New hot rod (Warning - Non Ford content inside)

[downtime!]

Originally Posted by JDMLOL I'm surprised the car is so light.

It's actually about 10" longer than our cars, but 2" narrower. The weight savings come from less safety and emissions equipment, and an overall lower quality of build. It's an old car. No air bags, smog crap, hardly any sound deadener, cheaper carpet, etc.

[STROKD]

Youre status just went rockstar in my book... yea A bodies never got going resale wise... i love the car though. I always liked Dusters and Darts.

[El_Tortuga]

Nice!!!

Cut my teeth on Moms slant 6, 3 on the tree, 4 door dart. About as sophisticated as an old farm tractor, but easy to fix and keep running.

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Thanks y'all! Just ran the numbers through the calculator and it says it should run 10.1x's at 130. I'd be pretty happy with a 10.50.

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FFW to 3:35 to hear her running.

[brembo12]

Originally Posted by downtime! most of ya'll probably won't even know what this is, but i bought this earlier today. I'd been looking for something to replace the '82 capri rs i sold last week and found this up in indianapolis. 1972 plymouth scamp with a built 440, torqueflite 727 trans and a 9" rear end with 3.89's. Car makes 540/600 and it weighs 2900, so it should be pretty fun to drive. Just a weekend cruiser. Doing the paperwork and bank transfers early next week, it should be on the truck heading towards texas by next friday, so hopefully i'll have her by early the following week.

incredible find! 10+

[rriddle3]

Man, do I remember this time in Mopar history! Back when I was driving my 1970 RoadRunner. And if anybody is naïve enough to think that these cars were made for doing anything other than go in a straight line, just look at those seats. Can you imagine trying to flog that around some curves?

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Originally Posted by rriddle3 Man, do I remember this time in Mopar history! Back when I was driving my 1970 RoadRunner. And if anybody is naïve enough to think that these cars were made for doing anything other than go in a straight line, just look at those seats. Can you imagine trying to flog that around some curves?

Don't I remember! Flat bucket, low consoles and Armorall spray made for some interesting times going around corners, especially in the days well before mandatory seat belts! LOL!

[rriddle3]

Originally Posted by downtime! in the days well before mandatory seat belts! LOL!

They had seat belts?
Ohhh, right...A lap belt and something that stayed clipped along the healdliner above the door that they called the shoulder belt.

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Originally Posted by rriddle3 They had seat belts? Ohhh, right...A lap belt and something that stayed clipped along the healdliner above the door that they called the shoulder belt.

LOL! You can just see them above the windows there...

[A302]

Nice! Old Muscle cars are awesome.