How much did you pay for your A Body
70 Dart Custom, orig /6 auto. F8 green ext with Custom package green bench interior. Car ran and drove fine, other than a loud exhaust leak in the manifold. I went to look at it, and they wanted a little over $2000 for it. I put $200 down on it, and came back a week later, and it turned out the guy's wife wanted to drive it one last time, and she crashed it into a pole on their farm, denting the hood, hood trim, bumper, valence, and cracking the grill.
I ended up paying $2000 for it.
Here it was when I first got it home..
Here it was a year ago, after I swapped the entire suspension, and put in a 318, 904, 8 3/4, and BBP front discs.
65 Valiant V200, 273 auto. White with light blue interior. All original body (with the exception of drivers fender), original 273 has had a recent rebuild.
Paid $900. Filled up the tank for the 3 hour drive home, and learned the gas tank leaked if filled up. Then the exhaust blew up and I had flames shooting out the back.. past the leaking gas tank... My friend who was driving behind me called laughing and said 'Hey! You've got flames shooting out the back!'
Pics when I first got it home, still with 13" rims. I changed it over to 14" rims with Valiant dog dishes, from memike's Valiant.
Then I bought the 65 Fargo, 66 Dodge, and 66 Dodge frame with box for $4000. The guy wanted $6500, but I offered $4000. He told me I was crazy and offensive for offering that price, but it was what I had to spend. He went inside, and his wife mentioned earlier she wanted it gone. He came back out 20 minutes later looking quite sad, and said 'Alright.. $4000.. just get it out of here..'
Here is a pic of the day I bought it, with a 70 grill on it, and leaking fuel pump. The 66 Dodge is on the trailer. We picked up the other rolling frame, along with 2 truck boxes FULL of parts for it.
Here it is with the correct grill on it, at a Mopar show last year.
70 Duster I paid $100 for, but paid $400 for a truck load of A body parts, most being the Duster parts in the end. I originally went to look at a set of inner fenders, and the guy mentioned if I didn't take the 70 Duster, he would crush it. At first I wanted to save it, being its a factory TX9 black Duster with red interior.. pretty rare colour combo. But there is WAY too much rust underneath. So I've been parting it.
62 Dart 330, /6 pushbutton auto. My grandparents gave it to me, after it had been sitting in the woods for 20 years. It's too far gone to do anything with.
67 Barracuda notch, 360, 727, 8 3/4 with 3.91 SG, BBP discs up front. All rebuilt suspension. Paid $2500 for it a couple months ago. Needs quarters and front fenders, but otherwise is in great shape. Came with a trunkload of extra parts, as well as a 68 hood with 340 S emblems and an extra mint trunk lid.
Here it is in my driveway the day I got it home. Still looks the same.
The other brands..
55 International, free.
75 Hiboy, free. Dad passed away in December 2010, and passed it on to me. It badly needed the rear main seal and cam 'freeze plug' (behind cam) changed, as it leaked 19 Litres of oil on my drive home. 390 has been rebuilt, with higher compression pistons, cam, etc. Tons of power in this truck, very fun truck. Has an 'Awoooooga' horn too.. haha.
And paid $500 for a 75 Camper Special 390, for parts.
70 Dart Custom, orig /6 auto. F8 green ext with Custom package green bench interior. Car ran and drove fine, other than a loud exhaust leak in the manifold. I went to look at it, and they wanted a little over $2000 for it. I put $200 down on it, and came back a week later, and it turned out the guy's wife wanted to drive it one last time, and she crashed it into a pole on their farm, denting the hood, hood trim, bumper, valence, and cracking the grill.
I ended up paying $2000 for it.
Here it was when I first got it home..
Here it was a year ago, after I swapped the entire suspension, and put in a 318, 904, 8 3/4, and BBP front discs.
65 Valiant V200, 273 auto. White with light blue interior. All original body (with the exception of drivers fender), original 273 has had a recent rebuild.
Paid $900. Filled up the tank for the 3 hour drive home, and learned the gas tank leaked if filled up. Then the exhaust blew up and I had flames shooting out the back.. past the leaking gas tank... My friend who was driving behind me called laughing and said 'Hey! You've got flames shooting out the back!'
Pics when I first got it home, still with 13" rims. I changed it over to 14" rims with Valiant dog dishes, from memike's Valiant.
Then I bought the 65 Fargo, 66 Dodge, and 66 Dodge frame with box for $4000. The guy wanted $6500, but I offered $4000. He told me I was crazy and offensive for offering that price, but it was what I had to spend. He went inside, and his wife mentioned earlier she wanted it gone. He came back out 20 minutes later looking quite sad, and said 'Alright.. $4000.. just get it out of here..'
Here is a pic of the day I bought it, with a 70 grill on it, and leaking fuel pump. The 66 Dodge is on the trailer. We picked up the other rolling frame, along with 2 truck boxes FULL of parts for it.
Here it is with the correct grill on it, at a Mopar show last year.
70 Duster I paid $100 for, but paid $400 for a truck load of A body parts, most being the Duster parts in the end. I originally went to look at a set of inner fenders, and the guy mentioned if I didn't take the 70 Duster, he would crush it. At first I wanted to save it, being its a factory TX9 black Duster with red interior.. pretty rare colour combo. But there is WAY too much rust underneath. So I've been parting it.
62 Dart 330, /6 pushbutton auto. My grandparents gave it to me, after it had been sitting in the woods for 20 years. It's too far gone to do anything with.
67 Barracuda notch, 360, 727, 8 3/4 with 3.91 SG, BBP discs up front. All rebuilt suspension. Paid $2500 for it a couple months ago. Needs quarters and front fenders, but otherwise is in great shape. Came with a trunkload of extra parts, as well as a 68 hood with 340 S emblems and an extra mint trunk lid.
Here it is in my driveway the day I got it home. Still looks the same.
The other brands..
55 International, free.
75 Hiboy, free. Dad passed away in December 2010, and passed it on to me. It badly needed the rear main seal and cam 'freeze plug' (behind cam) changed, as it leaked 19 Litres of oil on my drive home. 390 has been rebuilt, with higher compression pistons, cam, etc. Tons of power in this truck, very fun truck. Has an 'Awoooooga' horn too.. haha.
And paid $500 for a 75 Camper Special 390, for parts.
