Friday, February 8, 2013

66 Dart "Sally"

I figure I will do the daily drivers before the project cars so....



This is my wife's year round daily driver 66 Dodge dart 270.

- Late model hydraulic cam 225 slant six
- Engine all rebuilt running synthetic oil
- 60 over
- new stock cam
- N.O.S. stock 1 bbl carb on factory intake
- Stock exhaust
- 904 3 speed auto
- 7 1/4 rear 
- Paint and body done last summer 
- Seats recovered
- 76 Dart front disk brakes installed
- Rebuilt front suspension

Future plans...

- Install cleaned and detailed 8 1/4 rear
- KYB shocks on all 4 corners
- Install the new stereo 
- New windshield and gasket
- Paint the wheels body color
- New tires with 3/4" white walls
- New hub caps as soon as she finds a set she likes.


The day we got "Sally" home from craigslist for $600. The valves were so far out of adjustment that a mile from the guys house the temp gauge spiked and there was barely enough power to go over 45 mph. Got her home, adjusted the valves and she ran great!



Factory 13" wheels.


All body work, sealer, primer and prep work was done in the driveway last summer with the help of friends Chris, Daryl, Caron,  Justin and Harley on the weekends and after work (my wife was driving the car to and from work during whole thing). My wife really wanted to help out but unfortunately this was going on right before her back surgery so she could barely move.