Hit the mother lode.....for $500

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Mmmm cant wait for the pics! Buddy needs a 69 Barracuda tail panel and loads of interior parts....
 
Dash cap and door panels for 73 Duster?
Congrats!
 
Congratulations on your find ! :D :D :D :D

Reminds me of something similar which happened back in January 1993 :

The local --and now defunct :sad4: -- Chrysler Specialist repair shop (owned / operated by former Los Angeles Assembly Plant , Santa Fe Springs Prep Plant , and Emissions Lab employees) had a bulletin board with ads posted on it.
One of the ads was for a "1969 Dart GTS 440 . Originally a 340 model , now has a 496 Big Block , Art Carr 727 , barely-streetable cam profile , 11:1 compression [ ... ] in La Habra Heights , $1,000 OBO ."

Naturally , we thought the asking price was a typo ; but after a day or two , my friend called the number from the ad ...
... the asking price was right : one-thousand dollars !

Upon arriving to the address in La Habra Heights -- a wealthy area in L.A. County , near Whittier -- we were greeted by the resident / car owner , a super nice Armenian gentleman , the car's original owner / builder .

The $1,000 was no big deal to come-up with , so after a quick inspection and registration verification (replete with a "legitimate" smog inspection pass ... ha ha ha ...) , the papers were signed .

Then , as I was perusing the A2 Silver 1973 340 Duster parked under a tree (a real sleeper in itself : deluxe wheel covers , stripe delete , etc.) and sipping on the home brewed iced tea provided by the cars' owner , he says to my friend and myself :
" I see that you drove here in a truck ; that's a good thing , as you needed something to haul the rest of this car's parts home . Follow me to the shed around here ... "

He slides the shed door open , and we're looking at a gang of big block , Hemi , Direct Connection / Hustle Stuff parts , plus the Dart's original 340 / 727 (and , the engine was red , as the car was built in Sept '68 in L.A.).
He says : " See all of this big block stuff ? Take it all with you . I'm done with big blocks ; it's just taking-up room ... "

:shock::shock::shock: :shock::shock::shock: :shock::shock::shock:

So , for $1,000 , my friend drove away with not only a violently-quick and fast big block '69 Dart , but also :
- 2 virgin 440-HP blocks (1968 and 1971 casting dates ;blank vin pads)
- 1 virgin 383-HP block (1969 casting date ; blank vin pad)
- 3 NOS "Hustle Stuff" 440 cams (copyright 1970 on box)
- 1 box of Direct Connection 426 Hemi rocker shafts and arms
- 4 different AVS carbs
- 3 sets of heads ( four 906 heads , two 452 heads ; all virgin pieces)
- 2 uncut steel cranks ( one 383 , one 440 )
- bunches of other random parts and hardware

I still can't believe it !

The deals are out there . It's just a matter of "right place , right time" .
 
Would you have any steering column collars to convert from auto on column to floor shift for an a body in that pile-o-parts?
 
I'm looking for the panel that goes under the front bumper, if you have one that will fit a 62 valiant. (mine is missing)
 
LH23H2R said:
Congratulations on your find ! :D :D :D :D

Reminds me of something similar which happened back in January 1993 :

The local --and now defunct :sad4: -- Chrysler Specialist repair shop (owned / operated by former Los Angeles Assembly Plant , Santa Fe Springs Prep Plant , and Emissions Lab employees) had a bulletin board with ads posted on it.
One of the ads was for a "1969 Dart GTS 440 . Originally a 340 model , now has a 496 Big Block , Art Carr 727 , barely-streetable cam profile , 11:1 compression [ ... ] in La Habra Heights , $1,000 OBO ."

Naturally , we thought the asking price was a typo ; but after a day or two , my friend called the number from the ad ...
... the asking price was right : one-thousand dollars !

Upon arriving to the address in La Habra Heights -- a wealthy area in L.A. County , near Whittier -- we were greeted by the resident / car owner , a super nice Armenian gentleman , the car's original owner / builder .

The $1,000 was no big deal to come-up with , so after a quick inspection and registration verification (replete with a "legitimate" smog inspection pass ... ha ha ha ...) , the papers were signed .

Then , as I was perusing the A2 Silver 1973 340 Duster parked under a tree (a real sleeper in itself : deluxe wheel covers , stripe delete , etc.) and sipping on the home brewed iced tea provided by the cars' owner , he says to my friend and myself :
" I see that you drove here in a truck ; that's a good thing , as you needed something to haul the rest of this car's parts home . Follow me to the shed around here ... "

He slides the shed door open , and we're looking at a gang of big block , Hemi , Direct Connection / Hustle Stuff parts , plus the Dart's original 340 / 727 (and , the engine was red , as the car was built in Sept '68 in L.A.).
He says : " See all of this big block stuff ? Take it all with you . I'm done with big blocks ; it's just taking-up room ... "

:shock::shock::shock: :shock::shock::shock: :shock::shock::shock:

So , for $1,000 , my friend drove away with not only a violently-quick and fast big block '69 Dart , but also :
- 2 virgin 440-HP blocks (1968 and 1971 casting dates ;blank vin pads)
- 1 virgin 383-HP block (1969 casting date ; blank vin pad)
- 3 NOS "Hustle Stuff" 440 cams (copyright 1970 on box)
- 1 box of Direct Connection 426 Hemi rocker shafts and arms
- 4 different AVS carbs
- 3 sets of heads ( four 906 heads , two 452 heads ; all virgin pieces)
- 2 uncut steel cranks ( one 383 , one 440 )
- bunches of other random parts and hardware

I still can't believe it !

The deals are out there . It's just a matter of "right place , right time" .
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For me, it was July 2002. Working in the garage one day, and some dude I never saw before shows up and says "You're a Dodge man, right?" To which I said yes. He tells me he has a bunch of parts in a shed that he wants cleaned out. I asked what kind of parts, and he said "It's all Dodge stuff." "Okay, what kind of Dodge stuff?" was my question. He proceeded to tell me that this is all new stuff still in boxes. I followed him to his place, and there in a chicken coop with a foot of straw on the floor is a stash of NOS parts. He told me the stuff was there when he bought the place, and to give him 50 BUCKS and get it ALL outta there. I loaded 77 pieces of NOS, including a 70 Cuda park lens, 70 Cuda tail lens, complete set of 71 Charger tail lenses, 63 Plymouth headlight bezel, 73-74 Sebring / Roadrunner / GTX driver doorskin, Volare / Aspen dash pad, etc etc etc.
 
Lookin' for a set of straight rust free 1970 duster fenders..................and a drivers side door!
 
In need of door sills for 67 cuda
also in need of trunk trim 2 pcs
 
I need a Left side 66 Valaint front fender that is not rusted out at the bottom, and the inner splash guards behind the wheels.
Thanks,
Chuck
 
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