I remember you said everything is gone. Are the engine, trans, and all the "Lite Parts" gone?
Are dart sports mostly gone
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I remember you said everything is gone. Are the engine, trans, and all the "Lite Parts" gone?
To be clear, I was JOKING. I know that the staff here gets really angry with members that stray from the rules regarding sales ads and such.
To add....yeah, the D-Lite I have here was a slant six, manual 4 speed model with no A/C, not even a radio. ALL of the lightweight stuff has been removed and sold before I got the car. Restoring this parts car would be a huge labor of love with absolutely no chance of recouping the investment. It is a 1976 model too which to be registered here in California means that I'd need to track down all the original type emissions equipment to pass a state licensed emission inspection. NONE of that stuff is in the car and very few people would have saved it when scrapping a car.
Maybe it could be made to pass an inspection if it were equipped with a newer engine as long as that engine had all of it's own year model emission equipment in place and functioning properly.
Yeah, it is a parts car. I'll be cutting floor pans to fix another car and stripping off other bits and pieces too.
To add....yeah, the D-Lite I have here was a slant six, manual 4 speed model with no A/C, not even a radio. ALL of the lightweight stuff has been removed and sold before I got the car. Restoring this parts car would be a huge labor of love with absolutely no chance of recouping the investment. It is a 1976 model too which to be registered here in California means that I'd need to track down all the original type emissions equipment to pass a state licensed emission inspection. NONE of that stuff is in the car and very few people would have saved it when scrapping a car.
Maybe it could be made to pass an inspection if it were equipped with a newer engine as long as that engine had all of it's own year model emission equipment in place and functioning properly.
Yeah, it is a parts car. I'll be cutting floor pans to fix another car and stripping off other bits and pieces too.
patsmopars
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Hi there I'm looking for a set of bezels so if you can have ablook I'd even take the complete assembly if I have to...Patrick nine zero 5, 8twenty two, forty eight 32
As many others have said here, the beaker cars are not sought after cars. Lots of Pintos were made back in the day but not many are around now.
Why do you think there are more 70 Demon’s listed at auctions/for sale posts than 73-76 Dart Sports? More Dart Sports were produced than Demons! All traces back to ‘demand’. Nothing mysterious at all.
Why do you think there are more 70 Demon’s listed at auctions/for sale posts than 73-76 Dart Sports? More Dart Sports were produced than Demons! All traces back to ‘demand’. Nothing mysterious at all.
Rarity does not always equal $$$$$$!
hotcudaphil
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Since you live in Colorado, I live in Parker, have you checked out the wrecking yard on the frontage road off I-25 in Dano, up near the circle track?
B1Dartsport
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My 73 is in my Sig. It has Indy 230 cc cnc heads and intake on a 408 R3 block, Callies dragonslayer crank, scat H beams and a Solid roller. I just installed a TKX with a Ceramic Clutch. It has a Dana 3.73 with strange S Track diff and Cal Traks. Up front it has a Carl Gerst ( now QA-1) Tubular K Frame. A Mopar Resto Guru who has been in business for over 40 yrs did the paint and body work. It suprises me how many people are interested in it at local car cruises and shows.
Demons were produced in 1971-72 only, 1970 Dusters were the inspiration thanks to the sales success they enjoyed.
When we start talking any cars of 73 and newer, we are getting into the "malaise" era!!! 5 mph bumpers, detuned engines, NO real performance stuff!! and more silly stuff!!
But better brakes, better K frames, better sway bars, better ball joints, etc.
I mean, doesn’t seem like a lot of folks leave their engines factory stock so a detuned factory engine isn’t much of an issue…
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Yes I agree with some better parts for sure. But,,,I also hate on the 73 up Duster, plastic inside A trim, the plastic upper door trim, child size inside door handles,huge bumpers, with that plastic filler, etc. Try finding any of that plastic trim worthy now days. The beaker front does not bother me.
Price/value wise is what i am talking. $$$$$$$...
Any F body, yea I have had 4-5. Any 73 up Nova likewise is worth squat. They don't call them malaise for nuttin!!
Price/value wise is what i am talking. $$$$$$$...
Any F body, yea I have had 4-5. Any 73 up Nova likewise is worth squat. They don't call them malaise for nuttin!!
I will see if he has them
Dodge73Dart
1973 Dodge Dart Sport restoration
Taillight bezels are being reproduced.
Yes I agree with some better parts for sure. But,,,I also hate on the 73 up Duster, plastic inside A trim, the plastic upper door trim, child size inside door handles,huge bumpers, with that plastic filler, etc. Try finding any of that plastic trim worthy now days. The beaker front does not bother me.
Price/value wise is what i am talking. $$$$$$$...
Any F body, yea I have had 4-5. Any 73 up Nova likewise is worth squat. They don't call them malaise for nuttin!!
On a Duster all the A-pillar trim is plastic right from '70 up, Demon had plastic trim for '71/'72 and the Dart Sport of course for '73+. There's no metal A-pillar trim for a Duster or the equivalent Dodge models that share the sport roof.
As for price/value, you can get a '73+ Duster or Dart Sport for less than their '70-'72 counterparts. And if you buy a V8 car or a disk brake optioned /6 you get the BBP brakes. Not sure if you've priced a BBP conversion lately, but it's a significant savings.
And with all that saved money you can swap the front clip and rear bumper and still be money ahead vs buying a '70-72. That's what I did, and despite the Demon conversion I did on my '74 Duster I know I'm money ahead vs buying a '71 Demon, especially when you throw in that my '74 was in far better shape than any of the '71 Demon's I looked at. And I got it for less than half the price.
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The old trick of "Back-dating" a 73-76 Duster/Dart Sport....
Yea 72blunblu, the 73-74 Dusters and Dart Sports were actually the best ones ever built, but most people are not aware of all the improvements that happened. They just see the 5 mph bumpers and don't like them. It takes 5 minutes to remove them. They were not really detuned until later, just went to the net HP rating. The Slant and 318 were basically the same, and the 360 hp in 74 was the best Duster/Dart Sport ever built with all the better stuff you mentioned above plus electronic ignition, a bigger Thermoquad, and safety features.
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