My first car was a '63 Dart 170 4 door with the 170 Slant 6, push button tranny. Drove it everywhere. Eventually added the Mopar 2 bbl manifold and carb...made it spunkier. Even later than that replaced the 170 with a 225 and used the 170 head for added compression, which made the thing fun to drive being such a light car. Discovered that a glass-pack muffler was no fun..sounds good on the outside but not from the inside of the car.... teen age lessons. Handed it down to my younger brother when I got a '67 Lemans Sprint, fully optioned.
Later years, 1990, I learned of a '67 Dart for sale from an older couple, 60K miles, $200, to use as a daily commuter, olive body, olive interior, olive vinyl top. Ugly, sure, but did the job. Sold it years later to a guy with a teen-age son for $1200.
George
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"...out to my ol'55, I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy, god knows i was feeling alive"....written by Tom Wait from the Eagles' Live From The Forum
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