For those of you that like the old Mopars, and I know there are quite a few Mopar guys here, I've got some updated pics of my 67 barracuda and wanted to show you my recently aquired 71 Dodge dart swinger.
The swinger has a slant/6 and three on the tree manual trans.
I finally have something I can drive while I work on the cuda.

The swinger is a little cream puff and just needs a new clutch whenever I can get around to it.

I decided to sell the swinger to a young 17 y/o friend of the family for what I paid for it, but I'm gonna cruise in it until he can aquire the money.

I just got the bumpers rechromed on the cuda from atlanta "chrome it" in Marietta Ga.

Very nice. Gotta love that leaning tower of power!

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1979 240D with a 617 turbo diesel.

That Swinger is begging for a 340 and a posi diff. Put an unmodified hood and set of radial whitewalls on it as camo and shame more than a few Mustang GT owners at stoplights.

Lucky bastards in the South. (no rust)

I'll have to dig up my pics of my '66 Chrysler Newport. 383, 2bbl. 4 door boat. Radio delete. I bought it in 1990 and it had 16,000 miles. A few scratches here and there but no rust. It sat in a garage for soo long, I replaced the brakes and wheel cylinders, rebuilt the carb, new fuel pump and reconditioned the gas tank. Did you ever do 130 mph in a 4,000lbs + car and touch the brakes? (drum all the way around)

There are no brakes at that speed. I drove it through high school and sold it in 2000 with 23,000 miles.

Nice cars man! I like the white with the raised white letter tires.

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

Oh yeah, that swinger could be deadly with a killer small block and a sure grip rear, but it really runs like a champ as it is.

It is a blast to drive with that three on the tree as you don't see too many people shifting those any more.

The swinger has been a real head turner and brings lotsa smiles, and I can only imagine how sick the cuda will be on the street.

Those cars are both ridiculously cool.

'spaz, all I can say is that I'm envious. There are lots of other words floating through my head that are completely inappropriate for a public forum, not aimed at you specifically but in general and fueled through sheer jealousy on my part!

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Thanks.LOL, how do you like my neighbors rediculously cool garage color scheme?

I think the painter was color blind...

Nice cruisers you got!

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

Yikes!!! You're putting that on the street!!??? Trailer it to the weekend drags!!!

Hate to spend all that time and effort on such a beautiful work of art only to have some intoxicated pea-brained idiot t-bone you while he/she is running a red light!!!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

That Dart is an absolute time machine. It doesn't look more than a week old.

Amazing.

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Jonathan

2011 Mazda2
2000 E320 4Matic Wagon
1994 C280 (retired)

I know, it had a polar white repaint two years ago and the body panels are super straight.

No rust underneath and no bondo.
I went over the whole car with magnets and found zero putty.

The drivers floor has some surface rust from leaky wiper pivot seals which will get replaced soon.

I will most likely keep the cuda away from the drag strip if at all possible since I really don't need to be breaking expensive parts. I'd much rather enjoy it on the street.

Gotta Love the A-Bodys!

I'm another one of those Daimler and Chrysler lovers (but not DaimlerChrysler)

My sis is an A-Body girl. she bough herself a 1970 Duster with a \6.
My dad has a 73 challenger
and I have the Charger

I have an A-B-E family LOL

Your cars look awesome. I've always wanted a Dart Swinger. about 4 years ago there was a Dart Swinger Diesel for sale here in sac. i should have bought it. it came from the factory with a Nissan Diesel. Chrysler was selling the Nissan Diesels in there boats in the 60s and 70s and someone ordered one in a Dart. how cool is that. I always wonder what happened to that car.

anyway. Cheers on your new ride.

if only i had the time to spend on both my charger and the SD... makes me sad. Oh Well.

NICE CARS

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I had occasion to rent a brand new '72 Dodge Swinger when my car was bieng repaired at the Dodge Dealer body shop in Sacramento.

What a fantastic little car it was!! Perfect for the times, a lovely little compact car, beautiful pattern on the cloth upholstery, nippy and stylish,
318 and the torqueflite transmission made it a hit, in my book. I was sorry to have to return it, made worse by the fact it was brand new.

I'd also had the use of a '71 Plymouth Roadrunner 383 manual, and that one was a LOT of fun - a real hoot. Say what you will about the crappy handling and braking of those supercars, they were sure lots of fun!!!

The '71-'72 Roadrunners IMO were the best looking midsize musclecar coupes of them all. I like the ideaa of the more upscale GTX more, but nothing could beet them for sheer good looks.

I'd have loved to try one with a 426 HEMI!!!!

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

The 67-69 cuda coupe has the sweetest lines of any American car since the 60s. It looks right from any angle. 66-67 Tempest/Le Mans/GTO coupe is a close second.

Sixto
87 300D