1969 Dodge Dart - Over Load

We go cruising in a 9-second '69 Dodge Dart, nasty tunnel-rammed Hemi, Lenco, and all.Riding shotgun in Gary Powell's '69 Dart is pure sensory overload your brain can hardly handle. At 7,000 rpm, the 528-inch Hemi spits out an indignant rasp of sonic booms through the tailpipes, as if challenging Satan to a duel. In the background, the staccato clack-clack-clack of the Lenco summons subtle changes in the motor's pitch, as a series of billet shift levers, activation rods, and Heim joints clutchlessly engage successive cogs. Meanwhile, the Hemi's 900-plus horses pull tremendously, the Dart's back end skates precariously at triple-digit speeds, and the fading spec in the mirror is a 9-second Camaro. It all goes down in a matter of seconds, and this sort of intensity is what over-the-top hot rodding is all about.


Photo Gallery: 1969 Dodge Dart - Hot Rod Magazine


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