Removing Rot From This Poor 57 Year Old Classic
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- Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024
- I am removing the rusted out floor pans and the rotted torsion bar crossmember in my 1967 Dodge Dart. Doing this for my first time was quite a challenge but very fun. This vintage project car is in better shape than I anticipated but there still a good amount of rust we need gone.
To accomplish that I use cut-off wheels, hammer and chisel, and even have to make a store run to pick up a die grinder so I can get these rusty old parts out of the car without destroying too much.
Glad to see you put all the time and effort in to restoring this A body.living in California I don’t have the body panel problems with my dart.I hope to see more videos from you bringing that old molar back to its former glory.👍
Welcome to the channel Carlos, and thank you for the comment. I plan on continuing the body work through the winter and....hopefully......get the paint done in the spring.
Cutting out the rust is the worst! But it has to be done! Good job!! Now the fitting and welding of the new panels will be the rewarding part when it's all final welded
Good morning Tony. This was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I am looking forward to the final product. Now I just need to figure out how best to make all the little patch panels I need. =)
That's lot's of fun
Hey Nathan. Welcome Back. Being my first time doing it, I actually did have fun. I am sure that over time I will learn to dislike the metalwork as many others have but it is still fresh and new so I am enjoying it for the time being. =)
@@MontsweagGarage It can definitely be a bit of a challenge. If I do it again I will be doing it differently.
@@NathansMoparGarage how so? I think my main change would be to get an air hammer for the spot welds.
The flippers will tell you just to Bondo it and spray some truck bed liner spray paint over it. “Mint” lol
This is my first project car and I'm trying to learn to do things the right way. Since I have the floor pans and crossmember already, I think the most challenging part for me will be making all the other small patches it needs.
The Dart has the Flintstone mod. Very cool
Lol. Thanks Dale. We'll get to fixing that soon enough.
I hate body work and I would put frame work is in that column, however the nice thing with frame work is you don't have to be quite as pretty with the results. Looks like you have the situation under control. Way back in the day I had a 69 Dart that was in very nice condition, however the torsion bar mounts not so much as I found out when I hit a big bump and it spun out the rust in the mount. Ended up scrapping the car - now that was back in the day, when there were lots of these cars around, I was young, stupid and the replacement of them wasn't quite a thing then, now you would simply get replacements and replace.
Hey Chumley! Welcome back. Good to see you here again. This is my first time doing any serious metalwork on the car. I am mostly excited about learning how to do it. And the end result. I am glad the parts are available to make the repair though. That crossmember was not too far from spinning a socket as well. Glad you enjoyed the video!