Slantsix64
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Let’s see if you guys can crack the case lol.
A true Charger HIPO 273 66 Dart?
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What's the first 5 of the VIN?
Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
Nope.
Okay, I'll be brave and say it first.
There were never any Commando Darts.
Darts with the Charger 273 engine, yes. Commando was a Plymouth thing.
Now everyone can start flaming me for being picky.
Okay, I'll be brave and say it first.
There were never any Commando Darts.
Darts with the Charger 273 engine, yes. Commando was a Plymouth thing.
Now everyone can start flaming me for being picky.
Slantsix64
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Ahahah whoops changed the titleNope.
Okay, I'll be brave and say it first.
There were never any Commando Darts.
Darts with the Charger 273 engine, yes. Commando was a Plymouth thing.
Now everyone can start flaming me for being picky.
abdywgn
dismantler
Okay, picky! But externally, even if numbers were correct, how could you tell? Pull valve cover and measure lift or heads and look for pop-up pistons? just my two cents for whatever it's worth
Slantsix64
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Looks like Kemper nailed it! It is a original 273 4 speed car, but not a HIPO 273!
Slantsix64
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LL1 turquoise paint also
Slantsix64
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Don’t have vin on hand, just that fender tag
Nope.
Okay, I'll be brave and say it first.
There were never any Commando Darts.
Darts with the Charger 273 engine, yes. Commando was a Plymouth thing.
Now everyone can start flaming me for being picky.
That’s true - no Commando Darts. A Charger 273 Dart - yes
Dartsun
Mopar Dude
Cool car, looks like factory sway bar, did it come with disc brakes and 8.75 rear?
Mopar Holley Carb? aluminum intake? 2 barrel Accelerator cable bracket, 65 Valve covers, Cap breather. I don't like the light blue paint an the heads showing.
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HemiSSDart
Dartus Interuptus
Looks like AM radio search tune...
HemiSSDart
Dartus Interuptus
Commando is a Plymouth name, not Dodge which used Charger...
Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
Only if the line ran out of Charger 273 lids and used some leftover Commando lids... SNAFU rather than standard practice.
Who knows what could have been changed (or added) in the last 50 years. .
60 years.
Slantsix64
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It has ten inch front drums and a 7.25 rear
Slantsix64
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Lol, the radio was in the trunk with a bunch of 80s memorabilia
Slantsix64
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So the car has been sitting since 1990, it got towed in 1988 and a guy who worked in the tow yard got it and a parked it since 1990.
Slantsix64
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Motor is not original, has had the plugs out of it since 1988 lol, transmisson and rear end all look original
Did that one also go 165 mph @6500 rpm in 4th and still pulling with hydraulic lifters and a points dizzy all stock ?
Where is dan the man
Yes, including the fender tag . Did I miss it or hasn't it been confirmed that tag went with that car ?
My 65 (3rd owner) came with a Commando air cleaner as well. Dad was the second owner and asked about it when he bought it in 75. Guy said it came that way when he bought it off the lot in Orem UT.
Used to be a member on here that had a 65 Barracuda 4bbl Charger, that his grandpa bought new.
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