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Greetings and Welcome to The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg
New episodes tend to air over the local KMMR radio station @ 5 minutes past 4PM each M-F. And have been doing so, nearly every week since Sept 2018.
I'm D.J. Rasmussen, O.K.s friend since junior high, possibly your neighbor & this websites maintainer, whom strives to get each episode's show notes written, the transcript proofed and the audio posted to the internet within a few hours of that days KMMR air time. NOTE: recently been publishing most new releases by 4:30PM.
Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy the time we can spend together.
I want to again welcome you to The 405 Coffee Break. Get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottle of water. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $6.19 a bushel. And this is a fact. I read it online, August 5th at PAYS. August 5th at PAYS, 568lb steer calves sold for $4.20 a pound. That's a fact. But remember, quality drives the price, so they could be higher. And a 100lb fat lamb in Billings $3.05 to $3.15 a pound, on the top end. But guys, there's more, much more.
OK Solberg:New week, like I said, that means it's Jay and Joe's Motor Monday. Do you have any ideas what we should talk about today? Now guys, you have to realize doing this once a week pretty soon. Well, we have the showroom floor full and the lot out front is packed with vehicles we've already discussed.
OK Solberg:And for that matter, the back lot is filling up too. So what's it gonna be today? You think I'll find a bible verse. Here it is. Listen from Luke 2 verse 19 But Mary treasured up all these things pondering them in her heart. Luke 2:19
OK Solberg:Oh, yes. There's that word ponder or pondering, a thing I find myself doing often, pondering the Chevy Impala or the Ford Mustang or even the Edsel. Pondering is a fascination I find myself exploring on many occasions.
OK Solberg:But now I've pondered long enough. My pondering produced productivity. Well, at least, thanks to an interested listener who commented to me a while back. What about a Dodge Dart? Sounds like a good one to explore.
OK Solberg:We haven't used it yet on Motor Monday. And let's look at the Dodge Dart's evolution. In the 1967 model year, it brought a major redesign to the Dodge Dart. Dodge squared up the styling, gave it a much more formal appearance, and eliminated the station wagon from the Dart lineup.
OK Solberg:The GT, remember that, the GT became the top level Dart and it was available as a 2 door hardtop or convertible. The GT came with bucket seats, carpeting, and a padded dashboard and full wheel covers. The starting price, what was it? $2,499. 38,200 Dodge Dart GTs were produced for 1967. 38,200.
OK Solberg:The ordinary V8 was the 273. Two seventy three cubic inch V8 producing a 180 horsepower. But Dodge offered the high performance version of the 273 producing 235 horsepower.
OK Solberg:The 1967 Dart had curved side glass, which was a 1st for Chrysler compact cars. And the rear window, well, the rear window had an unusual compound inverse curve. It looked stylish, but there was a price to pay.
OK Solberg:Those thick rear pillars created blind spots for drivers, and the unusual rear window shape could collect snow. The designers were thinking about style. The guy backing out of the grocery store parking lot was thinking about visibility.
OK Solberg:But here's where it gets really interesting. Where it gets interesting. Interesting. Late in 1967, Dodge put the 383 cubic inch Big block V8 into the Dart. I hope to shout and call the doctor. That's when the story moves from sporty compact to hold on. What did they just put into that little car?
OK Solberg:The 383 was rated at 280 horsepower in the Dart rather than the higher ratings seen in larger Chrysler products because of the restrictive exhaust arrangement which made it hard to get into a compact engine bay.
OK Solberg:The 383 installation was tight enough, listen, that there was no room for power steering. What? Yeah. You could get a 383 in a little Dart, but you couldn't get power steering with it because the engine took up the room. Only listen now. Only 457 of those 383 GTS cars.
OK Solberg:Notice that additional letter S as in Solberg. That little S added the big horsepower. The late 1967 Dart GTS 383 was an extremely limited production model. The 1967 GTS documents only 457 total, consisting of 229 4 speed cars and 228 automatic cars.
OK Solberg:The 1967 GTS wasn't quite the same creature pick people pictured when they hear GTS. The registry notes that those 100 and those 1967 cars retain the GT badging overall while receiving the GTS 383 4 barrel identification, only on the front fenders.
OK Solberg:So if somebody tells you a '67 Dodge GT and a '67 Dodge GTS are completely different models, I'd be cautious. The 1967 GTS evolved out of the GT and was a very limited late year performance version. Hemings described the 383 Dart as the 1st regular production Dart that was truly competitive at the drag strip. Now that guys are so much more, but time won't allow it.
OK Solberg:I'll close with this. Dodge offered 23 exterior colors for the 1967 DART and 7 interior colors. Among the names were moth, bright blue, silver, black, medium blue, light green, dark green, dark copper, chestnut, turquoise, turquoise, bronze, bright red, dark red, yellow, cream, white, and gold. 23 different colors.
OK Solberg:What about that then? Different than today. They say, would you like silver or would you like white? Gotta run. It was fun.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.