1966 Dodge D/Dart ~ 'Mystery, Myth and Misconception'

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This is the day arrived to pick it up out in Colorado. I took an 8 3/4 rear end with me, installed it, found 4 wheels/tires in the junkyard, and loaded it onto the trailer for the drive back.

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Two days later, after arriving in Kentucky with the car. Quick wash down with the hose and it cleaned up pretty decent.

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Stored it for a while in Kentucky. Pulled the blown engine out and added a set of Formula-S wheels. Then a friend hauled it up to Ohio for me on his roll-back.

Funniest part is that I took the door locks out of this car several years earlier to put in a '66 Valiant I used to have (when I lived out there). Eventually moved to Ohio and wanted another A-body to play with. Not wanting a rusty car from around here, I called out west and bought the car with the plans to make a D/Dart clone. When searching for more info on them (colors, interior, etc.), I found Alan Lewis' website. A few emails later and thanks to Alan Lewis and Alan Hvizdos (aka. ddartdude), they were able to confirm I had found car #43. :cheers:

Fact #1
The owner of this D/Dart (entry #104 and it is real) contacted me about the locations of the Body Code stampings on the Darts. I told him they are on the Radiator support and on the driver side of the package shelf between the speaker hole and the back glass. His doesn't have any numbers on the radiator support but the ones on the package shelf are 6242700235. This means the body was scheduled to be built on 4-27. The Body Codes stamped on another D/Dart are 6241771152 which means it was scheduled to be built on 4-17.

Fact #2
The dates that are hand stamped on the engine of the 2 D/Darts that I've owned are 4-26 and 4-27 which put's them being built after the scheduled 4-17 date.

Fact #3
Ted Spehars D/Dart was the first car shipped. It was shipped on 4-29 to Riverview Dodge in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan.