Rescue Mission- '71 Dart GT saved from the scrappers!
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Ah ha!
That guy contacted me for a price for them!
I told him the missing backs really knocked the value down.
Hope ya got a good deal on them.
Later,
Bruce B.
That guy contacted me for a price for them!
I told him the missing backs really knocked the value down.
Hope ya got a good deal on them.
Later,
Bruce B.
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72blu, I've been meaning to tell you this but kept forgetting until now. When the butterscotch '71 was on ebay, we were the last two bidding against each other. Of course, I didn't know that was you at the time. I wanted to have a twin to our '71 butterscotch Dart but am glad it went to a good home. Here's ours:
340_dart_power
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Good looking Dart, GTX. Interesting combination with the hubcaps and body-matching painted wheels.
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Nice Dart Ben! Love that butterscotch color too.
Bruce-I did get a really good deal on them, especially considering I got the seat tracks with them. The seat backs I'll worry about later. I didn't really look, are they the same as the e-body backs or am I looking for something GT specific again?
Funny thing is the guy that owned them had a thread going on cuda-challenger, somehow I managed to miss the thread but found the ad on craigslist. Didn't even know I was going to meet another forum member until I got there! Even more coincidental is the fact he only live a few hours from me.
Ben- you were?! That's just too funny. Well I'm glad you didn't go any higher, I was at my self-imposed limit! :-D Although honestly, the butterscotch GT is in really good shape. Not sure I've seen one so clean and rust free. But it definitely has a lot of dents, and I've already posted that the "blown head gasket" turned out to be a blown head gasket, a bunch of bent valves, and now a flat cam. Thinking its 184k original miles and not 84k. But that's alright! If I hadn't gotten it I might not have bought the bronze GT, wouldn't have known anything about it if I hadn't already done the research. BTW, that's a nice looking swinger, really is a twin to the GT, looks to have almost all the same options as far as color and trim go.
Funny thing is the guy that owned them had a thread going on cuda-challenger, somehow I managed to miss the thread but found the ad on craigslist. Didn't even know I was going to meet another forum member until I got there! Even more coincidental is the fact he only live a few hours from me.
Ben- you were?! That's just too funny. Well I'm glad you didn't go any higher, I was at my self-imposed limit! :-D Although honestly, the butterscotch GT is in really good shape. Not sure I've seen one so clean and rust free. But it definitely has a lot of dents, and I've already posted that the "blown head gasket" turned out to be a blown head gasket, a bunch of bent valves, and now a flat cam. Thinking its 184k original miles and not 84k. But that's alright! If I hadn't gotten it I might not have bought the bronze GT, wouldn't have known anything about it if I hadn't already done the research. BTW, that's a nice looking swinger, really is a twin to the GT, looks to have almost all the same options as far as color and trim go.
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Thanks. The wheels were originally black with full caps on them but I wanted them body color with dog dishes. I went to Coach Color and they matched up a pint for me and I sprayed them and cleared them shortly after.
That makes two of us.
I was kind of at my limit as well. I was going to make one more bid on it but decided not to. If you ever decide to part with it, please let me know. BTW: Sorry to semi-hijack your thread.
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