1965 DART GT 273 4BBL

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Yes I saw the info.Great info.Someone said they had a 273 HiPo with 3 on the tree ,Our friend had a Valiant (Canada) with 3 on the tree and it was crazy fast.
Yes, at least in 1965 all engine options could have any transmission. But the rarest is a 273x4bbl with three on the tree.
 
Yes I saw the info.Great info.Someone said they had a 273 HiPo with 3 on the tree ,Our friend had a Valiant (Canada) with 3 on the tree and it was crazy fast.
My first car was a HP273/3 on the tree 65 270 2 door sedan Dart.
 
We could never figure out why this car was so fast.Some one said it had a D Dart drive train possibly
Well, the D Dart didn't happen until 1966. My 65 would boil that one rear tire for a city block. It felt fast to a 16 year old.
 
It depends on the order. I have a 65 Commando Barracuda and the build sheet from the car shows the 9 inch brakes to be factory. However it is power brakes factory. lol
The rallye pack cars came with 9 inch brakes and 13 inch wheels- most with out sway bar or tach- pretty much a standard Barracuda with Commando
 
Bought a 65 Dart Gt when I was stationed at Dyess Air Force base in Abilene, Texas in 1966. It was used but I really like the looks. Was painted canary yellow with a black vinyl landau roof, Cragar mags, black interior (bucket seats), 4-speed transmission, and a Charger 273. Great little car, remember going against a '65 GTO with a 389 and won our little race!!
Soon after I bought it I was at Mack Eplen's Drivateria ( like a Sonic ) eating a hamburger in the car when a black Dodge Monaco pulled in next to me. Man rolled down his window and asked me how I liked the Dart. Told him that I really liked it . He said that was good and that he had owned the car but had to trade it in because it was to small for him. (He was a rather big man.) Bought himself a Monaco and was pleased with it. We chatted for a while, but before he left he told me that expected me to take GOOD care of the Dart. Said that he would be on the look out for me to be sure that I did. Told him that I would take care of it.
Every once and a while he would pull up beside me and give me a thumbs up. Needless to say I kept it washed and waxed!!
Took my girlfriend on many dates ( wound up marrying her) in that car and a lot of trips to Albuquerque, Houston, and Del Rio. Lot of fun driving that Dart, lot of good memories.
Do not have that canary yellow Dart now, wish I did, but I do have a aqua blue '65 Dart GT with a white top, white bucket seats, automatic transmission (miss the 4-speed ), Cragar mags, and a Charger 273.
Like others I do not want anything else!! Hope you are enjoying yours too.
 
Bought a 65 Dart Gt when I was stationed at Dyess Air Force base in Abilene, Texas in 1966. It was used but I really like the looks. Was painted canary yellow with a black vinyl landau roof, Cragar mags, black interior (bucket seats), 4-speed transmission, and a Charger 273. Great little car, remember going against a '65 GTO with a 389 and won our little race!!
Soon after I bought it I was at Mack Eplen's Drivateria ( like a Sonic ) eating a hamburger in the car when a black Dodge Monaco pulled in next to me. Man rolled down his window and asked me how I liked the Dart. Told him that I really liked it . He said that was good and that he had owned the car but had to trade it in because it was to small for him. (He was a rather big man.) Bought himself a Monaco and was pleased with it. We chatted for a while, but before he left he told me that expected me to take GOOD care of the Dart. Said that he would be on the look out for me to be sure that I did. Told him that I would take care of it.
Every once and a while he would pull up beside me and give me a thumbs up. Needless to say I kept it washed and waxed!!
Took my girlfriend on many dates ( wound up marrying her) in that car and a lot of trips to Albuquerque, Houston, and Del Rio. Lot of fun driving that Dart, lot of good memories.
Do not have that canary yellow Dart now, wish I did, but I do have a aqua blue '65 Dart GT with a white top, white bucket seats, automatic transmission (miss the 4-speed ), Cragar mags, and a Charger 273.
Like others I do not want anything else!! Hope you are enjoying yours too.
I bet it was a Charger Dart.
 
The rallye pack cars came with 9 inch brakes and 13 inch wheels- most with out sway bar or tach- pretty much a standard Barracuda with Commando

A front sway bar was included with the rally suspension option. Heavy duty shocks were a separate option. See below. My non-S 65 Barracuda had the basic group, performance group, and the sport group, with the Commando 273 V8 and rally suspension including a factory front sway bar (basically, everything a Formula S had except for a tach, possibly HD shocks, and fourteen inch wheels).

Tach was, as far as I know, only available on Formula S cars.

The Ross Roy material I partially quote below says that 65 Barracudas had nine inch drum brakes (it also does not mention the Formula S package, so I'm thinking it was published very early in the model year). I've always thought that, while 64 Barracudas all had nine inch drums, all V8 Barracudas in 65 got ten inch drums, with disc brakes optional partway through the year. Perhaps it was not quite so simple as I thought, but my 65, which I've owned since 1968, originally had ten inch drums all around, along with 13 inch wheels.

Six cylinder cars w/o disc brakes kept nine inch drums into the seventies.


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True- I went to my files and confirmed the Rallye Pack suspension cars had the heavy duty springs and sway bar and heavy duty shocks to go with the Commando 273. I owned an all original 65 with Commando-bought from original owner= a/c, p/s, p/b and no sway bar and 13" wheels. Probably the Commando was a stand alone option available separately like on the Valiants, as were tach, stripes, etc
 
Just curious how rare my car is 1966 Dodge Dart Gt 273 HiPo with factory A/C automatic on the column with bucket seats .no P/S no P/B .but front disk brakes .Arizona car .
 
Just curious how rare my car is 1966 Dodge Dart Gt 273 HiPo with factory A/C automatic on the column with bucket seats .no P/S no P/B .but front disk brakes .Arizona car .
There is no breakdown of options on these early cars. Just basically model, engine, and transmission.
 
True- I went to my files and confirmed the Rallye Pack suspension cars had the heavy duty springs and sway bar and heavy duty shocks to go with the Commando 273. I owned an all original 65 with Commando-bought from original owner= a/c, p/s, p/b and no sway bar and 13" wheels. Probably the Commando was a stand alone option available separately like on the Valiants, as were tach, stripes, etc

Yes, that's my understanding - you could get a two-barrel 273 with rally suspension, or you could order a 4-barrel 273 with standard suspension.
 
Does anyone have a 1965 model with factory disc brakes? I've never seen a window sticker or broadcast sheet with that option listed. My understanding is that it was a dealer installed option that model year. I have one of the earliest '66 Barracudas (Aug 17th 1965), and it has factory disc brakes.
 
Does anyone have a 1965 model with factory disc brakes? I've never seen a window sticker or broadcast sheet with that option listed. My understanding is that it was a dealer installed option that model year. I have one of the earliest '66 Barracudas (Aug 17th 1965), and it has factory disc brakes.
I believe that is a 604 code on the build sheet.
 
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