ADart
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On August 19, 2025 I came across a facebook marketplace ad selling a 1970 Dodge Dart GT. I only got 3 photos to look at from the listing that had been up for 8 minutes. Messaged the seller and found out it was his dad's old car that he had to finally sell after being parked since presumably 2011 when it was last registered and insured.
The seller didn't remember anything about what engine, trans or diff it had all he knew is it was red and sitting in his mom's garage and used to be his dad's racecar.
I beg the guy not to sell it on me, I rented a uhaul trailer on my lunch break and set for the highway to travel 8 hours round trip after my 8-hour workday. I arrive and to my surprise the car is a V8, 4 Speed, & 8.75 Diff. Hooked up a battery pack to the battery cables and turned it over. I gave the cash and headed back arriving at home around 1:30am.
The next day I left the car alone just looking it over seeing what was missing & got everything I would require to finally hear it run. Come Thursday which is yesterday from this post I got it running off a fuel can and it runs great! Oil pressure is solid and also realized it has electronic ignition conversion as pointed out by another member in the introduction post. I patched the fuel tank and am going to try get it home from my work under its own power which is a 8Km drive and ill start by taking the seats out to clean, weld previously drilled holes, paint and lay a fresh carpet inside. But all said and done this car (Ill list what I will be looking for at the end).
Looking for:
- Front bumper
- Driver Fender
- Glove box door "Custom" emblem
- Glove box insert
- Tail lights
- Spoiler
- Interior door sill / kickplate plates
- Interior dome / map light lense cover
I'm located in Regina Saskatchewan Canada. Prefer to find stuff in Canada because I hate dealing with tarrifs and all the other cross border crap.
The seller didn't remember anything about what engine, trans or diff it had all he knew is it was red and sitting in his mom's garage and used to be his dad's racecar.
I beg the guy not to sell it on me, I rented a uhaul trailer on my lunch break and set for the highway to travel 8 hours round trip after my 8-hour workday. I arrive and to my surprise the car is a V8, 4 Speed, & 8.75 Diff. Hooked up a battery pack to the battery cables and turned it over. I gave the cash and headed back arriving at home around 1:30am.
The next day I left the car alone just looking it over seeing what was missing & got everything I would require to finally hear it run. Come Thursday which is yesterday from this post I got it running off a fuel can and it runs great! Oil pressure is solid and also realized it has electronic ignition conversion as pointed out by another member in the introduction post. I patched the fuel tank and am going to try get it home from my work under its own power which is a 8Km drive and ill start by taking the seats out to clean, weld previously drilled holes, paint and lay a fresh carpet inside. But all said and done this car (Ill list what I will be looking for at the end).
Looking for:
- Front bumper
- Driver Fender
- Glove box door "Custom" emblem
- Glove box insert
- Tail lights
- Spoiler
- Interior door sill / kickplate plates
- Interior dome / map light lense cover
I'm located in Regina Saskatchewan Canada. Prefer to find stuff in Canada because I hate dealing with tarrifs and all the other cross border crap.
