'68 Hemi Dart For Sale

[Fleet 500]

No, I'm not selling nor do I own one.

I came across this for sale:
1968 Dodge Hemi Dart, original bill of sale, Florida title, street legal.
Asking price "lowered to $275,000."

1968 Dodge Dart Hurst Super Stock Hemi LO23 For Sale

I wonder if it will sell? Looks like it is in very good condition. The body/paint/engine compartment anyway does.

[Bleeding Heart]

One question... Why is it so expensive????

[willysjeep]

There surely is to many zero's in that price

[Pando]

Although American muscle among its finest, I wouldn't even pay 1/20th of the asking price. But hey, he said he'd accept an offer as well.

[orshow]

The guy says in the description that the car is gonna go up to $400,000 soon... hahahahahahahahaa

[Rasmus]

Please. If it's a rare bird with all numbers matching I don't see why not. Only 80 were supposedly made:

YouTube - 1968 Dodge Dart Hemi-an original LO 23 factory lightweight

In 07 an all numbers matching '71 Hemi Cuda vert was sold for $2.2m at auction. Granted the 11 cars of that model year are probably the most valuable American musclecars but still.

[willysjeep]

Please. If it's a rare bird with all numbers matching I don't see why not. Only 80 were supposedly made:

YouTube - 1968 Dodge Dart Hemi-an original LO 23 factory lightweight

In 07 an all numbers matching '71 Hemi Cuda vert was sold for $2.2m at auction. Granted the 11 cars of that model year are probably the most valuable American musclecars but still.

See, thats where we in Africa come short on info. We do not know the value of all the collectables in the USA . And the other way round we sell valuable cars for next to nothing and still think we made a huge profit.

...............can some one give me some inhouse training

[nota]

YouTube - 1968 Dodge Dart Hemi-an original LO 23 factory lightweight

Anyone else notice the huge and continual amounts of steering correction this fully restored car requires, even when travelling at very modest speed on a dead-smooth roadway? I'm not talking about the corners. Look at the head-on footage .. the driver is constantly sawing away on the tiller just to keep this thing heading straight, even when ON the straights!

This sort of wheel input reminds me of watching machinists operate a lathe

[Pando]

Anyone else notice the huge and continual amounts of steering correction this fully restored car requires, even when travelling at very modest speed on a dead-smooth roadway? I'm not talking about the corners. Look at the head-on footage .. the driver is constantly sawing away on the tiller just to keep this thing heading straight, even when ON the straights!

This sort of wheel input reminds me of watching machinists operate a lathe

lol, yes I see it now, I wonder why they even bothered to stick in a steering wheel!

I reckon henk's estimation of the Nurburgring time is still way too low!

[johnnynumfiv]

Anyone else notice the huge and continual amounts of steering correction this fully restored car requires, even when travelling at very modest speed on a dead-smooth roadway? I'm not talking about the corners. Look at the head-on footage .. the driver is constantly sawing away on the tiller just to keep this thing heading straight, even when ON the straights!

This sort of wheel input reminds me of watching machinists operate a lathe

From my experience, the older manual steering boxes take more turns from lock to lock, so the correction you see him doing is actually quite minuscule. Also, the roads suck here.

[nota]

From my experience, the older manual steering boxes take more turns from lock to lock, so the correction you see him doing is actually quite minuscule. Also, the roads suck here.

Well I've owned six Oz-built Chrysler Valiants from the 1960s which belong to this particular US body generation. Lets see .. three sedans, a wagon, and the two hardtop 2-doors that visually are pretty much identical to this Dart.

Consisting of three Hemi Pacers with IIRC the ahem 'quick ratio' four turns lock-to-lock, and the other (either non sporty Hemi & Slant-six models) having the regular five. And let me tell you that all but one of them steered and tracked exactly like a normal car. In other words the required wheel-work consisted of basically 'set & forget' even at high speeds. Either one inch or one & a half inches of play at the rim, max.

The sole exception being a Slant-six hardtop which was a totally rooted high-milage ex-'cut & shut' mobile wreckage that also literally had a full 1/4 turn of freeplay in the steering box & front-end, that I bought from a dealer for all of $32. In steering dynamics this Dart appears desperately similar to that car. So if this Dodge represents US-style motoring excitement then, err .. please .. count me out!

Btw our Hemi-powered Mopars were good enough to be endorsed by a 'certain motoring identity'
YouTube - Hemi Chrysler

[clutch-monkey]

never saw the appeal in these overpriced boats. would never be able to have fun in them. they're cool cars but the price (demand?) is ridiculous.

[Fleet 500]

never saw the appeal in these overpriced boats. would never be able to have fun in them. they're cool cars but the price (demand?) is ridiculous.

"Boats?" They are only 195" long. And they weigh less than 3,500 lbs.

The owner in that video Rasmus posted sure looked like he has fun with his.

[clutch-monkey]

do you honestly think it is worth that much? it's not like it's particularly good looking even.

[Fleet 500]

do you honestly think it is worth that much? it's not like it's particularly good looking even.

They were built for speed, not beauty!
As for if it is worth that much... if it sells for the asking price, I guess it is.