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Agree guys, great stories on these 340 Darts. I would love to won one and who knows, been a Chevy guy all my life but if i had the chance to buy a 68 Dart 340 4 speed i would get it. Light weight car with a 340 cube engine, fast car.
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At the Pure Stock Drags, it takes a 360 horse Yenko Nova to beat the 340 Demons and Dusters.
https://www.psmcdr.com/all-time-lists And this is from a dyed in the wool Chevy guy, but I gotta give credit when it's due. |
1969 Swinger 340 curb weight: 3274 pounds.
That includes a full tank of gas and all fluids. The shipping weight which includes none of those is 3097 pounds https://www.automobile-catalog.com/m..._340/1969.html |
Love those Shark-tooth grill Dusters, as well as Demons. Yours looked great Ken.
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The lowest rear Chrysler offered with the 340 was the 3.91. THAT was a killer combo. I liked the fact that Chrysler included a 4 speed with their 1968 and 1969 muscle cars.
https://i.postimg.cc/dV5zsMGn/1969-Dart-Swinger340.jpg Also included were the chrome exhaust tips. Nice that it had 10.5" drum brakes all around unlike the Chevys which had only 9.5" |
Delete the rear stripe and that's EXACTLY what mine looked like when I bought it in December of 70. It was ordered without the rear stripe. I traded those 4 hubcaps to a friend of mine for a 63 Chrysler Newport that I used for a winter beater.
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Thats what my dart looked like except mine did not have a vinyl top
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I gave the only decent picture I had of my Dart to a friend who was the local Motorsports reporter for our local paper. He used it when he started doing a column about the local Cruising scene 'back in the day'.....I never got the picture back, but I have a scan of what appeared in the paper. He may have taken a bit of artistic license when describing my car :tongue: My friends' 69 Super Bee is in the background.
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The one I looked at in the showroom of the local Dodge dealer in Liberty, NY was identical to the photo I posted. Had three options: AM radio, vinyl top and wheel covers. It was going to be my first car which I would take to college with me. I chickened out due to having car payments with no immediate job. So I took most of my $1000 cash down payment money and bought a 1964 327/300HP Impala SS convertible with powerglide, PS and PB. Had some bucks left over to take to college as a nest egg. That was after I bought a reverb and 8 track player.
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