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The 1975 Dart Sport had a unique tailpanel that included a 3 piece bezel that extended from end-to-end encompassing the taillights. I swapped around '74 thru '76 parts on my existing Dart Sport which started as a '74 Duster. Also had a project converting a '71 Duster to a '75 Dart Sport before I...

July 1974 build date! * I wonder if it's one of the LAST '74 360's built and one of the last with a hood scoop. I'm guessing the scoop is original even though it doesn't have the two approx. 4" holes in the hood at the outer edges of the underhood bracing "diamond". Someone once said that some...

Even though the carb has been rebuilt, start with a visual check of the accelerator pump stream, then seals & adjustments, to add to the list of things to check.

Got some good penetrating oil?

It may be 4 if you count the one on the car. I started collecting stuff over 20 years ago when I built my car for IHRA Stock/Crate Motor. (IHRA dropped class racing & went bracket only after the 2017 season.) Hood saves about 12-15 lbs off the front. Also have a Lite/Feather trunk on the car...

Hopefully you never need a hood. But if you do, I have 3!

Dart Lite was 1976 only option package along with Feather Duster.

The 340 test car was a yellow Dart Sport and the rest were Hemi's. Don Carlton's own car was a Demon. He also ran a Dart Sport in B/G and match races. This is an interesting car but I doubt it was an actual P/S. Would make a cool clone/tribute if done right.

If you happen to run across any, some '74 Duster bumpers can also have standard bracket bumpers as well as some Valiants/Scamps. The front bumpers you DO NOT want are the ones with the extra bumper bolts on either side and just above the license plate area. Forgot to look at the car pic you...

To elaborate a bit on what Professor Fate said.....Front bumpers are a different style as shown in the pics. Rear bumpers will interchange. 1973 had standard bumper brackets front and rear. 1974 started with the "shock absorber" style brackets in the rear and I believe the front started late in...

Always nice when hard work is noticed & appreciated. Congrats! :thumbrig:

Only '73 & '74 Sports have the regular bumper brackets up front. They went to front AND rear shock absorber "5 mph" brackets in '75. (Rears started in '74.) As for the '73-'74 front reinforcement, if it was a race car, I'd say get rid of it for the weight. Otherwise keep it. It will help hold...

That's why Stock Eliminator appeals to me - Stock appearing, often show quality, 9" tires and the engines are rule-restricted more than any other class, but still fast. You don't see cars like this every day and they are run like they were meant to be....and legally! I just need the decals to...

Gold car pics seem rare. Found another one. http://image.hotrod.com/f/37021378+re0+ar0+st0/mopp_1206_005_pro_stock_racing_.jpg

The "regular" one or the "modified" one?

Quote: Originally Posted by 76orangewagon View Post With all those subtle Modifications you'd better park next to a "Stock-ish" car (like mine) so people will notice all the changes. ...and that is EXACTLY what Pro Stock racers back then tried to avoid! lol

It would be cool if someone could photoshop that! I'm to computer illiterate to do it. Otherwise I would have done one with "LOCOMOTION" and some combination of white & fluorescent blue over the black with my Dart Sport.

What is the story between the pre-resto "Don Carlton" on the door and the current "Mopar Missile"?

I remember an article I have somewhere that states the car weighed as little as 1,880 lbs. I guess the race engine/trans would have weighed less than a more conventional small block/auto trans. combination.

Lookie what I found! Becky White's induction thank you speech from the East Coast Drag Times hall of fame in 2012 where Don Carlton was honored and his cars were featured. Interesting related reading. http://quicktimesracingnews.blogspot.com/2013/03/2012-east-coast-drag-times-hall-of-fame.html...

Wow! Learn something new all the time. And the photographer is another unique individual. Becky White was probably the most die hard female drag racing enthusiast I ever had the pleasure to meet. She had a publication called Quick Times Racing News for many years and was from Lincolnton, NC...

No, it's a personal project/tribute. Old Man Mopar has a pic of the actual "wire car" at the bottom of his posts.

Is "S. P." from Florida involved?

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Being a huge Carlton fan, I can't help but wonder if this will be a different year ('73), but accurate, tribute car with some of the creative construction techniques utilized in those days of Pro Stock. :iconbigg: .....or I'm WAY off base with wishful thinking and my imagination running...

I've heard of people somehow compressing the shock brackets or replacing the bumper assembly with a regular bumper & brackets, which would require drilling mounting holes. Then you have to consider the bumper filler & how it would look without it. But I'll let someone who knows more about it to...

:thumbup: Glad to help. Be careful with the carriage bolts if you might consider disassembling the bumper from the reinforcement frame. I've often had problems taking them apart even after soaking them with penetrating oil.

jos51700 asked for photos of the aluminum bumper reinforcement a while back. The regular steel version weighs a LOT more. '75 & '76 use the shock absorber style bumper brackets while '74 & older had "regular" brackets. I have a Dart Lite hood and trunk lid on my race car, but then added...

I don't have any "data", but theoretically, the single scoop with dual openings is one of the more efficient scoops, similar to the Challenger T/A scoop. The scoop opening is raised above the hood surface which gets it above the less active "boundry layer". Mopar never did design a "ram air"...

Sorry, but you must have missed this. Lots of good info here, as well as comments from others who "thought" Dusters could be ordered with the Demon/Dart Sport scoop. http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=14058&highlight=dart+sport The Plymouths you mentioned may have had the...