Usually when you see a hot rod of some kind, the engine is newer than the car. Whether it’s a ’65 Impala with the big-block out of a 1969 Chevelle, or a 1967 Camaro with a newer LS platform engine — the engine is almost always newer than the car. That is not the case, however, for this 1965 Dart that features a power-packing 1957 dated, 392 cubic-inch Hemi engine.

Kim Brynn of Tacoma, Washington, owns this little beast, and he has had it for the last two years. It’s an awesome car that deserves a second look. This Dart embraces the combo look of having patina on the exterior and a super clean engine. One of the tail light lenses is even shattered, showing a bare bulb out of the lens. It’s old, it’s worn, and it works well!

“I did everything to this car,” Kim tells us. “I bought it as a shell.” He only paid $200 for it, which is a screaming deal no matter what kind of shape it was in. Kim added an Art Morrison 4-link rear suspension system, tubbed the rear end, added a 3.50:1 geared Ford 9-inch rearend, original Donovan valve covers, and used a GM 200 R-4 transmission. Fueling this gas hungry monster are two 450cfm Holley carburetors.

With something like this, it’s not easy to just drop an engine so large into a spot that is essentially designed for a slant six. Among other things, he had to engineer a way to remove the front torsion bars. He also added a dual battery system and a fuel cell.

While he has had it for a couple years, this was one of its earliest trips. He has only had the car on the road for the last three weeks. As anyone in the western Washington region knows, this is a bad time of year to finish a car like this because starting in mid to late October you pretty much park them due to rain until March. So hopefully he is able to get a few more trips out of it before the weather proves too wet for a pleasure outing.

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