The Green Goblin

I have spent the last six months looking for my first Mopar. I have always loved the Demon and at first set my sights on one. After not finding anything decent within my area and price range I decided a Dart Sport would do. I had a few MINIMUM requirements for buying said car. It had to have at least a 340 or bigger, automatic with floor shift (could be an aftermarket installed floor shift and if it still had the column shifter that would be fine), and i wanted to be able to enjoy the car. I did not want to buy a car and have it sit in the garage for YEARS before i get to enjoy it. I am in the Air Force and might not have the time to devote to build a car like that, though I would like to do that someday. I always asked owners when I responded to ads if I could drive it to St. Simons Island (two hours away) and back.

I also deployed to Afghanistan at the end of December, every free chance I got I surfed the web and sent leads for my GF to chase down. She would call on my behalf and ask a list of questions for me. I was slightly giving up on the search toward the six month mark. Everything was either too expensive, didn't meet my requirements, or just not there. I was seriously considering lowering my standards and possibly looking into the Swinger body style instead of the Demon/Sport.

Last week I just so happened to be browsing Craigslist and about 20 miles away was the one I had been searching for. I found a 1973 Dodge Dart Sport 340, mostly stock, floor shift and nearly ready to be driven. The most surprising thing, for me, when finding this car was the fact that it is my favorite Mopar color, Sublime Green. It also has a factory, WORKING sunroof.

The Dart could use some minor TLC but that okay with me, keeps me out of trouble on the weekends.