1967 Dodge Dart 2 door sedan from North America - Comments

Brake line (metal one going to rear of car) required replacement due to rust. I also replaced the rusty muffler and tailpipe at that time.

Mine is the basic model. No radio or carpet. Manual steering and manual drum brakes all the way around. Forget power windows and air conditioning. No floor shifter, or bucket seats. Minimal insturmentation. No horn ring or fender mounted turn signal indicators. This car is as basic as they come. Honestly I think the lack of features (even by '60's standards) only add to the appeal of this car. There is very little to go wrong with this car. Sure it could use a valve adjustment. Neither I nor the previous owner ever checked the condition or gap of the points or plugs. A new set of shocks would be nice, but alas my time is better spent growing my new business. I use this car daily. Although it has a very nice paint job, I take it out in the worst of snow. I take it to the grocery, and park amid the SUV's with their careless, door smacking owners. The car's purpose is to serve the owner. Not the other way around. I feel priveliged to be able to drive such an old car in great condition every day. I know it won't last as long as if I kept it garaged, and only used it on nice days. I also would like to own maybe a Camaro, or a more sporty Dart. But I do think I get more enjoyment from this car than I would from something considered more valuble or appealing. This is certainly not the nicest car I have owned. But it IS the most reliable and most enjoyable car I have owned. I would never own a new Chrysler product, but I'd have another A or even B body without question.

I have owned a Dart and a number of other six cylinder 60's American economy cars without power steering or brakes. These are my favorite cars; they are quirky and a bear to park, but they are long on character and simple to work on.

I have owned a '67 Dart for eight years now, bought from the original owner. It has PS, manual brakes, the 225-six and the Turboflyte 3-speed automatic. I love this car to death. It just turned over 185,000 miles and is now only starting to have some lower end rod knock. I drive it every day to work, 20 miles round trip. It is starting to rattle a bit, but is in overall very good shape and provides a smooth, quiet ride. The brakes (9" manual drums) are not the greatest, but work wonderfully when set up properly, which includes turned drums and custom shoe linings, arced to fit. This sounds expensive, but isn't too bad and much cheaper than a disc conversion, which many perform to get better braking. This is my 3rd or 4th 225-six and they have all been great engines, very peppy yet economical. The Holly 1920 carb is lousy, but convert to the Carter carb and watch your performance and mileage jump (I recently got 25mpg on a long road trip). The size of the car is perfect for around-town driving, the styling allows you to see all four corners easily so parking is a breeze. The trunk is surprisingly roomy, and four ride comfortably, with six fitting in a pinch. The Chrysler torsion suspension is always comfortable. I'm a Ford man mostly, but I've learned that the Mopars from this era with a slant six are amazing values for the money. The only recommendation I would make is to get a '68 instead of a '67 - the styling is essentially identical, but the '68 has the federally mandated side marker lights (a nice safety feature), and easier to obtain front window trim and armrests ('67 has a lot of one-year-only tidbits that can be hard to find). But these "first generation" Darts are, in my opinion, the best looking A-bodies made.

Re the above comment: if 67-68 Darts are "first generation", what are the 63-66 Darts? or the 60-61 full size Dodge that was also a Dart?

These were neat cars. The idea of a car with no power steering, no power brakes, and virtually no electronics does actually have some appeal these days. I owned a '64 Dodge and '67 Chrysler in my teens and early 20's with no PS/PB, and while they could be a workout to park (especially the '67 Chrysler Newport!), they were very dependable, and you certainly never had to worry about the "ABS" light coming on, or the "check engine" light, or mass air flow sensor, etc. As much as I loved, and still love these old cars, even I would say they are best suited for cruising the back roads, rather than being on the 75 mph interstates.

I could get as much enjoyment from a '67 Dart with a Slant 6 as I could from a '67 Dart with a hotrodded 273. I suppose the dream was always the Sox & Martin hemi dart...

I must say 67 was second genoration.mopars are the most relialbe cars I ever had I had 3 darts 2 valiants 1 m body and now a cordoba their so simple not like the junk today.

Thanks guys... I misspoke in my earlier post about the '67. It is not a first generation Dart...'67-68 was the premiere styling of the "A"-body dart. They restyled this car 2-3 times over the life of the "A" body (through '76) and I think the '67-68's are the best looking of that type.

The first Darts (in '60) were full-size, then they downsized them in '63, so mine must be a third generation.

A SEDAN is a 4-door car.