Are dart sports mostly gone
Okay, to some people, the car may be worth more than $12,000 when finished. I pushed back against what I thought was an inflated advertised asking price.
I've owned a lot of A body cars. The overwhelming majority were low value parts cars. The Hang Ten was a gimmick to sell more cars based entirely on appearance. I can appreciate that there is some value to that but it isn't like a 340 or 360 model or a convertible where performance or a dramatic style difference separated it from the traditional, more sedate models.
The Dart Lite/Feather Duster was another model that some attach a sense of increased value to. The Spirit of 76 was yet another.
I know a guy that is into the 1972-78 D and W series trucks. He attaches some level of importance to the same thing....the tape stripe and gimmick models that Dodge built. The True Spirit, the Warlock, even one or two others. Personally, I see them as stuff even a dealer could have done to standard vehicles. My Dad sold new cars from 1969 to 1995. I remember in 1978 he worked at a Chevy dealership and there was a shortage of Camaro Z28s and the demand for them was high. The dealership had an outside vendor come in and apply tape stripes and wheels on standard 305 and 350 Camaros, calling them Z27s!
I have a 1976 Dart Lite out back. Aside from the aluminum parts they had for reduced weight, there is nothing special about this car. People will talk about how great it is but nobody is willing to pay a premium for it over a regular Dart Sport.
Okay, to some people, the car may be worth more than $12,000 when finished. I pushed back against what I thought was an inflated advertised asking price.
I've owned a lot of A body cars. The overwhelming majority were low value parts cars. The Hang Ten was a gimmick to sell more cars based entirely on appearance. I can appreciate that there is some value to that but it isn't like a 340 or 360 model or a convertible where performance or a dramatic style difference separated it from the traditional, more sedate models.
The Dart Lite/Feather Duster was another model that some attach a sense of increased value to. The Spirit of 76 was yet another.
I know a guy that is into the 1972-78 D and W series trucks. He attaches some level of importance to the same thing....the tape stripe and gimmick models that Dodge built. The True Spirit, the Warlock, even one or two others. Personally, I see them as stuff even a dealer could have done to standard vehicles. My Dad sold new cars from 1969 to 1995. I remember in 1978 he worked at a Chevy dealership and there was a shortage of Camaro Z28s and the demand for them was high. The dealership had an outside vendor come in and apply tape stripes and wheels on standard 305 and 350 Camaros, calling them Z27s!
I have a 1976 Dart Lite out back. Aside from the aluminum parts they had for reduced weight, there is nothing special about this car. People will talk about how great it is but nobody is willing to pay a premium for it over a regular Dart Sport.