I've owned two '69 Swingers, the first one I bought new in Sept. '69. I really wanted a Charger, but too much money for an 18 year old, so I got the Dart instead. As old man mopar said, they were strippo cars, but the one I got had an odd mix of features. 318, auto on column, deluxe interior, full wheel covers on 7:00-13 white walls.
Went to J.C. Whitney and got 2 14x6 and 2 14x7 chrome slotted wheels, went to Penney's and got imitation M/T tires, G70s for the front and J70s for the rear, lookin' good now. But, still a 318 with a 2:76 rear. Eventually it got an LD4B and a dual exhaust kit. It also got an 8/34 with 3:55s after blowing out the 7/25 axle twice. Typical dumbass teenager stuff.
That car got rear ended and totaled in '73. Right about the time that happened I heard about another '69 Swinger that had minor front end damage. It was a 340 4sp. car. So I bought the rear ended car back from the ins. company and used parts off it to fix the 340 car. The 340 car was a strippo car, base interior, plain wheels with hub caps. It didn't have a tail stripe because of being repainted previously because of minor crash damage. So after getting the flat hood from the 318 car it was really plain looking, which proved to be a lot of fun, nobody suspected it of being anything hot.
Unfortunately that car got rear ended and totaled too, by a drunk on Christmas eve of '75. Sure wish I still had it.
