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I’m not sure what car you have and how rough the roads are. But my ‘66 Valiant wasn’t too bad with stock “sport” suspension with 14” tires on Michigan streets which are like 3rd world roads. All these old cars have very soft springs, pretty poor shock dampers & small tires. Like coil springs...

Yes, I’ll post them tomorrow. The pics are for a three on a tree manual trans shift.

1966 parts book pics

‘66 Valiant 273. It has a much better road feel. When not moving it is heavy but this can be avoided most of the time. For example when backing out of the driveway just straighten out the steering wheel while still moving backwards. Also proper driving technique helps - hands at 4 & 8, to turn...

Looks like someone replaced quarters with different wheel openings.

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This is the significant point. If you are on the street & are in an even minor accident you'll probably clunk your head on the roll bar, without a helmet it'll be all over.

Another vote for the Monroe's. I replaced the original shocks on a slant six 66 Valiant with the Monroe's and they were good, best thing is they are very affordable. I would like to drive a car with the KYB shocks to see how they are,

Fifty years ago not many Darts had sway bars. So you should start with a front sway bar. A new set of shocks would probably help too. You should also consider disc brakes, the small 9" brakes that originally came on your car are not really adequate for today's traffic. And welcome to FABO!

That's converts to about 3 & 1/2 Swedish fat chicks.