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1973 Dodge Dart Swinger 5.2l 2 Door (project Car) on 2040-cars

Year:1973 Mileage:53825
Location:

Tyler, Texas, United States

Tyler, Texas, United States

1973 Dodge Dart swinger w/ a 318 up for auction. This vehicle is a GREAT PROJECT CAR that needs complete restore. Dart has been disassembled and most of the original parts are in the vehicle(glass, trim, etc.)  I have new floor pans(not installed) that will go with the vehicle. Rear spare tire pan replaced as well as most drivers side inner structure(I will provide the patch panel I was using to section in passenger inner structure). Drivers door has large deep scrape down the side  that is repairable. Passenger side appears to be straight. Minor rust holes on edge of roof which can be sectioned or glassed over. Vehicle still need replacement quarters and rear sail panel below back glass(again rust holes may be able to be glassed or section). I do not have a good front bumper or grill for this vehicle. I purchased this vehicle for a project a few years back and at that time the vehicle cranked and I dove it up in the garage. Since then I have removed the gas tank(to replace rear pan) and haven't cranked it since. The vehicle is stuck in park due to the key being broke off in the ignition switch(will need to be replaced). This vehicle would make a GREAT PROJECT CAR and is NOT TURN KEY (as the photos clearly show).

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With a new look inspired largely by the Dart compact, the 2015 Dodge Charger made its New York Auto Show debut today. Along with the interior and exterior changes, an eight-speed automatic becomes standard across the range.
What hasn't changed is the choice of engines under the Charger's long hood. A 3.7-liter V6 serves as the base mill, and can be had in both rear- and all-wheel-drive varieties, while the 5.7-liter V8 is an optional item and can be had in rear-drive only. Outputs are also carried over from last year, with 292 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque for the six-pot, while the Hemi V8 delivers 370 hp and 395 lb-ft of torque.
The new exterior treatment is a fairly large departure from the styling tone set by the Charger since its reintroduction to the US market in 2006. The blacked-out, crosshair grille and new headlamps are the biggest changes for 2015, though there are other, less immediately noticeable updates, such as the more rounded "Racetrack" taillamps that, like the front fascia, draw some inspiration from the Dart.

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Motorweek's decades of history on television make it the perfect medium to look back into the automotive past and see how things are different now. It recently added old road test videos to its YouTube channel of the Acura NSX and Toyota Supra, as well as the Ferrari F40. For one of its newest flashback clips, Motorweek has exhumed an affordable five-car challenge of 1986's premiere hot hatches.
By today's standards, this is an eclectic field that features fondly remembered classics like the Volkswagen GTI 16-valve and Acura Integra. However, it also throws in some nearly forgotten contenders like the Dodge Colt Turbo and Ford Escort GT. The angular Toyota Corolla FX16 GT-S rounds out the group.
It's fascinating to watch Motorweek run the quintet through the slalom, down the drag strip and on various roads. What's most striking in this clip is the difference in the definition of a performance car between then and now. With its 16-valve, 1.8-liter four-cylinder, the GTI is the burliest of the contenders with 123 horsepower, but it still takes 8.8 seconds to reach 60 miles per hour. By today's standards, that would make it a plain-jane economy car, and not even a particularly quick one.

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Even Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has acknowledged that the powertrain options in the Dart are substandard, admitting at January's Detroit Auto Show that the powertrains are "less than ideal." Leading with the 1.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder found in the Fiat 500 Abarth left a bad taste in the mouths of consumers thanks to the laggy engine and dead throttle response (to say nothing of the manual and dual-clutch gearboxes that needed more refinement). The addition of the 184-horsepower 2.4-liter Tigershark in the Dart GT has helped matters some, but apparently Auburn Hills doesn't think it's quite enough.
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