If you were looking to buy a Dodge Dart in 1969 but didn’t want to spend too many dollars on it, your best option was the all-new Swinger. Introduced this year, the Swinger two-door hardtop was available for as little as $2,400.
Buyers could fit the Swinger with almost every engine in the lineup, including the base 170ci six-cylinder unit with 115 horsepower and the substantially more powerful 383 Magnum rated at 330 horsepower.
The Dodge Dart Custom was the next stop. The base price of a Custom was $2,550, but the final cost increased as you added more options. The Dodge Dart GT starts at $2,672, while the GTS was the most expensive no matter if you picked the hardtop or the convertible.
The GTS was at the top of the lineup in 1969, and it’s believed that 6,700 customers ordered one. Including the specimen in these photos, that is.
eBay seller johmussolin_0 says the car spent its entire life with the same family before he got his hands on it, and the previous owner says the Dart was bought by his father for his mom in 1970. Everybody took proper care of the car, and thanks to thorough work completed approximately one decade ago, it’s now in what looks like tip-top shape.
I recommend that buyers contact the seller and arrange an in-person inspection, as the Dart looks almost too good to be true. You’ve got to get closer to it to look for more subtle details, go see it in person before making an offer.
The vehicle was repainted in 2016, and the paint still looks great in the photos shared online. The black interior is almost flawless, and the Dart GTS is still rust-free. It’s unclear if it has ever received any metalwork or still sports the original pans.
The engine under the hood of this GTS is the 383 V8 paired with a manual transmission. The V8 was also rebuilt, so it now starts, runs, and drives properly. However, the car must find a new home because it’s just sitting in a garage and nobody enjoys it, the Dart GTS would be better in someone else’s collection.
Despite the strong desire to see the car find a new home, the owner isn’t willing to let it go cheaply. The auction includes a reserve, and after 8 bids and a top offer of $26,800, it’s still in place. This means the selling expectations are much higher, so it’ll be interesting to see if someone triggers the reserve in the remaining 5 days of the auction.
46 more people added the car to their watchlists, and the Dart is parked in Euless, Texas.
