'71 Dart Swinger, mean or silly looking?

[Drache]

440 auto
engine was built and dyno tuned by K&S machine in Kelowna under 1000 miles
Aluminum heads,comp cam,Keith Black pistons 10.6-1 all parts are new
Moser fabricated rear end 391 posi
Willwood front disc brakes

way too much to list.

$22,500

[JB400]

Outside of the scoop, not a bad looking car.  Now, if it had a blower under that scoop   Blacked out firewall

[bakerhillpins]

Looks Foose inspired.

Not silly but not my tastes.

[SRT-440]

Looks good to me...the scoop doesn't look "bad" just not a fan of anything thats not a blower coming thru the hood. Over all a nice looking dart! 

[tan top]

  put 15 inch rallye wheels on it ,  take the hood scoop thingy off , & give it a stock type , color repaint , change the steering wheel    

[Drache]

https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=b5e271b5c4fff8d0&id=B5E271B5C4FFF8D0!219&ithint=video,.MOV&authkey=!ACc5oQDrwqBmsJ0

Here's a video of the owner doing a walk around for the car

[Kern Dog]

A black engine bay ruins it. It seems to me that if someone goes to the trouble to restore a car AND do an engine swap, they must have taken short cuts elsewhere if they skipped repainting the engine bay.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

As it sits; silly.

[Cooter]

I can't understand big wheels and rubber band tires with all that torque. Never gonna hook even around curves, but I guess that m usta been why the older guys laughed at my 67 with air shocks and big block too.

Not my thing. Two tone belongs on Suburbans.

[Drache]

I can't understand big wheels and rubber band tires with all that torque.

I will agree with that. 18" tires on these cars just don't work.

[cudaken]

Does not do a thing for me! Well it does one thing! 

Repaint, dump the Chevy Air Cleaner Blower want to be and give the wheels back to the 75 Caprice they came from with some work it would be OK.

[Drache]

Does not do a thing for me! Well it does one thing! 

Repaint, dump the Chevy Air Cleaner Blower want to be and give the wheels back to the 75 Caprice they came from with some work it would be OK.

I dont mind the paint. Too many plain jane looking cars 

Wheels would be gone instantly, back to 15's.

As for the air cleaner, it's different although a hood with a proper scoop is needed.

[1974dodgecharger]

sits too high for big rims, two tone paint not my liking, black engine bay who cares you know all you old dudes did the same damn thing back in the 60s and 70s can care not to admit it, among those things I would buy it for 5k if I had the cash. 

[Drache]

sits too high for big rims, two tone paint not my liking, black engine bay who cares you know all you old dudes did the same damn thing back in the 60s and 70s can care not to admit it, among those things I would buy it for 5k if I had the cash. 

Well Im gonna go look at it. Like I said before if the car is in really good shape then I'll make an offer of $18,000, throw out those nasty tall wheels and get a hood with a scoop.

[DadsCharger00]

sits too high for big rims, two tone paint not my liking, black engine bay who cares you know all you old dudes did the same damn thing back in the 60s and 70s can care not to admit it, among those things I would buy it for 5k if I had the cash. 

Well Im gonna go look at it. Like I said before if the car is in really good shape then I'll make an offer of $18,000, throw out those nasty tall wheels and get a hood with a scoop.

So I'm confused....what kind of car do you want Drache? It's a dart one day, a charger another day....are you just wanting a car in general? I mean, all the power to ya no matter your choice....but just confused I guess

[Drache]

So I'm confused....what kind of car do you want Drache? It's a dart one day, a charger another day....are you just wanting a car in general? I mean, all the power to ya no matter your choice....but just confused I guess

I was looking for a new mopar simple as that. Something that didn't need "restoration" or major work.

That '70 Charger was not worth the $30,000 sad to say. And the only reason I might have spent that much was because it was a Charger, otherwise my budget was only supposed to be $20,000.

This car I should be able to pick up "cheaper" than everything else I've look at and fills all the needs of something I'll enjoy:
Big Block
Suregrip
Buckets
Floor Shift Automatic
Doesn't need any body work
Doesn't need any electrical work
Even has a modern stereo

This Dart looks like a car that will capture people's eye at a car show because it is different than all the stock looking cars there.

[crj1968]

340 Darts Dusters Demons look best just how they came off the showroom floor, in my expert opinion   

[cdr]

it looks like   

[Daytona R/T SE]

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[1974dodgecharger]

sits too high for big rims, two tone paint not my liking, black engine bay who cares you know all you old dudes did the same damn thing back in the 60s and 70s can care not to admit it, among those things I would buy it for 5k if I had the cash.  

Well Im gonna go look at it. Like I said before if the car is in really good shape then I'll make an offer of $18,000, throw out those nasty tall wheels and get a hood with a scoop.

drache,
I hope your being sarcastic about the 18k, seriously we can all at least agree on here 100% as forum members its not a 18k car.  MAX on a sunny day 8k car....
My car has the same rims....

[myk]

Some people on this board act like they've never seen 'resto-mod work before.   

That car needs to be lowered.  Other than that it looks alright...

[Drache]

drache,
I hope your being sarcastic about the 18k, seriously we can all at least agree on here 100% as forum members its not a 18k car.  MAX on a sunny day 8k car....

I think you're the one being sarcastic 

The engine, rear end, end front disc brake kit would be worth $8k.

I got $7k for my '67 Dart GT that needed a restoration.

[Paul G]

Some people on this board act like they've never seen 'resto-mod work before.  

That car needs to be lowered.  Other than that it looks alright...

I agree. Although I like that car just the way it sits. I am not a stock type person. I am glad others restore to stock, it preserves the original look. Just not for me. I like changing things. Making an old relic perform more like a modern car. Price, is what someone is willing to pay. You can't build that car for $18k. Some people have no clue what it costs to build a car.

[Drache]

Some people on this board act like they've never seen 'resto-mod work before.  

That car needs to be lowered.  Other than that it looks alright...

I agree. Although I like that car just the way it sits. I am not a stock type person. I am glad others restore to stock, it preserves the original look. Just not for me. I like changing things. Making an old relic perform more like a modern car. Price, is what someone is willing to pay. You can't build that car for $18k. Some people have no clue what it costs to build a car.

I have a feeling if the car had 15" wheels and a solid color paint job most wouldn't have a problem with the car 

[Challenger340]

only my opinion.... but aptly parked beside the Dumpsters as it should be