914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
7/6/17 1:54 p.m.

Slant six barn find - NMNA. Pretty clean AND it's a two door.

APEowner
APEowner GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/6/17 2:03 p.m.

I was doing rust repairs on those in upstate NY thirty years ago. That, combined with the "gas tank fell out" line makes me thing that may not be as solid as it first appears.

Cooter
Cooter HalfDork
7/6/17 6:39 p.m.

I always open these threads with trepidation, hoping, PRAYING that it will be a four door. The only thing that may save me from another project this time is the distance.

BrokenYugo
BrokenYugo MegaDork
7/6/17 8:00 p.m.

In reply to APEowner:

OTOH it probably isn't completely irreparably berkeleyed as the front suspension hasn't collapsed from the torsion bar mount ripping out of the floor yet, I've seen nicer looking cars on CL with that failure

APEowner
APEowner GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/6/17 9:41 p.m.
BrokenYugo wrote: In reply to APEowner: OTOH it probably isn't completely irreparably berkeleyed as the front suspension hasn't collapsed from the torsion bar mount ripping out of the floor yet, I've seen nicer looking cars on CL with that failure

Good point. It's either still solid there or it's been repaired already.

44Dwarf
44Dwarf UltraDork
7/7/17 5:43 p.m.

Gone! I'm betting it will show up at $3000 washed. As for torsion bar, theres a slide over the rail and bolt in fix thats cheap to do. Much easyer then how we used to fix'em with welding in angle iron and plate steel.

TIGMOTORSPORTS
TIGMOTORSPORTS HalfDork
7/9/17 9:59 a.m.

the Dart was a steal at that price, even if it needed rust repairs. I've seen worse sell for $3K

bentwrench
bentwrench Dork
7/9/17 10:39 a.m.

A Shart in training!

Ransom
Ransom GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
7/9/17 10:55 a.m.

There was one of those in the family. It still stays with me how ill-handling it was. Massively overboosted steering, and when you turned the wheel, you sort of got the impression that the front tires took off on their new direction, eventually took the slack out of the bushings, started the body rolling (this was going to take some time), and eventually the rest of you would follow...

Still think they're cool, and would love to try to make one work better.

Cooter
Cooter HalfDork
7/10/17 7:40 a.m.

They really aren't very poor handling cars, and are easily upgraded. Sounds like your was worn out. Google "Green Brick Valiant" for some of MoPar Action's Hi jinks in an A body during One Lap of America.

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