The wife was with me at LARS this year. She decided she wants an old car. She works about a mile from home so it seemed like a fun idea. She found this 63 Dart GT hard top on offerup. I told her it was worth 3k. She tells the guy that the seat is ripped and it smells and she'll give him $2500. Runs like a damn sewing machine. I already have plans for a 440 and straight axle, but she wants a buff and the hubcaps back on Sent from my LGLS992 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Already established: it does 60 mph. It does not break the tires loose. Sent from my LGLS992 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
She bought the Caravan because it matched her lipstick. The Dart matches her toenails Sent from my LGLS992 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
One fender buffed. It's turquoise, so I named it Hiawatha. Sent from my LGLS992 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
What a clean machine! CA and the West in general preserves cars. Something like that around here would look like it came out of Truk Lagoon, usually. Original paint? Compared to some of the early 60's MOPAR styles, the Dart shows restraint. Sharp body style IMHO.
The wife made a great deal. Cool to see that she shares your passion for vintage cars. Does that have the slant six, "leaning tower of power"?
Yessir. And it has power steering, a big plus for her. Sent from my LGLS992 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Original color. Nephew of the original owner. Purchased new in Santa Monica, still has the plate frame. Somebody resprayed it at some point, but no major damage that I can tell and the jambs and fenderwells match. Sent from my LGLS992 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I was looking up specs on it. It was available new with a 413!!! Egads Sent from my LGLS992 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I don't want to Hi-Jack your thread, but we have a family friend who races AA/SA Max Wedges and has won the U.S. Nationals a couple times.
That car was absolutely not available with the 413, big blocks are a tight fit in those cars, it was the 62 darts they you could get them. They were a bigger car. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
important for most everyone - once you go through the brakes, etc will be a nice driver - a V8 270 was available? take a look at OT article: https://www.hotrod.com/articles/1963-dodge-dart-gt-hemi/
Incidentally, 1963 is the only year with that rear window. I know because someone broke mine. Sent from my SM-T350 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Nice score, well worth $2500. 340 6 pack would be cool. As for women hagglers, you ought to go with my daughter to buy a car, I thought I was bad.
57 Fargo is right. '62 Darts were B body cars. '63 and later are A bodies. The A body Darts and Valiants didn't get the V/8 (273) until '64. However, with the '64-'66 A body V/8 motor mounts a 273, 318, 340, 360 will bolt in. I have seen 383's stuffed in pre '67 A bodies. One in particular he angle milled the exhaust manifolds a little to make it easier. After doing that he figured he could probably squeeze a 440 in. I have a 340 in my '62 Dodge Lancer with all factory mounts. Slight bend on the line from the master cylinder to keep away from exhaust manifold, moved battery tray forward a little, and on this version of the A body the heater box has to be removed. Drove it many winters with an ice scraper for the INSIDE of the windshield! A body V/8 rear ends will bolt in. V/8 front brakes, both drum and disc are bolt in items. '65 and earlier cars had push button transmissions and V/8 and 6 trannys don't interchange. Starters do though. '67 'and later crankshafts and torque converters had a larger alignment button. When attempting to use an early trans in the later engine all load falls on the flex plate alone and will soon rip apart. One could machine a sleeve to fill the gap if you really wanted to stay with the push button shifter. '65 used a shift lever but it was still a push button tranny. '66 Dart column and shift lever will fit the earlier A bodies and work with the later trannys. BTW, the factory '64-'66 mounts work better than the after market mounts which set the engine a little differently. Trans mounts are the same 6 or 8. Of course, there is nothing wrong with the slant 6 and there are all kinds of hop up goodies for them. 2 1/4" exhaust all the way and a small 4 barrel carb and intake really wake them up. Milling the head helps in horses and fuel economy. Windage tray is real cheap horse power. Jeez, I'm rambling! Dave
Keep rambling, keep rambling!!! I'm thinking a hot slant is the ticket. She's thinking she wants to fix the tear in the seat. Sent from my LGLS992 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
All I can find are trailer tires in this size. It has trailer tires on it right now. Any big deal? Sent from my LGLS992 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Coker's got 13"s. https://www.cokertire.com/tires.html?tire_rim_diameter=2125 Might be a little spendy though.
Heeeeeey! It's like we were talking about it in person or something. Sent from my LGLS992 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Egads! I found some at walmart, but I need to order them. Sent from my LGLS992 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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