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October 18, 2010
Tell Me Conan Didn’t Wreck This Dart
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Looks fake. I hope it is, cause that Dart didn’t deserve to die.
October 11, 2010
Custom Gauge Pods and Plastic Restoration, Part 2
By David Belau
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I left off last time with a conundrum. There was a piece missing off my windshield pillar trim–how could I fix that? I have to give credit to my wife–she came up with a way to mold a new piece. Plaster of paris to the rescue!
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October 6, 2010
Custom Gauge Pods and Plastic Restoration, Part 1
By David Belau
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I’ve talked a lot about eventually turbocharging the Slant Six in my 1966 Dodge Dart. There are a lot of steps I need to take in order to make that happen. One of them is installing the necessary gauges. There’s scant acreage on a ’66 Dart’s dash, so I had to find a place to put them. I’ve always liked the windshield pillar gauge pods, but no one makes them for a Dart. Oh well, I guess I’ll have to make my own. Follow along as I modify the windshield pillar trim and restore it to better than new.
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August 3, 2010
Boulevard Bruiser En Espanol
By Dan Strohl
Hemmings
Here in los Estados Unidos, I don’t think we cared enough about the Dodge Dart to warrant coachbuilt versions of it. Special versions abounded over the years to move that metal–Demon, Swinger, Hang Ten–but those didn’t require substantial alterations to the basic design of the car.
Over in Spain, however, they viewed the Dart in a different light. To get around the protectionist rules preventing the export of cars to Spain, Chrysler formed an agreement with Barreiros Diesel, a Madrid-based truck and engine builder, to build the Dodge Dart in Spain. Starting in 1965, Chrysler would supply the Darts as knockdown kits, and Barreiros would assemble and market them. With its slant six engine, the Dart would quickly become a premium car in Spain, leaving the mass market to the Simca 1000. By 1971, Barreiros introduced several alterations to the car, including an optional diesel engine and cosmetic modifications, and even dropped the Dart name, instead calling it the 3700. See more pics below the jump, and continue reading at Hemmings.
April 6, 2010
All Mopars, All the Time
By Mike Bumbeck
Clunkbucket
There are those who restore a car exactly as it came off the assembly line. Strategically placed paint inspection daubs and chalk marks are meticulously applied. The original-style hose clamps, painted only with the correct value and hue of semi-gloss or flat black paint, are located precisely on correctly date-coded radiator and heater hoses. The body-color paint under the hood has drip runs and sags that directly correspond to the degree of hangover the original painter had that Monday in 1971 when he was spraying the lacquer into the engine bay. On the other side of this equation are the people who simply don’t care. More of the Dodge Dart Charger Sport Swinger over at mighty Clunkbucket.
December 1, 2009
Ride Along in an 8-Second Super Stock Hemi Dart
By Brian Lohnes
BangShift.com
BangShift member Stage1Scott tipped us to this amazing video of a Super Stock Hemi Dart running an 8.29, 160 mph record setting pass. The SS/AH cars are the most amazing Super Stocks, and this one is driven by Jim Daniels, a many time record setter and winner of the Hemi Classic events with hia Ray Barton 438ci SS motor. He’s a dentist!
Check this out, and watch the fiberglass hood scoop get bent out of shape at 160!
October 19, 2009
My Eleanor: the 1974 Dart
By David Belau
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In the movie Gone in 60 Seconds, the main character has a car that always gives him trouble when he tries to steal it. Its name is Eleanor. My Eleanor is the 1974 Dodge Dart. While I don’t make a habit of stealing cars, the 1974 Dart has given me plenty of trouble.
My first experience with a 1974 Dodge Dart was ten years ago. She came to me with knife stab holes in the hood where a ritual sacrifice had taken place. The previous owner had left some pictures of head wounds in the trunk. The car would die randomly and start randomly. This should have been a sign to me.
When my friend Art called me and said, “Hey I found a 1974 Dart for $100! Wanna help fix it up?” I should have warned him. I should have known better. After helping him, I now know without a doubt that all 1974 Darts are possessed.
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September 28, 2009
David Freiburger Wants His Dart Back
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Some of your may remember the Cheap Thrills Dart, a low-buck project car that ran in Hot Rod Magazine in the mid-90s. The goal was to get the old A-body to run 12s for $2,000, and they ended up with 12.69 at 107 mph for $1886.92. Not bad.
After the tranny blew in the middle of the first Hot Rod Power Tour, David shipped the car home and then ended up selling it a short while later for $800, thinking he’d never care about it again. He saw the car around Hollywood for a year or so before it disappeared. Well, now David wants his old Dart back. It was a factory red 273/auto car with a black bench seat interior. If anyone knows the Dart’s wherabouts, post a comment below.
September 4, 2009
KillerBees Slant Six Drag Racing
By David Belau
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How about a cheap way to get into drag racing? Bracket racing is the ticket and slant sixes are probably the cheapest engine to get the job done.
I had met a couple of the KillerBees guys down in Redding, CA last year and they convinced me to race with them at Champion Raceway in Medford, OR this year. I have done plenty of autocrosses but never a drag race (Kind of backwards for an old car guy I guess). I was curious what the Dart would run after my SuperSix intake conversion.
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July 1, 2009
My Super Six Conversion or How I Spent My Summer
By David Belau
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So my dad calls me up and says, “Hey-there’s a slant six on Craigslist with a 2bbl for $50. Do you want it?”
If this had been a movie, there would have been ominous music playing as I mulled over my decision. You the viewer would have known that something bad was about to happen, but I wouldn’t. You might have yelled at the screen saying, “Don’t do it!” or “It’s a trap!” But because it’s a movie, I’d make the stupid choice and seal my doom.
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