1969 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 Sold at Mecum today for $40,000

A lady that was a beautian told me once, "yes you can put lipstick on a pig!"

A guy once told me how he figured the classic car hobby. He said, since it is a hobby for him, he figures how many $$ he he will pay for the car DONE, how many $$ he will lose when he decides to sell it, and yes, divide that by how many months/years he keeps it and enjoys it. He said if that comes say, $400 a month including insurance, that is the cost of his hobby.

Back decades ago, I looked for a desirable project (model), I did all the work, except machine work and transmissions ( I had a buddy that was a pro trans mechanic), if I drove it, it was insured, and when I decided to let it go, I wanted to be paid for my time, work, and investment.
Now days, I look for a project ( not a desirable model cause one worth building is cost prohibitive), and/or that is that is not priced 4 times what any sane person would pay, I still do all the work, insure it, and know fool well, I ain't gonna go in the hole! or otherwise I ain't going there!!!!!!!

I have to wonder, just how many people buy a darn roller, that is a parted out rusted out POS, give too much, take it all apart, and then it dawns on them, they have no $ for a build, mo place to work, no tools, so skills, and the wife said "sell that damn thing!!" Its ALL apart, and they still think someone will pay how many $$$$$ for the darn pile of parts! :BangHead: :BangHead: :BangHead: :thumbsup: :steering: :poke: :rofl:
Both my cars were rollers… the Barracuda set me back $700 and the 340 4 sp Swinger was a whopping $1200 and I got a trany with it ! Probably have $20k in each . But the Dart really didn’t need a 4” stroke ,ported W2s and solid roller cam . Probably could have saved 8k just building a hot 340..

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