dart mini tub and spring relocation

LONGSHOT · Post by **LONGSHOT** » Wed Apr 06, 11 11:10 pm

and a few more...

the bits i blasted took bloomin ages....must have ben 5 layers of paint on top of rust....

TW71 · Post by **TW71** » Thu Apr 07, 11 11:51 am

Very nice work , will be good to see it, well done !

LONGSHOT · Post by **LONGSHOT** » Mon Jul 25, 11 1:10 pm

fast forward a couple of months...........

4.10 gears are a bit of a shock compared to the 2.76 i did have ,

but overall pleased and it drives like a different car now

paint is a 20 footer but thats how i like it

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Jul 25, 11 1:16 pm

More pics Dave... Some of us won't get to see it!

LONGSHOT · Post by **LONGSHOT** » Mon Jul 25, 11 1:27 pm

more pics for ya...

3 inch exhaust is close but it works,
the rims are 10x15s with 275 drag radials

will post some pics of interior as it has a new headliner as well-which i fitted myself and was a right pain but looks great.

shame your not here to go out for spin Jeff

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Jul 25, 11 1:33 pm

Love it.

I bet first time out with the 4:10 gears you kept checking to see if you were in top gear or not?

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Jul 25, 11 1:36 pm

It is a great little car. I would of loved to keep it. I bought it as a joint venture between me n Joe... But Joe just did not seem to have the spark for it.

LONGSHOT · Post by **LONGSHOT** » Mon Jul 25, 11 1:37 pm

thanks Dave-yeah gonna use twice as much fuel-but i call it fun money

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Jul 25, 11 1:39 pm

Stick a GV overdrive in it.

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Mon Jul 25, 11 3:54 pm

nice one great stance now that car..............

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Jul 25, 11 4:00 pm

Wonder what it will run now? Has to be mid to low 14's? I shoulda sold you the nitrous kit I had as well for it.

Have a great weekend with it Dave... You were grinning all weekend a couple of years ago... Should be better now eh?

Jon Connolly · Post by **Jon Connolly** » Mon Jul 25, 11 4:31 pm

Well done Dave

Looks good

What motor ??

LONGSHOT · Post by **LONGSHOT** » Mon Jul 25, 11 5:16 pm

cheers for the comments guys

especially Duncans-thats like a knighthood for me

as we all know its hard work doin the graft yourself and i have a nice scar on my hand to show for it !
but that first drive makes it all worth it-all the diy`ers on here take a bow.

engine by the way is a good ol anchor 318 with 360 heads-Jeff kindly gave me the lump with the car,so apart from checking the bottom end and new timing gears its a bit of an unknown-managed a low 15 at the 09 nats with 2.76 gears and 205 tyres so should be better now.

DaveBishop · Post by **DaveBishop** » Mon Jul 25, 11 5:20 pm

Looks the dogs nuggets Dave looking forward to seeing it at the weekend

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Jul 25, 11 5:25 pm

The motor came out of Roydon's Scamp... Joe Reynolds removed it when he tore the car down.

I once went for a blast down the A505, when the motor was in the scamp.. I was in the Coronet, Joe in the Scamp. I was really surprised how well the Scamp took off. I knew it was an OK motor, I had heard it run many times.

I bought Kev's old Holley from the Taxi.... And Joe kindly let me have the motor for free...

So I just passed them on to Dave when he bought the car. Together with some spares Steve (Latil) and Paul (Paulo) gave me.

And some parts I bought here in Canada.

Dave has done a great job on it... It just goes to show what you can do on a reasonable budget. This site helped a lot!

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