[FOR SALE] 1973 Dart Swinger

[Bullethead]

FOR SALE in February 2025
1973 DODGE DART SWINGER​

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING NEW or REBUILT
Engine
Bill Spence Motors machine shop
* 0.40 over 318
* Heads completely overhauled including valves
Comp Cam valvetrain components with steel timing gears & chain
Edelbrock Carb with Wieland intake
Summit Run-Ready Distributor Ignition and 8mm wires (some pics may show older MSD)
Drivetrain
904 Transmission with mild shift-kit with stock torque convertor
7¼ rear end
Suspension & Brakes
Shocks and Leaf Springs
Borgeson close-ratio steering
Power Steering Pump
Helwig Swaybar, OA1 Swing Arms - corners great with very little understeer
Pitman & Idler arms, Tie Rods and Bushings
Power Brake Booster and Proportioning Valve, Front Brake Lines, Pads and Shoes,
Body & Interior
Rare Original Sunroof - new drain tubes
Repainted in original Chrysler Lt Blue
Tinted Front Windshield
Bright Blue Carpet and Seat Covers
Head Liner, Hat Deck, and Sails
Weather stripping, trim (some), marker lights
15” Rally Wheels & Tires
Fuel Sender Unit
Heater Core and Bypass Valve
Radio Antenna (not shown in some pics)
Windshield Washer

Factory AC car - not currently installed but I have the components. Was planning to upgrade to aftermarket AC.
Factory AM Radio - works.
I have many factory parts and trim pieces.
It's pretty nice and much better than when I bought it. Other life priorities to include some health issues are encouraging me to sell quickly but I don’t want to give it away. $12k
I can meet you in Leonard, Tx. But let it warm up a bit outside!

 

[CFD244]

@Dan the man

 

[TX9Duster]

You mentioned the factory sunroof...any pics of it, you can post? Is this a lifelong Texas car? Any rust repair prior to the repaint? Any pics of the trunk floor, and undercarriage?

 

[Bullethead]

You mentioned the factory sunroof...any pics of it, you can post? Is this a lifelong Texas car? Any rust repair prior to the repaint? Any pics of the trunk floor, and undercarriage?

Pics of the factory sunroof. The worm gear & cable components for the sunroof were non-functional when I got the car and the gaskets were a wreck. Frankly speaking the worm gear mechanism was representative of cheap production components of that era. I search for replacement pieces to include the gaskets. I ended up developing a method with a cam locking mechanism and a way to manually open and close the sun roof. I used the original crank hardware. Those are the original visors by the way. So its functional. If someone has a source for all of the worm gear and cable mechanism assemblies, maybe they will speak up and the next owner can try to completely restore the factory functionality. I'm no longer interested in doing so.

Rust...
The hoses from the sunroof were apparently leaking and the front floor pans were rusted enough that I cut the bad sections out and replaced with OER pans from Classic Industries. The rear passenger pans had some surface rust so I cleaned and then sealed the with POR 15 - expensive stuff if you've never bought any.

There was some surface rust in the trunk that I cleaned up and primed and painted. You will see there is a few spots that I need to go back a treat again. It's a maintenance thing until you finally get it all stopped. The trunk seals were shot and have been replaced. There is surface rust under the car as you can see. Detroit, and especially Chrysler products went on the very cheap to practically non-existent on undercoating. I sprayed after-market undercoating in the wheelwells. Some of the forum readers may remember when Bob Barker on the Price Is Right would actually make special note about the car in the "Show Case" having undercoating. So to find a completely rust-free car from the mid-70s is going to cost you a lot of money in restoration in my humble opinion. I knew the original owner of the car but knew his son much better. I bought the car from a guy that owned it a short time after buying it from the son. I know that his dad had the car out in Big Bend area of Texas for a long time but I can't say it was always out there. It did have a lot of west-Texas red dirt and sand in and on it.

The car was originally a vinyl roof car but the intermediate owner had stripped most of it off as it was in bad shape and there was some rust under what was left of the vinyl material. I cleaned it up, primed and painted. There was no pitting so not hard to do. I wasn't after a restoration and didn't want the vinyl roof so you see the car has a more "modern era" look to it with side trim also not reinstalled plus some of it wasn't in the best condition and I didn't want to spend the money to replace all of it - I have all of the original trim. A few minor rust spots here and there otherwise.