Where the hell did all this interest in cars come from? I'm not sure, exactly, but I sure as hell know that it didn't come from my first car: an avocado-green 1972 Dodge Dart.
Sometime around 1995 I got my driver's license in the grand state of New Mexico (no driving test required!) and because my mom was sick of driving me around town, threw a solid $300 down to get me my first car, pictured at the top of this article. I can't find any better photographs of this car, so there it is.
I think $300 was kindof a steal, considering it had new tires on it. Overall, I figured that car (sans the tires) probably cost around $0.05/lb. Compare this to, say, $30/lb. for a new Lotus Elise. And hey, the Dart even had a slant-6 225 which, on a good day, was probably making 100hp. But don't compare that to the Elise's 190hp, because that's just embarrassing.
After driving the Dart for 6 or 9 months, I decided that it was far to uncool for me. I sold it off and rolled the profits into a marginally shiny 1985 Subaru station wagon with a busted headlamp and a caulked-shut moonroof which leaked anyway.
After driving the Dart for 6 or 9 months, I decided that it was far to uncool for me.
It would have been pretty cool if you had it repainted purple mettalic, had it retrimmed with high-gloss gold trim, gotten a beige shag interior and had hydraulics put in. I say this because that is an eventual hope of mine for some similar 70's car. I don't have the money to do any of that any time soon though.
Beige shag interior? EXCELLENT!
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