Whither 1966 D Darts for Stock

[Jeff Lee]

Problem is Max Wedge cars have also dropped in value, $65K to $75K and you should have a few to choose from.

[treessavoy]

I agree with Alan, their going to ask a lot but not going to get it. Not having the original motor just makes it a 1966 Dart.

I will be really interested to see how much it goes for.

My guess is that the bidding will stall at about $20k unless there are some people that really know what the car is.

Jim

[dart4forte]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...D=SC0509-80169

Get your bidders card ready! Just can't imagine these sell for a lot of money. Restoration wasn't to the "nth" degree but with so few built, it's a sellers market; as long as there are buyers.

Seems to be missing some of the hard stuff to find such as the Dougs headers and possibly the duel point distibutor of course you can't tell by the picture. The carb would also be something I would focus on since that's a rare bird to find. I ran into a guy last October at SpringFling in van Nuys, CA that had a D/Dart intake with the correct modifacation, an original race hemi 4160 and an aircleaner. He was selling it off as an originial until I pressed him and he admitted he made up the package. sure would be nice to have all the racing heritage to go with the car.

[bill dedman]

>>>"a D/Dart intake with the correct modifacation"

And, what sort of modification might that be?

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by bill dedman

>>>"a D/Dart intake with the correct modifacation"

And, what sort of modification might that be?

Bill,

If I remember correctly the stock cast iron 235hp manifold was bored out to allow use of the holley 4bbl so the the butterflies would clear.

If I'm wrong about this, I welcome any corrections.

Jim R

[bill dedman]

I think that 275HP motor had an aluminum manifold.

Could be wrong...

[Dwight Southerland]

I always heard that the first ones were equipped with a cast iron. single plane marine manifold that was machined to allow the bigger throttle bores on the Holley carb. Later ones were equipped with an Edlebrock D4B.

[ddartdude]

They had a cast iron intake --- P/N 2536771. There was an in-house manufactured 1/2" high aluminum adapter for the Holley 4160 carb - List # 3778. The throttle plates and the holes in the intake and adapter plate were 1 11/16. That I know of, no aluminum manifolds. I have car number 1 and had car number 46. Both had the same intake manifold. From the Galen "Part & Casting Numbers Book", it was used on engines W/C.A.P.

Not sure if there were any cars built after the first batch.

[Jeff Lee]

My old "Direct Connection" bible, circa 1978 has info on this package car and no mention of an aluminum intake.

[bill dedman]

At some point it looks like there was an aluminum intake somewhere, as it is now legal on the 235HP "Commando" motor (manifold newly legalized), because Angela Bushmaker's K/SA car has one on it, now, and it wouldn't be on there if it weren't legal. She has a '65 Valiant 235HP car.

As to where its original app. was, I don't know. I'm inclined to go with Dwight's information on this, just because everything of that nature was always so "fluid" at MOPAR back then; especially, on a deal like these on again/off again D-Darts. Seems like they made it up as they went along...