Longtime Lurker, first time posting!
I’m a long time fan of everything Mopar, my first car was a 72 Dart Swinger, FE5 red, white top, black interior (very similar to be Dart on the cover of the factory brochure), 318, 904. I fixed it all up and drove it thru high school, unfortunately rust had its way with it and it and eventually I junked it. But I did buy another A body, a 73 Duster that was factory gold with a 318 3 speed and immediately converted it to a 340, 727 8-3/4, 3.91. I still have this, but with a big block in it. Never liked the BB, do some time it will have to come out. Then my wife bought me another 72 Dart that is completely rust free from Portland, ,OR, no engine or trans, so I put in a 318, 904 out of a rusty 4 door and had some fun with it. Then a once in a lifetime opportunity came up and I went for it! The 73 Duster that was given to Dick Landy for the Hot Rod magazine came up for sale on Racingjunk. So I bought it from the guy that bought it from Landy and brought it home from Las Vegas. The hopped up 360 had a valve retainer break, but it didn’t break enough to drop a valve, so we changed the valve springs and put new retainers and keepers on and thoroughly checked over the rest of the engine. I ended up running a very low 11 second 1/4 mile at my home track. Problem is this is a 13.4:1 compression.600 lift sold lifter 4500 stall, 4.56 gear setup. You really cannot drive this on the street, so I pulled out the 360 and put in a 318 Magnum with FI and GT45 turbo and 3.23 gears, hoping to make this a street car. After lots of fabrication, wiring and learning I’m finally getting close to my goal: 10 second street car! Now there has been zero cutting on the Duster, I wish the PO had felt that way, mini tubbing, fuel cell, roll cage, cutting up part of the front of the car, but he didn’t, but I’m still not going to cut it up anymore.