Recent content by kmn5

hmmm my dart's brakes seem to be on the touchy side, cause it'll lock up in fairly quick stopping, so far I've learned to take it easy and I'm always ready to lift off as soon as it starts to screech (I had always assumed the tires were too weak for the brake/pad setup, and not gripping enough)...

Thanks for the offer But like I said I'm not too comfortable driving the car on the highway, especially for any long trip. Even when I leave myself big gaps between me and the car ahead to allow for longer stopping distance. Other cars always try to fill in the gap. And I know if they had to...

Yeah it looks to be a dealer installed option, there's a switch on the lower part of the console by the parking brake that controls the antenna Looking over the car I can see the original antenna hole on the front fender,

Yup has factory ac, ut of course it's not cold anymore power steering, a rear blower fan (guess thats old style defroster, as it doesn't have the electric element lines in the glass), power brakes no dent on the driver's side, but some neighbor's kids tried to peal off that metal trim piece. And...

shot of the engine

Pics! :-D mine doesn't have a metal top, is that better or worse? thats a piece of black bark from the tree not a hole in the trunk

Hi all long story short, I inherited a 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger with ~18k miles (well my dad did, but he inherited it 10 years ago when he was 66 and too old to drive, and now he's 76 and giving it to me) I know it has a V8 but I think it's just the basic model V8 and not a hemi. The interior...

just curious what would the offset or backspacing be on the 5x4.5" wheels? thanks

Hey All, what kind of transmission fluid can I use for a 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger. The car came with the 318 V8. engine and trans have less then 10k miles (so no need for any high mileage fluid mix; I've seen people concoct for those 100K plus trans) thanks