I’m proud of myself for knowing 73 was the last year for the 340 lol. I also noticed the dashboard tach and a nice interior. My guess is either it was a street fighter or a poser. Either way it looks worth saving as long as it doesn’t have the optional floor delete
Worked at a Chrysler dealer from 76 to 85 thought I knew a lot about these cars. I learn something from every video you post. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
in '79, I was in HS, and bought a beautiful '73 Charger Rallye. the hood bulge said 340 Magnum, but had a 318 Minimum. a guy I know was upgrading his '69 340 and I bought the cam, lifters, carb, and intake. added a set of headers and it ran ok.
"Minimum", That's funny. My dad was looking for a new car. He was looking at a 73 Cougar, 73 Charger and a 73 Cutlass. He liked the Merc. but my mom said no because it only had 4 seats. (not good for 3 kids) I liked the Charger but my dad said no when he realized it was a 318. My older brother had a 72 Satellite Sebring Plus with a 400 big block and Holly 2210 carb. (My dad wasn't going to be junior to his son.) So he settled for the Cutlass with it's "Rocket 350" and 4bbl. carb. He was proud of that car. It had huge Kelly Springfield tires on it. (they looked like slicks) One day we were following my brother on the interstate when my dad told me to "punch it". That quadrajet opened it's secondary with it's swoosh but my brother's Plymouth walked away from us despite my dad's objection. Of course it was my fault despite that my foot was on the floor. No contest.
@@jameshuban6515 ahh, great fun my friend! thank you for sharing it with me. I love a story where a Mopar comes out on top. I'm familiar with the 400, 2 barrel Holley equipped ones. I had raced a guy in a 73 Charger S/E, and I beat him by less than a few feet. we sneaked around the neighborhood and met up. his was 100% stock and at that time all I had was just headers. we became great friends and every Friday night I would go to his house, watch the Dukes of Hazard and then go get some beer and go hang out at the strip mall by my house. we had great fun playing Frisbee and chasing girls. one night I spotted a couple old camaros rumbling down the street. they and some other folks where definitely on a mission. they were all in a line, following each other somewhere. they went out to a long road by the bay that led to the Naval Air station. the parked on both side of the road. so we parked, also. the 2 camaros lined up, did some burnouts, and a guy dropped his hands and screech, they took off. we had discovered the ultimate street racing crowd. we were hooked. it was freakin awesome. I ended up putting the rest of the 340 parts on mine, and we put headers on his 400. he didn't do much after that. his dad was kinda strict. mine had died so I ran wild. he moved to Dallas on a tennis scholarship and I never saw him again. I went thru a that car, a Challenger 340 Mag. a Road Runner 383, and a Super Bee with a 413 that I built myself. it ran low 12s in the quarter. it's been 40 years and me and my memory are getting old. ah, the good old days. thanks again, for writing. write back anytime. kembleg7@gmail.com
This page is one of my guilty pleasures as a vintage European car lover. I know as much about them as you can imagine and have never found American muscle interesting (meaning I know nothing about them) less the original Corvair (van OMG), Ford GT & Shelby's (technically European with American power), (give me a V8 Sunbeam Tiger), the original Mustang Fastback (who doesn't love a lady with curves), Road Runner / Super Bee, and Judge cars. I've learned to love and appreciate many more due to this cannel. Thank you.
This channel is pretty darn good. I’m kinda old, but new to mopar. Just bought a 73 dart swinger to play around with. And I’m enjoying all this mopar information. And your unique, entertaining style and varied content. Thanks for all the hard work Steve! 😊👍👍
I had a 74 Dart Sport many years ago. Needed some bodywork at a time when I didn't have the dollars. Thanks for your videos Steve, informative and interesting viewing. As one who appraises collector vehicles, your videos are a good learning tool.
Gday folks , see the green 2dr post 69? Dart in the background, we didn't get them in oz and even as a lifelong mopar nut of 50yrs i only found out about em a cupla yrs ago. Sure got a hankerin for on though. Cheers luv ya work.
Thank you, Steve. That master cylinder does look like a disc/drum unit. The car may be just manual front disc, rear drum. I've owned a few that were built that way.
@@AL-jb1mh I've seen him slip up before where he states the standard and misses the option because his brain is going in another direction. Several of us saw the split size MC so disc brakes are likely there.
Just as a matter of reference, My folks had a 1969 Dart that was born with a slant 6 but the vin showed a V8. 9It cost them an extra $3/year for tabs!) So the factory did make mistakes (although this car isn't one of them).
I remember when Fox body Mustangs still had single exhaust whether the V8 or four. So fender badge swapping happened often, as V8 guys would want a sleeper. And it was easier. As for door VIN plates, the real disaster is when a car with one would get T boned and not totalled out. Most body shops would just hang a junkyard door and match paint, not worrying the car was too old to have a dashpad VIN. At least with first gen Mustangs, its under the front fender, which is notched to clear it.
The factory export brace was stamped as well as the driver side frame rail near the radiator support, or at least it is on my 67'. My 87' LX was ordered with the 5.0 5 speed, no tape deck manual everything inside, no A/C, and no trim badges. It's a two owner car, I bought it from the original owner who took it to Norwalk once a year and drove it on Friday nights very little. Total sleeper. He put the Cobra R intake and twin throttle bodies on it, bought a Vortech V1 supercharger but never hooked it up. It was very well moded and sounds like a typical 5.0. It only had 15,000 miles on it when I got it in 07'. I hooked up the super and put a set of non P gt-40 heads on it with over sized intake and exhaust valves. This spring I'm doing a BA3000 and 60 lb injectors to polish it off. Heck I don't even drive it much. It has 46K on it now. It even came with the factory blue window sticker. He got his girl pregnant and the car had to go. I was 22 when I got it and have had it ever since.
Great research tool that book. I will start looking for one. 10 years ago, I was friends with a small Dodge dealer and he has a book similar to that which he lent me a couple times. It is time for me to get my own now!
I committed this crime as a kid when I put Z28 badges on my '73 307 Camaro. I did also install a 327 with tunnel ram, posi unit with 4:56 gears, and Munci 4spd. to make it a little more believable! LOL Great video Steve! 👍👍💯🇺🇸
Good car even if it has some floor rust. As long as the frame is good and it has a title, this is worth paying 3000-5000 for and getting it going again. Seemingly nice interior, good paint, but most importantly, neato dash tach. Drop a Cummins from a 90s Ram in this thing and really freak people out or find a Craigslist small block mopar and slam it in with a nice sounding exhaust for a cool mild daily driver
Great Detective Work Steve. Graveyard Detective is a great Tshirt idea. the owner cloned a Dart 318 in to a Sport 340, using fender emblems (or bought the emblems) common back 88, 89, 90 and 91..huge refurbished muscle car scam going on back then. with the increase muscle car auction sales hype and posing on the auction block was this regular Dart 318 dressed in Dart Sport 340 clothing. 10 times out of 10, that's a previous auction buy abandoned in the junk yard because it isn't what it is.
LoL! The swapping of parts is something my dad would have done in Los Angeles back in the 80's when these where getting wrecked out at junk yards. I remember him doing that for a 1952/1953 DeSoto Firedome he got out of a garage in Hollywood.
The Duster/Dart was reliable, reasonably priced, and economical, with the inline Six. I told a friend who travelled between DC and NY to buy one and he never had a complaint.
I had a co worker who bought a neon coupe new, it was a replica of the neon that debuted with the viper gts, viper blue, white stripes and the shopping cart handle wing on the trunk, it looked pretty. It had a Plymouth badge on the hood, dodge lettering on the trunk, dodge listed as make on the title and he bought it from a Chrysler Plymouth dealership.
A friend of mine owned a 360 car with a massive sunroof. He hated the fuel economy and traded it for a motorcycle. His was a Texas car with AC no rust/rot. In New York it was a rare find. Left behind by someone in the AirForce shipping out to Germany.
Knew it was not correct about 30 seconds in when you showed the side badge. I own a '74 Duster 360 (with 40,000 original miles). As you stated the 340 was discontinued in the Demon and Dodge and replaced by the 360 as the 340 had dropped significantly in HP by '73 with all the smog regulations. My Duster has a very small 360 badge under the Duster emblem on each fender, (should be under the Demon badge and not at the end). Also, no 340 numbers on the rear quarter panel. Just the stripe only. Loved your show Steve, and love these. You are a wealth of knowledge.
Sure would like to know if this is a "Convertrible". Crank sunroof and fold down rear seats would determine that. If I'm not mistaken they are very rare at this point.
every time i see you the first thing i think of is back in the day when you were hyping the roll out of your Big block 'Vette" then when the day finally came i remember the stunned look on peoples faces when your big block vette turned out to be big block chevette, it still makes me giggle every time i think if that......
Really important info to have and that looks like a great guide book. But I knew it couldn't be a 340 in a '74 unless someone plopped one in. A lot of people new to the hobby wouldn't know that, though.
Now this 74 Dodge Dart looks like it's in great shape to build a cool restomod out of it (provided you eliminate the 5 MPH bumpers and swap in a 392 Hemi V8 out of the Scat Pack Chargers and Challengers).
I drove a Dodge Dart Sport ,’73 model, in 1977. Had the 318/2 bbl. Got a couple of buddies who were car nuts( 427 Camaro’s, AAR Cuda’s and such) took my car and installed a 340 manifold and 4bbl( so they said) , anywho, it took 3 weeks to explode my poor transmission. 😂🇨🇦
Outstanding content all the time. The David Wise guides are a must have for Mopar hunting. What would be the equivalent for Chevy/GMC hunters. Thank you. Dave G
I had a original 74 Dart sport 360 a few years ago, traded it for a 72 Demon clone, then traded the 72 clone which was really a duster to the real 71 Demon I have today.
Nice looking car, but the vinyl top would scare me away from buying it---that top is no doubt hiding lots of rust underneath. I knew it wasn't a 340 car---top option in '74 was an anemic smog-tuned 360
Even when the cars were only a few years old people liked to swap around the fender emblems to either hide what they had under the hood or pretend they were packing more than they had. I remember back in '74 stopping at a used car lot to look at what appeared to be a '71 Hemi Cuda but when I popped the hood it was a low block 383 and on close inspection it didn't have the torque boxes either so it was just a 383 car dressed up to look better than it was.
Sometime you get burned if you don't know what you are looking at. badges can be added or removed over the years. I purchased what I thought was a 390 1966 T'bird. I got it home and started looking over the vin and the engine and found out that the car was a 428 car. The owner who had the car since new either forgot what he bought or was told it was a 390 when he purchased it. I did check it out, and the engine does appear to be original. The car was parked in 1972 and was left sitting in the owners garage. Told me it was parked because of the fuel crisis.
Pretty cool. I had a 75 Dart Swinger. Sure, it was just a 6 cylinder. But, it was a 225 slant six. We called her Betty because it looked like something an old lady named Betty would drive.
Why is the trim tab under the hood tampered with? Screwed on instead of factory rivets. Appears that the driver side fender and inner fender or maybe even the front clip was replaced at one time.
He has many A & B bodies in all shapes of need and some turn key. He gets late 40’s into the 2000. But A&B bodies are his love. Just depends on how much money you want to spend.
I had a 74 red with the black top and all the options and it was a 360. I couldn’t tell the difference between the 360 and 340 by looking at them . My Dart Sport had significant electrical problems while I owned it.
My 1974 Dodge Dart Sport Title has the word Demon after Sport. It came with fold down rear seat, one of 69 for that year. Don't know that that's important since all the original running gear was gone when I got it. It is an early dealer optioned 318/230 HP GT package that needs everything, like that three speed wiper motor with matching motorized wash reservoir. Thanks for the view.
It looks like manual disc brakes. Drum brakes would have both halves the same size, where discs need the larger reservoir. Plus, as I recall, I believe starting 1973, all Chrysler products had disc brakes standard.
...Late 70's when I was growing up in FL... Daytona Beach Police Department took delivery of a recently ordered shipment of police cars. On several of them- one fender said 'Aspen,' & the other fender said 'Volare.'🤪
That VIN decodes as L for Dodge Dart, L for low price class, 29 for two door sports hardtop, G for 318 V8 with two barrel, 4 for 1974 model year, B for Hamtramck, MI assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The trim tag shows a paint code of E5 which does coincide with Bright Red exterior paint.
@@warfighter4129 Newsflash: The Warfighter couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag. Newsflash #2: The VIN gets us the win, and with the tag we can brag.
Neat car. By ‘74 it would have the 4 1/2” bolt pattern, even if it was a sixer? I had a ‘73 318 with BBP, but IIRC a six in ‘73 would’ve had a 4” BP? Or something like that?
Wow…what a great video. So informative and interesting. Thanks Steve, your work is amazing and knowledge is astounding.
I’m proud of myself for knowing 73 was the last year for the 340 lol. I also noticed the dashboard tach and a nice interior. My guess is either it was a street fighter or a poser. Either way it looks worth saving as long as it doesn’t have the optional floor delete
ahahahaha! floor delete! Excellent!
Sadly we’re a bit late as they added the engine delete package too
@@HighSockDavid lol!
@@mrkemblegilstrap ... I believe the floor delete was an aftermarket item. They all came with the same OEM floor, no options!
@@rupe53 lol! are you sure? I thought that I had read somewhere that you got it, if you checked a box marked, Flintstones?!?
Totally agree that sometimes the eyes deceive but the VIN never does! Great job Steve!
I'm a ford guy, but love your knowledge and passion for Mother Mopar. Keep it up
Worked at a Chrysler dealer from 76 to 85 thought I knew a lot about these cars. I learn something from every video you post. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
in '79, I was in HS, and bought a beautiful '73 Charger Rallye. the hood bulge said 340 Magnum, but had a 318 Minimum. a guy I know was upgrading his '69 340 and I bought the cam, lifters, carb, and intake. added a set of headers and it ran ok.
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"Minimum", That's funny. My dad was looking for a new car. He was looking at a 73 Cougar, 73 Charger and a 73 Cutlass. He liked the Merc. but my mom said no because it only had 4 seats. (not good for 3 kids) I liked the Charger but my dad said no when he realized it was a 318. My older brother had a 72 Satellite Sebring Plus with a 400 big block and Holly 2210 carb. (My dad wasn't going to be junior to his son.) So he settled for the Cutlass with it's "Rocket 350" and 4bbl. carb.
He was proud of that car. It had huge Kelly Springfield tires on it. (they looked like slicks)
One day we were following my brother on the interstate when my dad told me to "punch it".
That quadrajet opened it's secondary with it's swoosh but my brother's Plymouth walked away from us despite my dad's objection. Of course it was my fault despite that my foot was on the floor. No contest.
@@jameshuban6515 ahh, great fun my friend! thank you for sharing it with me. I love a story where a Mopar comes out on top.
I'm familiar with the 400, 2 barrel Holley equipped ones. I had raced a guy in a 73 Charger S/E, and I beat him by less than a few feet. we sneaked around the neighborhood and met up. his was 100% stock and at that time all I had was just headers. we became great friends and every Friday night I would go to his house, watch the Dukes of Hazard and then go get some beer and go hang out at the strip mall by my house. we had great fun playing Frisbee and chasing girls. one night I spotted a couple old camaros rumbling down the street. they and some other folks where definitely on a mission. they were all in a line, following each other somewhere. they went out to a long road by the bay that led to the Naval Air station. the parked on both side of the road. so we parked, also. the 2 camaros lined up, did some burnouts, and a guy dropped his hands and screech, they took off. we had discovered the ultimate street racing crowd. we were hooked. it was freakin awesome. I ended up putting the rest of the 340 parts on mine, and we put headers on his 400. he didn't do much after that. his dad was kinda strict. mine had died so I ran wild. he moved to Dallas on a tennis scholarship and I never saw him again. I went thru a that car, a Challenger 340 Mag. a Road Runner 383, and a Super Bee with a 413 that I built myself. it ran low 12s in the quarter. it's been 40 years and me and my memory are getting old. ah, the good old days. thanks again, for writing. write back anytime.
kembleg7@gmail.com
Glad to see you putting these videos out. Junkyard Gold was one of my favorites on MTOD, and I was bummed when new seasons stopped.
Steve you always find interesting cars
This page is one of my guilty pleasures as a vintage European car lover. I know as much about them as you can imagine and have never found American muscle interesting (meaning I know nothing about them) less the original Corvair (van OMG), Ford GT & Shelby's (technically European with American power), (give me a V8 Sunbeam Tiger), the original Mustang Fastback (who doesn't love a lady with curves), Road Runner / Super Bee, and Judge cars. I've learned to love and appreciate many more due to this cannel. Thank you.
1961 dodge challenger slant 6 versus 2015 hellcat ...
This channel is pretty darn good. I’m kinda old, but new to mopar. Just bought a 73 dart swinger to play around with. And I’m enjoying all this mopar information. And your unique, entertaining style and varied content. Thanks for all the hard work Steve! 😊👍👍
ALL the '70s MoPars were AWESOME ASS-KICKING MACHINES! Perhaps LOW on workmanship (owned a FEW of them), BUT ALWAYS ROAD ROCKETS!
Lucky im on a prowl or a slant 6 or 318 😂
great video love seeing Steve back in junkyard and learning from him thank you so much
I had a 74 Dart Sport many years ago. Needed some bodywork at a time when I didn't have the dollars. Thanks for your videos Steve, informative and interesting viewing. As one who appraises collector vehicles, your videos are a good learning tool.
Gday folks , see the green 2dr post 69? Dart in the background, we didn't get them in oz and even as a lifelong mopar nut of 50yrs i only found out about em a cupla yrs ago. Sure got a hankerin for on though. Cheers luv ya work.
Thank you, Steve. That master cylinder does look like a disc/drum unit. The car may be just manual front disc, rear drum. I've owned a few that were built that way.
Good eye. That split size MC would be front disc. If it were drums all the way then the MC would be the same size front and rear.
@@AL-jb1mh I've seen him slip up before where he states the standard and misses the option because his brain is going in another direction. Several of us saw the split size MC so disc brakes are likely there.
@@AL-jb1mh ... you are correct. That MC may also be a replacement part so not 100% accurate on how to tell. Best to take a gander under the car.
With a little work a 318 Dart can really move.
A 318 and a 727 torqueflite yeah buddy.
Always good information ! Crawl on Steve crawl on ! 👍👍
Yeah I'm loving the crawl too.
Your the man Steve. Keep up the great work. 🙏🏼
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I'm really starting to enjoy this guy videos. He's so enthusiastic about cars! He's like a car nerd!!
Just as a matter of reference, My folks had a 1969 Dart that was born with a slant 6 but the vin showed a V8. 9It cost them an extra $3/year for tabs!)
So the factory did make mistakes (although this car isn't one of them).
Thank you, Steve, for sharing your extensive knowledge -- and thank you for being a rare person who doesn't say, "VIN number!"
I'm loving this junkyard. The Shadow, the Dynasty, the woody Caravan...
I love these videos.
Keep them rolling, Steve.
Thank you for your passion for car's and knowledge. Information only works if its good solid information..
It has the orange performance ignition module! :)
Thanks ,to see-all the history on old cars , those were my days and I did not know any of the details
Love the videos Steve. Always entertaining and information filled. And last but not least Merry Christmas.
Regardless of what engine it had, an A body in that condition would easily fetch 6 grand here in Ohio.
Pushin an easy 15k here in oz, uz are so lucky.
I think you're a tad high. 3 or 4 anyways.
Yeah, what is a solid roller like that doing in a junkyard? That grille and bumper look perfect!
@@willybones3890 where ? Show me one.
Well?
Nice little car Steve, my dad had a '73 Dart Sport 318 2 barrel, auto, it was red with the black vinyl top also. 🇨🇦
In the early 80s I used to own a 73 dodge swinger with the 318 and grey rally wheels! Man I loved that car! Wish I still have it.😎👍
Always good stuff Steve.
I try not to miss anything you are putting out.
I remember when Fox body Mustangs still had single exhaust whether the V8 or four. So fender badge swapping happened often, as V8 guys would want a sleeper. And it was easier. As for door VIN plates, the real disaster is when a car with one would get T boned and not totalled out. Most body shops would just hang a junkyard door and match paint, not worrying the car was too old to have a dashpad VIN. At least with first gen Mustangs, its under the front fender, which is notched to clear it.
The factory export brace was stamped as well as the driver side frame rail near the radiator support, or at least it is on my 67'.
My 87' LX was ordered with the 5.0 5 speed, no tape deck manual everything inside, no A/C, and no trim badges. It's a two owner car, I bought it from the original owner who took it to Norwalk once a year and drove it on Friday nights very little. Total sleeper. He put the Cobra R intake and twin throttle bodies on it, bought a Vortech V1 supercharger but never hooked it up. It was very well moded and sounds like a typical 5.0. It only had 15,000 miles on it when I got it in 07'. I hooked up the super and put a set of non P gt-40 heads on it with over sized intake and exhaust valves. This spring I'm doing a BA3000 and 60 lb injectors to polish it off. Heck I don't even drive it much. It has 46K on it now. It even came with the factory blue window sticker.
He got his girl pregnant and the car had to go. I was 22 when I got it and have had it ever since.
Great research tool that book. I will start looking for one. 10 years ago, I was friends with a small Dodge dealer and he has a book similar to that which he lent me a couple times. It is time for me to get my own now!
I would think maybe the owner put a 340 in it for a bit more power. And then added the 340 emblem.
I committed this crime as a kid when I put Z28 badges on my '73 307 Camaro. I did also install a 327 with tunnel ram, posi unit with 4:56 gears, and Munci 4spd. to make it a little more believable! LOL
Great video Steve! 👍👍💯🇺🇸
Good car even if it has some floor rust. As long as the frame is good and it has a title, this is worth paying 3000-5000 for and getting it going again. Seemingly nice interior, good paint, but most importantly, neato dash tach. Drop a Cummins from a 90s Ram in this thing and really freak people out or find a Craigslist small block mopar and slam it in with a nice sounding exhaust for a cool mild daily driver
Still a worthy car.Back in the day I wouldn't have given it a second look.How times have changed since cash for clunkers
Great video Steve, Keep up the great work man.I like the book you have there.
Good info Steve! I too know the 74's would be a 360 for the RR, Cuda and Challenger too. Wish I owned one back then.
Either way that would be a cool car to get back on the road! Maybe not so rare, but rare enough for most!!!
Great Detective Work Steve. Graveyard Detective is a great Tshirt idea. the owner cloned a Dart 318 in to a Sport 340, using fender emblems (or bought the emblems) common back 88, 89, 90 and 91..huge refurbished muscle car scam going on back then. with the increase muscle car auction sales hype and posing on the auction block was this regular Dart 318 dressed in Dart Sport 340 clothing. 10 times out of 10, that's a previous auction buy abandoned in the junk yard because it isn't what it is.
LoL! The swapping of parts is something my dad would have done in Los Angeles back in the 80's when these where getting wrecked out at junk yards.
I remember him doing that for a 1952/1953 DeSoto Firedome he got out of a garage in Hollywood.
The Duster/Dart was reliable, reasonably priced, and economical, with the inline Six. I told a friend who travelled between DC and NY
to buy one and he never had a complaint.
I’m still digging the 4dr 4spd valiant from yesterday.
SO MUCH .
@Ryan Hilkemann it was a valiant,dart,later demon&duster,not much difference aside from badging and options.
Damn Steve! You're the GREAT OZ of '60s and '70s American car detail!!! You should be a professor of carburetion !
Great channel, Mr. Magnante!
I had a co worker who bought a neon coupe new, it was a replica of the neon that debuted with the viper gts, viper blue, white stripes and the shopping cart handle wing on the trunk, it looked pretty. It had a Plymouth badge on the hood, dodge lettering on the trunk, dodge listed as make on the title and he bought it from a Chrysler Plymouth dealership.
Your knowledge is amazing and its awesome to see you have a channel now. Glad to be a subscriber!
My Grandma had a 74, Brown, slant 6. Good car.
Ain't got an engine in it now. It's going to be a performance car.
I love those classic cars!
Boy you are very knowledgeable. It would be great to drag you along when purchasing a muscle car 👍 how is the rest of the car?
A friend of mine owned a 360 car with a massive sunroof. He hated the fuel economy and traded it for a motorcycle. His was a Texas car with AC no rust/rot. In New York it was a rare find. Left behind by someone in the AirForce shipping out to Germany.
I wonder if they still have the 68 (?) valiant 2 dr post in sassy grass??
You've easily captured my attention with your classic car knowledge. Subbed and smashed the bell!
LOL, ok. He's pulling the vin stats for a 1974 car from a book that says "1968-70." That's some Classic Car knowledge, let me tell ya.
One smashed bell: $17.76. Make check payable to Steve Magnante.
@@markmalasics8413 SUPER SLEUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!
My head hurts watching yours bounce around.
Interesting as always. Thanks for the tidbits of knowledge
Knew it was not correct about 30 seconds in when you showed the side badge. I own a '74 Duster 360 (with 40,000 original miles). As you stated the 340 was discontinued in the Demon and Dodge and replaced by the 360 as the 340 had dropped significantly in HP by '73 with all the smog regulations. My Duster has a very small 360 badge under the Duster emblem on each fender, (should be under the Demon badge and not at the end). Also, no 340 numbers on the rear quarter panel. Just the stripe only. Loved your show Steve, and love these. You are a wealth of knowledge.
The 340 to 360 change was mid 1973. Early 1973 dart sports still came with 340s.
I had a 74 dart 340 in highschool that thing would move i loved it
Is it true that that hood is identical to a 69 only Plymouth Barracuda? Weird re use of old dies I’ve heard!
Sure would like to know if this is a "Convertrible". Crank sunroof and fold down rear seats would determine that. If I'm not mistaken they are very rare at this point.
every time i see you the first thing i think of is back in the day when you were hyping the roll out of your Big block 'Vette" then when the day finally came i remember the stunned look on peoples faces when your big block vette turned out to be big block chevette, it still makes me giggle every time i think if that......
I really enjoy your videos!
Until Steve Magnante came along, I didn't realize I needed to know this stuff.
Really important info to have and that looks like a great guide book. But I knew it couldn't be a 340 in a '74 unless someone plopped one in. A lot of people new to the hobby wouldn't know that, though.
Nice explanation. Learned something new!
Now this 74 Dodge Dart looks like it's in great shape to build a cool restomod out of it (provided you eliminate the 5 MPH bumpers and swap in a 392 Hemi V8 out of the Scat Pack Chargers and Challengers).
I drove a Dodge Dart Sport ,’73 model, in 1977. Had the 318/2 bbl. Got a couple of buddies who were car nuts( 427 Camaro’s, AAR Cuda’s and such) took my car and installed a 340 manifold and 4bbl( so they said) , anywho, it took 3 weeks to explode my poor transmission. 😂🇨🇦
Back then my favorite thing neutral drop rev it up drop it in low gear it will rip one out lol
Outstanding content all the time. The David Wise guides are a must have for Mopar hunting. What would be the equivalent for Chevy/GMC hunters. Thank you. Dave G
I had a original 74 Dart sport 360 a few years ago, traded it for a 72 Demon clone, then traded the 72 clone which was really a duster to the real 71 Demon I have today.
At least they took the hideous front bumper guards off. Mine went right into the dumpster on day one.
Enjoy watching your vids. Looks like you had the Bean Boots on👍
Had 1974 Dart 6 cylinder, manual 3 speed on floor, manual washer pump foot power.
Nice looking car, but the vinyl top would scare me away from buying it---that top is no doubt hiding lots of rust underneath. I knew it wasn't a 340 car---top option in '74 was an anemic smog-tuned 360
Even when the cars were only a few years old people liked to swap around the fender emblems to either hide what they had under the hood or pretend they were packing more than they had. I remember back in '74 stopping at a used car lot to look at what appeared to be a '71 Hemi Cuda but when I popped the hood it was a low block 383 and on close inspection it didn't have the torque boxes either so it was just a 383 car dressed up to look better than it was.
Sometime you get burned if you don't know what you are looking at. badges can be added or removed over the years. I purchased what I thought was a 390 1966 T'bird. I got it home and started looking over the vin and the engine and found out that the car was a 428 car. The owner who had the car since new either forgot what he bought or was told it was a 390 when he purchased it.
I did check it out, and the engine does appear to be original. The car was parked in 1972 and was left sitting in the owners garage. Told me it was parked because of the fuel crisis.
That Dart Sport is definitely worth saving! Hope someone does. A Gen 3 hemi swap would be nice in that car!
Those look like L.L. Bean “Maine Hunting Shoes” to me. 👍
318 car or not - I still like it.
Pretty cool. I had a 75 Dart Swinger. Sure, it was just a 6 cylinder. But, it was a 225 slant six. We called her Betty because it looked like something an old lady named Betty would drive.
318's were Damm fine engines it would still make a great car to restore.
Why is the trim tab under the hood tampered with? Screwed on instead of factory rivets. Appears that the driver side fender and inner fender or maybe even the front clip was replaced at one time.
Or they were cutout for a set of headers...
Looks like they have an interesting collection of classic Mopars there. How salvageable are those vehicles? Anything worth restoring or building?
He has many A & B bodies in all shapes of need and some turn key. He gets late 40’s into the 2000. But A&B bodies are his love. Just depends on how much money you want to spend.
The 340 demon or duster were real contender on the street!
the nerve of these guys!!! hey can you grab the side badges for me? :)
My dad bought one of those new 1974
Red but it had the white stripes. Looked like the Starsky and Hutch car.
You got some nice metal in your 'junkyards' there!
My 73 Dart Swinger has the 318 2bbl. More than enough guts for me !
I used too have one just like that triple black..with the white stripe..
I had a 74 red with the black top and all the options and it was a 360. I couldn’t tell the difference between the 360 and 340 by looking at them . My Dart Sport had significant electrical problems while I owned it.
That car is in great condition, surprised it's not in someone's garage getting restomoded!
My 1974 Dodge Dart Sport Title has the word Demon after Sport. It came with fold down rear seat, one of 69 for that year. Don't know that that's important since all the original running gear was gone when I got it. It is an early dealer optioned 318/230 HP GT package that needs everything, like that three speed wiper motor with matching motorized wash reservoir.
Thanks for the view.
My dad has a 74 Dart Sport, 318, 4-sp, a/c, fold down rear seat and a manual sunroof. Still in good condition.
Great info .
Oooh!! Is that a 1980's Dodge Caravan Woodie next to that Dodge Sport? Sweeet.
Pretty straight looking car.
It looks like manual disc brakes. Drum brakes would have both halves the same size, where discs need the larger reservoir. Plus, as I recall, I believe starting 1973, all Chrysler products had disc brakes standard.
You had me convinced at the VIN
Had a 72 Duster with the 340, for the time that engine had a lot of get up and go. It really kicked in at around 50-60 MPH.
...Late 70's when I was growing up in FL...
Daytona Beach Police Department took delivery of a recently ordered shipment of police cars. On several of them- one fender said 'Aspen,' & the other fender said 'Volare.'🤪
That VIN decodes as L for Dodge Dart, L for low price class, 29 for two door sports hardtop, G for 318 V8 with two barrel, 4 for 1974 model year, B for Hamtramck, MI assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The trim tag shows a paint code of E5 which does coincide with Bright Red exterior paint.
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I wish we had those in our scrap yards.
He’s been collecting and selling for over 40 years. He has a massive collection of parts too
Neat car. By ‘74 it would have the 4 1/2” bolt pattern, even if it was a sixer? I had a ‘73 318 with BBP, but IIRC a six in ‘73 would’ve had a 4” BP? Or something like that?
Yes, 4 1/2 like my Duster.
The change was made in 1973 for all A bodies, regardless of motor.