Sweet Survivor: 1968 Dodge Dart GT
Were there always this many nice, original survivor cars out there? I guess, there probably were but we just see them more often now with the internet at our fingertips compared to two or three decades ago when we looked at classified ads in newspapers. This beauty is listed here on craigslist in Oak Grove, Minnesota and the seller is asking $13,800.
For $13,800 I’m not losing sleep over this car even though I would absolutely love to have it, but just not at that price. That isn’t to say that it’s not worth $13k but it’s above my fun-car budget and I can’t justify wrapping that much into one vehicle just to park it in a storage unit and drive it occasionally. That being said, Hagerty is at $16,800 for a #3 good condition car, and after deducting 20% for it being a 225 slant-six, it works out to $13,440. The seller must really be on it, either that or they also use the internet as much as the rest of us do.
The fourth and last generation of the Dodge Dart was made between 1966 and 1976 for the 1967 through 1976 model years. They changed quite a bit during that period with the early cars – 1967 to 1969 – having a really great-looking tough, square design. Hey, it was cool enough for Joe Mannix to drive and that’s good enough for me. Joe’s was a GTS convertible that was slightly modified and this is a GT hardtop, but this is still a great-looking car. The rips on the driver’s seat seem to be the biggest issue with the interior which looks great otherwise. Bonus: the seller has new seat foam and a new seat cover! Being a GT, this one has a floor shifter, in this case, an automatic. Almost all GTs had a floor shifter, either a 3-speed TorqueFlite or a 4-speed Hurst shifter.
You can see the leaning tower of power here, Chrysler’s famous 225 slant-six which would have had 145 horsepower. This isn’t what Joe Mannix had in his GTS but it’s what more than a few buyers got in their GT cars, whether they were hardtops or convertibles. The seller says that this car is original as far as they can tell other than a few touchups and it has 76,000 miles on it. It looks great to me. Have any of you owned an early fourth-generation Dart GT?
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Comments
This car would be perfect for the guy on BF that can’t drive responsible with anything larger than a 318 2 barrel. Nice dart.
If it’s as good as it looks in the pictures it could make sense for someone that wants a clean looking car from that era with a somewhat sporting look, which includes bucket seats and console. It’s a low maintenance car that’s simple and would likely be trouble close to free. This is perfect for the guy that wants to participate with his friends at car shows with a no hassle entry level car, there is a lot to be said for cars that fit into that category.
Steve R
Had a 225 slant in my Mirada, once I got rid of the junk electronic 1bbl and put a proper intake and Carter 2 bbl on it, that car made it past 300k with occasional tune ups and oil changes, running when I gave it away, coulda hit another 300k I’m sure except my uncle was a drunk that couldn’t drive, unlike myself…don’t ever knock a slant…those are indestructable
I occasionally do knock them. My father lost one at 93K due to no fault of his own. Threw a rod. Don’t remember if there was a hole in the block. He had owned many high performance cars without issue before that. Sorry, I don’t like them at all. BTW, it was a ’72 Duster. He never owned a Mopar after that.
How can a 6 cylinder Dart, even one this nice, bring so much money?
It’s the year 2021 buddy.
I remember finding these for sale cheap back in the 90’s all the time. At first glance, you would think you struck muscle car gold when you spied those GT fender badges. Usually that translated into a big V8 stuffed under the hood. Then you found out it had a slant 6 in it, just like mom’s Aspen station wagon. What a disappointment. We needed a V8 rumble and to fill the high school parking lot with tire smoke, not grandma’s going to church Dart
Yep, my uncle bought a brand new ’67 Dart GT that was a beautiful car–except in the engine compartment, where the slant six resided. It was a light silver-blue color, with black vinyl top. My father bought it from him for $1,000 in ’72, and it was my college transportation. We sold it for $300 in ’81. If I had not already bought my ’65 Barracuda in ’78, I would have bought the Dart as a home for the 340 that I pulled out of my ’66 Valiant.
As with everything in the 2021 recession cars too are priced to pillage the pocketbook.
This is a 1300 dollar car all day not 13k and yes stop your internal dialog it as are many many things just overpriced for NO good reason.
These haven’t been $1,300 cars in this condition with these options for decades.
Steve R