This is a 1968 Dodge, Dart GT, convertible. According to Galen’s Tag Service (GTS), there were only 26, Dart GT, convertibles, sold with the 318, four speed option.

The broadcast sheet indicates code, 691 Sold car/expedite and code B20 Scheduled Build Date Monday, November 20, 1967. Seventeen days later, on December 07, 1967, a fiftytwo year old, Bernadette P. Dodds, would leave Mark Motors Dodge, Inc. Dealer #438, of Gladstone, Oregon, in her newly purchased car. The power of Mass Production!

The Dart changed owners three times from 1974 to 1976. On October 25, 1982, Rick Slebos purchased it from a newspaper advertisement with “slight body damage”, for $1,000. Under Rick’s care, the “slight body damage”, passenger quarter panel, was repaired, not replaced, and the whole car repainted. The 318 would get a rebuild and clutch replacement. The front seat covers were replaced along with a new convertible top and boot.

19 years later, on April 06, 2002, Eric Mathews purchased the Dart with “slight body damage” for $4,500, at The Portland Swap Meet. This time, “slight body damage”, meant the passenger, front fender. No worries. The car came with many replacement parts, including a passenger, front fender, from a 1968 Dart.

In 2004, a leaking carburetor gasket diluted the oil, claiming the original 318, on a roadtrip to Deadwood, Oregon. On August 09, 2005, with a $4,600 repair bill, the Dart would once again return to the street. This time, with a slightly modified, low mileage 318, from a “Spirit of 76”, 1/2 ton Dodge truck.

2014 brought serious life changes for Eric. However, it did not stop him from upgrading the front suspension, steering, and rear brakes, with parts from Mopar Performance, Firm Feel Inc., and Doctor Diff. All of these parts were purchased, installed, but never completed, in 2015.

Unfortunately, by July of 2016, financial difficulties would force him to sell the Dart. In hopes of him keeping the car, I purchased the Dart for $1,000, on July 17, 2016. We signed a document agreeing that I would hold the car until August 31, 2017. Sadly, he never returned.

The Dart has been in covered storage for the last seven years. I performed a compression test of the 318 on December 01, 2017. With the engine at operating temperature, all plugs removed, and the carburetor held wide open, all eight cylinders have 140 PSI, compression. At the time of the compression check, the engine held 46PSI of oil pressure at 700 RPM idle speed and immediately jumped to 66 PSI, off idle. I changed the oil and filter in May, 2019. I used Delo 400, 15W40 oil, a Moroso Racing filter, and HyperLube ZDDP additive.

After six years of, on again, off again, consideration of what I should do with the Dart, it’s time for a new caretaker. Sold!

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