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Alan Nyhus · 11-22-2008, 11:24 AM

I happened upon the remains of an original 'D' Dart a year ago on my way to a rifle match. I stopped and talked with the person that owned the property where it was sitting. He told me that the cars owner had said "...it was some sort of race car right from Dodge." The key was in the trunk and when I opened it up there were the rusted out remains of the original Doug's Headers, the cast iron intake, an Edelbrock LD318 alum. intake, one cylinder head, valve covers and some other small stuff. There was sticker on the trunk with the name of a CPD dealership that was known for selling a lot of high perf MoPars in that area.

All of the original 'D' Darts were white with red interiors. The one I looked at had blue seats in it, but the rest of the interior looked correct. The weird thing is that the blue seats were correct '66 Dart seats..just the wrong color. How the car ended up with blue seats would be a good story, I'm sure.

I went through there about 6 mos. later and the car was gone. The property owner told me the cars owner had picked it up was starting the restoration on it. He was reluctant to give me the owners name of where he lived, though.

For what it's worth..... -Al

11-22-2008, 11:24 AM	#5
Alan Nyhus VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lower Dakota territory Posts: 1,180 Likes: 1,074 Liked 799 Times in 236 Posts	Re: Whither 1966 D Darts for Stock I happened upon the remains of an original 'D' Dart a year ago on my way to a rifle match. I stopped and talked with the person that owned the property where it was sitting. He told me that the cars owner had said "...it was some sort of race car right from Dodge." The key was in the trunk and when I opened it up there were the rusted out remains of the original Doug's Headers, the cast iron intake, an Edelbrock LD318 alum. intake, one cylinder head, valve covers and some other small stuff. There was sticker on the trunk with the name of a CPD dealership that was known for selling a lot of high perf MoPars in that area. All of the original 'D' Darts were white with red interiors. The one I looked at had blue seats in it, but the rest of the interior looked correct. The weird thing is that the blue seats were correct '66 Dart seats..just the wrong color. How the car ended up with blue seats would be a good story, I'm sure. I went through there about 6 mos. later and the car was gone. The property owner told me the cars owner had picked it up was starting the restoration on it. He was reluctant to give me the owners name of where he lived, though. For what it's worth..... -Al