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I'm listing for sale my 1969 Dodge Dart GT Convertible. This car has a known owner history dating back to the late 1970's and has been garaged and intelligently owned by Mopar enthusiasts since that time. It was originally an Antique White Dart GT Convertible with standard 273 V8 powerplant and 904 transmission with a factory black top, GT interior, and 2:76 rearend. Since being purchased by the most recent owner besides myself, who owned the car for over 15 years, it has been updated to a 1971 340 .30 over drivetrain and a professionally built and customized 904 transmission with 3:23 rearend. During that time, he spent around $12,000 in restoration updates inclusing a new front-end, exhaust system, shocks, headers, etc, etc. The car was fitted with the most expensive and durable convertible top I've seen to date, complete with attched boot, and was repainted the factory white (around 6 years ago) as well. Since I purchased this Dart GT last year, I spent almost $700 in factory brake components including new springs and adjusters all the way around, redid front and rear wiring, and spent extensive time and money to have the car repainted in 1969 Chrysler Hemi Orange.
The car presents as having near perfect paintwork that will meet the most particular buyer's expectations. This Dart, having been garaged for the last 30 years, has had minimal body work during its' life and had only two small spots of surface rust being the rear wheelwells on the edges that needed repair that were about 1/4 the size of a dime in size. The body is beautiful and the bright Orange paint is stunning and turns heads everywhere it goes. The body lines are crisp and original and the car is arrow straight down the sides. The car has had both bumpers rechromed, new taillight bezels and lenses, new top header chrome, a beautiful rear flat black GT tail panel (I was offered $600 for it before the repaint) and a near perfect grill. The interior is clean and very presentable and the rear seat is actually original. The engine compartment was beautifully repainted and the 340 is dressed very appropriately and stands out in the bay. The rear convertible well trim is new as well and stands out as the rest of the chrome and trim do. The hood is an aftermarket Six-Pack Hood with custom emblems and has been reinforced at the attachment points by a professional fabricator before repainting and is far more sturdy in its use and application than the standard out of the box $550 hood. The factory hood is also present and will follow the car to it's new owner.
There is very little undone on this Convertible A-Body, but I will do my best to be meticulous in detailing what remains to be finished. One of the rear seatbelts is missing. The dash pad appears to be newer, but has two small crack points that are visible. They might be easily repaired as the cracks are small and no dash material is missing. The rear view mirror could stand replacing as the base is loose and the sunvisors, while nice themselves, are missing the grommets that hold them tightly in the center holders. The passenger door lock does not currently work and there are no interior mats. The dash is painted nicely, but is painted flat black instead of a glossy black. The bottoms of the doors, where painted factory black, below the door panels, have some small dings and could stand a quick repainting at small expense. All electrical components work on the car, including the power top, but the fender mounted turn signal lights are not working currently. And the trunk needs propped to stay open. That's it.
I'm all too aware of how expensive Mopar Convertibles have become over the years. If you're a mere mortal like most of us, you can't afford $70K for a Challenger or Coronet R/T convertible and couldn't risk driving it on the street even if we could afford it in the first place. From the rest of the available convertibles, the A-Body is likely the best investment and most aesthetically pleasing option. I think most would agree that the 1969 version is the most desired and it would be hard to beat an Orange 340 powered example in this condition.
I'm available to answer any unaddressed questions and will do my best to do so accurately. The car is located south of Indianapolis and I welcome anyone seriously interested to come and inspect the car in person. I have set the reserve at a very approachable price as I am a serious seller and intend to find this beautiful Mopar Convertible a new home where it will be appreciated. You can e-mail me at Girardshome@yahoo.com with any questions directly.
Terms of sale are 20% Deposit within 72 hours of sale and the remainder within 5 working days afterwards and thank you in advance for your interest and bids!
On Sep-07-08 at 07:41:43 PDT, seller added the following information:
Let me add a few things to the description before the questions start rolling in. As far as the 340 currently in the car, I have the receipts from the rebuild but do not have complete details on all the modifications. It was completely gone through including camshaft, heads, pistons, etc. It was rebuilt by the previous owner, but remains airtight with no leaks. I have not run this car on a strip or performance tested it, but I can compare it to my 69 340 hardtop (which I will be listing at the end of the month) which was dyno'd at 330hp and ran a 13.4 at the strip after the motor was rebuilt and I can say that the convertible is at least comparable in speed and torque. I'm a conservative driver, but it is not hard to make that comparison after driving the two cars after one another.
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