If you were going to get an A body, then

[440 4 speed]

The red Dart in the picture is a real LO23 car in the Winnipeg area.
There is an LO23 car in the Saskatoon area. It was white, but now has the nostalgic Gene's colours.

That’s the one.

 

[Mike67]

I love my ratted out 69 Dart GT. I dropped a 440 in years ago. A full resto was planned but my buddy that is doing the body now has to get surgery. My Dart is on the back burner for now
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So Now I'm on my C-body 67 Plymouth wagon.

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All that car (Dart) needs is to be minitubbed. I wouldnt change a thing on it!!!

 

[f8-4life]

I like 67-72 darts of any kind (not 4 doors). They are all cool.
383 gts cars are especially cool, and anything with a factory 4 speed.
2nd pick would be 67-69 fastback barracudas.

 

[67charger383]

Can’t we include ‘73?

in that case ‘73 Dart sport Convertriple 340/4speed with a sunroof

 

[ACME A12]

Can’t we include ‘73?

in that case ‘73 Dart sport Convertriple 340/4speed with a sunroof

The dreaded "Beaker" or "Beak-Nosed" Darts... Probably the very reason that the OP made '72 the cut-off date...

I had a similar car except with a 727 and it was red with a white gut and white halo top back in the early eighties. It was a pretty decent car but I never could warm up to that nose so it made an early exit from the fleet...

 

[67charger383]

The dreaded "Beaker" or "Beak-Nosed" Darts... Probably the very reason that the OP made '72 the cut-off date...

I had a similar car except with a 727 and it was red with a white gut and white halo top back in the early eighties. It was a pretty decent car but I never could warm up to that nose so it made an early exit from the fleet...

I like the nose. I like the ‘73 front end best out of all of them. Hate the ’75/‘76 recessed beak grille though

 

[toolmanmike]

I sure like the tail ends of the 73 and newer cars.

 

[ACME A12]

I sure like the tail ends of the 73 and newer cars.

Me too. Even if they are equipped with the extra-wide shock absorber bumper like this '74 I used to have was. Not as narrow and tidy as the '73, but still attractive. JMHO.

 

[Budnicks]

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Damn that GTS is beautiful

 

[Timmayy]

All that car (Dart) needs is to be minitubbed. I wouldnt change a thing on it!!!

A few people have said that but I would like it looking like a new factory original car.

 

[RT68440]

To answer the OP's question, I have always been partial to 340-powered '68-'69 Darts and '70-'71 Dusters. I've had MANY A-Bodies over the years. I have 5 currently. Need to thin the herd though...probably going to put the Swinger up for sale at some point this year.
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Any more pics of the Duster? The wheel and tire setup looks great

 

[ACME A12]

Any more pics of the Duster? The wheel and tire setup looks great

Thanks. I don't have a lot of pics of this car even though I have owned it for close to 20 years. It was a Grandma-fresh leaning tower of power car with a 904 and a 7.25" when I bought it. I mini-tubbed it and converted to a 340/A833/8.75" w/ 4.30's. Factory air car which I converted to a Sanden compressor. Interior is super nice and all original except for the carpeting which had to be changed out when I added the A833 and tunnel hump. It's just a fun driver grade toy.

 

[RT68440]

Thanks. I don't have a lot of pics of this car even though I have owned it for close to 20 years. It was a Grandma-fresh leaning tower of power car with a 904 and a 7.25" when I bought it. I mini-tubbed it and converted to a 340/A833/8.75" w/ 4.30's. Factory air car which I converted to a Sanden compressor. Interior is super nice and all original except for the carpeting which had to be changed out when I added the A833 and tunnel hump. It's just a fun driver grade toy.

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Man that's exactly what I'm looking for...a nice original car that doesn't have to be perfect but put a nice drivetrain combo and mini tub it and drive the wheels off of it!

 

[Outlaw525]

I agree on the '68 LO23 Dart but I ended up with this one even though I wasn't really looking. I had built a 74 Duster and a 72 Dart for my sons. My son with the Duster has gotten busy with work, school and life in general so I ended up getting the Duster back. This happened about the same time that I picked up a '72 Satellite racecar project for a good deal. The Duster has a 318 4 brl, 904, 8 1/4 limited slip. The Satellite has .060 over 440, manual shift 727. The drivetrain from the Satellite is going in the Duster along with a '67 b body Dana 60, Super Stock springs and a set of old polished 15x3.5" & 15X10" Centerline Auto Drags that I had laying around. The Duster drivetrain will end up in my friends '69 Barracuda. Nothing like adding another project to the mix.