1970 Dodge Swinger conversion

[jeffs396]

Picked up a '68 Dart two weeks ago at a local show, bashing it with the bits from the L.A. Dart.

First steps:

1. Cut the hood free from the L.A. Dart, fit to the Revell '68 body

2. Cut off the front fender "corner extentions" from same

3. Also remove quarter panel "corners" from the '70

4. Remove the same corners from the '68

These corner pieces are separate on the 1:1, so that'll make it easy and accurate! Looks like the hardest part of this conversion will be scratching (or modifying a kit piece that's close) a front bumper, and adding the correct shape/extension to the '68 trunklid.

Glued the front and rear valences in place on the '70 in preparation for the cuts

[Custom Mike]

Nice start Jeff, are you going for the Factory-Stock look, or something wilder?

[Bartster]

Gotta love the Mopars!

[a/gass]

well now i know how to make the melvin yow car - and i didnt think their was a use for the la dart LOL.

[W-409]

Well this is going to be interesting! I've always wanted to have '70 or '71 Dodge Dart in my stash, but that LA Dart needs lots of work to modify into factory stock-or Street Machine. I'd like to build them both actually... Is there a resin copies of this model Dart?

Very interesting build, as I said, I'll be wathing it for sure.

[jeffs396]

Nice start Jeff, are you going for the Factory-Stock look, or something wilder?

I'll be replicating a cool street machine that I remember as a kid, went for a WILD ride in that car!

Well this is going to be interesting! I've always wanted to have '70 or '71 Dodge Dart in my stash, but that LA Dart needs lots of work to modify into factory stock-or Street Machine. I'd like to build them both actually... Is there a resin copies of this model Dart?

Very interesting build, as I said, I'll be wathing it for sure.

Someone has said that there is a resin conversion out there somewhere Niko, but this'll be a fairly straight-forward conversion, so I'm doing it in styrene

[mcandela]

Gives us some more, don't make us wait...

[Wheels]

That looks like it will cool project Jeff!

My grandfather had two dart swinger when I was growing up.

A '66, '70 & a '75. I guess that where my love of Mopars came from!