Trevor B
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
Although I have bought five A-Bodies since I started my (short) car-guy life in 2014, I've never sold one. I ask you for your help/advice in valuing and selling this one... The Brown Barchetta!
I built this car after a moron wrecked my beloved 1973 Duster at the end of the dragstrip at Sonoma Raceway back in 2019. It was built from the ground up with the sole purpose of running mid-12's. It does that quite well and, although I love the car, it is time to let it go so I can focus on my dream car build ('71 Duster 340 4 speed). I welcome any thoughts. A draft of my ad is below. Thank you in advance!
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I have decided to sell my 1973 Dodge Dart Sport (the 1973-74 version of the Demon). It is ugly but beautiful. Could be the perfect rat rod or restoration.
It is an original 340 car with AC and I even have the original 340 short block (which would need rebuilding). I built this car for the drag strip and it has the legendary Mopar “380/360” - the performance crate engine of the 1990s.
It is stripped down but I have nearly all of the original parts, including the fold down rear seat, interior plastic trim, dash + air, etc. It also comes with its original 340 engine (short block), which could be rebuilt.
The car runs consistently mid-12” quarter miles at Sonoma.
Stuff:
360 magnum engine (M1 intake, roller cam, all the goodies)
TTI headers
750 Holley double pumper
GM HEI ignition module
Mechanical timing limiter in distributor allowing for 20 BTC at idle
3500 stall converter
Rebuilt Torqueflite 904 with reverse manual valve body
8.25" professionally rebuilt rear end with suregrip 3.92 gears
Manual brakes with discs in front
New leaf springs + Bilstein shocks
Line lock
Manual steering
Trans cooler
Recaro bucket seats
Gas tank is 5 years old and clean
The electric fuel pump and fan are manually controlled with switches in the car
The horn and lights work
Car is riding on 15” steel rims and has Mickey Thompson slicks on the back.
It's got some other cars' parts on it as it was built to replace my ’73 Duster that got wrecked on the dragstrip (this was done for sentimental value):
Passenger door, deck lid
Dash, wheel, and steering column
Recaro bucket seats
Hood and front valence off a '73 Dart so I could cut a hole in the hood and put a big carb riser and air cleaner on it - didn't want to cut the car's original sheet metal.
Extras
I have almost all of the original parts as well (including hood, door, deck lid, and valence), if you want to put them back on the car, interior trim and the rear fold down seats, dash with air, etc.
When I got it, the car had been sitting for a while and had some rust in the floor and trunk. the driver’s side floor was replaced (one piece) and the spare tire well was replaced with the one from the wrecked car. The body is otherwise straight.
Needs:
Passenger floor pan is stitched together. It is totally solid but could use a new pan.
Transmission has a slight drip from one of the lines.
Paint was originally CK6 “Bronze Poly” and needs some love.
The parts in this car are worth a LOT more than my selling price but I don’t really want to disassemble and disable the car.
Asking $9k or best reasonable offer
Although I have bought five A-Bodies since I started my (short) car-guy life in 2014, I've never sold one. I ask you for your help/advice in valuing and selling this one... The Brown Barchetta!
I built this car after a moron wrecked my beloved 1973 Duster at the end of the dragstrip at Sonoma Raceway back in 2019. It was built from the ground up with the sole purpose of running mid-12's. It does that quite well and, although I love the car, it is time to let it go so I can focus on my dream car build ('71 Duster 340 4 speed). I welcome any thoughts. A draft of my ad is below. Thank you in advance!
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I have decided to sell my 1973 Dodge Dart Sport (the 1973-74 version of the Demon). It is ugly but beautiful. Could be the perfect rat rod or restoration.
It is an original 340 car with AC and I even have the original 340 short block (which would need rebuilding). I built this car for the drag strip and it has the legendary Mopar “380/360” - the performance crate engine of the 1990s.
It is stripped down but I have nearly all of the original parts, including the fold down rear seat, interior plastic trim, dash + air, etc. It also comes with its original 340 engine (short block), which could be rebuilt.
The car runs consistently mid-12” quarter miles at Sonoma.
Stuff:
360 magnum engine (M1 intake, roller cam, all the goodies)
TTI headers
750 Holley double pumper
GM HEI ignition module
Mechanical timing limiter in distributor allowing for 20 BTC at idle
3500 stall converter
Rebuilt Torqueflite 904 with reverse manual valve body
8.25" professionally rebuilt rear end with suregrip 3.92 gears
Manual brakes with discs in front
New leaf springs + Bilstein shocks
Line lock
Manual steering
Trans cooler
Recaro bucket seats
Gas tank is 5 years old and clean
The electric fuel pump and fan are manually controlled with switches in the car
The horn and lights work
Car is riding on 15” steel rims and has Mickey Thompson slicks on the back.
It's got some other cars' parts on it as it was built to replace my ’73 Duster that got wrecked on the dragstrip (this was done for sentimental value):
Passenger door, deck lid
Dash, wheel, and steering column
Recaro bucket seats
Hood and front valence off a '73 Dart so I could cut a hole in the hood and put a big carb riser and air cleaner on it - didn't want to cut the car's original sheet metal.
Extras
I have almost all of the original parts as well (including hood, door, deck lid, and valence), if you want to put them back on the car, interior trim and the rear fold down seats, dash with air, etc.
When I got it, the car had been sitting for a while and had some rust in the floor and trunk. the driver’s side floor was replaced (one piece) and the spare tire well was replaced with the one from the wrecked car. The body is otherwise straight.
Needs:
Passenger floor pan is stitched together. It is totally solid but could use a new pan.
Transmission has a slight drip from one of the lines.
Paint was originally CK6 “Bronze Poly” and needs some love.
The parts in this car are worth a LOT more than my selling price but I don’t really want to disassemble and disable the car.
Asking $9k or best reasonable offer
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