The photos of this car are downright confounding, as if getting close to it (and in frame) was somehow out of bounds. The images here are cropped to take out a lot of grass. But maybe the bad visuals are hiding a bargain! This is the last year of the Dodge Dart convertible, 1969, and the car is featured on Craigslist in Arlington, Washington with an ambitious asking price of $7,500.

The owner says only, “It’s a great car. I love driving it but I am interested in going another way. It runs great, but yes, it has rust.” As the longtime owner of a 1963 Dart convertible—the same model and year as Tom Magliozzi’s on NPR’s Car Talk (my employer for eight years), I’m intrigued every time I see one of these ragtops. Mine, a baby blue example, was, to put it mildly, in better condition. Better than Tom’s, too.

The Dart for sale features the larger 225-cubic-inch version of the invulnerable Slant Six, along with an automatic transmission. There’s a black-bench interior, which we can’t see. So, this is apparently a well-maintained car, but the need for bodywork is evident even in the 30-foot photos. Someone’s gone over the visible rust on the body and primered the areas, but judging the work is rather difficult from a distance, and there aren’t any undercarriage shots.

This is the last year of the convertible, the fourth iteration of the Dart, which began in 1967 and continued until 1976. The Slant Six engine in this car should produce around 115 horsepower, likely with a one-barrel Carter carb. Upgrading from the third-gen compacts included updated styling, a wider front track, dual-circuit brakes (much needed) and stiffened frames capable of handling the bigger V-8s. A little-known fact is that these cars continued to 1981 in South America, and Mexican versions I’ve seen used a revised fastback profile with flying buttresses. By 1969, two-door hardtops were called “Swingers,” and could be ordered with a 340. You could even specify the 440 V-8 in the GTS model!

Darts for ’69 received revised grilles and trim, and Slant Sixes were equipped with carburetor de-icing systems borrowed from Canada, along with improved drum brake adjusters. Hagerty puts a base 1969 Dodge Dart at $11,200, but obviously convertibles like this one are worth more. However, it’s not entirely clear what work this example requires—it could be quite extensive. But it runs!