(Submitted by David G.)
A neighbor up the hill whose house backs onto a derelict Long Island RR right-of-way died of coronavirus several months ago and the widow is emptying the house, which includes this 1975 Dodge Dart Sport. Apparently they charged the battery and backed it out of the garage this evening and it looks pretty clean.
Obviously current registration given the tags and the inspection sticker
I checked the VIN and it’s a 1975 Hamtramck built Sport with a 225 slant six with a single carb, so it predates me by several months.
There are a lot more of these cars around here than I thought. I figured salt ate everything, but no.
I was accosted to buy it but this is not for me. I’d get a B-body GM station wagon before mid-1970s anything.
Kind of sad story.
In this neighborhood every fifth house is a covid-19 house. But less than one hundred feet away there’s a very well kept ’66 Impala and of course the most shockingly poorly maintained ’77 Pontiac Ventura Phoenix. And Paul has my pix of the Collonade 442 and the Mercury Monarch
Looks like a pretty nice Dart Sport with what appears to be a factory sunroof. Hope it goes to a good home.
I grew up and still live in Nassau County, Long Island. This pic looks like a Queens neighborhood, which is the next county over in NYC. These Darts and Dusters used to be everywhere, they were still very common in the late 90s being driven all over the place.
Looks like a time capsule of the cars we all drove in high-school in the early 90s.
Too bad the owner died of Covid. Its downright scary how many people just up and died of this virus in the NYC area.
The Dart Sport never looked quite right to me with the Dart front clip on a Duster body…..The wheel openings looked too mismatched between the front and rear.
The Valiant front ends on Dart bodies seemed to work better, such as the Scamp and later 4 door sedans.
I’m sorry to hear about your neighbor. I can only imagine how scary it must be to be in NYC right now.
Not particularly scary. Particularly scary was last March and April. I’m looking out west, though. My aunt in Brookings — oy vey.
And here in Cincinnati I know of ONE 92 year old who died of it, but she had multiple other issues….that’s IT. The car is appealing, shame it’s not a more typical 70s color. The silver and black almost blends in with modern cars.
Vinyl seats not completely split, side mouldings still adhere to the body, vinyl roof intact, original wheel covers, and it drives on its own power (ten feet anyway). Even has the optional bumper guards…..
Would make a nice find for someone.
And it has the up-level steering wheel.
With a fratzog emblem, no less. I wonder if this was the last use of it on a Dodge.
Just as a survivor should look. Wonderful.
I have to admit, though, that the sadness of the reason for its emergence – and one in five houses! – nearly overwhelms the pleasure.
(That’s absolutely not a criticism, I hasten to add. It’s very much part of the story).
I bought a ’75 Dart Sport to replace a ’67 Dart GT that was totaled by a moron who caused the driver giving him a ride, to collide with my wife.
The ’75 was a real let-down compared to the ’67. (Manual) Disc brakes, but the effort was way too high. No front sway bar, the car handled like it had no shock absorbers. Should have named the car Fido or Spot, it acted like it wanted to roll over and play dead.
Yeah, Leaning Tower of Power, and a little Torqueflite. It didn’t last long in our household. One of the few cars I “got rid of” before it was un-driveable. My wife still pines for her ’67 Dart GT.
This just turned up on Craigslist. Shares certain traits of the featured car. $7000?!?!?
https://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/d/montville-1978-ford-pinto/7225730452.html