What happened to the Cheap Thrills dart?

[dartboy]

Hey DF, what happened to the Cheap Thrills dart after the mag story? Did it ever run faster then what you ran in the mag story?or did it eventually grenade? I always thought it was a pretty cool car... kinda got me hooked on a bodys. ;D

[KeithTurk]

Re: What happened to the Cheap Thrills dart?

is that the one with the infamous Hose clamp Trans mount?

K

[Ron Ward]

Re: What happened to the Cheap Thrills dart?

^^^^^^^^^^


Yeah.... what he said!

[Malibu Ranch]

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Beagle , You're right on about the Dart and El Camino ...I also liked the Cheap Street Chevelle and the Crusher Camaro( before they became high dollar)

I actually keep those articles on my night stand ,along with other Freiburger issues just to remind me that this can be done on a budget 8)

I used to await the next issue (Car Craft,Hot Rod)with excitement,couldn't get enough...Both new issues arrived last week and they are on the nightstand too...but I haven't even opened them yet

[Aircooled]

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Beagle, you hit the nail on the head!

The Cheap Thrills Dart was one of the most influential magazine project cars for me. It got me to do two things immediately:
1) I noted the name of the author and made sure I read everything he wrote in the future. Before Cheap Thrills, I never paid attention to who wrote what.
2) I bought a subscription to Hot Rod. Before Cheap Thrills, I would occasional buy Hot Rod on the newstand and was frequently disappointed with all the high dollar content. I hope DF's bosses noted my contribution to the subscription numbers and compensated him appropriately. :D

[Ron Ward]

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I liked the Cheap Thrills Dart for the same reasons I liked Cars Illustrated magazine. It was a bucks down approach at hotrodding where the use of one's brain was emphasized over using one's wallet. I am really surpised DF didn't work at CI at one time...

DF, did you ever work with Gromer, DeFeo or E-Booger?



Ron

[Freiburger]

Re: What happened to the Cheap Thrills dart?

Thanks for the kind memories, guys.

I sold the Cheap Thrills Dart to a guy who worked at Sunset Tattoo in Hollywod for $800. He fixed the bad trans (that had blown up in Utah during the first Power Tour) and drove it for at least two or three years that I know of. I have no idea where it went from there. It was actually a very solid car by today's standards.

I've always wanted another Matador Red '68.

[CheapThrills]

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When I joined CJTV I chose my screen name in honor of my favorite project car articles by DF. I am not sure exactly what it was about the Cheap Thrills Dart project that I loved so much but I do remember reading each of those issues multiple times and waiting anxiously for the next issue to arrive. They inspired me to actually get my car to the local strip and I had more fun than I can put into words.


Deron

[KeithTurk]

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Working on the Disco Nova has been blast... it's another classic Magazine car... VERY nice because it's from California/Arizona ... and it looks Way better in a picture then in person... ( true about all cars )

This was another of David's "Cheap" projects... it's been fun... still out there on CarCraft.com as a project car...

K

[Teddyzee]

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Do I remember the parts car getting a chunk of the hood cut out for a patch piece?

[Freiburger]

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Probably. I've done that several times.

[chryco63]

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What about the blue CC slant six Duster? Or was that by King Matt? I was totally inspired by the cosmetic "resto" on that car, I can't remember how many times I read that article over and over. As a high-schooler then, the spray-bomb cheapness allowed me to think, "Hey, I can afford to do this!"

While I think I was still a bit young to remember too much about the Dart (although I have faint images in my head of a pic of two cars sitting side-by-side in a shop, both of them just about stripped down to nothing), I do remember the Elco. Especially the 350 vs. 454 article. That was fun!

[Freiburger]

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The Duster was Matt's. It looked pretty good! He sold it, not sure to who.

[chryco63]

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I'm home with Ma & Pa for the holidays, so I went into my old room dug up the issue with the blue Duster last night, which then roused another question for me:

What happened to the Buick Special wagon with the 455 swap. I remember you guys ended up running mid or low 14s with it, and were kinda bummed. Is it still kicking around... somewhere?

[Freiburger]

Re: What happened to the Cheap Thrills dart?

No, I sold the Buick, too. It went to someone in Michigan who wanted to turn it into a two-door.