D/Dart Conversation
That car has been running the auction circuit for several years. It is a LO23 car. Some things that are not correct.
Aircleaner. The aircleaner was a specially one-off made part. It's not the same as the regular 4 barrel aircleaner. The aircleaner on the car appears to be off a max wedge car.
Master Cylinder. These cars came with 10" drum brakes. The car depicted has been modified and has disk brakes
Intake: Appears to have an aftermarker intake. These cars came with the stock cast iron 4 barrel intake with a specially made spacer. I belive the intake and spacer holes were 1 11/16"
Headers. The headers depicted in the picture are the aftermarket Dougs headers made now by Petronix. The original headers were basiclly assembled from many pieces. if you go to that D/Dart site there's a picture of the factory headers and the Y pipe single exhaust that came on the car.
These cars came off the show room floor with radio, heater and back seat.
No matter that car would be a cool car to have.
Sold as part of the Ellis Collection at Dana Mecum's 2009 Original Spring Classic Auction for $40,000 USD. Described as "The 1966 Dodge D/Dart was a Factory Dart package built solely for drag racing. The 273 v8 was rated at 275hp and weighing in at just over 2900 lbs. The car qualified for NHRA's D/Stock category.
Dodge's normally aspired high performance 273 was rated at 235hp. The extra 40hp the D/Dart produced was basic hotrodding. Off the speedshop shelf bolt on's included Racer Brown valve springs, a Camcraft 284-degree .500" lift cam, Doug's Headers, and a Holley 4160 bolted to the stock intake. All were equipped with the A-833 4 Speed and a Hurst shifter, Weber clutch components, and an 8 3/4 Suregrip with 4.86 gears. Unavailable for this car were air conditioning and a warranty. There were no external badging or markings to note the D/Dart package over a regular Dart GT.
The picture in the 1966 Car Craft article was of a white Dart GT with Cragar S/S mag wheels. They tested the car at 14.33 @ 92.21 mph.
This superstock D/Dart package is identified on these seldom seen cars by VIN number and data plate. The cars were Dart GTs 1966 cars and are certified by decoding the aforementioned as done by expert Galen Govier.
These cars have a VIN that begins LO23. The order includes the following sales codes: 699 - Special Order (Super Stock Dart); 409 - Special Order Axle; 364 - Super Stock; 624 - heavy-duty suspension; 32 - engine code; 554 - delete rear seat belts; 393 - four speed transmission; 21 - 6.95 X 14 BSW rayon 2-ply tires; 408 -Sure Grip; P4H - trim code (red); WW1 - paint code (white).
This particular example is documented with an decoding by expert Galen Govier which states that it was produced on April 17, 1966 as a special order assembled at the Hamtramck, MI plant as a
Dodge's normally aspired high performance 273 was rated at 235hp. The extra 40hp the D/Dart produced was basic hotrodding. Off the speedshop shelf bolt on's included Racer Brown valve springs, a Camcraft 284-degree .500" lift cam, Doug's Headers, and a Holley 4160 bolted to the stock intake. All were equipped with the A-833 4 Speed and a Hurst shifter, Weber clutch components, and an 8 3/4 Suregrip with 4.86 gears. Unavailable for this car were air conditioning and a warranty. There were no external badging or markings to note the D/Dart package over a regular Dart GT.
The picture in the 1966 Car Craft article was of a white Dart GT with Cragar S/S mag wheels. They tested the car at 14.33 @ 92.21 mph.
This superstock D/Dart package is identified on these seldom seen cars by VIN number and data plate. The cars were Dart GTs 1966 cars and are certified by decoding the aforementioned as done by expert Galen Govier.
These cars have a VIN that begins LO23. The order includes the following sales codes: 699 - Special Order (Super Stock Dart); 409 - Special Order Axle; 364 - Super Stock; 624 - heavy-duty suspension; 32 - engine code; 554 - delete rear seat belts; 393 - four speed transmission; 21 - 6.95 X 14 BSW rayon 2-ply tires; 408 -Sure Grip; P4H - trim code (red); WW1 - paint code (white).
This particular example is documented with an decoding by expert Galen Govier which states that it was produced on April 17, 1966 as a special order assembled at the Hamtramck, MI plant as a
That car has been running the auction circuit for several years. It is a LO23 car. Some things that are not correct.
Aircleaner. The aircleaner was a specially one-off made part. It's not the same as the regular 4 barrel aircleaner. The aircleaner on the car appears to be off a max wedge car.
Master Cylinder. These cars came with 10" drum brakes. The car depicted has been modified and has disk brakes
Intake: Appears to have an aftermarker intake. These cars came with the stock cast iron 4 barrel intake with a specially made spacer. I belive the intake and spacer holes were 1 11/16"
Headers. The headers depicted in the picture are the aftermarket Dougs headers made now by Petronix. The original headers were basiclly assembled from many pieces. if you go to that D/Dart site there's a picture of the factory headers and the Y pipe single exhaust that came on the car.
These cars came off the show room floor with radio, heater and back seat.
No matter that car would be a cool car to have.
