'66 Dodge D-Dart at Mecum auction

[Travis Miller]

Here's another '66 Dodge D-Dart photo.

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2843724150082607023PbQLsK


Travis

(Opinions expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions. And I did not mean to cause such controversy, but then that can happen with differing views.)

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

I never said it was not a "D" Dart. It is a very poor restoration with a lot of miss matched parts. Originality is what makes a restoration worth money along with history documentation. Yes the D darts had the 8.75 rear with 4.86 gears. That was a problem that the "Golden Cammandos" had when racing thier 273235 HP Barracuda with a 4-speed. NHRA would not allow the 8.75 rear they tried to run and the smaller rear broke a lot. They ended up running AHRA as that association body allowed the larger rear. They later ran Modified Production in NHRA to be able to use the larger rear. The car I drove (for 4 weekends) only ran high 13's because the engine was never taken apart $$$$$ and blueprinted. We drove to the track in those days. We couldnt afford a trailer AND a tow car. We were young, poor, and didnt know all that much about all of it back then. Guys like Tom Sneden of the Bounty Hunters were good people and never looked down on guys like us who wanted to learn.

Previous post by you know who:They should have sold it for that kind of money. It looks "BOGUS" (non stock parts) just from the under the hood pictures. Its amazing what some people are trying to pass off at these auctions and get such crazy money for. Especially the BJ ones in Arizona and Fla

"bogus" "amazing what some people try to pass off".
Back pedal any harder and your head will be through the windshield.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Previous post by you know who:They should have sold it for that kind of money. It looks "BOGUS" (non stock parts) just from the under the hood pictures. Its amazing what some people are trying to pass off at these auctions and get such crazy money for. Especially the BJ ones in Arizona and Fla

"bogus" "amazing what some people try to pass off".
Back pedal any harder and your head will be through the windshield.

No back pedeling here. Your just one of those type of people who ALWAYS have to have the last word so have at it. No one cares including me. I still say its a piss poor "BOGUS" attempt at a restoration like a lot of the cars that end up at an auction. You must be getting a "kick back" from the proceeds from this cars sale to protest what poor ole dumb assed me has to say about it. If he could have goitten $40,000 he should have kissed the buyer on the lips.You wouldnt know a decent restoration if it ran over your foot while it was in your mouth. Have at it NOO JOOSEY GUY no one on here really give a ****. Especially me. They are just being entertained by your comments

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

No back pedeling here. Your just one of those type of people who ALWAYS have to have the last word so have at it. No one cares including me. I still say its a piss poor "BOGUS" attempt at a restoration like a lot of the cars that end up at an auction. You must be getting a "kick back" from the proceeds from this cars sale to protest what poor ole dumb assed me has to say about it. If he could have goitten $40,000 he should have kissed the buyer on the lips.You wouldnt know a decent restoration if it ran over your foot while it was in your mouth. Have at it NOO JOOSEY GUY no one on here really give a ****. Especially me. They are just being entertained by your comments

And what do you know about kissing guys on the lips?Are you coming out of the closet?Getting the last word in on know it all's is fun.I don't know the owner but it seems like a real nice car,even with the slight
enhancements.But a "purist" like you can't see that.
It must suck to be an old washed up tech man.

[ddartdude]

I was the second owner of the D/Dart (last three of the VIN -- 933) that was at the Mecum Auction. Up until 2 years ago, I owned both the car that went up for auction and also Ted Spehar and Ralph Costa's old racecar called "The Politician" (the first D/Dart built -- 888).

The original owner of 933 was a guy named Andy Caldwell. He bought it "New" from a dealership somewhere in the DC area where he was stationed. He said he raced it for one year at Aquasco. I think he then was assigned somewhere in California. He told me he drove the car in California for 70,000 miles with the 4.86 gears in it. The car had a 3.23 open rear in it when I bought it.

When I bought it, in the trunk were the original Doug's headers, the factory y-pipe, a pair of 36" header extensions, the 4.86 posi unit, the factory hubcaps, and the wheel lip moldings. Not a bad haul. It also had a decoded VIN and fender tag sheet from Galen. Not sure if Galen even saw the car in person.

I sold it less carb, carb spacer, air cleaner, choke cable, headers, y-pipe, 4.86 gears. But the original engine when with it.

The body on the car was really solid. I was told by the guy I sold it to that he sent it some 500 miles away to a really good bodyman. I'm sure he did a good job on it. I was making it into a driver so that's why the newer master cylinder and proportioning valve were put in. And no, it does not have disc brakes. The engine was another 273 that I bought along the way to drive the car. Nothing really fancy.

The fuel lines on the D/Dart were routed up over the inner fender, by the factory, to clear the headers. The cars were not -- heater delete. Just radio delete.

I heard from the guy that runs the D/Dart web site that the reserve on the car was $50K. He was watching the live feed on the Mecum site. I think that would have been a fair price for the car.

Just talked to a guy that just taked to Bob Banning. Bob Banning Dodge got about 7 or 8 D/Darts back in 1966. Bob learned how to drag race in one of them.

Alan