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My 1969 Dodge Dart GTS.........

Post by fortyshooter » Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:10 am

Yep I had this one thru late 70's and up until 1990 and should have kept it. Story goes that my wife spotted it for sale sitting under a pine tree in a trailer park while on her way to work. Had the original 340 with a 4 speed and 3.23 8 3/4 posi rear and original paint with the white stripe around trunk. $500 bucks later I drove it home and this in late 1976. Over the years it was my daily driver until 1980 when we moved into new home and I would keep it in the garage while I had another daily driver.
Built up a nice 340 with a new block which was the Chrysler Race X block I got a deal on. Also included the new Chrysler W-2 race cylinder heads that were used in NASCAR on the 355 race engines and also drag race setups. Chrysler had a special sale on them for several months to move them....like $75 bucks a head!!! Of course you had to get the special rockers and shaft assembly to go with them but at a great price too. Included a very good pair of the factory HP exhaust manifolds as well. Had headers before but wanted to be "stock appearing".
Converted it to a 727 TorqFlite 3sp auto with Street Hemi convertor and a 3.91 gear with A body factory super/stock leaf springs... It ran very well!

Yep should have hung on to it but got top dollar for it back in 1990.
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Re: My 1969 Dodge Dart GTS.........

Post by Llew Taranau » Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:32 am

I had a '72 Dart but it was no muscle car: slant six, three on the tree, and a hole in the floorboard in the back so I put an old stop sign on the floor to cover it. Paid $190 for the car plus 4 extra snow tires. Ran it till it died: there was a slow leak in the oil pan and I only found out when it threw a rod and bent the crankshaft while doing 70 on the Capitol Beltway. Dumb kids don't check oil levels. LOL
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Re: My 1969 Dodge Dart GTS.........

Post by PJM » Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:53 am

Miss my ss396 69 Camaro. Got married in 70, wife kept leaving tires at every stoplight. Traded for a 71 duster with a slant six. I was traumatized. Still married to same girl! Trade was worth it in retrospect.
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Re: My 1969 Dodge Dart GTS.........

Post by markiver54 » Sun Jun 27, 2021 11:04 am

Nice Forty...those were the days!
Had a '69 mustang 2+2 back then. Had a stock 302, but rean pretty good. Had original style Cragers on it too. It was that medium green color. Sharp looking car, but I have no pics. :(
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Post by Cofisher » Sun Jun 27, 2021 1:45 pm

Those Darts were so adaptable. Great little runners. You had a nice one.
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Post by Sir Henry » Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:04 pm

Great post Forty!
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Post by BigAl52 » Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:54 pm

I also owned a 69 Dart Gt convertible. 318 auto on the console. It was a great car.
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Re: My 1969 Dodge Dart GTS.........

Post by Hatchdog » Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:51 am

Nice sleeper Forty. With that plain exterior and the motor, tranny and gears I’m sure you embarrassed many a muscle car driver. Nice looking redlines on the subtle rims. :D
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Post by beaverislander » Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:18 pm

I like the under hood pic.... nice, clean and simple.
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Post by Headhog » Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:14 pm

Had a '64 Dart coupe with 273 V8 and typewriter drive. It was totaled when I t-boned some clown that turned in front of me. He was trying to to get into a bar parking lot. :lol:

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