Mopar to ya

I have always wanted a loud, fast car. Growing up in the 70's and 80's I never could afford one. Now I'm a little (a lot) older and finally got one. I wanted a Challenger, but the E bodies are out of my price range. I was driving to work last Friday and one block away was a yard sale with a 1973 Dodge Dart Sport. I stopped, found it rust free, and found a slightly built 318 in it. It started loud and proud and I was hooked. I gave them a few thousand to hold it and came back the next day in dirty clothes and crawled all over the car. No rust. Clean throughout. Ran well, though had a vibration at take off until higher rpm. I figured that it was already a great driver, and it had potential to build further so I bought it. It needs a few things. An instrument cluster with a working speedo which I just bought on eBay, a new dash pad to replace the split one, all the door weatherstrip seals, and I had to replace the torque converter to get rid of the vibration. I took advantage of the replacement and put in a mild stall converter. It is a great car. I have plans to replace the rear end with an 8.75 and drop in a bigger motor. I'd really like a 440, but for simplicity sake may go with a 360. Right now the possibilities seem endless, at least until I run out of money! I will be looking for advice and tips, no doubt. I also own a 1974 Triumph Spitfire and the forums were invaluable in putting it together. I hope to meet some new friends here, and I hope no one gets too annoyed with all the questions I am sure to have. Hopefully this link will work for pics of my new toy. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...700.1446912812

MercuryDon

There are some real killer 360 crate motors out there for not a whole lot of money. A 360 will require a differant torque converter tho...LOL

MReeves

Welcome to the fourm.... Not on FB so I can't see your car .... We all do love to look at each others cars!!! In fact, we love it so much we have a Mopar of the Month contest... Be sure to check out the sticky with the simple rules and then cast your vote and help pick the winner each month....

rickyr

welcome to the forum

mr340

I like it, the wheels are awesome on that car. Too bad about the dash being cut for the radio, but that can be easily fixed.

67 GTX

welcome to the forum

Mopar to ya

I thought the same thing. I will probably search for a new panel at some point, but in the meantime I will probably pop in a din mount radio. Now that it is 49 freaking degrees here I found that the Edelbrock Performer is a manual choke carb that they never bothered to hook a cable to. It is wired open. It doesn't like the cold. I ordered an electric choke kit today.

78D200

Welcome!

Here is a teaser pic for those of you who can not see them.

67 GTX

I like the color

62Furious

nice looking ride, the people here are a big help with problem solving, so ask away,

challenger

Welcome Nice ride

challenger

do them seats have just covers or were they made to fit they look nice and like the moon rims

samuelcosmo76

that's very sharp...I can't wait to have mine painted.

Planning to hook up the air conditioner?