Well, I gave Daryl $5300.00 for the car and winched it on the trailer to pull home. Daryl has been in a wheelchair for 22 years so he hadn't driven the car even 500 miles since 1984, when he and his dad built it. When I put the car in my shop I pulled the motor out as well as the narrowed 8 3/4 inch rear end with 488 Richmond gears, and I painted the housing the same color as the car: 1984 BMW maroon. Daryl was an Alston dealer when he built the car so it had a lot of Alston products on the car--ladder bars, a six-point roll cage, wheel tubs, harnesses, etc. I took the heads off the 340, and Daryl wasn't kidding on the mileage--the honing marks were still fresh. I replaced the valve seals as they were all cracked and the compressed valve springs had lost their tension. The 340 has 10 to 1 compression, a 284 484 Direct Connection cam, and an aluminum Chrysler 4 barrel intake with a 700 Holley on top. I had to buy some Hooker ceramic comp headers and an all new brake system to replace the one which, although new in 1984, was all rusted now. I updated the brake system to disc brakes in the front, which I also found on the Net in May, and how lucky am I? The guy with the brakes was only 20 miles from me. I gave him $400 for new rotors, spindles and calipers; he had paid $700 for them. What a deal! Anyway I had to get rid of the rancid gas that was in the tank and clean out the bowls on the carburetor.
Two months later and I'm on the road, having invested $7600 in the Dart, but here is what I have: A 1967 Dart GT 340, 727 TorqueFlite with a Transgo 2 shift kit, 488 posi rear end with Micky Thompson rear tires on 15 inch centerlines and 3 inch in front. The engine compartment is all show with aluminum firewall and inner fenders, polished intake, all chrome pulleys and brackets, custom radiator, and Morosso valve covers and air cleaner. The interior is all maroon and black, done when the car was built and also still retaining the stock console and shifter. Roll cage is all padded. This Dart rumbles when it's running and there is now doubt it will run at least 12-second quarter miles. Now the car is for sale for $10,000. The resurrection of this car was fun, and it really turns heads.