Surf Effingham Illinois!

Here we have a ‘special’ edition Dodge Dart from 1974.  This is the Hang 10 surfing-themed special and, fittingly, is available for purchase in Effingham, Illinois.  What could be more effing cool than that?

These cars featured effing awesome Hang 10 graphics and striped interior, along with color-keyed center console.  They also have the effing folding rear seat, which was optional on other Darts.  Supposedly, a surfboard or two will fit inside with the seat folded.

This one features a slant effing six and automatic, so it’s no muscle Dart, but probably has decent, reliable torque available down low.  Condition looks good enough – the pictures don’t reveal rust-through, so that’s a great start on an effing Midwest car.

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Effingham, Illinois
$1,238 with 3 bids and $11,995 BIN price

Surf board can be stored inside, which is good, as I don’t see any effing tie-downs on top.  Wheels are not original – if it were up to me, this would have some effing rally wheels.

Here’s a close-up of the effing hood/front end graphic.

The front seats show the continuation of the color scheme and look to be in pretty effing good shape.

As is typical, the back seats hardly look used.  I wonder if any effing took place back here in the 70s.

Here’s the groovy, red center effing console.

Things are dirty under the hood, but at least it hasn’t been effing steam cleaned to hide leaks.  Factory AC compressor is also visible here.

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Surf’s Up !  1974 Dodge Dart Hang 10 Special Edition – Surfer Theme.  One of Only 700 Built.

LOOKING FOR THAT “SPECIAL” “VERY RARE” “HARD TO FIND” “INVESTMENT” THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT!! WELL LOOK NO MORE, YOU HAVE FOUND IT!

THE RARE HANG 10 DARTS CAME OUT IN 1973 AND WERE OFFICIALLY INTRODUCED MID-YEAR 1974. THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY ABOUT THE HANG TEN.

THEY WERE ONLY MADE IN CODE EW1=EGGSHELL WHITE WITH ONLY 1 INTERIOR OPTION CODE J6VW=BUCKET SEATS W/ORANGE,BLACK & WHITE INTERIOR.

OURS HAS HAD A REPAINT AND THE FACTORY STRIPE KIT WAS REPLACED, SHOWING A SURFER ON THE REAR FENDER RIDING A WAVE!

YOU CAN DRIVE THIS ONE HOME AS IT STARTS,RUNS AND DRIVES GREAT!

225 SLANT 6 CYLINDER RUNS SMOOTH AND IS GREAT ON GAS.

SHARP, RARE ORIGINAL FACTORY CUSTOM INTERIOR.

Not perfect, but a nice driver & very hard to find

More photos at  http://www.hclassics.com/listing.show.php?Listing=605 

The Hang 10 Dart definitely stood out in a crowd. The cars were painted all white and given a patriotic blue-and-red pinstriping decal down the side. “Hang 10” was spelled out the in the decal just in front of the doors, and at the tail the striping morphed into a groovy stick-figure surfer dude riding some heavy waves. The hood had similar red-and-white surfboard-shaped decaling with “Hang 10” spelled out at the hose. The fun continued inside, with a blinding red-white-and blue interior that included bright vertical cloth striping on white vinyl seats and solid red carpeting. Even the console was red and white. And if you really did want to take your surfboard with you to the beach, you were in luck. The Hang 10 Darts featured the fold-down “Convertriple” rear seat arrangement that Dodge made available on its Dart Sports. The set-up used a rear bench seat that folded down flat, and a hinged door between the back seat area and the trunk. You drive with the rear seat up, rear seat down with the trunk closed off, or you could open things all the way up and have a pseudo-station wagon. With the seats folded down, a surfboard would actually fit.