1965 Dodge Dart station Wagon

[Don Hudson <mopar4me@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Well folks, today I took possesion of my 65 Dart station wagon - the same one we were planning on driving from CA to VA.  After driving it some today, I believe we'd probably have had no or maybe just minor problems driving it back.  Wife would have hated it cause the front seat is pretty well shot and it's never had a radio (still has the radio delete plate).  After a 7 day cross country trip on a portable parking lot, it started right up, the slant idled good and was pretty smooth. First thing I noticed was it had a wrong gas cap on it - that would have probably accounted for the smell of gas when it was filled up.  I will remedy that tomorrow with a correct gas cap.  The front seat REALLY needs help so plan is to swap in a set of really nice reupholstered buckets from a 65 Valiant Signet I'm getting ready to part out.  Then do I add a 65 console and floor mounted shifter?  Still, I kind of like the column shift.  And then there is a rebuilt 72 318 dressed to look like a 65 273 HiPo motor sitting on the stand.  And there is a complete dash from 66 Formula S.  The windshield has a really bad wiper streak on the passenger side.  As long as the windshield has to come out, it would be an ideal time to replace the dash.  And of course the wimpy 9 in drums have got to be swapped for discs and of course the rear needs to be swapped for an 8 3/4.  I'll have some work in store for my spare time no matter what plan I use.  Luckily all the above possibilites are feasible since I have all the parts.  Anyway, I thought I would pass on some of my observations, ideas and if anyone wants to chime in with their own comments, what they would do, etc. please feel free to do so.
Don  

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