

I've done that much in 2 days before, but it was jsut a parts car

How's that thing doing now, whatcha got done so far

[68_Val_Sedan]

It took me about 3 days total to strip that car by myself ... It is still at the media blaster ... the guy blew up his compressor last week  and is still waiting for parts     B'ut he is the only game in town so i guess i have no choice but to wait ... I did get my new fiberglass hood, deck lid and bumpers from AAR while @ carlisle ... and S&W called today to tell me the roll bar is ready to be picked up ... just need the car back so I can get started

[That One Guy]

cool, well except for the compressor part

[kowski71400]

there is no way that car is from PA. every car in PA is a rust bucket. including mine.i know PA rust, i only live an hour away from you. by the way, looking very good.

[68_Val_Sedan]

well I went to the blaster today and they were finally working on the car ... the guy at the shop said it might be ready by the end of the week and definitly by the end of next week ... can't wait !!!

[jp260z]

That car looks great - you are going to have a kickin' 

Keep us posted. 

Jay

[68_Val_Sedan]

Well the car still wasn't done at the blasters ... so I took it from the guy and finished the bottom myself today .... 400 lbs of black beauty medium grit abrasive and it is done.  will be putting the frame connectors in and start on the mini tubing tomorrow.  There are actually 2 pin holes  in the drivers side front floor pan that will need to be fixed .... so much for a rust free car  soon enough there will be some serious   

more pics

[eldubb440]

great blasting weather...........now get some primer on that puppy

[jamesdart]

damn im jealous.

[MVRCorp]

Wow....very nice. Looks more like a high desert car from Az. or SoCal. Get that puppy in epoxy primer ASAP. Then your's will be where my project stalled 1 year ago. Mine is in a 24' car hauler east of town. The good news is our humidity is like single digits most of the time. Sitting here shouldn't be a problem even if it's another year.


Keep the pics coming.........We love pics.............Why?........Because it motivates the rest of us.   

Thanks, Jim

[68_Val_Sedan]

my shop is air conditoned and the humidity level here today and all weekend are supposed to be very low so it will be a few days until it sees primer ... I want to do all of the welding before it gets any primer. 

[Ryan (Strange246)]

Looks great! keep it up!

Ryan

[That One Guy]

lookin good

[Dartsport]

Looks Good!