[Beagle8U]

“Real Darts: ■Seat six in base configuration ■Can be had stripped, no A/C no carpet ■Aren’t huge on horsepower...” Huh? I had to stop reading at that point. My brother bought a new Dodge Dart Swinger in 1969. 340 ‘six pack’. traction bars, the works, and it was ordered that way from the factory. Trust me, it was huge on HP! 140+ MPH and so fast out of the hole that it mashed you flat against the seat.

[Dr. Sivana]

Huh? I had to stop reading at that point.

Obviously, you can take a solid Dart and put in a bigger engine. But the VAST majority of those cars were the base package, not the dressed up versions. The Dart your brother had was great, but most at the time were getting Chargers, Challengers, Cudas and Road Runners.

I would think of your brother's car as a Dart, with a much more powerful engine. That's great, but it is not what made the Dart what it was. It moved whole families, little ol' ladies and later on high school students. I do hope your brother beefed up the front end. By the way, my other Chryslers were a '65 Chrylser 300 (383 with four barrel carb) and an '89 Chrysler Fifth Avenue (318 V-8, the LAST V-8 auto Chrysler would make for more than a decade). So, I have nothing against big engines.