New torsion bars from Sway-A-Way
Recently I ordered a pair of new 1.08″ diameter torsion bars from Sway-A-Way for my ’73 Dodge Dart. These are to replace the current 1″ diameter torsion bars from Just Suspension. The 1″ bars are [more … ]
1973 Dodge Dart
The Perfect Garage-helper?
I think I found myself a perfect garage-help to hold the laptop while I’m tuning my MegaSquirt … setup on the car… ):o)
Autumn had set in
Autumn had really set in, which I tried to capture with this photo of leaves and raindrops on the trunk and rear fender of the ’60 Chrysler New Yorker and a row of trees with [more … ]
1973 Dodge Dart trunk and hood paint
Now the roof was sealed and painted, it was time to paint the rest of the horizontal panels on the car. The existing dull paint was sanded lightly and degreased thoroughly before a layer of [more … ]
1973 Dart Painted roof
After the primer had settled and dried, the roof got painted gloss black. Because of the nice, vinyl-like structure of the primer, the finish of the roof in black was to my liking. The roof [more … ]
Dodge Dart exterior maintenance
I opted to wrap the sides of the Dart with vinylwrap. But in order to do this ‘neatly’, the sheetmetal had to be straightened a bit and any bumps and dips smoothed out. One thing [more … ]
1973 Dodge / Plymouth – Technical Service Bulletin – Upper Control Arm fix
Attached images show a Technical Service Bulletin put out by the Chrysler Motors Corporation in 1973 that should fix the Upper Control Arm mounting, if any cracks are visible. The fix consists of welding gussets [more … ]
Tracktime on Circuit Zandvoort
Last sunday I was finally able to spend some time on a racecircuit with my ’73 Dart. The track is at the Dutch city of Zandvoort. The tracktime event was a 20 minute event that [more … ]
Dodge Dart Right-rear Fender rust repair
Rust issues on the Dodge Dart’s rightrear fender were getting pretty severe since last year, so the time had come to do something about it, as much as I hated it…! The damage was serious [more … ]
Black wheels for the Dart
The wheels on the Dart have been taking a beating about every winter when roadsalt collects and eats into their paintlayer. Overtime, the wheels had become ugly and shabby looking because of that. For a [more … ]
Dodge Dart – DynoDay #4
Had the Dodge Dart on the chassis-dyno again last monday at Ludwig Performance in Hillegom, The Netherlands. This is DynoDay number 4 already! The very first DynoDay with the 318ci engine ‘managed’ a shameful 145hp [more … ]
A500 / 42RH OD-unit rebuild
After the transmission it was time to tackle the overdrive-unit. This unit is the 4th gear (overdrive) in the transmission, and has its own set of clutch plates. Overdrive can only be ‘selected’ with the [more … ]
A500 / 42RH Rebuild project
Finally received the transmission repairkit to start the planned rebuild of the A500/42RH transmission I had bought earlier. The A500 (or also known as 42RH) transmission is based on Chrysler’s ‘904’-smallblock transmission. The A500 has [more … ]
360ci Compression Test #3
The first attempt to do a cranking compression test on the 360ci engine resulted in varying values simply because it was too difficult to press the tester tightly against a sparkplug hole and crank the [more … ]
Frame rail damage
A few years ago I had noticed some cracks in the frame rails on the driverside and just a tiny crack at the rightside frame rails. Now during the 360-engine swap I noticed the rightside [more … ]