I had a 340 Duster auto back in 83 that never lost a race. I called the 340 the little that could. I came across another 340 Duster a little old lady was driving a few years after getting rid of mine. It was purple with a flat black hood with a 340 Wedge decal on the hood.
Man that M code 440 Dart is beautiful!!! I sold my 1969 340 4 speed Swinger to one of my best friends a while back and he is getting ready to restore it. It is a Sun Fire yellow car just like this M code car. Seeing this 440 Dart brings back so many memories of my Swinger. I used to love going after the big block cars with my 340. The Dodge ads when these cars were new referred to the 340 as the "Big Bore Hunter" and they were not wrong! I loved stompin' on 390 Fords, 396 Chevies and 383 Mopars. The 427's, 428's, 429's, 440's, 454's and 455's weren't safe from that little 340 either! Dart's were lethal in the right hands. I can't wait to see my old Swinger when Jeff gets her all done!
That 340 Dodge was arguably the best performing small block engine ever made ! My friend in high school had a 73’ Dodge Challenger R/T 340 six pack that would smoke everything we ever raced on the street ! Good times !
darts are a beautiful blend of traditional lines but with less weight holding it down..all of them are great looking and with that 340 they would move! Mine was forest green with a 4spd and 391 rear,cragars and goodyear polyglas gt rubber.The factory dual exhaust with tuned manifolds sounded great.Everyone I knew to this day brings up that dart whenever we talk about cars...lol even that statey down east Liverpool way...who is still looking for that dart!
my dad and I built a 340 gts in the early 80s with the 727, 3500 stall. we had dual carter avs carbs. we turned 10.3@137 on the street tires. we sold it in Modesto California. I sure miss that car. we kept it looking as stock as possible on the outside, because we street raced. people used to call it the sling shot....lol
Ps: the engine Sound of 340, & exhausts was incredibly memorable.. at least in the one I tested two,days….: admittedly 50,years ago Memory May be skewed.
As a kid I had a 68 Dart Swinger 4 door with a 318. Miss that car. Maybe not a full-on muscle car, but at 17 years old anything with a v8 was good enough.
A Dart with a big block weighed 3,400 pounds not 2,800. No sawsalls used. Very restrictive exhaust manifold on starter side. These guys obviously didn't grow up with these cars. A 3.90 geared 4 speed 340 Dart would outrun the stock 440 Dart auto with the 3.23 rear!
@westbender 820 I'm 70 years old now, but the Mopar speed addiction is still in my blood. Fortunately with an annual income of $500,000+ I can maintain that. I drive a Chrysler 300S fitted with R4 brakes and the Ripp Supercharged modification done to the 3.6 Pentastar V6. I also have an SRT8 392 Charger, but the V6 is faster and 175 pounds lighter in the nose which also makes it a better driver. I am in the process of buying a 2019 Ram Laramie Longhorn and replacing the 5.7 Hemi with an Arrington 426 all forged version with a mild 8 pound boosted supercharger. I stopped doing restomod Mopars because in reality I could buy a safe reliable new car or truck and turn it up to the power level I wanted and write it off on my taxes. I've owned over 20 Mopar muscle cars in my life including A, B and E bodies. They were all fun, but a 3,000 pound A body with a much modded 340 with the old W2 or W5 heads, roller cam and a deep gear set was death on just about anything that squared off with it on the street. Great memories of blowing off 454 Chevelles !
@@charlesmarshall2697 Great stories. I too am Mopar guy. Always have been. Always will be. One of Mopars I owned was a '73 340 Duster. I was able to get some serious performance out of it. Blew off many cars with it, including a 455 Pontiac Blackbird. My Duster barked the tires in all 3 gears; damn good 727 Torqflite in it!
_"A 3.90 geared 4 speed 340 Dart would outrun the stock 440 Dart auto with the 3.23 rear!"_ a) That's 3.91 gear ratio and b) that 4-speed 340 Dart w/3.91 gears would _not_ outrun an automatic 440 Dart w/3.91 gearing.
My 69 GTS 440 spit out starters at least once a month! I finally shimmed it with a .060 shim and it was fine. I loved this car. Still do. It's long gone though.
my dad and I built a 69 gts 340/727 in the early 80s. we were turning 10.3@137 on the street tires(about 13 inches wide) I wish I could find out what happened to it
When I was in the Army I bought a 1969 Dodge Dart GTS with a 383, 4 bbl, and a Hurst 4 speed. I put headers on it and loved it. But I got sent to Germany and my dad went and sold it.
I did have a 69 GTS 340 car and sold it. I kick myself every day for getting rid of that car . And i had a very nice 73 Duster that i wish i still had as well.
@Barry Pfost - Your statement has absolutely nothing to do with muscle cars or the Dodge Dart. A 1997 Saturn? It's the only one like it because it's the only one still in existence!
Not mentioned here, my entry into MOPAR's "RAPID TRANSIT" world , 1970 Duster/340 4 barrel 4 speed manual on the floor off the floor for 3grand. Still with a sort of Dodge; this 75 year old with a sadly discontinued 2013 Dart, tigershark turbo, 6 speed manual on the floor. Oh, well...The Duster, it ain't.
Thanks, so much your thoughts..see all of my remarks: DEALER PREP Dart in 1970:Test Drive…. Interestingly, I had a Friend at Purdue in MECHANICAL engineering GRAD: had a 70 DUSTER 340/4 , AND A 1969 HEMI roadRunner !! At least into 1972 ish……..I am 74 … etc.ps!! How is that 2013 DART/6 Speed, etc. I got ( kind of mistake) @ 2015 DODGE Journey 4 CYL , SUPPOSEDLY A DEAL, on a GARAGE / DEMO use @8,700 miles: ****OIL C HANGE LIGHT came **on right -away, a week or two, after got,it Home!!! Interestingly, at 90,000 miles & runs ok, etc.
Thanks, Bill and Team: interesting overview…..Really, interesting,I took,a new 1970 DART 340 home for “two day test drive,in Spring 1970, PURDUE U.( I was Graduating Pharmacy School, my Wife may need another car soon)::: 340/all dark Green/ disc Brakes/ hood Scoops/ Special Pursuit Package (?)from local Dealer ( I have forgotten names)! Anyways, we decided to wait on Car, as my high mile, tired 1966 GALAXIE 500Xl/4 Speed/352 was operable for a while yet: the Dart was a revolation in pwwre & handling……..we eventually got a 1970 CORONET 500/383/4 BBL/ loaded…….later on in year…
Watching the Wellborn Museum on American Icon Muscle. I wish that they were located closer to where I live. Anyone willing to donate a the airfare so I can visit the museum?
Love to have this collection I love a body the super stock collection I always thought the dart was a real good looking car I like the box look I had a body and b body’s and both with big blocks and I found they all handle awesome the 70 roadrunner I had handled best out of all the cars I had prob you could drive that 4 speed 440 sideways up a street and it was so easy to control also had a 67 barracuda formula s 383 and I would say that car was my second best handling car the least easy to handle was prob a 70 charger 383 auto I failed my drivers test in that car I sqwaked the tires leaving a stop sign on a grade automatic fail I went back the next week in a 73 318 dodge Monaco past with flying colours the barracuda had standard steering and I really liked how it held the road with the 383 with 391 suregrip if I had another a body with a big block I would want standard steering it’s not bad so longs you are rolling a bit quite easy to steer had another 5 or 6 a body s and they all handle fine they all had good leaf spring s and they all handled really well wen it comes right down to it the last car I owed was a 72 dart swinger with big block I frame and a done up 440 a 727 Tran I had it all ready to put back together and was forced to sell sure wish I had any of them know best muscle cars ever made mopar !!!
i have a 66 gt fast back dart with 0% rust in it for 50 bucks very nice body all there 225 or 235 not sure but 3 speed on the floor try to find one on the net with the fast back i can't and they look way better in the back
Darts with 6 cyl 904 trans and light 7 and a quarter rear weighed 2900 Also 340 cars got a lot better than 12 mpg in normal driving unless your talking the lowest gears in the 3rd.member
The M code 440 Darts were built on the line. Hurst had nothing to do with them. I know and I own one. Also have a 340 Swinger and it is NOT as fast as my 440 Dart
Yes they do. Making a 440 Dart from a 383 GTS Dart was no more than a motor swap and nothing else. If you had a small block Dart all you need to change is the K-frame.
I had a 340 Duster auto back in 83 that never lost a race. I called the 340 the little that could. I came across another 340 Duster a little old lady was driving a few years after getting rid of mine. It was purple with a flat black hood with a 340 Wedge decal on the hood.
Have a 1968 GT "Dart Hemi" clone. It's nice to see it get some respect on TV. The car been great, nothing like a big motor with a hurst 4-speed setup.
Beautiful... I was ten when my dad bought a new Dart 1969 Western Sport Special. Red with black interior.
Love ❤.. Dodge Dart...my favorite....😎🏁.. beautiful 😎.. beautiful...🇧🇷...congratulations
Man that M code 440 Dart is beautiful!!! I sold my 1969 340 4 speed Swinger to one of my best friends a while back and he is getting ready to restore it. It is a Sun Fire yellow car just like this M code car. Seeing this 440 Dart brings back so many memories of my Swinger. I used to love going after the big block cars with my 340. The Dodge ads when these cars were new referred to the 340 as the "Big Bore Hunter" and they were not wrong! I loved stompin' on 390 Fords, 396 Chevies and 383 Mopars. The 427's, 428's, 429's, 440's, 454's and 455's weren't safe from that little 340 either! Dart's were lethal in the right hands. I can't wait to see my old Swinger when Jeff gets her all done!
That sounds like a nice car. My dad owns a 70 with a 340 and it flies!
That 340 Dodge was arguably the best performing small block engine ever made ! My friend in high school had a 73’ Dodge Challenger R/T 340 six pack that would smoke everything we ever raced on the street ! Good times !
Had one 340 -4-speed 1973 Ont can.
darts are a beautiful blend of traditional lines but with less weight holding it down..all of them are great looking and with that 340 they would move! Mine was forest green with a 4spd and 391 rear,cragars and goodyear polyglas gt rubber.The factory dual exhaust with tuned manifolds sounded great.Everyone I knew to this day brings up that dart whenever we talk about cars...lol even that statey down east Liverpool way...who is still looking for that dart!
my dad and I built a 340 gts in the early 80s with the 727, 3500 stall. we had dual carter avs carbs. we turned 10.3@137 on the street tires. we sold it in Modesto California. I sure miss that car. we kept it looking as stock as possible on the outside, because we street raced. people used to call it the sling shot....lol
Yes, see my DART experience….. etc… green also.. figure it e went to,a Racer , or LAW ENFORCEMENTS , pursuit.
Ps: the engine Sound of 340, & exhausts was incredibly memorable.. at least in the one I tested two,days….: admittedly 50,years ago Memory May be skewed.
@@ihateliberals518 thanks, see my remarks (I did wonder what all Dealers done to,340 Engine: though reports of 310 HP easy …in small Dart,
As a kid I had a 68 Dart Swinger 4 door with a 318. Miss that car. Maybe not a full-on muscle car, but at 17 years old anything with a v8 was good enough.
Had a 68 too. 2 door hardtop, Bucket seats, no console, automatic on the column. nice car. light yellow, black vinyl top, white vinyl interior.
Thanks for the Post... really Great.. I own a Daily driven 68 Dart.. Everyday and Everywhere
What motor do you have in your car.
@@douglasdailey5998 was a Slant6, now a 318.. sleepy grandma Car.. hahaha even Traffic is better in a Classic Mopar
A Dart with a big block weighed 3,400 pounds not 2,800. No sawsalls used. Very restrictive exhaust manifold on starter side. These guys obviously didn't grow up with these cars. A 3.90 geared 4 speed 340 Dart would outrun the stock 440 Dart auto with the 3.23 rear!
@westbender 820 I'm 70 years old now, but the Mopar speed addiction is still in my blood. Fortunately with an annual income of $500,000+ I can maintain that. I drive a Chrysler 300S fitted with R4 brakes and the Ripp Supercharged modification done to the 3.6 Pentastar V6. I also have an SRT8 392 Charger, but the V6 is faster and 175 pounds lighter in the nose which also makes it a better driver. I am in the process of buying a 2019 Ram Laramie Longhorn and replacing the 5.7 Hemi with an Arrington 426 all forged version with a mild 8 pound boosted supercharger. I stopped doing restomod Mopars because in reality I could buy a safe reliable new car or truck and turn it up to the power level I wanted and write it off on my taxes. I've owned over 20 Mopar muscle cars in my life including A, B and E bodies. They were all fun, but a 3,000 pound A body with a much modded 340 with the old W2 or W5 heads, roller cam and a deep gear set was death on just about anything that squared off with it on the street. Great memories of blowing off 454 Chevelles !
@@charlesmarshall2697 Great stories. I too am Mopar guy. Always have been. Always will be. One of Mopars I owned was a '73 340 Duster. I was able to get some serious performance out of it. Blew off many cars with it, including a 455 Pontiac Blackbird. My Duster barked the tires in all 3 gears; damn good 727 Torqflite in it!
@@charlesmarshall2697 Nice story but only a douche would brag about his annual income.
@@christopherekin1747 I'm delighted to be a rich douche with lots of toys and women and don't give a shit that it bothers you! LOL
_"A 3.90 geared 4 speed 340 Dart would outrun the stock 440 Dart auto with the 3.23 rear!"_
a) That's 3.91 gear ratio and b) that 4-speed 340 Dart w/3.91 gears would _not_ outrun an automatic 440 Dart w/3.91 gearing.
My 69 GTS 440 spit out starters at least once a month! I finally shimmed it with a .060 shim and it was fine. I loved this car. Still do. It's long gone though.
Just got 69 GTS from dad and still need to see but think it needs new started but it is in garage till summer.
my dad and I built a 69 gts 340/727 in the early 80s. we were turning 10.3@137 on the street tires(about 13 inches wide) I wish I could find out what happened to it
When I was in the Army I bought a 1969 Dodge Dart GTS with a 383, 4 bbl, and a Hurst 4 speed. I put headers on it and loved it. But I got sent to Germany and my dad went and sold it.
Canadian Army? There was a black 69 GTS Dart up here in eastern Canada with a 383 4speed when I was growing up in the 70s.
To me Dart is #1 im mopars artillery. I am also fortunate to own a 69 dart.
I'm looking for one,ever thought about selling bro?
That or the 66-67 Belvedere GTX
Steven Schelmety . Lucky guy . Owned three of them at different times in my life. Kick my ass for not keeping one of them.
I did have a 69 GTS 340 car and sold it. I kick myself every day for getting rid of that car . And i had a very nice 73 Duster that i wish i still had as well.
My 340 Dart was ass-ended in front of my brothers house parked on the street. By an American airline pilot. 1978
Im a chevy guy ,i love all made in usa cars , and now i drive a 1997 saturn to work, its the only one like it on planet earth!
@Barry Pfost - Your statement has absolutely nothing to do with muscle cars or the Dodge Dart. A 1997 Saturn? It's the only one like it because it's the only one still in existence!
My Dodge Charger R/T in foto. The best Brazilian muscle car.
Not mentioned here, my entry into MOPAR's "RAPID TRANSIT" world , 1970 Duster/340 4 barrel 4 speed manual on the floor off the floor for 3grand. Still with a sort of Dodge; this 75 year old with a sadly discontinued 2013 Dart, tigershark turbo, 6 speed manual on the floor. Oh, well...The Duster, it ain't.
Thanks, so much your thoughts..see all of my remarks: DEALER PREP Dart in 1970:Test Drive…. Interestingly, I had a Friend at Purdue in MECHANICAL engineering GRAD: had a 70 DUSTER 340/4 , AND A 1969 HEMI roadRunner !! At least into 1972 ish……..I am 74 … etc.ps!! How is that 2013 DART/6 Speed, etc. I got ( kind of mistake) @ 2015 DODGE Journey 4 CYL , SUPPOSEDLY A DEAL, on a GARAGE / DEMO use @8,700 miles: ****OIL C HANGE LIGHT came **on right -away, a week or two, after got,it Home!!! Interestingly, at 90,000 miles & runs ok, etc.
Thanks, Bill and Team: interesting overview…..Really, interesting,I took,a new 1970 DART 340 home for “two day test drive,in Spring 1970, PURDUE U.( I was Graduating Pharmacy School, my Wife may need another car soon)::: 340/all dark Green/ disc Brakes/ hood Scoops/ Special Pursuit Package (?)from local Dealer ( I have forgotten names)! Anyways, we decided to wait on Car, as my high mile, tired 1966 GALAXIE 500Xl/4 Speed/352 was operable for a while yet: the Dart was a revolation in pwwre & handling……..we eventually got a 1970 CORONET 500/383/4 BBL/ loaded…….later on in year…
Glad to see the Wellborn Musclecar Museum is so well represented.
Watching the Wellborn Museum on American Icon Muscle. I wish that they were located closer to where I live. Anyone willing to donate a the airfare so I can visit the museum?
My brother had a GTS with a 383. .Man that was a nice car. 🏴☠️
I love darts 🎯
Love em! ▪☆☆☆▪
Chrysler ruled the muscle car Era 1963-1973
Had a 69 Dart with hp 383 4 speed with 323 gears top end. 428 state trooper couldn't stay with it.
Love to have this collection I love a body the super stock collection I always thought the dart was a real good looking car I like the box look I had a body and b body’s and both with big blocks and I found they all handle awesome the 70 roadrunner I had handled best out of all the cars I had prob you could drive that 4 speed 440 sideways up a street and it was so easy to control also had a 67 barracuda formula s 383 and I would say that car was my second best handling car the least easy to handle was prob a 70 charger 383 auto I failed my drivers test in that car I sqwaked the tires leaving a stop sign on a grade automatic fail I went back the next week in a 73 318 dodge Monaco past with flying colours the barracuda had standard steering and I really liked how it held the road with the 383 with 391 suregrip if I had another a body with a big block I would want standard steering it’s not bad so longs you are rolling a bit quite easy to steer had another 5 or 6 a body s and they all handle fine they all had good leaf spring s and they all handled really well wen it comes right down to it the last car I owed was a 72 dart swinger with big block I frame and a done up 440 a 727 Tran I had it all ready to put back together and was forced to sell sure wish I had any of them know best muscle cars ever made mopar !!!
This is exactly what Dodge should have done with the new Dart ! use the demon 800hp hemi in it ! they could have called it the demon master
thnks to MR Norms on big block on A body mopars
i have a 66 gt fast back dart with 0% rust in it for 50 bucks very nice body all there 225 or 235 not sure but 3 speed on the floor try to find one on the net with the fast back i can't and they look way better in the back
Did these have front disc brakes?
The ultimate street weapon
Darts with 6 cyl 904 trans and light 7 and a quarter rear weighed 2900 Also 340 cars got a lot better than 12 mpg in normal driving unless your talking the lowest gears in the 3rd.member
Check out the tour of my 69 Swinger 340 @ ruclips.net/video/4yhwU2FOUxI/видео.html
MOPAR FOREVER !
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Does Chip have a glass eye?
The M code 440 Darts were built on the line. Hurst had nothing to do with them. I know and I own one. Also have a 340 Swinger and it is NOT as fast as my 440 Dart
Wow
Non-MOPAR guys talking about a MOPAR.
Is that Chip Foose's voice???
All that power in a small body. Isn't she nice. Mopar go power.
I recognize that voice,its chip foose!thanxs for all the great cars chip!!!!
raybo says this car is a pice of junk. im going to star-bills bro
SoypropitariododgeGts1969
Plenty of misinformation in this.
what do you mean "misinformation"??
@@ihateliberals518 Read my comments!
Yes they do. Making a 440 Dart from a 383 GTS Dart was no more than a motor swap and nothing else. If you had a small block Dart all you need to change is the K-frame.
DL cheated.
music NOT needed....