It had just sat in the shed for years, but driven infrequently to keep everything working,' he says. 'Up on a hoist there was no fiddling with compliance plates, everything was decent and had a bit of light road dirt on just about everything, so I knew nothing had been changed, and there weren’t any signs of moisture anywhere. Pat, having known this collector personally, cast his eye over to find the Dart was very tidy, and absolutely original. There was also a 1957 Fairlane, immaculate, with only a cracked windscreen,' said Pat. 'It was sitting in a shed with half a dozen Porsches, a couple of Lamborghinis, a Ferrari and a 1970 Chevelle with a blown big block poking out of the bonnet. The Dart was also in some respectable company, which signalled again to Pat that this was a worthwhile buy. I felt like he was honest, and that’s the most important thing when importing.' Not wanting to stretch the tear, he swapped out the bench for the buckets. '‘Come down the back with me,’ was the reply, and under some plastic was the original bench seat in great condition, like the Dart itself, although with a hole accidentally punched through the vinyl with a screwdriver. A little suspicious, he asked where they were.

Oddly, it had two bucket seats in the front, rather than the bench seat Pat was expecting. I went over to his Huntington Beach, Los Angeles property, and he had the Dart sitting there in perfect condition. But I was looking for a Cadillac for myself in fact and he contacted me saying he’d found a couple of cars and to come have a look. 'I have a very good friend in the States who collects cars, and I never just buy without actually physically clapping eyes on it first. Speaking to experienced hobby importer Pat Balmer, who originally bought and brought the Dart into Australia, he says it was as much a personal effort as it was business. Until now, that is.įirst, a bit of background on where the car materialised from. The Dart was promptly set upon by the lads at McDonald Bros Racing. That was way back when they’d plucked the Swinger from an Adelaide garage, driven back to old Melbourne town. Our last update was when Scotty Taylor and Povi Pullinen from Street Machine had first got their grubby mitts on the thing. The latter’s pretty much the case with our Dodge Dart Swinger giveaway car.

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