jeff alder
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1960 Dodge Dart | eBay THIS IS NOT MINE but what a cool old Dart.
Dodge Dart Seneca for sale NOT MINE
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lmao, "tires could use some air"?
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What a boat.
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1968 Dart 270
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This is the first year of the Dart model,and one of Chryslers wildest and most.futuristic dashes ever
Interesting that this one has the cone shaped turn signal wand. Usually only the Phoenix model got that.
Beautiful cars but I like the Matador and Polaras even better because they have larger fins!
Sgt. Carter drove a.1960 Dart Phoenix 2 dr hardtop for a while in "Gomer Pyle,USMC". The show was sponsored by Chrysler and even though these cars were already "old" the series is full of forward Look Chrysler products as well as contemporary B bodies and a bodies. In one episode "Gomer minds his sergeants car" the Dart is destroyed by a wrecking ball and Carter gets a new Coronet from the construction company.. the car would back again in later episodes despite this fact.
Gomer buys a 1958 Dodge convertible from Sgt Carter in another episode too.
Too bad Andy Griffith was sponsored by Ford instead of Chrysler like Gomer Pyle and Leave it to Beaver were..although in the first season of Andy you'd see a DeSoto
Interesting that this one has the cone shaped turn signal wand. Usually only the Phoenix model got that.
Beautiful cars but I like the Matador and Polaras even better because they have larger fins!
Sgt. Carter drove a.1960 Dart Phoenix 2 dr hardtop for a while in "Gomer Pyle,USMC". The show was sponsored by Chrysler and even though these cars were already "old" the series is full of forward Look Chrysler products as well as contemporary B bodies and a bodies. In one episode "Gomer minds his sergeants car" the Dart is destroyed by a wrecking ball and Carter gets a new Coronet from the construction company.. the car would back again in later episodes despite this fact.
Gomer buys a 1958 Dodge convertible from Sgt Carter in another episode too.
Too bad Andy Griffith was sponsored by Ford instead of Chrysler like Gomer Pyle and Leave it to Beaver were..although in the first season of Andy you'd see a DeSoto
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First year for the slant six. Lot of 60 Darts had that motor.
True, but they weren't as big a slug as the old flathead six they replaced.
They were close to 3900 lb. Look at the massive bumpers on them!
I drag raced mine. The Poly & cast iron TF were gone, replaced with a 440 & 727.
The weighing machine at the strip only went to 1000 lb, so each wheel was weighed. Chrys biased the engine/trans off centre to the right side by about 1.5", making the right side slightly heavier. Weighing the right front, it went off the scale!! The officials took a guess, 1100 lb.....
I drag raced mine. The Poly & cast iron TF were gone, replaced with a 440 & 727.
The weighing machine at the strip only went to 1000 lb, so each wheel was weighed. Chrys biased the engine/trans off centre to the right side by about 1.5", making the right side slightly heavier. Weighing the right front, it went off the scale!! The officials took a guess, 1100 lb.....
Moparmonster
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The 1960 Phoenix is one of my favorite Chrysler designs, along with the turbine car, the 1967 Plymouth B body, and the '71-'72 Plymouth B body.
1968 Dart 270
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It seems impossible to find anyone to cast these glitter grip wheels anymore. These dodge wheels and the plymouth "aero wheels" nearly always have the translucent sections missing or crumbling away.
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I had 2 1960 Plymouth Savoys (2dr sedans) with the slant 6's and automatics. They were not bad at all. I got around in them just fine. Kept up with modern traffic just fine,even on the freeway. I think the weight on those cars was only 3,400 or so. I would have kept them but they were rusty and I eventually found a Fury 2dr hardtop with the 318. I have no problem with a Forward Look with a slant in it though. I even had a 57 Plymouth with the flat six once.
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The slant six powered 1960 Dart 4drs curb weight was 3,630,the 60 Savoy was 3,540 They honesty were not bad at all as daily drivers. All of mine had the push button automatics. The flat six in.the 57's with a 2 speed powerflite was a slug. That being said I prefer the 318 cars. 1957 Plymouths with the 301 v8 are great daily drivers too. Plenty of power for getting around town,and 3 speed torqueflite is great.
Love it! 
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I like the Phoenix too,but wish the fins were larger like the Polara and Matators. The fins are the biggest disappointment on the Dart series and I have no idea why they were so conservative with the fins on the Dart when all the other Chrysler products were getting wilder and larger fins.
When you look at the dart from certain angles you can barely tell it has fins. (See the black and white photo below from Leave it to Beaver that illustrates my point). The 1963-64 turbine cars are ok,but look like a Ford design,which makes sense since Elwood Engle was responsible. I hate the thick ford style c pillars on the car. Ford for the most part wasnt good at futurism. Those thick C pillars were part of the stodgy "formal look" ford was so fond of.
Chrysler had experimental turbines in Forward Look era cars,Virgil Exner had one with giant blade type fins nearly as high the roof. To me the turbine engine melded perfectly with the Forward Look aesthetic. The engine of the future for the car of the future. Chrysler should have put the turbine in the 1956 Dart concept car. The 57-61 cars look so much more attractive and sleeker than what came after. When the fins came off it was never the same again. That was the closest we ever got to Jetsons cars.
The last photos are of the very first Dart. The 1956 Dart concept car! This is what the turbine car should have looked like in my opinion
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Here's rhe polara for contrast. These are just much nicer looking than the Dart series (and lI ove the 60 Darts too) but the fins are just far too small on the Darts. Everytime i look at the rear I am disappointed. Forward Look cars always had stunning fins. 57's and 58's are all fantastic. 1960 DeSotos and Chryslers have beautiful sweeping fins that start at the front of the doors and rake back rising skyward. Cars were never the same when fins and wrap around windshields disappeared. These were the cars of tomorrow,.
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Moparmonster
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I think that Moon still makes them, but in a more traditional, round shape.
They do make metalflake steering wheels, but the grip is like a rubberized plastic. Nice, and I have two, but they aren't the hard translucent plastic of some of the old Mopar wheels.
Moparmonster
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Ah, okay. It would probably cost a small fortune to have one specially made, too.
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General Motors most beautiful car in my opinion is the 1959 Buick. The entire redesigned 1959 lineup was a result of GM scrambling to catch up with Chrysler's "Forward Look" cars of 1957. Chrysler caught Ford and Gm with their pants down with their redesigned 1960 new 1957 models.
There's the famous story of Harley Earl storming into Chevrolet exterior designer C.J. MacKichan’s office with a 1957 Plymouth brochure,throwing it on his desk in disgust and saying, “Why don’t you just quit?”
The 1959-60 Gm cars tried to copy Exners futurism adding soaring fins and light,airy rooflines,but it was too little,too late. The 59 Buick was the best of the lot and in my opinion their masterpiece. That's my favorite GM car. I will say this,I would take a 1959 Chevy over a 1957 Chevy any day of the week. But Chrysler owned 57-61
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