Transmission slips and leaks profusely.
Head gasket cracked after over-heating.
Tires were dry rotted.
The carpet was replaced with yellow house carpet by the previous owner... Ugh.
I love this car. It has some issues (it sat in a field with two goats for almost six years) but it is still fun to drive. The slant 6 is ultra smooth and I love the looks I get just for driving to work.
I need to rebuild the transmission because the gentleman who owned it before me took horrible care of it.
My only complaint is that the car is butterscotch yellow. I've never been a fan of yellow. But I had to have the car when I saw it in the field. It has one of those "it's so ugly it's cute" effects on me. I paid $300 for it and drove it home after replacing the ignition module. She's been my faithful ride to work ever since.
Hey I agree with your review of the Doge dart, it is a nice car. But you said you had trouble with the transmission on it. I am writing this because I also own a 1976 4 door Dodge Dart Custom and I think it may be the same color or mustard yellow it also sat for 6 years. I had an ugly colored carpet too, but it was a teal color. But the only thing wrong with it is I can't get it to move at all. It runs pretty good, but when I shift into gear it does not lock and the car goes no where. But the only good better than your car is that mine has only 75,251 miles on it and had only one original owner who only drove her mother to the store in it. If you have any ideas on how to get it to move please contact me at paintball_sniper_t98@yahoo.com thank you for your help.
The writer lf the above comment needs to get familiar with something called Dexron III ATF, and the transmission dipstick on his car.
The latter probably shows he has run out of the former.
One of the comments above includes a wonderful story about the grandma-thing... I also own a Dodge Dart. I bought it this year (2004) and had only ran 43000 (...).. I soon realized that the counter isn't going further than 99.999.. Too bad, I was still going to buy it..
Where is the picture?
Note: A Comments RSS Feed is available. New comments appear in the Members Area before the main site