70 Dart Custom GT Package in Crazy Plum
I think the point was that having a numbers matching 318, which is the best engine you could have in a '70 GT, is fairly meaningless for adding value. If the car is 100% stock it might add a little to the price, but really if you didn't have a numbers matching car you probably wouldn't do a 100% OE restoration on a 318 car anyway. If the car is modified much from stock it means pretty much zilch. Yeah, having a numbers matching 440, Hemi, or even a 340 makes a big difference to the sale price. And maybe someday it will mean more for a 318 car. Heck even the non A-body 383 cars aren't all that highly valued. From a collector's standpoint it would make more sense to have a matching numbers 318 car, since it might mean more later. But if you look at the market now it really doesn't make the car worth a heck of a lot more. Still just a 318, and if you want it to mean anything that means it's still got a 2 barrel manifold and carb because it would need to be all OE for anyone to even care.
And, all the 70/71 GT's were bucket seat cars. The buckets were pretty much the entire GT package for '70/'71. They got buckets and they got a GT emblem. That was pretty much the whole option package. According to the old registry information I got from Bruce for '70 only about half the cars had consoles. In '71 the majority of them had consoles, but there were still a few without. They also got the woodgrain dash trim option, and they didn't get the rallye dash.
For '70
For '71. They didn't show the rocker trim in the brochure, but the GT emblem went to the rocker and had a 1 year only emblem, unlike the '70 (which was the same as the '69 emblem, just on the quarter panel)
Here's the emblem
I think the point was that having a numbers matching 318, which is the best engine you could have in a '70 GT, is fairly meaningless for adding value. If the car is 100% stock it might add a little to the price, but really if you didn't have a numbers matching car you probably wouldn't do a 100% OE restoration on a 318 car anyway. If the car is modified much from stock it means pretty much zilch. Yeah, having a numbers matching 440, Hemi, or even a 340 makes a big difference to the sale price. And maybe someday it will mean more for a 318 car. Heck even the non A-body 383 cars aren't all that highly valued. From a collector's standpoint it would make more sense to have a matching numbers 318 car, since it might mean more later. But if you look at the market now it really doesn't make the car worth a heck of a lot more. Still just a 318, and if you want it to mean anything that means it's still got a 2 barrel manifold and carb because it would need to be all OE for anyone to even care.
And, all the 70/71 GT's were bucket seat cars. The buckets were pretty much the entire GT package for '70/'71. They got buckets and they got a GT emblem. That was pretty much the whole option package. According to the old registry information I got from Bruce for '70 only about half the cars had consoles. In '71 the majority of them had consoles, but there were still a few without. They also got the woodgrain dash trim option, and they didn't get the rallye dash.
For '70
For '71. They didn't show the rocker trim in the brochure, but the GT emblem went to the rocker and had a 1 year only emblem, unlike the '70 (which was the same as the '69 emblem, just on the quarter panel)
Here's the emblem
