FASTBACK340 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Based off a `67 Dart convertible. All sheet metal is `70, which never came as a drop top. Nice job, no? I ran across this on MoParts.Com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 This looks good as a drop top. I wonder how well they would have sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTBACK340 Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 I'm guessing with the new Barracuda they didn't want any "choices" in house. This is sharp looking…. clearly the most handsome progression of A body drop-tops. Bang: dead. Too bad…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianguilly Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I remember reading a few years back about someone building one of these in blue,but it also had a 302 crossram intake on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalmage Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Thats gorgeous. I think they definitely missed the boat on these. What could have been.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Convertible A-bodies were dropped after the 1969 model year because : 1.) The 1970 E-bodies 2.) Price-Point due to the aforementioned I've also seen an FK5 "1970" Dart GT convertible . It was based-upon , and registered as , a 1969 GT convertible (LP27) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426-Hemi Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) I remember reading a few years back about someone building one of these in blue,but it also had a 302 crossram intake on it. For Mopar it WASN'T a 302. THEY at Mopar any one of them, NEVER made a 302, Chevy did for the '69 model year as well as the "5.0" Ford that we all know.....The cross ram, for a Mopar was either a factory BIG BLOCK cross ram, for the 383 to 440....OR it was an aftermarket Mopar Small Block cross ram! The 426 WEDGE (NOT to be confused with the Hemi) was the last big block to get the Mopar Cross Ram of this sort. As it was known as the High RPM Cross Ram intake as they had another one that was known as the Sonaramic Cross Ram which is a whole other beast.....Mopar 413 was the first V-8 to get the Cross Ram which was the start of the Mopar known "Max-Wedge" series of engines....Consisting of only the 413, and the 426....The 383 just a year before was setting the stage for the 400 which was the precursor to the 413 fame! This all was prior to 1963....As in 1964, it all didn't matter when the 426 Hemi was born, 50 years ago, this year! As far as the car I LOVE the looks of the '70.....NICELY DONE whoever did the work! Edited October 16, 2014 by 426-Hemi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTBACK340 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 I just found out there's a Phantom `70 Dart convertible out here on Long Island. B5 blue w/ black tail stripe and top/interior. Haven't seen it, but a group of people were talking about it at a cruise night recently. If a clean `67-9 Dart 'vert fell in my lap it would be hard NOT to do one. I can't believe how much I like it….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalmage Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Every time I see an A body it makes me miss my '74 Scamp. I see it occasionally on the highway which makes me happy knowing its still alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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