Great car.
They were good cars with the 232 slant 6 in them.
RIP.
I guess he's the guy who designed the '73 Dart I bought to rust away in just 6 years. By the time the frame rotted, the body was more Bondo than metal.
But I have to say, the engine and transmission were really great. There was just not much left to carry them around. ;~))
In the 1950s our preacher at a little country church had a PHD from Yale. Dr. Lett was retired as President of the Florida Baptist Seminary although back then it was just called Baptist Bible Institute.
His Son, Dr. Phillip Lett was an Engineer at Chrysler. He was responsible for the turbine car along with other things. He led the team which designed the Abrams tank.
They had a program on the “History Channel” about the tank and they interviewed him quite a lot. He said when they won the competition over GM, he stood on top of a drafting table and yelled the news to everyone.
I always thought GM cars were the best.
Then Ford.
Last Chrysler.
That is until the later 70’s when they all started to go downhill.
Would anyone buy an American brand today?
Dodge Dart GTS documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=556cyHpG_Hs
I had one with a hot little 273 V8 and four speed in it. Only problem was the wimpy limited slip rear end.
What a horrible commercial. That child was shooting a gun, those kids weren’t strapped in the car, and that bridge had No guard rails! How did anyone ever survive back then.
My very first car, was a used police vehicle. RIP.
///////////Thank you George Gibson Jr...Long live the Dart.///////////
Does anyone remember the “Dodge Girl”? Also the “Kodak Girl”.
I had a ‘72 Dart - ugliest car on the road, and it went through a set of brakes every 6 months, but the slant-6 engine just couldn’t be stopped. Chrysler has gone down hill ever since.
so 6ft 190 pound man was big in the 60’s?
my first car was a 65 then i bought another. dropped an old scrap plymouth 225 into it in my dads back yard. leaked like sieve in the front.
First Tom Magliozzi, now this guy. The Dart is having a bad year.
If you gotta Dart
383 GTS
440 GTS
426 Hemi Hurst
440 magnum
340 swinger
Those are your choices if you’re a man
the slant six came in 3 sizes a 170 and 225 at first, then in the early 70s a 198 variant. The blocks were cast iron with some blocks cast in aluminum. In 1960 , Nascar had a compact class, which was dominated by slant six powered Valiants powered by a “hyperpack” version with a tuned length intake manifold being a key to the suprising horsepower advantage. The compact class was done away with very quickly because the other makes’ compacts could not compete with the slant six.
The Dodge Dart in 1960 was a intermediate,the Valiant was the stand alone compact make by Chrysler until 1961 when it became a Plynouth product, Dodge introduced a compact, the Lancer,and DeSoto division was discontinued.
In 1963 the Dodge Dart compact was introduced, the Valiant was remodeled and the series known as A bodies continued into the 70s,to be replaced in 1976 by the Aspen/Volare which were better riding cars as far as comfort, but plagued by rust and quality control issues.