How much did you pay for your A Body
Two stories here:
My 1st '69 Dart I paid $2500 for in November 1969. 1969 340 Swinger that the owner had to sell because he just enlisted in the Navy and his parents wouldn't keep the payments up for him. It was just a couple of months old and he'd already added new Cragar S/S wheels and a wood steering wheel.
I had a ton of fun with that car cruising Whittier Blvd. and racing at OCIR.
Sold the car during a personal financial crisis about 20 years ago - missed it ever since.
Current '69 Dart I paid $4500 for about 4 years ago. Bought it as a 90% complete project that the PO got tired of. Came with a fresh Maaco paint job (hate the color) that's getting replaced soon, brand new 380-horse 360 crate motor, freshly rebuilt 727, B-body 8-3/4 with a 489 pig, new 3" full exhaust system (sitting in the back seat), newly recovered front bench (since sold and on its way to New Zealand), new B&M shifter and new Auto Meter guages still in their boxes, and all of the parts to put it together. With the new crate motor and all the parts that came with it, I figured I got the car for free after paying for the parts.
Still have to finish taking it apart for the repaint after I get the $$$ saved (again - 3rd time) for the repaint. I've been collecting new parts for the past 3 years (including one of the last Rocky Mountain Dash panels to be made) so, hopefully, it will be back on the street soon.
