My 1969 Dodge Dart GTS.........

[fortyshooter]

Yep I had this one thru late 70's and up until 1990 and should have kept it. Story goes that my wife spotted it for sale sitting under a pine tree in a trailer park while on her way to work. Had the original 340 with a 4 speed and 3.23 8 3/4 posi rear and original paint with the white stripe around trunk. $500 bucks later I drove it home and this in late 1976. Over the years it was my daily driver until 1980 when we moved into new home and I would keep it in the garage while I had another daily driver.
Built up a nice 340 with a new block which was the Chrysler Race X block I got a deal on. Also included the new Chrysler W-2 race cylinder heads that were used in NASCAR on the 355 race engines and also drag race setups. Chrysler had a special sale on them for several months to move them....like $75 bucks a head!!! Of course you had to get the special rockers and shaft assembly to go with them but at a great price too. Included a very good pair of the factory HP exhaust manifolds as well. Had headers before but wanted to be "stock appearing".
Converted it to a 727 TorqFlite 3sp auto with Street Hemi convertor and a 3.91 gear with A body factory super/stock leaf springs... It ran very well!

Yep should have hung on to it but got top dollar for it back in 1990.

[Llew Taranau]

I had a '72 Dart but it was no muscle car: slant six, three on the tree, and a hole in the floorboard in the back so I put an old stop sign on the floor to cover it. Paid $190 for the car plus 4 extra snow tires. Ran it till it died: there was a slow leak in the oil pan and I only found out when it threw a rod and bent the crankshaft while doing 70 on the Capitol Beltway. Dumb kids don't check oil levels. LOL

[markiver54]

Nice Forty...those were the days!
Had a '69 mustang 2+2 back then. Had a stock 302, but rean pretty good. Had original style Cragers on it too. It was that medium green color. Sharp looking car, but I have no pics.

[Cofisher]

Those Darts were so adaptable. Great little runners. You had a nice one.

[Sir Henry]

Great post Forty!

[BigAl52]

I also owned a 69 Dart Gt convertible. 318 auto on the console. It was a great car.

[Hatchdog]

Nice sleeper Forty. With that plain exterior and the motor, tranny and gears I’m sure you embarrassed many a muscle car driver. Nice looking redlines on the subtle rims.

[beaverislander]

I like the under hood pic.... nice, clean and simple.

[Headhog]

Had a '64 Dart coupe with 273 V8 and typewriter drive. It was totaled when I t-boned some clown that turned in front of me. He was trying to to get into a bar parking lot.

Paul