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Windcalmer · 02-13-2009, 04:53 PM

First off, hello all! I am new here and new to Old cars. I am a welder and fabricator though. So I can make just about anything I cant find. LOL

Sorry for the long first post. I just want to make a detailed log of the Resto for anyone that cares to read it. Over at the forum where I built my DIY projector we have PLOGS or Project Logs and that is what I want to do here. So unless its against the rules or I have this in the wrong forum that is what this will be. Posts every few days of the progress I have made. And some questions I might have for the guys and girls that have done a resto before. So here is the story on how I ended up here:

Anyway, on to the car. I started with my great-grandmothers 1962 Dodge Dart 440. She died about 14 years ago and my grandfather let it sit in his yard and die. I tried many times to get him to let me to fix it up when it was still drivable. However he decided it looked better covered in rust. So Now that its rusted out and about to fall apart he let me have it.

After about 15 seconds of it being on the truck to come over to my house I could see I was gonna need a donor car with a body that would be usable. (This is where I gets good) So not 15 minutes into my searching on craiglist I find a 1962 Dart 440 about 45 miles from my house. The guy wanted $1000 for it and was willing to throw in a running motor, and extra tranny, NOS interior door panels and peices, New floor pans, a upgrade disc brake kit, new master cylinder, rotors, calipers, and tons of other stuff. Oh and a perfect set of OEM hub caps!!! $75 a pop online...FREE!!!

So I grab my buddy Animal ((yes Animal. If you saw him you would know why he has that name. Big boy this one. LOL)), my mom and dad and we all truck over to grab it. Everything goes really well. The car is in GREAT shape, and other than falling and hyperextending my elbow the day goes great and we get it back here.

So now I have two Dodge darts in the driveway, and one of the two workshops full of car parts, and no clue how I am gonna get this done. I started to feel a bit lightheaded. Then I realized that after 14 years I was getting ever closer to having my great-grandmothers car up running again. See I promised myself that I would drive that car over to visit her grave when she died. So soon I should be able to. Can't wait for that day.

So here are my two ladies. The white one is my GGM's Dart and the Black one is the donor car:

02-13-2009, 04:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Windcalmer Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 44	1962 Dodge Dart 440...Resto/Mod...Lots of PICS First off, hello all! I am new here and new to Old cars. I am a welder and fabricator though. So I can make just about anything I cant find. LOL Sorry for the long first post. I just want to make a detailed log of the Resto for anyone that cares to read it. Over at the forum where I built my DIY projector we have PLOGS or Project Logs and that is what I want to do here. So unless its against the rules or I have this in the wrong forum that is what this will be. Posts every few days of the progress I have made. And some questions I might have for the guys and girls that have done a resto before. So here is the story on how I ended up here: Anyway, on to the car. I started with my great-grandmothers 1962 Dodge Dart 440. She died about 14 years ago and my grandfather let it sit in his yard and die. I tried many times to get him to let me to fix it up when it was still drivable. However he decided it looked better covered in rust. So Now that its rusted out and about to fall apart he let me have it. After about 15 seconds of it being on the truck to come over to my house I could see I was gonna need a donor car with a body that would be usable. (This is where I gets good) So not 15 minutes into my searching on craiglist I find a 1962 Dart 440 about 45 miles from my house. The guy wanted $1000 for it and was willing to throw in a running motor, and extra tranny, NOS interior door panels and peices, New floor pans, a upgrade disc brake kit, new master cylinder, rotors, calipers, and tons of other stuff. Oh and a perfect set of OEM hub caps!!! $75 a pop online...FREE!!! So I grab my buddy Animal ((yes Animal. If you saw him you would know why he has that name. Big boy this one. LOL)), my mom and dad and we all truck over to grab it. Everything goes really well. The car is in GREAT shape, and other than falling and hyperextending my elbow the day goes great and we get it back here. So now I have two Dodge darts in the driveway, and one of the two workshops full of car parts, and no clue how I am gonna get this done. I started to feel a bit lightheaded. Then I realized that after 14 years I was getting ever closer to having my great-grandmothers car up running again. See I promised myself that I would drive that car over to visit her grave when she died. So soon I should be able to. Can't wait for that day. So here are my two ladies. The white one is my GGM's Dart and the Black one is the donor car: