History on this Canadian Dart Swinger 340 Special

turdkicker said
hello fellow members just joined your wonderful site so I'm new to you I was shipped to this site by a bunch of caring members and I thank them. So here goes the storey I purchased years ago a bagged out 1971 dart swinger less engine and whats left of an interior and some alien inspired autobody work to say the least ,typical rusty quarters ,lets make a 2piece fender into a 1piece fender type of crap so now I'm considering getting this unit back on the road Now here's the question what do I have galen govier years ago through a friend decoded the fender tag , said was a 340 4 spd swinger now what I need to know if its a true 340 4spd swinger or was he making me feel good ? so here is the fender tag tx9 c end tx9 L2x9 tx9 513 b31111 e55 d21 LL23 h1r 267669 that's it . the car has the 4 spd and the 8 3/4 diff ,hood scoops have black fronts not chrome grille I think was shark tooth someone had told me. so now I want to put it back together to what it was , I did rob a 340 out of a 1971 340 demon/duster years ago figured get one while the gittin was good so hopefully its a 340 car and I can keep it as such missed a 1970 340 back in highschool kicked myself for years , now its time to get it going before to old to work a clutch, thanks for all your help

j061093409 said
Bingo!!!
Real four speed car - Canadian special

Thanks for posting turdkicker, j is correct "Bingo" you've got a 71 Canadian 340 Swinger Special which the LL stand for Special and the H is 340. Your the lucky owner of one of 75 or less special built Swingers for 1971, 40 of which were built for Crosstown Motor of Edmonton and 25 or less built for Crestview Motors in Saskatchewan. Cliff Guinand is our Historian and record keeper on these cars and will likely be contacting you for more info. There are several Canadian Special owners on FABO and j061093409 is the lucky owner of 2 and probably the only ones in the U.S. I couldn't tell from your description how much of your interior is in tact but you will want to carefully look to see if the build sheet is tucked away and still intact some where in the car, I found mine woven in between the springs on the backrest part of the rear seat but it can be found in other places. If you find it in what ever condition take care to preserve what ever you find. Don't listen to anyone that tells you it isn't worth much, the fact is we don't really know what they are worth, these cars were not suppose to exist and were Special built and in very limited numbers so with that in mind it would seem they would be worth more than the average A-body but we don't know. I love to see some pictures of your car and don't worry about condition its lucky to still exist in what ever condition. Any questions please ask away on here or pm any of us and we will strive to answer them for you. Thanks again Danny