Some productive work on Swinger today

After about four years of body work and collecting parts finally installed driveline. As you can see from profile pic, Dart has changed colors. Driveline installed today and put the headers on the b1ba's. Custom made by my brother (68Shifter). 1 3/4 step to 1 7/8 SS with coating by QC out of Detroit. Yes, you can see a z-bar down there as well. RST clutch, red stripe proshifted 833, Action Machine Aluminum driveshaft, Strange S60, strange double adjustable in front, Viking DA's in rear, with strange lightweight discs all around

Motor will be soft for now as it is just Erson solid cam 360 at 11 to 1. It's a start I can build from though. Nice to put everything together that I have collected for so long. Fuel system is next, then wiring and finishing interior.

The Brodix heads have been a battle from the start, should have went another way but like with the stick, once stubborn, always stubborn. Head bolts, intake spacers, rocker stands, headers... gift that keeps giving

It is sure nice to clear up some room in garage. Hope to hear it this fall.

Nice car.

Nice Dart. Looks like you are ready to go

Nice looking hotrod!!

Very Nice!

In the second pic. you posted of the valve cover and header it almost looks like a BB Chevy, bout I know it's not....it's lookin GOOD

Thanks. I wanted to keep the old beat up steel covers but my brother had another idea. Couple of shots underneath. Will touch up the paint after everything his done.

Hey Headhunter, you live about twenty minutes from me. Whats your name?
None of my buddies local recognize the car

Steve, originally from Martin. Car has been tucked away as we rebuild it. Originally orange and rough, I didn't have the car out much. Hope to have it out next year...

Cool. Nice looking car.
If you happen to go to the Northern nats Saturday, stop by and say hi
I will have my silver 69 dart there, my brother his black 66 dart( should be running with new motor by then)

Beautiful car and really clean detailed build.............

Very nice ride

Thanks for all the positive comments. Appreciate it but again have to give a ton of credit to my brother in this.

I will be at the nats next weekend with him, he coordinates and races in the stick class. I was hoping to be in the lanes with him this year but oh well.

It wasn't much fun laying under the car with a propane torch, wire wheels, putty knives and wire brushes removing undercoating. I am glad I did though, car is a bunch of yellow. still a couple of scars on my arms and many a foul word said...

Again, thanks for the comments.

Man that looks great and a stick to boot!

Looking real good. Very nice Dart. Ron

What I see is that you did a good job on all the work in the pictures
I've done the cleaning with a propane torch also and oven cleaner, nasty and dangerous
Now will you drive it on the street or show it?

This is a street/strip car. Just want it to be nice and when finally have the funds to build a stout short block not have to worry about the stick destroying the driveline. No show car here, just have done things so I hope to not have to redo soon or worry about. Where it started after we blasted the shell, I was not real positive on the outlook. As it was a MI car, a lot of the standard rust issues that AMD, a welder and patience resolved

It was rough and my eyes were bigger than my talent in many areas. Again the help my brother gave is the reason it looks like it does.

Hey, I got a twin out there.
Mike

Nice looking car

Some of the toughest things for me to find were the DODGE emblems for hood and trunk. I have mine now, silly to obsess on them but I did.

Very nice!!!

Looks good!

Very nice car!

Looks Great!

Excellent results. I'm impressed.
Doug

Awesome work

B1Ba Headed small block?

Whats under the hood?

Yeah, the Brodix small block mopar heads. On top of a 360 short block, 11:1 CR, .510 mechanical cam. No work done other than deburring / cleaning up.