Building up a Dart

khughesprime said

I forgot- it has the fiberglass fenders- right?

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I bought one of these things new to get the /6,OD 4 speed, and rear for a 32 Plymouth coupe. The bumpers, front fenders, hood, and decklid were aluminum (had 'em off) and possibly the door skins as well. Pulled a 440 Magnum running gear out of a junkyard 69 Charger for $800 (those were the days) and bolted 'em in. The car was balanced and handled like a smallblock A body, but throttle induced oversteer was a little too sudden and brutal for my taste, and I was more wrapped up in the 32, so it went to a new owner for what I had in it. Learned a lot about slants with that 32 and now, 30 years later, I'm working on a 66 Valiant to have fun with. Yeah, it's got a slant, and if you can have fun with around 350 lbs/ft of torque in a light car, the slant will do all you need for cheap. It's your car; the big block won't make it the nose heavy pigs the late 60's GTS big blocks were, a small block would be tons of fun, but you can have fun with a slant too. It all boils down to what you want. Just my $.02.