Here it is. 63 Dart.





Now the question is: Should I paint the hood green like the rest of the car, or should I paint it Semi-gloss black?

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1963 Dodge Dart -225 Slant 6, 904, 2.76's, 18.84 @ 73
1970 Nova 12.53@108
1970 Bug 15.38@87

Paint it green like the rest of the car. Blackout hoods were a brief fad in the late '60s and early '70s. Depending on taste they might look OK on cars of that era, but generally this kind of era-specific styling fad looks cheesy (at best) on a car from a different era. "Opera windows" and padded vinyl half-roofs and landau bars on the C-pillar looked (arguably) OK on mid-'70s Lincolns, but they look ridiculous and ugly when applied to current models. There are many other such examples. Obviously it's your car, so you get to paint it however you wish, but if I were to see a '63 Dart with a blacked-out hood, my reaction would be "H'm, wonder when they're going to get around to finishing the paint job."

See also this thread.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

I second the motion to paint it green.

(I had a feeling you were talking about your '63 when you asked about what kind of paint was used in yesterday's thread)

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Chris'
Autobody
Restoration
Service

Is this what you had in mind?


http://tinyurl.com/35r3ja

Or more like the AAR Cudas?

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"When you find a big kettle of crazy, it's best not to stir it." - Pointy-haired Boss

1964 Valiant V200, 225/Pushbutton 904
BBD, CAI, HEI, LBP, AC, AM/FM/USB, EIEIO

I'd be more partial to the AAR Cuda style than the Maverick stripe but I'm also not a huge fan of the early seventies high impact colors on early Mopars.

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OMG, Mavericks still exist..............

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

Have at it!.....

Its yer car.... paint what you want......the paint shop that did my car had a bird when I added the dealer installed stripe to my car.....too bad.

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Yeah....Im the one who destroyed this rare, vintage automobile.....

I'm going to stick with green. The way I see it, I think on this car it might look like I had to replace the hood at some point after paint. So, yeah, I'll go with green.

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1963 Dodge Dart -225 Slant 6, 904, 2.76's, 18.84 @ 73
1970 Nova 12.53@108
1970 Bug 15.38@87

Either way, we want photos when you're done!

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"When you find a big kettle of crazy, it's best not to stir it." - Pointy-haired Boss

1964 Valiant V200, 225/Pushbutton 904
BBD, CAI, HEI, LBP, AC, AM/FM/USB, EIEIO

It will be a while. I'm still doing bodywork, and now I'm in the doors/quarters where there's a lot of rust.

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1963 Dodge Dart -225 Slant 6, 904, 2.76's, 18.84 @ 73
1970 Nova 12.53@108
1970 Bug 15.38@87

Big panel, right hand...... small panel, left hand
........Uuup!....Down!...

Sorry.......couldn't resist.

Roger