The seller lists the mileage of this 1971 Dodge Dart as being 5,600, but unless the stars have somehow aligned, there’s total political harmony, and everything is perfect in the world, I’m guessing it’s 105,600 miles. This can be found listed here on Facebook Marketplace in Chickamauga, GA, and the seller is asking $10,000. Here is the original listing, and thanks to T.J. for the tip!
There are a few green colors available for this car, and I’m just taking a guess that this is Light Green Metallic. Although Moss Green also looks like a contender. Check out page 19 of this brochure and let us know your thoughts. Dark Green is too dark, so it has to be one of the other two? In any case, this car looks fantastic in the photos. As much as I like a fancy, optioned-up vehicle, there’s something refreshing about a base model one, too.
I really like the early Mannix-era Fourth-Generation Darts, but I remember washing and parking Darts of this vintage in one of my first jobs as a teenager, working at an indoor four-level parking garage in a medical building. The pre-regulation bumpers are crisp in design. Dodge made the fourth-generation Darts from 1966 for the 1967 model year until the end of 1976 here in North America.
The seats have clearly been recovered, and it would have been nice to have been a bit more factory correct in the color and pattern, but at least they aren’t covered with a blanket. The back seat looks equally nice, and the seller doesn’t really mention the condition at all; they talk about all of the mechanical work that’s been done. It would be nice to see the underside, but I don’t see anything resembling rust at all here.
If I were a betting man, I’d bet that the engine bay had been repainted at some point, but I could be wrong. The engine itself sure has, or at least the exhaust manifold and valve cover on the 225-cu.in. OHV slant-six. It should have 110 net horsepower and 185 net lb-ft of torque, backed by a TorqueFlite automatic. They don’t say how it runs, but the crank was turned, it has a new water pump, fuel pump, motor mount, hoses, a belt, and tune-up parts. How much would you pay for this Dart?
Aside from the recovered seats ( which looks like they did a nice job, just not original) a blue intake manifold and red valve cover ( don’t think thats how the Slant Six left the Dodge factory) this looks like it could have come righy off the pages of the ’71 Dodge sales brochure Scotty included ( which I really enjoyed seeing too). What a time machine. And to see a 4 door Slant 6 car that didn’t get parted out, or rusted away is not too common. Even the chrome bumpers and wheel covers look great. I probably say this too much, but you couldn’t restore this Dart for what they’re asking for.
I forgot to mention, I like the old chrome rain guards on all four windows. I still remember being able to buy them at 1001 Auto Parts when I was a kid.
It looks great but given the price range the ‘69 Wildcat and the ‘46 Olds beat this hands down. All three are clean, all are 4 doors and all present well but it’s kinda tough to compare otherwise. Like Dave said you can’t refurbish this for what they’re asking but it comes down to what priorities the new buyer has set.
Maybe $6000 for this but that’d be about all.
You are right, compared to the competition it’s aggressively priced. At $10,000 you’ve reached a price where someone has to specifically want that particular year, make and/or model, otherwise it’s competing with every other similar car within a price range. That’s why enthusiast cars sell for higher prices, people are searching them out specifically. Value shoppers, which is what this car is likely to attract, compete largely on price.
Steve R
When I mentally picture Chrysler products of this time, they are this color green… or maybe it is the other color green. Anyway, I like seeing the everyman cars of the day which have survived, even thrived. This example has had quite a bit of maintenance work.
Thanks Scotty.
These were amazing cars. Chrysler should have ditched the Volare idea and just reworked these.
Zippo: A hearty Amen to that!
Despite my fondness for AMC I have to say Darts and Valiants were hands down the best of the American compacts of that era. I’ve driven these and the only real complaint would be that their power steering had about as much road feel as the radio volume control.
Heck in 1971 a Hornet didn’t even come with standard electric windshield wipers and had effectively zero windows-closed ventilation without AC. (Valiants and Darts retained the good old vent windows and as I recall had pretty good under-dash vents as well.)
Ck out the HUGE phony front door vent windows that don’t even open! on the French Rarity: 1988 Renault Alpine GTA Turbo listed on barnfinds. Nor did they not swing open on some old Ferraris, etc. – just plain stupid! If u drive a Pacer & encounter a million dollar Porsche 959, as the driver why your car has hidden wipers & optional OPENABLE vent windows – & his doesn’t! lol
Why would you think the vent windows don’t open? They do.
A nicely preserved car, but at the top of the price range plus a bit more.
Jay E, I’m looking for hinges, & a crank or locking/unlocking lever for the door “vent” windows on the above exotics & see none. Same regarding the Ferrari 308, 512 BB, 328 GTS, & Enzo.
But i DO see vent window hinges & levers on older Ferraris, like the 1965 275, the 1971 GTB4 Daytona, & the Dino 206 & 246.
Pic 13 of 17 (listing) clearly shows a hinge midway up the window and a lever at bottom of vent.
They open , its not hard to see that
Oh, man, so much to love here! The 70-71 refresh left these cars looking so fine—I think this is “Dark Green Iridescent.” Looks clean, straight, no rust (that we can see.) SteveR said it right: If someone was wanting this specific year/model/color, they’d pay about anything.
I bought a ’74 Dart Custom 4dr with a /6 off FB Marketplace for $6k, looked great but ran poorly. I’ve probably put $3k-4k total to get it right. I’m a nerd that likes to fix/have things fixed, so the time & money spent give me a sense of pride. For someone else, $10k and you’re done may work better.
That said, at this price, if this were my listing, I’d have more pics (underside, and especially the dash) details, and a cold start/run video. But again, nerd. :) PS: Who remembers those wraps on the steering wheel?? *swoon*
For my money I think you would be miles ahead by spending the same 10 grand on this Duster 340. Even with the work needed, there is a lot more value here:
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How about stretching this into a limo and swapping it for that 300D limo someone is trying sell on this site?
My parents had one identical to this except it had a 318 in it. No a/c. They bought the car when it was two years old and only had 2,000 miles on it. Funny part is they bought the car from a little old lady when they bought her house. 20 thousand for the house and 2 thousand for the car. That thing would do a outstanding one wheel smoke show.
The vent windows definitely open as they do on my 74 D100. You can see the latch on the passenger side door in the 4th photo.
My guess is they overpaid for it when they got it spent to much money fixing things some of it didn’t need fixing now trying to recoup the investment it’s only worth about $5k top’s in my opinion good luck to the seller
That’s an awful lot of money for a 4 door slant 6 car, even in good condition
I wish my Mom had bought one of these instead of the ’72 Maverick she finally bought instead. Oh, well. GLWTS.
I have a 1973 Dart with a 318 mtr. and 21000 original miles and the (HUGE) front door window vents do open.
I’m kind of an expert on 64-77 Mopars, just from long and deep experience with them. 10k-12k is the correct range for a coupe, and a lot of people find that online and try to apply it to a sedan, which actually only commands half the price. Fact is, it’s hard to find any online price guide for Dart or Valiant sedans because (sadly) there’s no market for them. Personally, I wouldn’t mind finding a 73-75 loaded Dart sedan in this condition to have as a driver. And yes, the engine should be Chrysler blue. The wheel covers look nice on this car, although they were originally for 67s and 68s. I would keep them, though!
Now, if it had a 340, 8 3/4, and 4 spd, well……
Being a sedan and not a Demon Coupe, I’d settle for a 318, LOL! Mom test drove a new one with the 318 and A/C when she was shopping for a new car. I argued for the Dodge, but she bought a ’72 Ford Maverick instead. Rats! The Maverick only had a 250 I6 and manual drum brakes all around, the Dodge had power front disk brakes to go with the V8 and A/C. I took my driver’s license test in that Maverick, and I would have much preferred to be seen in the Dart, LOL!
I had a Chrysler Australia car back in 1971(I am a bit embarrassed to say which brand ) and it was very similar to this car especially the top photo as the light has a different effect on the paint and it was called Chartreuse Green FYI
I’ll take a stab at it and say moss green. Always loved these gen. Darts and this one sure looks like a winner with it’s possibly original paint and super clean interior. If the underside looks as good that would make it even better. Realistically for a 4 door sedan with a slant 6 I think they’re pushing the envelope a bit with that price. Slicing off a few grand would definitely bring it more in line with reality.
Boy, this brings back memories. My grandparents had ’70 and ’73 Darts. The ’70 was exactly like this car, color too; except the ’70 had single, not dual, taillights. These taillights were the same as the ’73, except by ’73, there were bumper guards so big I could sit on one as a kid. Always thought these Dodges had the coolest looking headrests. Of course, my grandparents bought the clear plastic seatcovers with the diamond plate pattern, and good luck getting yourself unstuck from those on a hot summer day!! And you have to be next to one to appreciate the concavity of that rear window!!