1971 Mystery Dodge Muscle Car Barn Find - "Abandoned!!!" 

Every time he rubbed the dust into that original paint, I died a little inside.

" broke the key off in the ignition." Wow, shocker. Didn't see that coming.

My condolences to the family that lost this car. My condolences to the car for ending up with this fellow.

This makes me happy to see. My great grandmother had a 71 Swinger with a slant 6 and when she passed away she left it to my father who had visions of making it a 440. Sadly when he passed the car was sold and hasn’t been seen since

See how funny he acted when he was asked how he got it. He thought he was gonna be looked at as a crook,lol.

Couldn't wait for that dirt to be gone, sweet ride, it's a shame that thieves had to ruin it!

Watching him yank out that key was one of the most absurd things I’ve ever witnessed.

Love the 71 dodge dart, I grew up with one here in Scotland and my dad sold it after my grandad died, I deeply deeply wish we still had it, but i know i will never be one of those lucky people to have one in there life, I will never be in a financial position to get one, dad duties come first,

For its size, the 318 was no slouch of an engine and could work really well at high revs without flying apart. Nice long lived engine.

BEAUTIFUL CAR , what a transformation after pressure washing. Thanks for sharing this with us 👍

I knew it was a Dart the moment I saw it! I need a pair of those hood scoops for mine!👍😎

Wow ! All the seems on that Dart look perfect .

watching what hes was doing to that ignition was heartbreaking :(

Bill is clueless... he thought the tumbler was going to give out b4 the 🔑?! No wonder the locksmith is on speed dial and a first name basis 😆

I love how all the little details were filmed!👍

I absolutely love this video..Thank you!!

Awesome, nice project, looks like it will be a Valuable car when finished. Congrats on getting a title.

Irene really loved that shower.. So glad you filmed that, she didn't look half as daunting all shiny n clean..! Please follow the resurrection if and when it comes. :)

I really enjoyed this video!!! Thank you!

Great video mate . People never wash all the crap off . Really enjoyed this

the cleaning part was so satisfying

I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to have a 71 Dart just kinda fall in my lap like this lucky guy did!! Good for him.

Always nice when they just leave the vehicle there for you! No driving across hells half acre looking for a beautiful gem like this!!

That car is super clean!! Great find

Simply awesome...that's it!

Nice find. Sweet car. Those cars were light and definitely responded to Mopar performance part upgrades.

WOW, that's a beautiful Orange color, gonna make it in my racing games !

Love that paint color!

Can't believe I sat through that uncomfortable mess for a 2brl 318, column shift, Dart! No wonder the guy left it. 340 Imposter! Well l guess they all can't be a Cobra in a barn.

The great pumpkin find just in time for Halloween

It was soooo satisfying watching him power wash that little gem. Kinda like ..."automotive after-glow" hehehe.

Sickening.... My stomach ached seeing how abused he treated it. Sad

The blind leading the blind!!

Nice that he warmed up to you documenting it after a while, thought he was about to tell you to shove off !

Am glad he has kept it and not scrapped it.good man love these cars

The next time my grandson can't fall asleep I'm going to play the second half of this video for him. Listening to that narration oughta knock him right out.

Yeah need to stop rubbing that dirt into the paint.😕

All you guys have it wrong. This is a great video. Perfectly details why so many good cars went away. Poorly stored vehicle gets assaulted by the uninformed using haphazard methods resulting in needless damage, right before your eyes. This is easily the most painful of Jerry’s videos to watch. I think I need to go hug one of my cars now. Thanks.

What a great find and video ........ Thank's

Just watching that pretty old car clean up is a treat

cool find. But im lost how you kept thinking that was a demon the whole time being a2 door sedan and the dart swinger emblems on both sides....

You can tell it wasnt a performance model because of engine color.Had it been the 340 it would have been orange.Still a nice find but I'm betting the mileage is 118k and not 18k.A car with 118k will look just as clean as 18k if taken care of.

Thank you AMAZING

There's not a scratch on it! Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

William seems like a very nice man who doesn't know (or remotely cares) anything about old Mopars. Someone needs to buy this car from him and reawaken the beast within!

Oh my G O S H! These guys are a couple of geniuses! 😨

What a beauty. Good luck.

Great story!

The old man in the beginning was stand offish and shy but once he got use to the camera he was gold did a great job man!

I can't believe old guys like this didn't remember that Chrysler products had a tab on the bottom of the steering column to release the key. I hope somebody who knows what they're doing ends up with this car before it's damaged any further.

What a find 👍

AMAZING, classic beautiful , loved! Juarez Loyola Jr. Bresil

LH23G1R151568 This vehicle is a 1971 Dodge Dart Swinger 2-door Hardtop, 318-2v V8 engine and was the 51,568th car scheduled for production at the Windsor, Ontario Canada assembly plant.

The excitement and energy in this video is off the charts!

What a gem! She'll buff right out!

I used to take my son to Mr. Gatties for games and pizza back when I lived in Amarillo, its what those coins are for.

Unlike a lot of other people on here I think the 18,000 recorded miles is right. The interiors on those don't seem to have been particularly high quality and the white ones in particular tended to get very tatty very quickly but that one still looks really good which would suggest low mileage. Another factor that suggests the recorded mileage is the fact that the digits on the odometer line up well, on vehicles that have been round the clock, i.e. have done over 100,000 miles on a 5-digit odometer the digits rarely line up nicely due to wear in the mechanism. The fact that this one does line up so well suggests that the recorded miles are right, though that doesn't necessarily mean that it's the original odometer, it may have been replaced at some time so it's showing original miles on that particular odometer. But, based on the condition of the interior and the general state of the body, which is pin straight, other than the area that has been repaired, which would be unusual on one of these with higher miles on it as they were pretty renowned for rusting horribly even in good climates, so I'd say it genuinely is that low a mileage. I suspect it might have been a grandma/grandpa car that wasn't used much and that the person gave up driving after bashing the rear quarter, then someone bought it to make something fun out of but the project stalled and it ended up as the story shows. It's certainly a cool, fun old car even if it isn't an original 340 car...

When he opened that trunk, I was expecting to see Jimmy Hoffa.

excellent video.

Good god, that is my dream car... with the 340 scoop hood, 2 door, split grill, with a v8 and whatever else. I am in heaven

"we broke the key" ,, he shouldn't be allowed anywhere near any car,

King of the Hill Bill Daltrey was storing Boomhauer's Red Dodge in Arlen Texas! Where is Hank,Bobby and Dale?Nice video!

Had a lot of fun watching the paint dry during your video .

My 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 is sitting in a barn on my mom's farm. I intended to restore it and took it all apart about 25 years ago but then decided to spend the money to go to college instead. It's been sitting there waiting ever since.

Sounds like someone sells “Propane and Propane accessories”.

71 Dart swinger 340 was only available in Canada, engine size is stamped in the block right below driver side cylinder head on the front, might be a 340 swap.

Omg... can only dream of finding something like this!wow

He has a nice little collection of cars and bikes . That 71' Dart would add nicely to his collection .

Cool movie im a Dodge fan so its cool to see :-) Got a Charger and love Mopar

I like Dodge Dart 71 two door swinger, V8 318, nice car, from Venezuela...!

Wow nice find

Oh my god. You made a legend a fact... thank you

hi Jerry, thanks for these videos sir. it's really cool to see these cars as they lie. this comment section is pretty hostile. no pleasing some folks. these people are trying to do things themselves on the car. fair play. watched a few of your videos in the last few days. we never see these cars in Ireland so again, thanks for sharing.

I had a real 1970 Swinger. 340 six pack. Really fun car. Like a fool I didn't know what I had. Sold it cheap

Bought a new black on red Dart Swinger with the slant 6 in '73. I LOVED that car.

I can't wait to see it restored!!!!

My first car was 71 swinger. The 318 in 1971 still had some power in such a light car. Tab on column releases key... knucklehead.

What a bunch of rocket scientist here!!!

Great vid

I had a ‘69 Dart. 340. This was back in the 80’s. I drove it from Seattle to just into Idaho where it threw a rod. It was a fun car up to that point. After that it wasn’t much fun.

What a nice old fellow...

Someone needs to get that car away from Bill ASAP

great video

the first number of the mileage is not straight, so it has flipped in mileage. however so very awesome to watch. my fav car, my fav year of this car, my fav color.... i enjoyed it all. thanks for he upload.

I grew up in that era. My brothers lived and breathed Dodge. My brother lost a Dodge Charger Purple plumb 440 to an underhood fire. Car burned to the ground. He replaced it with a Dodge Challenger 440 lime green and raced it every weekend. Sadly it sat and rotted away from Michigan rust. My other brother drove Dodge Darts, Dusters and Chargers. I miss going to the drag races as a kid. Those were the days!

Proof that the phrase "Barn Find" has been diluted

I cant think of anyone better to Narrate your videos JERRY, great stuff brother Your voice fits the videos perfectly, CLASSIC

Wow,body is in awesome shape

As soon as I saw the hoodscoop's I said to myself "Dart Swinger." Also I was a Mopar parts counterman for a "few" years.

its a 1971 dodge dart swinger most of them came with a 318 engine but a few had the 340 from looking at the speedometer its a factory 318 car my husband loves dodge cars very few swingers came out with the 340 engine if that car has one your very lucky its still a great find either way

I own a 69 GTS so I'm a Dart snob. Chrysler made things super easy to identify what you have. He said he knew it was a 1971 model. Dart swinger 340s were only produced in 1969 and 1970. Dual scoops and bumble stripe means it is a "clone" or "tribute" of some kind. Some 340 Dart Swingers were produced for the Canadian market in 1971 so that can't be completely ruled out until you look at VIN and fender tag. Best case scenario: you have a nice, low mileage 318 dart with (maybe) a transplanted 340 or 360. nice car but obviously they don't know anything about mopars.

These guys are good people. Very cool

Bad ass song @ the end!

Savages, everytime they wipe the paint the dirt is scratching the original paint. Take it out of the barn and hose it off 1st. Wtf..

Hello from Lubbock Texas

At 55 Im probably a little younger than Bill and when I was in high school (late 70’s early 80’s) a dart of any variation was a non-starter or a girls car and could be had for well south of $1000.00... how times have changed

The car would have been better off in the barn than with these people tbh

Demon came in duster body style, knew it wasn't a demon as soon as I saw it. Not that special of a car. Except that would be easy to restore.

Joey!!! With the door save at the end !!

That's a pretty good paint job to be in that good of shape and come back clean that easily