1973 Dodge Dart ..........Valuation?

[Kraftwerk]

A young woman I know is selling a metallic green 1973 Dodge Dart ..around 100,000 miles, new transmission. Looks like someone really loved this beast. She would change the spark plugs etc. & kinda knows her way around it mechanically. Garage kept...but garages being expensive in NYC... she reluctantly decided to find a new home for it. She asked me about valuation since she sometimes see's me driving my Porsche. I don't know anything about Mopar and four-door Darts were, frankly, what everyone's Grandparents drove when I was growing up. Now it looks cool, sorta...Its weird to see one of these being so well loved actually, but nice to see.

[Steve Carlton]

Not many comps on BaT. Probably more if you run some years before and after.

https://bringatrailer.com/search/?s=1973+dart

[thingmon]

Pictures would help. Wouldn't think a 4 door would have much cache outside of Australia.

[Kraftwerk]

Back when BAT was cool they would have weird jobs like this ..now they won't touch it unless it's time-capsule perfect with 200 mil on it, even then....

Soon: a photo can be arranged.

[Steve Carlton]

Well, it gives you a reference point for what was sold there very likely for top dollar.

[Kraftwerk]

True and specs which I didn't realize and vin decoder stuff... they go deep that BAT, such a useful source ~ didn't think to look there, for a DART, thanks!

[911boost]

What engine?

[Kraftwerk]

I knew this question was coming but I don't know yet.. she claimed 8 spark plugs tho...

[Dantilla]

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

... she claimed 8 spark plugs tho...

Two spares in the glove box?

[Tobra]

Mopar slant six is a solid motor, probably a 318

4 door, probably not worth much

We rented a similar vehicle on a family trip to the DC area, crowded with 6 people, especially if one of the people was dad, broad shoulders and tall in the saddle

[otto_kretschmer]

definitally a family car

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Dart#/media/File:1973_Dodge_Dart_Custom_4-Door_Sedan,_front_right,_03-31-2023.jpg

[jcommin]

My favorite years 1969-1970, 2 dr hard top w/big block (383) V8. But this probably nothing close to that. Probably a post car and in 73, the 5 mph bumpers. Aside from being a 50 yr old car, what is the attraction?

[ckcarr]

That was my exact car when I was in graduate school long ago.
Puke green, "four doors-no waiting", vinyl top, slant six, three on the tree...
I still have the "Dart" emblem on my toolbox from it.

Sold it for $100 when I was done with it. Now I see them for $10,000

Originally Posted by otto_kretschmer

definitally a family car

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Dart#/media/File:1973_Dodge_Dart_Custom_4-Door_Sedan,_front_right,_03-31-2023.jpg

[KFC911]

Every kidz dream car in '76

[Tim Hancock]

In the late 80's me and two buddies bought 3 dodge/plymouth slant six beater cars from some old guy that had them sitting in his back yard. The Dart was $75, one Valiant was $35 and the Valiant I got was $50. They all ran and drove but the cheapest Valiant had rusted collapsing suspension. We were gonna just make a circle track in buddies field and just play Dukes of Hazzard with them until destroyed then sell em to junk yard for $75 a piece.

My daily driver VW at the time got wrecked so I ended up driving my Valiant for a year or two. The guy with the Dart ended up daily driving it also. We did beat the snot out of the worst Valiant and then put a cement block on throttle pedal to see how long the engine would last before blowing up. It ran a very long time wide open sitting behind his dad's shop. It finally lost some rpm and started smoking. My buddy shut it off to investigate. It blew a rod out the block and oil was everywhere. Just for fun we attempted to restart it and it did an ran probably another 10 minutes or so on 5 cylinders and basically no oil. Those old slant sixes were tough!

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by KC911

Every kidz dream car in '76

TA 6.6 - any wise kid woulda borrowed the 5-10 grand from paps for a 73 SD 455. All of out parents had that kind of dough laying around

On topic - That was such a mundane car but I'd drive it and give it tlc even as a four door. It's boring but not ugly. A Matador is ugly.

It will sell over $5k if a six. Doubt its an eight cylinder.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Tobra

Mopar slant six is a solid motor, probably a 318

Slant 6s for cars were 170, 198, or 225ci.

If it was a '73 four door with a V-8 it was no doubt a 318.

[herr_oberst]

73 Darts are cool. 4 doors are a little less cool but still cool. I always thought it would make a great "Q-Ship". A 340 with a 4 speed and a posi 9", maybe even give the wheelwells a mini-tub and put some big wides inside the rear fenders. Steel wheels with poverty caps and a bland paint job. Show the kids in the fart-canned rice rockets who's the boss.

Didn't Dennis Weaver drive a 73 crew-cab Dart in "Duel"?

[Steve Carlton]

[Arizona_928]

3,000 lbs and a big engine = amateur drag car.

Price accordingly