1971 Swinger Special 340

[retsud_043]

I met a great local guy that I originally contacted about some Demon parts last weekend.
It turns out that he has a beautiful 1971 Dodge Dart Swinger Special ...........can you say R A R E !!!!!
I am sure AdamR knows all about these. ( I also asked him to register with you Adam )
I took some quick pic's of it and this car is mint.
I gave him a FABO business card and asked him to join up and tell us the story of this great piece of Canadian mopar history.

 

[dart4forte]

Yes, that is rare. Canadian built. Seems there's a guy up north with several of those cars

 

[casey70dartreed]

1 of 75...correct?

Very cool find!

 

[retsud_043]

Yes, that is rare. Canadian built. Seems there's a guy up north with several of those cars

Yeah I hope this guy joins up, he told me he knows of the guy with multiple '71 Swinger Specials=P~

 

[retsud_043]

1 of 75...correct?

Very cool find!

I was stumbling all over myself as I drooled over this car.
He told me the sequence of production numbers are within 100 of each other.
I have heard 75 and also 100.............very cool indeed

 

[70DartMike]

Damn!! Nice find! How long has he owned it? Is is mostly original? Orr?

 

[retsud_043]

I think he said he's had it for 20 years........It's probably 98% original

 

[67GTConvert]

Wow,what a find.Do you know if he bought it new in Regina? it looks like one of the Crestview cars with the white interior and the hood scoops.
Did you get a look at the fender tag?

 

[dart4forte]

1 of 75...correct?

Very cool find!

Yes, 1 of 75

 

[dart4forte]

1 of 75...correct?

Very cool find!

Say Casey, that happens to be Woodburn in the picture

 

[bayyum]

That is awesome !! And looks very mint

 

[retsud_043]

Wow,what a find.Do you know if he bought it new in Regina? it looks like one of the Crestview cars with the white interior and the hood scoops.
Did you get a look at the fender tag?

I did get a picture of the fender tag,I'll post a picture of it tomorrow(I'm browsing on my iPhone)

 

[casey70dartreed]

Say Casey, that happens to be Woodburn in the picture

As a matter of fact that is...2009 Division 6 Division Finals Sportsman Race of Champions. Had a hell of a time dialing in my slant six Dart with the 30 mph head wind ;)

 

[pettybludart]

Man what a beauty!Also rare!Thanks for sharing Retsud043.8)

 

[retsud_043]

Here is the best I could do for the fender tag, He also has 3 broadcast sheets for this car.

 

[retsud_043]

Man what a beauty!Also rare!Thanks for sharing Retsud043.8)

No problem pettyblu,:smile:
I sure hope the owner joins up to tell us the tale of this car

 

[AdamR]

Nice example. Thanks for sharing !

I have a few others in my registry but thats the first Curious Yellow one I have seen,.

http://www.340swinger.org/tech/7172registry.html

 

[7demon2]

Very nice car! i wonder why the scoops are black? is this a 71-72 thing adam? i was expecting body color for a non blacked out hood

 

[AdamR]

No, The scoops are in correct. They should be body color and they should not have the chrome trim.

 

[7demon2]

No, The scoops are in correct. They should be body color and they should not have the chrome trim.

that is what i thought. i also just realised the engine is blue as well...odd?

 

[AdamR]

Blue is correct. They started painting 340s blue around april of 71, These cars were built after that.

 

[7demon2]

Blue is correct. They started painting 340s blue around april of 71, These cars were built after that.

that is good to know. i was not aware of this! very nice car need more pics!

 

[retsud_043]

The owner told me he painted the scoops black but were body color originally.

 

[7demon2]

i thought so....

 

[retsud_043]

Thoes are all the pictures I have. I was really hoping he would join up here.