Dodge "poison" Dart Hemi 472ci, Built 727, Gear Vendor O/d, Currie Dana 60, A/c on 2040-cars
Bayonne, New Jersey, United States
Your chance to own TV's "WRECKS to RICHES" final and best build of season one!
Named the "POISON DART” during the filming of Discovery Channel’s series “Wrecks to Riches” in 2005. Built by the famous Barry White and crew of Barry's Speed Shop SRRC in Corona, CA (supermusclecar.com/cars/dart/dart.html) and Ron Jenkins of Magnumforce Race Car Fabrication (magnumforce.com/magnumforce_tubular_kmember.htm); both very well known for quality craftsmanship. During the build, Rikki Rockett of the 80's rock band "Poison" autographed the center console and the "Poison Dart" name was born! Started the transformation as a discarded 1969
Dart from Nevada with a solid, rust-free body that was stripped, blocked and
painted a beautiful House of Kolor - Molly Orange with a matte black hood/scoop
and trunk stripe. When it came to power, Barry replaced the stock 318ci for a Mopar
Performance 472ci modern day Hemi! To deal with the extra heft and grunt,
Barry called in Ron Jenkins to install one of his custom a-body tubular/racing
k-members and weld in structural reinforcements and sub frame connectors to tie
it all together. QA1 adj front and rear shocks with front coil-overs handle suspension
duty Hot Rod Air A/C (glove comp) AM/FM Digital Radio w Remote (glove comp) Flaming River Steering Column Rack and Pinion Power Steering Electric Vacuum Boosted Power Brakes (never a hard pedal) Baer Calipers with 14" Cross Drilled and Slotted Rotors Currie Enterprises Dana 60 axle with very streetable 3.50 posi-gears Built 727 (900hp capable) w Gear Vendors Overdrive 472ci Hemi with Twin 650 Edelbrock Thunder AVS 4 Barrel Carbs Custom "blue printed" Distributor "Mooneyes" Tach, Oil, Temp and Volt Gauges 18" front and 19" rear custom Magnum wheels Pirelli P-Zero 225/45-18 Front and Nitto NT05 275/35-19 Rears (95% tread remaining) HISTORY Sold by Barry's Speed Shop in 2006 at the Russo and Steele auto auction to the sole owner since the build whom I purchased it from last year. In addition to the "filmed" $66,000 auction price, the previous owner spent an additional $14,000 by upgrading many of the off-the-shelf parts such as the exhaust with a fully hand welded work of art which included custom welded jet-hot coated headers, 3" custom welded stainless pipes with Magnaflow x-pipe and polished mufflers which not only looks awesome but sounds grrrreat and tucked up very nicely! He also added a much appreciated Gear Vendors Overdrive unit for effortless highway travel, cleaned up all the wiring, added subtle but necessary exterior touches and finally a set of Mooneyes tach, oil, volts and temp gauges. Since I've owned it,
I spent many hours and approximately $7,500 perfecting an already close
to perfect build. Most notably, the stock 727 torqueflight and B&M street
converter were not up to the task. I chose Level 10 performance transmissions in Hamburg, NJ (levelten.com) to custom build the 727 to be a 900hp capable
"bullet-proof" unit with a brand new billet 9" 3,200 stall
converter that really lays the power down. Last but not least, I'm very
particular about a clean and crisp throttle response so I contacted Hemi Specialist,
John Arruzza (arruzzahighperformance.com) who jetted and flowed a brand new pair of Edelbrock Thunder Series
AVS 650cfm carbs specifically for my application as well as a fully blueprinted
distributor. The end result is a crisp throttle response and excellent light to
heavy throttle transition that's smooth and precise. All this labor and attention to detail translates to a truly "turn key" custom built “Super Muscle Car” with all the top of the line parts, modern day comforts and the high quality fit and finish one expects from a “one off” custom muscle machine of this caliber and price point forever immortalized on film! I have numerous magazines that feature the Poison Dart as well as the original framed hand drawn rendering with the autographs of all those involved in the build as well as a DVD of the episode and a vender presentation sign for car shows that goes with the sale. Good Guys Rod & Custom Association Dodge’s Pick in 2009 (sponsored by dodge) Good Guys Rod & Custom Association Mother’s Shine Award 2009Copy and paste this photobucket link to view hundreds more pics >> s1289.photobucket.com/user/joeamato13/slideshow/1969%20Dodge%20Poison%20Dart%20Hemi%20472ci Copy and paste these YouTube links for video >> youtube.com/watch?v=RaACteMvZQs youtube.com/watch?v=V_sNF0fxX3k youtube.com/watch?v=rPi5MKwYt-c youtube.com/watch?v=gKWh5JSfDr8 youtube.com/watch?v=-2i2f-iv4wE |
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