I found my 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger and bought it back 18 years later!
It's been a great week for me! First of all my name is Ryan and I live in Oregon. My very first car when I got my license was a 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger. 225 slant 6 and auto trans. I bought it for $700 bucks. It had been donated to my high school to sell. My dad and I then traded a 1966 Chevy C10 long bed to have rust repaired behind both rear fenders, the roof under the vinyl top and a new vinyl top put on. After that was done we located a set of Cragar SS mags with BF Goodrich Radial TA's and put those on it. My parents had the seats reupholstered for my 16th birthday. I foolishly traded the car straight across at a local Dodge dealership for a 1989 Pontiac Firebird with a v6 and a 5 speed.
Fast forward roughly 18 years. I'm searching facebook marketplace and under the heading "todays picks" is a white Dart with black vinyl top. I open the ad and it had crager mags and custom seat upholstery. It's MY car! I make an appointment to see it the next day and manage to buy it back! I pick it up this Saturday after leaving a deposit. I can not wait to get it home.
The picture is my two sons and I when we went to look at it on Monday. It is pretty much a time capsule. Identical to when I sold it. Nothing has been changed.
It's been a great week for me! First of all my name is Ryan and I live in Oregon. My very first car when I got my license was a 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger. 225 slant 6 and auto trans. I bought it for $700 bucks. It had been donated to my high school to sell. My dad and I then traded a 1966 Chevy C10 long bed to have rust repaired behind both rear fenders, the roof under the vinyl top and a new vinyl top put on. After that was done we located a set of Cragar SS mags with BF Goodrich Radial TA's and put those on it. My parents had the seats reupholstered for my 16th birthday. I foolishly traded the car straight across at a local Dodge dealership for a 1989 Pontiac Firebird with a v6 and a 5 speed.
Fast forward roughly 18 years. I'm searching facebook marketplace and under the heading "todays picks" is a white Dart with black vinyl top. I open the ad and it had crager mags and custom seat upholstery. It's MY car! I make an appointment to see it the next day and manage to buy it back! I pick it up this Saturday after leaving a deposit. I can not wait to get it home.
The picture is my two sons and I when we went to look at it on Monday. It is pretty much a time capsule. Identical to when I sold it. Nothing has been changed.
