Dart Discbrake upgrade
The existing brakes on the ’73 Dart are doing their job fairly well, but the parts were getting old and worn. And when at one time I noticed a slight pull on the steeringwheel, because [more … ]
Dart
Hellwig Swaybar
The Dart came without a swaybar at the time I bought it, and it had a nasty tendency to suddenly oversteer while cornering. Especially on wet roads, the car would just ‘dive-in’ and the rear [more … ]
8-3/4″ rear axle narrowing
I’ve recently started making a beefier, 8-3/4″ replacement rearaxle for my ’73 Dodge Dart. The car’s current rearaxle is a flimsy 7-1/4″ version, with huge backlash on the gears, worn out drums AND only a [more … ]
’73 Dart progress
Covered the inside floor of the Dart with 3 coats of liquid rubber compound which turns into a solid layer of rubber when dry. Also added some extra half inch thick rubber mats on flat [more … ]
’73 Dart Console and shifter
I’ve been working on installing a console and shifter in the Dart. Since I had no brackets at all for this I made them myself. Took a great deal of the day to just get [more … ]
Rear axle narrowing
Since the ’73 Dart came with a flimsy 7-1/4″ rear axle with only 4″ boltcircle axles, I decided to upgrade to an 8-3/4″ rear axle in case I ever decide to some upgrades in the [more … ]
Daily Dart progress – Alignment
One of the first things on the list after the Dart was streetlegal was getting it aligned. I had set out to try doing the alignment myself with a homemade tool and an app for [more … ]
Daily Dart progress
Here’s a photo of the ’73 Dart with the vinyltop mounted and the car pretty much ready for daily duty.
New arrival: Project DailyDriver
Recently I’ve bought myself a ’73 Dodge Dart. It has a 318 smallblock, auto, powersteering and brakes and runs on propane. I’ll be fixing it up and will be using it as my dailydriver pretty [more … ]
