Nicks Garage 383 build
The 1961 Dart 4 door [ sold here as a Dodge Phoenix ] came with a 318 Poly & 2bbl, 3.23 diff open centre. Cast iron TF, car was very heavy. The quoted weight is wrong. I had one of these cars & had it weighed at a weighbridge. It weighed 1.8 tonnes, which is 3960 lbs. My mate had a 62 Phoenix, the first year of the alum TF & the beginning of a a substantial weight reducing process; mate went onto the w/bridge same day, his car weighed 1.6 tonnes, 440 lbs lighter than my 61.
As you can see, 17.2 sec for the heavy 61. How good was the Poly!!!
The 1961 Dart 4 door [ sold here as a Dodge Phoenix ] came with a 318 Poly & 2bbl, 3.23 diff open centre. Cast iron TF, car was very heavy. The quoted weight is wrong. I had one of these cars & had it weighed at a weighbridge. It weighed 1.8 tonnes, which is 3960 lbs. My mate had a 62 Phoenix, the first year of the alum TF & the beginning of a a substantial weight reducing process; mate went onto the w/bridge same day, his car weighed 1.6 tonnes, 440 lbs lighter than my 61.
As you can see, 17.2 sec for the heavy 61. How good was the Poly!!!