Around 1982, my friends older brother bought a southern /6 base Dart, rubber Matt car. It was white with a blue interior and a PAINTED BLUE roof! He swapped in a 340 4 speed, kept the flat hood. I've loved sleepers ever since. Hello from Wisconsin

Dennis Weaver needed this setup in Duel

SLANT 6's are indestructible. We had a 70 Dart Swinger coupe. Manual steering and brakes. My sister drove it back and forth to Penn State for years from my hometown. Which is about 2 or 3 hour drive. The body rotted away but that Slant 6 kept running. Great engine.

I'm a Ford guy. I'm 75. I have been all my life. Buttttt, my work vehicle in the 1980s was the Dodge van slant 6 with a four speed. 4-speed was the same one that they put in a charger in the 1970s. Needless to say this setup was bulletproof. That 225 never failed me and was a pulling machine, torquey little devil. That's an engine that they should bring back today in an updated fuel injection electronic ignition workhorse.

This seems like a really nice driver. I'd be proud to own this car. Long live the Slant 6!

Gotta have that vintage "Period-Correct FM-Converter" for...genuine authentification.

Loved this video, the exhaust note sounds amazing. Back in 1964 I got my dad, who was tired of the gas mileage on his '56 Pontiac Star Chief, to buy a Dodge Dart 270 with the 225 slanty AND the factory 4-speed. We also got the heavy duty brakes and larger section tires and wheels. I loved it when I got to drive it and when I inherited it I set up the suspension like a Trans Am sedan of the day. I installed radials on it but kept the stock carburetor since I had to do a lot of highway miles and it regularly got 29mpg. on the freeway with the 4speed. Slant sixes rule!

She just sings a beautiful song. I love the leaning Tower Of Power.!

Thank you so much for letting me ride in a REAL CAR! IM SMILING SO HARD! in fact I feel like I’m driving! Every shift. I’m gonna need one of these!

very cool. I had a 69 Dart Swinger back in the late 70's. Slant 6 three on the tree and 13 inch wheels. I paid a whopping $80 for it because it needed an alternator. Fixed that and drove it for a year or two. Good times.

Wow crazy color combo 😮 nice car

What a beautiful old Dart you have there! Glad to see someone that enjoys and respects these Slant 6 Chrysler products. The /6 is quietly one of the most reliable, hard working, blue collar engines ever produced.

Years ago I worked at the Chrysler Tank Arsenal in Warren Michigan & bought a '76 Dart Sport in early '77 at the Chrysler exec marshalling center (Lynch road). It was maroon with a maroon brocade cloth interior, slant 6 with a 4-speed with only 6K miles, was loaded & had a factory sunroof. Just a super fun car to drive & was quite fuel efficient. I had it for a couple of years then sold it to my brother.

Bought a "68 4DR with R & H from an old lady who drove it to work everyday for 20 years. Her round trip was about 80 miles a day! She said the odometer went around twice!! I think I paid $400 for it. No problems until I gave it to my cousin so his wife could drive to work. They let his lazy brother drive it around and he never check the oil. Blew the motor!! Boy was I mad. Sweet car.

These type vehicles should still be in production. Inexpensive and durable.

I had 3 69 Darts in the 80s. Bought the first in 1977 with 110k miles Cherry body, needed an engine. Replaced it with junkyard 225 from a 76 Dart and ran it for another 137k miles. Best car I ever owned. Someone ran a stop sign on me and that ended that one. That was Ezzie. 69 Dart Swinger 225. 1986 Then there was my 69 Dart Swinger 225 with a 273 automatic. Ran that for years until the right torsion bar broke. Then there was the 69 plain jane Swinger with a 273. The engine overheated so I converted it to a 440 from a 74 Dodge Monico police car. That car was ridiculous, but fun! Anyway, I like your setup. Keep on motoring and enjoy.

great little engines. had them here in australia in my father's 1966 valiant..

I love the 3 on the tree, I removed the factory 3 speed on the floor of my Chrysler Valiant VG Pacer, for the column change, hands hardly ever need to leave the wheel 🤗 but anyways I have had a 225 6 in all 7 of my Valiants including the VG Hemi Pacer, my brother wanted the Hemi.

Beautiful car the ole trusty leaning tower of power My dad had a 81 LeBaron with the slant 6

Nice looking ride. Always good to see a Dart that hasn't had a big block put in it

Nice car. Love the Leaning Tower of Power! I too am a 6 cylinder guy.

Sweet car! That 4 speed really wakes it up.

Memories! I had a blue 225 and a friend had an orange W black stripe 340.

Sounds incredibly nice. I love the sound those old inline 6!!

Simplicity at its finest

Found a complete rebuilt front end gives the most pleasure in driving no matter what car. Complete. What’s the fun of a lumpy engine with a car running all over the road. Looks like a good job.

My mom had a Dodge Dart Swinger, a Dodge van with a slant 6. A Plymouth Volare (wagon), with the Slant 6, and a Plymouth Gold Duster with a slant 6. She really likes old Dodges from that era. I love the distinct sound of a classic Dodge Starter. I can always recognize one starting when I hear the starter sound. These are the cars my mother had in the 80's and 90's when i was a kid. They were all from probably the early 70's.. They were all very dependable too. Sometimes cold natured though, and that Volare wagon would go way over 100. That was the only one I got to drive. I love the slant 6 engine. I was not aware they came in different size engines. I thought they were all 225.

Always loved the darts ,my brother had the same car but with a 340 and a light tan vinyl roof ,same color and same color interior 👍🏻

In 67 driving my mom's 273/ auto coupe Barracuda on Woodward ran against a 225 Dart and he stayed even until we caught up with traffic- I was truly impressed!

I love this car! Nothing more fun than a light car with four on the floor!

Ah, the leaning tower of power. Bullet proof engines. They'll run forever.😊😊😊

Very impressed. Never heard a slant sound or perform like this one.

Oh man, hell of a nice job on that. I can't even remember when I saw a carb last. That is so cool. I had the 4 barrel on a hot rod Buick Wildcat back in my day. Beautiful

Wow, spectacular camera setup, and a wonderful car as well! Unfortunately I am a broke college student so I am delegated to motorcycles at the moment, but one day...

Can't beat the slant 6; 225 . I had two cars and a full size van with it. Loved them 😊

Amazing. I could not imagine that sounding so good. It appears to have a lot of useable power too. Very impressive.

Had a 1967 slant 6. Driving from Boise to San Diego, started missing around San Bernardo. Made to San Diego and checked the plugs one fouled. Pulled the valve cover, push rod had popped of the rocker arm. Put it back on adjusted the the valve lash and drove back to Boise. Ran great!

Mopars....the car everyone "used" to own. Your's is nearly a unicorn with that painted top. I've never seen one in person. My '69 is quite the opposite...a Custom sedan with a 273 V8, automatic,PS, A/C, radio, etc. You are right, they handle good even stock.

That two tone paint was common back then. I had a 1970 Oldsmobile that was dark green with a black roof. That Dart is sweet. I envy you.

Had the exact set up in a 64 Dodge Dart. Mine had the original Hyper pac set up. 600AFB, Racer Brown solid lifter cam, with the Hyper headers, four speed and 4.11 rear gears. Loved that car what a blast to drive and it gave those small block Chevy guys fits.

Very nice. Looks like a blast. Congrats for hanging onto it all these years!

Beautiful car. I had a 68 valiant two door signet in the 80’s with the 225. Had some mild work with a 2bbl. Was a great car. This brought back some great memories. Funny enough I saw you drive by a bronco sport which is my current ride (which I also love)

Camaros of 67 and 69 offered a complimentary color package on them as well. That's a awesome car.

I remember seeing your car at Carlisle over 20 years ago! So glad you kept it and it still looks great!😮

Had a 69 dart with slant 6.. most reliable car I have ever had..it rotted out before it ever broke down

Backin the early 70s I had a Great Aunt who drove a Dodge Swinger. She was in her late 60s at the time, and everyone in town called her “ the little ole lady from Pasadena”! Everywhere she went in that thing, she went fast! Lol!

SWeet stroll down memory lane. In 1975 I forked over $970 for my 1969 Dart. I was in my 2nd year of college. The car had power nothing, a dying radiator and a paint job seriously in need of tlc, but it was that vivid sky blue metallic with chrome-peeling moon wheels. This two door hardtop came with a 225 and three on the tree. I replaced the front bench with two salvaged Alfa Romeo buckets that had broken backrests. The fix was easy, two bolts. They came upholstered in the same shade of black vinyl I had put in the Dart when I had new rear seat upholstery and black carpet to replace the original mat-style flooring. had a new interior made, so no more backaches from the horrendously non-ergo originals. The first real transformation came when I chucked the OEM shocks, added front and rear stabilizer bars, Gabriel front performance shocks and rear air shocks to raise the saggy tail. Front torsion bars were adjusted for lower front ride height. The shifter came off the steering column, replaced with an all-synchro three speed with a console on the center hump. The car would go around curves as if on rails. I replaced the original engine with a milled head, marine-cammed 225 with twin hemi mufflers inhaling from a dual outlet Clifford header. I tried Corvair turbo mufflers but the resonance turned the whole car into a drum. I estimated the power at between 170 and 190 hp, and it ran and sounded much like a small V8. I could have gotten more power out of it, but I stubbornly stuck to the stock intake manifold and 1 bbl carb because this was the late '70's; the height of the first OPEC oil crisis. Driven carefully I could get 24-27 MPG on the highway and broke 30 on several occasions. The car eventually got a new DuPont Imron airplane paint job in Dodge Bright Blue Iridescent (B5), with silver pin striping and a low-key chrome vinyl side molding to protect the body in parking lots. Front and rear bumpers were straightened and re-chromed. I completed the project with a custom license frame that read: Dartrek II: the Wrath of Iacocca. I wrote articles for Dutra's Dodge regional magazine, then met him at a rally in the San Francisco Bay area and received a 1st prize in the resto-mod category. Alas, body rot began to claim the old girl and I let her go for a 1984 Turbo Daytona. I wish I hadn't. I still dream I own it.

I had a 69 Dart with the 225 and an automatic. Car got 25-28mpg all day long and never failed me.

My 64 Valient was a Hurst slant six four speed 4 barrel car. The front wheels would almost leave the ground! Nice car there young man!

Owned a 70 Duster with a 340 four speed back in the late 70's until a tree took her out. Always remember how the car would flex powering into a corner. These cars were fast because they were so light.

Probably the most reliable motor produced in America. I had a 64 Dart and 76 Volare with the 225 slant 6. Great engines, easy to work on and pretty much indestructible

Looks great and sounds even better. Great job 👍

Love that car. Right up my alley. Like the wheels matching roof. Wish I had it

Oh, oh looks like there is a problem with the motor mounts the way the motor is leaning like that, ( just joking) A friend used to work at a gas station back in the 1970's and 80's and when a customer drove in with Dodge or Plymouth slant six they would tell them their motor fell over as a joke and it could have broken motor mounts. My brother had 2 1960's Plymouth Valiants, 2 Dodge darts and a 1958 Dodge pick up with a slant six swapped in, Those motors ran like a watch. My other brother had a 1972 Duster with a 340 and I had a 1972 Plymouth Satellite 4 door with a 318

Friends of mine have slants doing 13 seconds quarter mile with rego and full trim . We had all 225 here in 🇦🇺in 145 hp 160 HP and VF 69 Valiant Pacer at 175 . Owned many slants and me and my brothers have but V8s and brand x to shame . 👍🏻🇦🇺.

Thanks for posting. When I was a teen, there was guy in the neighborhood that had a Dart with the 225/2bbl, about 3:1 differential stock. I had an AMC Javelin with a 304 / 2bbl V8, about 3:1 diff ratio stock as well. The weight was about the same (from what I read in the Motor / Chilton manuals). From time to time, we'd cross paths on the back roads and get on it. I was amazed that he could keep up with me no matter what; dead stop, 30 mph. He didn't pass me nor I him. Neck and neck. From then on, I had a lot of respect for the 225. 👍

I had a 2 door 67 Valiant in 1975 that was a Cincinnati meter maid car. 225 with 3 on the tree. No options except heater. What a great car. Broke shfter cups a lot from banging gears.

I own a 71DEMON 340 4-speed and your car is pretty cool! It almost sounds like my 340 idling. Very unique car. My buddy had a 69 Dart Swinger 340. He bought his new as I did a 340 Demon back then. Yeah, we're a couple of old Mopar guys. The difference is I never grew up. Can't tell you how many A-body Mopars I've had since 1971.

Great car. That's equivalent to probably the VF Valiant in Australia. 2 door models are absolute collectors' items and worth a fortune.

What a beautiful car! So smooth. Great work. Thank you for showing it.

The only video on KZfaq with "Dart Swinger" and "Heel & Toe Downshift" in the content. Nice job, looks fun to drive!

These mod/upgrades are done really good and factory look. Like them alot.

Very cool!👌😎👍I had a 73 Dodge swinger with the 318 with a shift kit and posi traction! That was way back in 1983!! I miss that car now! If I knew then what I know now! I would’ve kept it!

As a air cooled classic Porsche flat 6 fan, there is something undeniably cool about the higher output inline 6's from this era. While it became easy to get some serios V8 punch, the Dodge slant 6 and Pontiac OHC were also pusing the envelope in the Tempest and Firebird.

That dart is so cool, love what mods u have done, the sound at idle sounds great. I'd drve the wheels off it, im 67 been a Mopar guy all my life. I still have my 1966 dodge coronet I've had 51 years now has a 440, runs 12.50 in the 1/4 mile with full exhaust and slicks

had a few /6's. Scamp, 2 Darts and an '85 D100 pu. Hard to kill 'em. a freind had a slant 6 duster w/ 3 speed manual floor shift.

It is the four speed that makes all the difference in the world! tHanks for the video!

You've done a fine job on your Swinger, as good as anything I've ever seen. And it obviously handles well. I was a teenager in the 1960s and had a couple performers (highly modified '65 GTO and stock 1970 Duster 340 I bought new), but your Swinger is the coolest and probably best balanced performance machine.

I had a 75 valiant with a 225 slant 6. 4 on the floor with hurst shift kit. Did a performance rebuild on the head and added a racing clutch. The diff was the weak point but would still do a respectable hole pull for a 4 door boat and the overdrive gave it a huge top end

Nice vid! Brings back memories frm my youth. Out family had one this color with black interior and black vinyl top. The Slant 6 would idle so smooth that my friends would ask it it was still running at stop lights. It had a defect in the vin that indicated it was a V8 and would cost an extra $3 to licence.

Those slant sixes were pretty much bullet proof, Great video.

I LOVE what you have done here. Great job on the 4 speed and keeping the body and interior stock.

Cool vid we had a 76 Dart 2 Two door that bronze color w black vinyl top and bronze vinyl interior. I was a kid so don’t remember the engine size but it had a 6 cylinder and auto.

Good to see you and your car. I remember seeing you at events back in 08 and 09. I live in Tennessee now.

Loved your video. My first car was a 1964 Dodge dart, three speed on the column, 225 slant six. Had an AM radio ( I added a FM converter). I loved that car. Easy to tune up and work on.

We had a 69 dart swinger growing up. Both front fenders had rust holes up front on top. Squeaked,rattled,shook,smoked. Rusty. Big chunks missing. Smelled like diaper flavored merit lights. Big red rectangle light on the dash. Saggy doors. But our trunk still opened with a key. So pretty fancy.

this is better than a small v8, the A body cas was engineered around a slant six so it is a better balanced car, with improvements on the engine and the add of sway bars, this combination a serious contender.

Great car! I loved the Slant Six many moons ago. Looks like Dodge will be returning to the straight six soon! Thanks for posting!

That is a nifty little hotrod my friend. Love the fm converter underdash.😊

I had 2 69 340's, great cars. I like your setup with the 4 speed. What a fun daily driver. Thanks for sharing.

Ohhhhh!!!!! A straight 6 with a split manifold dual exhaust is The Most Sweetest Sound There is !!!!! For Those of you who never hear one You Missed An Exhaust Sound That is like No Other !!!!!!!

Introduced myself to this sweet Chrysler product on your website many moons ago. I have really loved it ever since. I really dig your sense of taste and style both aesthetically and mechanically! I wouldn’t change a thing! You have created a fun driver that could surprise, with its bite, those who would look down upon a non-V8 version. I like that you have kept her going and still have the thrill from it. Kudos! BTW you have a new subscriber! Cheers!

Interesting project. Looks like a fun build.

Dam that runs nice. We had a 72 Duster slant 6, we also had a 69 Belvedere slant 6. My Dad loved those 2 cars. 👍

COOL 69' ride I can see alot of blood,sweat,and tears! gotta love the air vent inside lower left driver side metal box with small lever to open vent door to your left leg "AAA ,RICKEY 69 light blue 2 dr. dart 225/6 /3spd auto on tree 13" white walls,poverty caps.bias ply.tires, 1 set of nys.studded snow tires some glass" but ran like a Swiss watch! MOPAR long live dr.norm

Beautiful car! Great job doing something different with a car.

Fantastic. Very enjoyable watching this.

We put hockey pucks under lower control arm to frame when torsion bar mounts rotted out, guy walk was surprised when we hit a pot hole, like Bobby Orr took a slap shot! Yipes! Super Cool Set-up on your car, love the 225 slant six, indestructable! Thanks!!

Awesome Dart , love the sound of that 225 .

Nice! Growing up my mother drove Dart. Auto trans, sky blue. I was very young at the time. I only remember it when she gunned the car to get over the plow ridge of packed snow at the end of the driveway. The front went over but left the back wheels in the air. lol My dad a task for him when he got home from work that day lol Memory from your dash shot. Nice car, don`t drive in the winter :)

I once had a '69 Plymouth Valiant with a slant six auto. It just drove snd drove. I really like how your car sounds and looks. Great job!

The slant 6 version of the dartor valiant was the economy model. It was never meant to be a hot rod.

Nice video and very interesting car. We had a 71 Dart for a while and although it was a pretty plane car there are so many little things, I just loved about it.

The cam lope sounds great !

Love it! Never seen that color combo before, looks great.

Nice build👍

That's awesome! Love the 6.

what a great car!

Nice ride and pretty snappy with that cam!

That slanty dart is definitely not running like a normal slant six. It’s got a definitely more hyper personality than the standard 225 and I see that you’re running it basically from about 2200 to about 4500 RPM, which is about 1000 RPM higher than a stock configured 225 six. Definitely a spunky motor in that beast. It looks like it’s about perfectly geared for country road running in the 25 to 50 mile per hour range. It looks and sounds like a very nice package. I am very envious.