macdrew77
Well-Known Member
A week or so back I bought my first Mopar, a 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger. In fact, this is my first car. I paid $1600 for the non-running Dart, an extra rear bench seat, the original 318 heads, complete extra chrome window trim, and a box of miscellaneous parts.
Some background on the car itself. It left the factory with a 318 v8 2bbl, 904 column shift, in Jamaica Blue, with A/C, PS, Power Discs, Blue vinyl benches and Music Master AM Radio(!). One of the previous owners painted red over the original paint, bored the cylinders .30 over, and installed a 727, 'machined' 360 heads, a mild cam of unknown specifications, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake and Holley 750 cfm carb with vacuum secondary, electronic ignition with magnetic pickup distributor, and flowmaster mufflers.
The car hadn't run for about a year when I bought it. Most of the gauges are non functioning, A/C is missing, turn signals don't work, the gas tank was weeping gas slowly from a hole that was filled. The dash is badly cracked, and bench seats are torn and mismatched in the back.
The Dart is residing for now in my parent's garage in Camino, while I'm in San Jose, going back to work on the car on weekends and such.
Check back as I try and turn this magnificent Mopar into my daily driver with a poor man's budget and a lot of big ideas.
Some background on the car itself. It left the factory with a 318 v8 2bbl, 904 column shift, in Jamaica Blue, with A/C, PS, Power Discs, Blue vinyl benches and Music Master AM Radio(!). One of the previous owners painted red over the original paint, bored the cylinders .30 over, and installed a 727, 'machined' 360 heads, a mild cam of unknown specifications, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake and Holley 750 cfm carb with vacuum secondary, electronic ignition with magnetic pickup distributor, and flowmaster mufflers.
The car hadn't run for about a year when I bought it. Most of the gauges are non functioning, A/C is missing, turn signals don't work, the gas tank was weeping gas slowly from a hole that was filled. The dash is badly cracked, and bench seats are torn and mismatched in the back.
The Dart is residing for now in my parent's garage in Camino, while I'm in San Jose, going back to work on the car on weekends and such.
Check back as I try and turn this magnificent Mopar into my daily driver with a poor man's budget and a lot of big ideas.
