1973 Dodge Dart User Reviews

Very Fun Classic American Made Car. — I bought this car in January of 08. I paid $500 for it, it didn't really run, but I managed to get it home, and have been restoring it ever since. I have about $2,000 into it now, and it gets better every day. when purchased it was a forest green on forest green car wirth an avacado/green interior. I'm keeping the body all green, but all of the trim (vinal top, grill, bumblebee stripe, and scoops (exterior)) are black, or will be black. I have Scoops coming in the mail, for my next small project, but so far it has new Black/cactus green front seats, new black armrests, a new grill (painted black) I have fixed the front bumper vallance, and bumper itself from a wreck previous to my ownership. also I have put on new front shocks, and adjustable rear air shocks. new "Swinger" eblems on the front fenders, new windshield wiper/spray setup. the original 225 slant-6 is gone with a '77 slant-6 from a Valiant as a replacement. I've also done a little wiring, and changed out some burt out switches, and bulbs. most of the little stuff is done now, it still needs a new dashpad, headliner, back seat re-upholstry job, and new carpet wouldn't hurt. I would like to put in a 360 one of these days, and beef it up a little, buit that's later.

Nice Driver — This was built in a time when they used real metal to build cars. I wish we didn't have winter so I could drive it year round. It is a fun car to drive, not too bad on gas. It performs very well for a family sedan

Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)

My First Car — 4 wheel drum brakes were incredible...it took forever to stop, transmission was invincible. (shifted into reverse at 55mph...twice!). Got terrible gas mileage, like 13-18 depending upon how screwed up the carberator was. front bench seat provided spectacular lateral support. The aftermarket stereo was worth more than the car. :)

Bought It From The Obituaries — My "first" car, Dad said I needed something that I could fix. Well, this was it. Easy to work on, simple, and intuitive, this was an easy car to own. Used to belong to an older lady that died!

My First Muscle Car. — This was my first brand new car, at the beginning was drove in the streets, later was converted in a full time week-end drag racing vehicle. Ended with a .060 in. over sized bored engine, full roller cam and rockers, 5.57 ration rear end, 5,000 rpm stall converter, full manual shifted auto-trans and trick paint.