Ken wrote to me in the summer of 2002 describing a 1962 Dodge Dart he had with less than 10,000 miles on the odometer. Since he lives about 70 miles from me, we arranged a meeting of the Darts -- his 1962 and my Goldilocks.His car is in excellent condition inside and very good shape outside, and it's not hard to believe that the odometer mileage is correct. The car has very few options except for power steering (no radio, for instance), but I was surprised to find such niceties as self-canceling turn signals and a day-night rear view mirror. Perhaps those are typical for the 440 -- the top of the line Dart in 1962. We went for a short ride, and the 318 was smooth, quiet, and peppy. In fact, the only major source of noise at 50 mph was wind whistle.
Ken told me that the person who sold him the car had said that after its original sale in Tennessee in 1962, the car was put into storage in 1968 for many years. Somehow, it found its way northward, and Ken happened onto it a few years ago. He takes it for Sunday drives and the like but rarely puts on more than a couple hundred miles in a year.
