A-Body

Inside an 8-second street Duster By Scott Longman Photos by Paul Stenquist High 8-second pass for this street-legal Duster is just one stop on this car’s journey to the twilight zone of acceleration, speed and the grocery store.…

Reflections on designing the A-body Barracudas The stories are the neat part. Personal recollections and insights of folks on the front lines of Chrysler racing, engineering and designing back in the day. John “J.R.” Samsen in…

Wendy White and her beloved '72 Plymouth Scamp. Love those jeans. She won "Best Pink Hair"award at the 2019 Chrysler Nats at Carllisle. Wendy White, a New York City-based artist, is originally from Connecticut. Her 1972 Plymouth Scamp…

The new 1968 Mr. Norm’s GSS Hemi Dart, that is built by Blue Moon Motorsports relied on a variety of aftermarket suppliers for components and services involved in the project. Some suppliers that were used initially, have been replaced…

Tech Question John Self, Mount Vernon, MO, 1975, Plymouth, Valiant 318 Dear Rick, this is more Resto, than tech, so here goes. Is there any guide or manual I can buy that will tell me what body panels will interchange between 2 and…

Tech Question Jim Johnson, Lawton, OK, 1965 Dodge Dart 273 Rick, once more I need your sage wisdom on a problem. I have a '65 two door Dart, 273, 904 column shift automatic that I have been building up to mimic your Green Brick…

Dave Walden’s 1970 slant-six Valiant took Best of Show, and registered the highest scoring Gold ever in OE Certification judging at the Mopar Nationals in Columbus, OH. Dave’s goal was to find an original car that could be restored using…

Tech Question Joe, Kingston, ON, 74 Dodge Dart Swinger 360 I need to beat an '84 Z-28 running 14.10 best e.t. Whatmods will give me the most bang for my buck? The car has an MSD Blastercoil, Holley 750 vac secondary, 1 inch spacer,…

Tech Question odise carr, westampton NJ , 67 dodge dart conv. 360 I purchased my Dart about two years ago with a 360. I'mattemping two replace the 360 with a 440. Do I have to change the k-frame. Odise- To do it the OEM…

Tech Question Curtis Welch, Delmar, DE, 73, Plymouth, Duster, 225 Any advice on mounting the iron V6 into A bodies? Lovedthe A-518 swap, by the way. Curtis- With one rather large exception, it would be little different…