Remember your first Mopar ?
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My 65 Dart sounds like the same car. 65 Dart 270 post car, white with a black painted on top (fake vinyl) and a red interior. It had a Charger 273 and a 3 on the tree. It also had a crinkled drivers fender. $100 and a 100cc Yamaha in trade. I have 1 photo but I haven't been able to find.
Rocky_JS
'cuda
for me mid-late 70's - 68 charger 383 auto, green with white interior. broken timing chain I paid $25.00 for it.. sold it and bought 67 barracuda convertible with a 383 in it for 300.00 lol
For me - it was a 71 Green/green Demon bought brand new off the dealer's lot.
72Dart6pack
Harder Better Faster Stronger.
Nope! Too many years ago. I forgot already what I had for Breakfast yesterday. Lol
Bought in 1991, 1972 4 door dart. It was mint condition and I paid $250 for it.
1972 Duster, 318 auto. Bought it in 1979 at the original Manheim auto auction for $440. Aftermarket yellow stripes on red paint. Slot wheels with L60's in the back.
Not too long after I bought it I found out what spider gears were!!!
Not too long after I bought it I found out what spider gears were!!!
Plymouth 65
I'll be in the shop
My dad bought me a 65 Formula S Cuda in 1980 for my first car. I still have it! 65'
67 Dart, 273/904. This was in the late 70's when I was driving tow trucks, and got the call to tow this. It had spun a timing chain. After prepping the car, unbeknownst to me the VERY aged owner opened the driver's door which let the steering wheel rope fall off, which meant when I took the first corner the door opened and hit a dumpster, folding it flat against the LF fender. I wound up buying it for maybe a couple of Benjamins. Wish I still had it...
Riddler
Project EH-Body
In that case do you remember that 340 long block motor I lent you? I remember....
Riddler
TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
Absolutely I remember as it was the first transmission swap I ever did and I was 13 years old.
Did it completely by myself too.
I got it free and one of my Dad's friends gave me a trans they had sitting around.
1958 Chrysler Windsor, same colors and in just about the condition of this one.
abodyjoe
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Mine was a 64 valiant I bought in the late 80's. Had a blown slanty in it. Put a new motor in and drive it a while. Sold it up a friend. He drove it a while and I bought it back. Dropped a 360 in it. Then a few years later dropped a 440 in it.
Dartnut
Don't hate me because i'm beautiful
Back in 1981 when i was 18, i bought a '71 Dart Custom 4 door with a 225 slant 6 and an auto trans on the column with my first tax return.
It was a great car to me, i paid $700 for it and it was in great shape with original nice paint and interior B5 B5 for both.
For some reason though, it liked to eat dip sticks...........
It was a great car to me, i paid $700 for it and it was in great shape with original nice paint and interior B5 B5 for both.
For some reason though, it liked to eat dip sticks...........
57 Plymouth 2dr post flathead 6 with 2spd auto 1965. IT had a broken band in the trans. Replaced it myself, Paid $50 bucks for the car. I was 17.
pauly v.100
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Just like this one. Bought from my auntie for $150 when I was 14.
Daves69
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In HS '73 I bought my first, a '66 Sport Fury off a small car lot. It was just under 200 out the door as I recall. Dark blue paint, black interior, with the 383 4 bbl, power steering, manual brakes, auto on the floor, wing window air conditioning. Next to it on the lot sat a mod top Barracuda. I thought it was a girly car back then. Was also looking at a '66 Mustang and a '65 Chevelle (old Ni-Gas car) at the time. Both had 6 cyls. I made the better choice I believe.
Similar to this.....
Similar to this.....
Mine's hard to forget, as it's still in the garage. '73 Challenger, originally a 318 2 bbl, 904, with hubcaps... been through a few changes since then, however. Traded my cousin a 6 month old Honda 700 for it in the spring of 1986, he bought it from the first owner in 1977. I brought my first kid home from the hospital in it, and she gets it in the will.
MichaelB.
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For me it was 1981 and a 1968 Plymouth GTX. Had a 383 transplant that I blew up in short order. Bought a '68 440 long block out of a junk yard & put '67 closed chamber heads on it while working in shop class. Was labeled "fastest in school" shortly after that. Have had a Mopar ever since.
A beat up 68 Road Runner with a 383 2 bbl, someone swapped out the motor but the price was right and I was 16. I put on a 4 bbl and it ran o.k. but still a 2 bbl motor. It was a lot of fun for a 16 year old.
It was a light green dream... A 1962 mint green road toad. No power nothing and I was just learning to drive. I remember my frustrated father saying "it will turn better if you're moving". It was easier but not better. It was typical 60's steering with about a foot of play. Also smelled like a cat.
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