Plus, you can put whatever engine in it you want should you decide to without affecting the value. In fact, the value could even go up if it's a nice job. No offense to 318s. I love um, too.
Need opinions on this Demon for $25k
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It's a rare thing when people actually get their money back out of a car they've built. Now, one that's already built is different.
I totally agree! Kim
So did u pick the best or the worst or middle of the road? Kim
All I can say is, if you don't think you can find a nicer car for the same money, you're mistaken.
I'm listening to the foremost expert on this matter; he's forgotten over half he learned. But kept notes and files of everything.
Don't ask for pictures or cost this was all pre internet, hell cameras were hardly out yet. It truly amazes me how guys have pictures of cars they bought new in the 60s. They must know good sketch artist then had them digitized in the modern days
Don't ask for pictures or cost this was all pre internet, hell cameras were hardly out yet. It truly amazes me how guys have pictures of cars they bought new in the 60s. They must know good sketch artist then had them digitized in the modern days
In the 70s I never thought of taking pics of my cars. After all they were just a car that was everywhere. It wasn’t till the late 80s early 90s that the cars started to appreciate. In the 80s I started taking decent pics. 90s had better camera’s and better pics. On and on. Kim
I don't know man. I went to school with some cats that took pictures of dang near everything. There's always that one. lol That's how I got this......
Sweet! Kim
Fizzer6001
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I greatly appreciate everyone’s feedback - I’m passing on the car unless he can come down in price.
RustyRatRod - I’ve been looking for almost a year - mainly on Facebook marketplace and Classic.com and the FABO for sale section, Any other avenues I should be exploring?
I'm sure that I have pictures of my 73 dart, but I know that I don't have any of the 70 dart or the 69 valiant both of them I had years ago and I never thought about taking pictures of them. I'll look later today for the pictures of the 73 dart. Have a good day
The molars of the 70's had sloppy steering
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If it has tits, it's a liabilititty.
It'll take 5 or 8k to repaint it.
I see it as.. its a demon. They didn't make very many.. not very many are left and or for sale. 20k car maybe.
I dont see enough factory in the engine compartment to be considered a resto car... 18-20k , maybe.
These cars are or should be worth 30k or so by now 'All Original'. This one is missing manifolds, covers, intake etc..
I see it as.. its a demon. They didn't make very many.. not very many are left and or for sale. 20k car maybe.
I dont see enough factory in the engine compartment to be considered a resto car... 18-20k , maybe.
These cars are or should be worth 30k or so by now 'All Original'. This one is missing manifolds, covers, intake etc..
you're a bullshitter dan. you *maybe* owned a 73 but there ain't no way or no how you owned a 73 or that 69. in fact i explicitly recall you talking about owning an early dart. so again, you're just making up stories.
you're just regurgitating some nonsense you read somewhere. maybe you owned clapped out shitboxes that were all sloppy sallies, but that don't mean it be that way for everything. besides i wouldn't put it past you to conflate over assisted with sloppy.
Someone bought a nice car
Couldn't agree more about not making $$ on these old cars. This is the wrong pastime for that. I play with these old cars for FUN, not for profit!
I restored my show pony 71 Demon 340 not to make $$ but because I thought this car deserved to be very well done given its low mileage (38k now) and overall condition. I've got a lot into it and couldn't be happier with it. Make $$ selling it? I doubt anyone would want to pay what I have into it but it doesn't matter as there are no plans to ever sell it. (Heck, I've owned it since 1984...why sell now?!) If I did go to sell it, I would sure lose $$ on it, especially if you think about the interest/earnings I could have made had I invested elsewhere instead. A new base Corvette would have been cheaper but not something I was ever interested in. I've posted it on here before but here it is again for reference.
I restored my show pony 71 Demon 340 not to make $$ but because I thought this car deserved to be very well done given its low mileage (38k now) and overall condition. I've got a lot into it and couldn't be happier with it. Make $$ selling it? I doubt anyone would want to pay what I have into it but it doesn't matter as there are no plans to ever sell it. (Heck, I've owned it since 1984...why sell now?!) If I did go to sell it, I would sure lose $$ on it, especially if you think about the interest/earnings I could have made had I invested elsewhere instead. A new base Corvette would have been cheaper but not something I was ever interested in. I've posted it on here before but here it is again for reference.
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Man I don't know. It's really hard to trust any online format anymore, there are so many people looking to scam. What's your location?
Molars?
No, they had bias ply tires and poor alignment specs. With the same components, good tires and a proper alignment the steering is not sloppy. My steering is Mopar with a couple of minor improvements and it’s not sloppy at all.
There are rubber ducks that are more mechanical than you are Dan.
Alright, I’ll play.
Hood pins are in the wrong place and in the pictures of the hood you can see they’ve created low spots in the sheet metal around them because of the distorted reflections it’s showing. Hood would need repair and repaint to be correct, and the metallic paint is a ***** to match.
Black engine bay, some would say that would mean you can count on shortcuts everywhere else too.
Wire harness in the engine bay is a rats nest.
Trunk is done in textured black. Could easily have been done to hide rust
Contours on the trunk lid are wrong and not the same from one side to the other, you can tell from the reflections.
Torsion bars and clips appear original, maybe not a full rebuild on the suspension
All the pictures are too small to judge the rest of the paint quality beyond the 20 ft mark. Could easily be a bondo sculpture at that level of detail, you’d have to see it up close to make a relevant judgement on the paint quality. All you can tell from those is it’s shiny, and that the hood and trunk lid have bodywork/contour issues because of the distorted reflections
Honestly can’t say that one’s in a different league than the original one, just different pros/cons. Not saying it’s a bad car at all, but it’s definitely not perfect and the pricing seems in the ballpark for the obvious issues. Would definitely need an up close inspection to see if there are more paint/bodywork issues.
Except it’s a slant car, no rallye dash etc. kim
Need to add it's missing the holes in the hood for those twin scoops.
Seriously, pics make it look like a nice car. Would need to see it in person to make a better evaluation.
Thanks for checking my mistakes
Slantsix64
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Originally a slant six car? 10k tops. Just wait and get the real deal.
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