FIRST START + DRIVE IN 29 YEARS! - Barn Find 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger - UTX
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Today at Ugly Truck, the big question is: "WILL IT RUN?" Today's the day we're bringing our barn find 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger back to life! After soaking the 225 slant six down with used engine oil, it finally broke free! We installed a new battery, cleaned the spark plugs, and squirted some gas down the intake, and it fired right up. We decided the gas tank was clean enough, so we put a new fuel filter in and went for our first drive out in the field. This car is so solid and runs so good, it's hard to believe it spent nearly 3 decades in a barn with the engine locked up.
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I see you had zero likes, so now you have one.
Hey, thanks! 👋😁
really cool...I've been a chevy guy for a long time, but I'm really starting to get the MOPAR bug
We love everything, but Mopar really nailed the muscle car look. This car is pretty plain jane now, but with some different wheels and tires and a tail stripe, it would look pretty mean! Thanks for watching!
They all built good stuff and some "Not-so-good" stuff...
My first ride was a '73 Dart 4-door, a hand-me-down from my mother. Very reliable!
Thanks for watching! We have gotten so many comments about how great these cars are. Can't wait to get some new tires on it and hit the road! 👍
I am glad you got it running! I love the 68
It runs great! Hopefully the smoke clears up once we put some miles on it. 🤞
Love it, always liked the Chrysler A bodies. Glad to see it running again. When's it getting it's 360 Magnum ? Just a note on the smoking, all you needed was a cylinder on overlap with both an intake and an exhaust valve open at the same time and and after filling the engine and intake you have a gallon of oil to burn off in the exhaust.
Thanks Ken, I use a piece of clear vinyl tubing off of the dipstick so I can keep track of my oil level in the motor trying to keep it below the exhaust valve level. If I see the level dropping quick I figure I'm filling up the exhaust. I really hope you are correct on this one and that is all it is. I'm thinking 340 though. Or a 5.7 hemi.
Okay- here we go. The radiator, shroud & clutch fan are HD cooling. My bet is that it has the HD suspension/trailer package . If you have a sway bar on front at the torsion bars read .892 (left) and .893 (right- found on the rear in the torsion bar anchor points), the rims are 5.5" or 6" wide, it has the "Good stuff." The wiper motor appears to be the "3-speed"/multi-speed unit.. The car is small bolt pattern Very, 5 lug on 4" spread. The master cylinder appears to also be for a disc brake car- be sure to surface the rotors & put fresh soft pads on it. Those rotors are pricey, do not tear them up unless you want to spend a good chunk of change. Very nice. Wix , Baldwin & factory are the only filters I use. A 51515 Wix oil filter will fit slant 6-through- Hemi & gives you more filter medium & oil capacity.
Recommend you change the instrument cluster voltage regulator and the ballast resistor immediately. If they pop, the ICR will fry your cluster & can start a fire under the dash. If the ballast resistor goes, you will stop running and the wiring under the hood can burn.
Easy upgrade? Get a starter for an '88 Fifth Avenue- not half the weight or size, spins twice as fast, and 1/3 the draw. Also, if you can find a "Super Six" intake set up...the intake set up, the exhaust and the kick down will wake the car up a bit w/o ruining mileage with normal driving. I would recommend putting in a 2.5" full exhaust with that package as well.
I run 16" Lincoln LSC "Turbine" rims on my Valiant or a set of 15" cop wheels with AMC centers...
THANK YOU THANK YOU for all that info!!! We love anything with a motor but this is the first Mopar we've owned, so it's much appreciated! The starter definitely needs some attention, and we definitely don't want to burn it down! Thanks again, and thanks for watching! 👋😁
@@UglyTruckExperience welcome- I've owned dozens of vehicles, all "Big 3" & AMC, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Jaguar, and Porsche. My friends have stuff ranging from ultra-exotics, to Japanese oddball/boutique JDM, to rare European, Canadian-market only stuff, to Soviet/Russian stuff.
Some of it is definitely not for me, but most have a story, history, a 'flavor' to them or a lesson to them. I
My stuff has all had great things about them as well as shortcomings. All of them do, I cannot understand the ultra-fan, cult-like people. It's a buzzkill
My sister had that exact car back in the day but black in color...pop got her a brand new dart swinger for her first car....can't beat those die hard slant 6's. Good job bringing her back to life.
That would be an awesome first car! Thanks for watching!
That's awesome seeing things brought back to life . A little love and patience can go a long ways . Keep up the great videos. I think the ol Chev got a 400 in it
Thanks for watching! But it's not a 400! 😁
I’d say the truck has a 396
Nope! 😁
Slant sixes and cockroaches are hard to kill
This one runs great! Just hope the smoke clears up. 🤞
I will say that the 67 Chevy has a 455 Olds under the hood. Wild guess.
No, but that sounds like fun! 😁
@@UglyTruckExperience Ok, One other guess. A 292 Chevy 6 with a 3 speed and Overdrive. That's what my Dads had in it. Great truck.
You're closer on the cubic inches, but still no. As many of these old trucks as we've had, we've actually never owned a Chevy straight 6.
What a gorgeous day for activities!
No rain delay today! Gotta love Missouri in the spring... it's like a box of chocolates! 😂
@@UglyTruckExperience so I have to guess on the 67 pickup, I think it’s a 305 v6.
Pretty sure you should reward me twice, I know to much stuff! 😂
No, but that would be awesome! We had a 1960 GMC with the 305 V6 that wouldn't turn over, and we did exactly what we did to this Dart! We ended up selling it a couple years ago to a friend, but I'm happy to report that it's still on the road!
@@UglyTruckExperience one of the local volunteer fire companies had a ‘61 or ‘62 COE gmc with what I was told was the 712 V-12. That would’ve made a cool rat rod engine but I never did track that down. Smiles per gallon on that! 😂
Starter doesn't sound terrible - that's just the Highland Park hummingbird!
👍Had 1 like this as my 1st car. Had a 318. At 16 years old on KY backroads I was wearing the left rear tire out fast! Dad told me to get rid of it after I took out a row of mailboxes & he said I’d end up killing myself w/ it. Fun car, good times. Good stuff guys.
*Thx. 👍🇺🇸
That sounds like a blast! Thanks for watching! 😁👍
My Grandfather bought a '73 Dart Swinger new.....Slate gray with black vinyl top....Slant 6/Auto.
I was a kid at the time but listening to the starter and engine on this video, along with the 'clunk' of the doors closing brought back memories of my Grandfather's car.
It's funny how you remember things like that. Glad it brought back some good memories! We appreciate you tuning in! --Emily and Jerry
It's rare to find that particular Dart with air on a six. My friend had a Dart Swinger, yellow with a white vinyl top, 318 with factory air. She stopped driving it in 1992 after the steering box let go. Bought in 87 in South Carolina. Sold for parts on Massachusetts in 1993.
Thanks for watching! It's amazing how original and intact this car is!
I'm gonna guess that Chevy has a 454 under that hood.. seen vvg working on something similar a lil while ago.. love the channel. Just found it not to long ago.. been binge watching it the last few days.. you guys are a great team. Keep up the great work
Thanks so much for your comment! Glad you like our stuff! We really appreciate you watching! 👋
I'm gonna start a combi 1992 it hasn't moved for 8 years, but, I think before to try to engine on, I will poor oil and move the tires to make sure that oil goes through engine, to avoid blue smoke.
Thanks for watching! Hopefully the smoke on the Dart gets better after some driving. We have a really cool VW coming up soon too! Best of luck with your Combi! 👍
Did I see a mustang coupe sitting there can we get a video of that 1965 or 66 the blue one. 235 six in the pickup
That is a 66 mustang. It is an up and coming will it run. Not a 235, although I would love love that. Thank you for watching and commenting. We appreciate it. The reveal on the c10 isn't to far off but we have had some great guesses.
She’s a smoker😂😂😂😂…….but shes movin!!! Awesome job guys!!!
Thanks Trent! It's a sweet car for sure. 😎 We appreciate you watching our stuff!
Hello from Newfoundland Dodge Dart 73 was my dad's first car he paid $1,200
Hello over there! 👋👋 Thanks for watching!
Such a cool car. Would love to see more on this vehicle
This car has found its forever home with us, so you'll be seeing plenty of it in the future! 👍
You want to get under the skin of those Mopar people, LS swap it!
😂 Oh man, that would be fun! We talked about putting a 340 in it if the slant six doesn't pan out, but you know we love LS swaps! 😁
@@UglyTruckExperience I like Mopars, but some of the purists are completely nuts...like Corvette/Mustang goofballs.
@@olikat8 We love everything, so when people start yelling about what's wrong someone else's project, it's just a bunch of noise. Bottom line is: buy what you want, build it how you want, and DRIVE IT! It means more to us to see a classic still on the road than to argue about "numbers matching" and "factory colors". 🤷♀️
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I learn something every time!!
Thanks for watching, Roger! 👋
Those are Valiant wheel covers.
Slant 6’s live forever with its 8.5-1 compression. Lol
Yes they do Dino. Thanks for watching. We appreciate it. Jerry and Emily
I bet the intake valves umbrella seals are gone because it runs to good to be rings.
All that smoke was caused by me overfilling the engine with waste oil to get it freed up. It ends up going down and sitting in muffler just waiting to get hot enough to smoke. We have put some miles on it and the smoke has cleared itself out. Thanks for watching
A Redhead, a Swinger, and a dog 🐶. Cool 😎 content.
Thanks! 😎😎 We appreciate you watching!
Them older cars really do have the coolest interior
It's like a couch on wheels! 😂
It may take many hot and cold engine Cycles to free up the piston rings which would stop it from smoking Maybe
It seems to be clearing up a bit so I think you are probably correct. Fingers crossed. Thanks
Do like Derek does and dump a can of Berrymans down the carb. He calls it the I- talion tune up.
That's good to have well lubed spark plugs lol 😆 👌
Less friction on the spark! 🤣🤣
you can not kill a slant 6, best motor ever made.
It runs great! Can't wait to get some tires and hit the road! 😁
My first car was a 1974 duster. Miss that car
That's awesome! 👍 Thanks for watching!
It’s great to see grandma’s car running again!
Thanks Dave. I am thrilled that you saw that one. No spoilers here but we have another Will It Run in the works that your really going to enjoy. Thanks Jerry
it has a rest pin knock my car had the same thing
Fortunately, this engine runs nice and quiet. I think you're hearing the exhaust leak. Thanks for watching!
Thank YOU!!
Nice Mopar, iam a true chevy man 55 years working on chevy stuff, my newest heap is 67 c 10 step side short box w 6.0 ls 4l60 stock rebuilds.thanks for ur videos, o yea about that mystery engine in the 68 c 10 , I think it's a 4 cylinder tractor engine something maybe.lol. God bless yall real good.
We love everything, but this is the first Mopar we've owned and it's been a great project so far. We have a 74 K10 with a 6.0/4L60E that we need to finish up someday. Too many projects!
Good guess on the engine, but that's not it!
My first car when I was 17 was a 1973 Swinger. Mine was a 318/A904. I ended up putting an intake, 4 bbl, and, headers on it. It was a HORRIBLE car for an irresponsible teenager!
I bet it was a ton of fun though! 😁 Thanks for watching!
And the dash is still intact!!! Dodge sure don't make em like they used to. Hell they don't even make em anymore I reckon
They actually started making a Dart again a few years ago, but it's a far cry from what they used to be! Thanks for watching! 👋
@@UglyTruckExperienceyeah LOL I have a funny story about that actually. My son's mother had a 2016 or so Dodge dart and she was an idiot and totaled it. Well, next time I see her she buys another brand new orange one. I asked why she would buy another one as she had lots of issues with the first one. She said I can't help it I just love my muscle car. And then proceeded to try to explain to ME, that the Dodge dart was a muscle car. I told her if she ever wants to be seen in a room with me again she needs to take those words back. 🤣 I said yeah back in the day the dart was completely different car but what she was driving is a updated Dodge neon. Or a Fiat neon if you will 🤣🤣
Look forward to seeing the progress on this ole girl!
Ha! The new Darts really are closer to a Neon than a Dart! 😂
6th digit in VIN denotes model year .... 3 = 1973
We honestly didn't even look that close until someone pointed it out. 😂 The key tag says 72, so we just went with that. Thanks for the info! 👍
Also, I noticed when the air cleaner housing was installed, the snorkle was facing the firewall. It should face, if it is the correct housing, the general area of radiator core support. Probably at an angle away from the A/C compressor.
Was this filmed in West Virginia?
Nope! We're in SW Missouri. 👋
New sub here. Great video! Fond memories as a kid of this car and the Slant 6! Nice work!!
Thanks for subscribing! If we had some wheels and tires, we'd already be driving it! 😁
Alright! Great Cars, Congratulations!!
I once had a 68 2 door slant 6 I should have kept. Someday maybe I’ll find an affordable 2 door Dart again!
Thanks for watching! We got really lucky on this one. They're getting hard to find!
Can’t beat those slant 6s
Yep, they're pretty tough! Thanks for tuning in, Melvin!
Very good, my dad had a 73 scamp same color until he got t boned in 79. He survived.
He missed that car
Glad he was ok! Scamps are getting hard to find these days. Thanks for watching! 👋
These are the cars that we grew up with, the toolbox consisted of a pair of pliers, a screwdriver and a matchbook. Great video
👍👍 Thanks for watching!
It reminds me of my first car, a 1971 Plymouth Scamp. It had a 225 slant six in it.
Scamps are super cool too! Scamps and Darts are kind of like cousins. 😁
This is awesome! Love the ole Mopar cars
Fantastic! When Chrysler made decent cars. Also, very good camera work. 👍
Thanks for watching! We do our best to make it feel like you're here hanging out with us. It's all part of the Ugly Truck Experience! 😁😁
I had a 73 Dart back in 73 now drive a 66 Charger
I believe that's what you call an upgrade! 😁 Thanks for watching!
I had both the 73 318 and a 70 225 at the same time, the 70 225 had more gut than the 318, you cannot kill that 225,
That ‘vacuum amplifier’ is the heart of your cruise control system
Nope. This car doesn't have cruise control. It wasn't available until 1975. The vacuum amplifier was used in the EGR system, and nothing else. The best thing to do is to remove the entire worthless EGR system and cap everything off. The car runs perfectly without it. Has nothing to do with cruise control.
Rock on! Happy to see it moving! I expect to see it on the road soon!
Very soon! Wheels and tires are on the way! 😁
Is it a 327
Nope! 😁
someone stuff a 454 in the truck?
Nope! 😁
@@UglyTruckExperience its killing me...427?
Nope! Think outside the bowtie! 😁
68 sporting a 427 4v?
No, but that would be awesome! Thanks for watching!
This is my favorite up and coming youtube channel right here you guys are killing it!
Thanks so much for your comment! Is this the Nathan Golden I know?
@@UglyTruckExperience its me yeah lol
@@nathanielgolden3141 👋👋 Hey buddy! Thanks so much for watching!
Will See you on the Next ONE!!
Thanks for watching! 👋
I thought that was the sport and not the swinger.
It's definitely a Swinger. I have the badges in my desk drawer.
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Hmm, I question whether my pop's 73 was a sport then.
I'm not 100%, but I think the Sports were all V8's, with the option for a 4-speed trans. Seems like I read somewhere that Dodge re-branded the Demon as a Dart Sport in 73, so the Demon options carried over. If this slant six doesn't pan out, we're talking about putting a 340 in it. Should be fun! 😁
@@UglyTruckExperience
That's awesome! I love the car btw, what a nice find. Also that makes a ton of sense. I believe his had a 318 Ya learn something new every day.
Thanks for watching! 😊
427
That would be fun, but nope! Check out the big reveal here! ua-cam.com/video/aJuEXKakVuM/v-deo.html