When a new acquisition turns out better than you thought.....

Junkyard day...
The Stockton CA Pick-N-Pull has a 71 Dart 4 door there so I grabbed a few things.

I took the sill plates and headliner bows. The 71 only had 3 but my 69 has pockets for 4.


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The 71 had them at the #1, #3 and #4 slots but the #2 didn't look like it used one. Maybe the two years use different styles? I don't know.
I took the door panels from the front doors. They aren't perfect but better than mine.

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On the way out, I passed by the compact trucks and looked through the Dakotas for A-500 parts.
THESE are the wrong ones:

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The red arrows point to the RE style electrical connector.

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The cooler lines do work though. The lines are aluminum, unlike the steel used in all older cars.

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The fittings are different too.

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I also got the RH exhaust manifold. I like these because they dump the flange near the firewall instead of the center dump design...

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I don't think this is the real big one but it is still better than stock.

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This allows for one bend in the exhaust pipe to turn horizontal under the car. It runs behind the oil filter too, allowing a huge PH8A or the Wix 51515.
The center dump exhaust pipe is cramped, having to make turns around the idler arm and torsion bar.
I had to look up that connector because I had not seen that one yet. It is the neutral safety switch setup on late 4xRE transmissions. Apparently it is a digital setup instead of the old hard wired analog setup. Interesting. Then found out there is an adapter to allow that big setup to screw into the earlier 4xRE transmission cases. Never knew that existed.