The Dart Sport was Dodge’s equivalent of the Plymouth Duster fastback compact. Born in 1971 as the Dart Demon, political correctness even then supposedly led to a name change in 1973 to something less controversial. The seller offers a one-owner 1975 Dart Sport 360, the performance edition. Everything about the car appears to be original, including the rare crank-operated sunroof. Located in Bennington, Vermont, this low-mileage Mopar is available here on craigslist for $32,000. Kudos to Barn Finder “Barney” for this great tip!
Dodge redesigned its A-body Dart in 1967, as did Plymouth with the Valiant. The cars were solid sellers for Chrysler well into the 1970s when the brain trust in Auburn Hills decided to replace them with the Aspen/Volare duo in 1976. Those cars racked up an unimpressive number of recalls, and their quality was inferior to the predecessors. For a single model year, 1976, all four cars were still in Dodge/Plymouth showrooms.
The 1975 Dart Sport was little changed from 1974, and the 360 cubic inch V8 was still the top engine in its second year (Chrysler retired the popular and potent 340 small block after 1973). From what I’ve read, the 340 was considered the better motor, but I have no firsthand knowledge. We owned a ’74 Dart Sport back in the day, but it had the Slant-Six, which ran and ran and ran longer than the rest of the Dodge.
This ’75 Dart Sport 360 may be among the nicest survivors left, as preservation wasn’t a priority 50 years ago. Its single owner only added 44,000 miles to the odometer. The burgundy paint and cream half-vinyl top and interior purport to be from the factory. As is the 360 engine and TorqueFlite automatic. The seller says this beauty is 1 of 1.043 built, though we can’t verify the source. Undercoating when new has helped keep rust nonexistent. This Dodge seems to be well-documented, including the broadcast sheet. I wish it were 1,000 miles closer and $10,000 cheaper.
Nice Dart. 360-4 👍 thanks Dixon.
The 1975 Dart Sport 360 had 190 horsepower, which was significantly less than the 245 horsepower that the 1972-73 340 and 1974 360 had. For that reason the price seems dear to me, even though it’s very rare. I would buy a more common but faster earlier model for the same or less money.
Very rare, indeed, since most of these rotted away a very long time ago. What a nice looking, nicely optioned car! I’ve only seen those sunroofs in pictures, never in person, although I had a Cordoba with one. Then ad needs better interior pictures. I hope it finds a good home.
Limited photo array, and not good interior photos at all. Was wondering if the vehicle had a console automatic shifter or on the steering column. Otherwise very Demon Oops! Uh excuse me I meant to say “Dart” sport. And being that it’s a smaller and lighter body style, that 360 motor should really move her with good power to back up the sporty styling.
It was advertised as the ”Dodge Sport Convertriple”… 3 cars in one.
At my insistence, in 1980 my ex wife drove away in an identical one with a 318…… not sure the year of the car…. and it had a self installed rear window defroster that she was too stubborn to use. Also, she liked the sunroof but was too aggressive at turning the crank… resulting in stripped plastic gear teeth and an inop sunroof.
Other than that it was a very practical car… other than the ballast resistor spares of which we carried in the glove box.
Women,…
The “convertriple” , was the Dart Sport with the sunroof and the folding rear seat , which this one doesn’t seem to have
Doesn’t say anything about a folding rear seat but the sunroof is clearly there.
Ex wife’s was a Convertriple…. The seat folded down and we took a lot of stuff in it.. the trunk had a high lid…. And the passage was wide…. Freight surface was pretty flat.. it was ok..
It is a clean one
But oh those bumpers.
Surprised even a 1,000 thirsty 360s were ordered in 1975. MPG was the name of the game at that time.