Ignition 71 340 swinger electronic or point?
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Trying to confirm what ignitions systems would have came out in the Canadian 340 71 Darts. I am in restoring mine and trying to make it as correct as possible. I know there was a shift in 71 340 to electronic and was wondering if anyone never the exact time line. thanks
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no screw holes in my inner, of course when I bought the car it was a mess. It has electronic ignition mounted on the firewall. I bought a oem wiring harness for a 71 340 demon and it is point ignition. thanks
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May 13 is my build date. thanks
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where were modules actually mounted in the engine bay. Does anyone have any pics of the 71 demon engine bays with electronic?
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I have a 71 Road Runner that has a SPD of 7/7/71. I'll be darned if I can find any evidence of it ever having electronic ignition.
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I think I am going to go with a point ignition system as there seems to be enough documentation to make me think it would be correct. thanks
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Finally we got a hold of a owner of a survivor 71 340 4 speed canadian swinger. His is basicly untouched and his is a point ignition car, dual point distributor. thanks for all the input.
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Finally we got a hold of a owner of a survivor 71 340 4 speed canadian swinger. His is basicly untouched and his is a point ignition car, dual point distributor. thanks for all the input.
Lots of 71's were points ign. the question is, what was his cars Scheduled Production Date?
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There were two batchs of Swingers made with 340's in 71 aprox 50 were plain jane swinger specials and were sold by a dealership in Edmonton Alberta Crosstown Motors, these had a build date of May 7 1971 and 25 were sold in Regina Sask Crestview motors. These had the H2XW interiors and some chrome trim added and these had a build date of May 13. The fellow with the survivor car has a Crestview car and mine is a Crestview car both with build dates of May 13. thanks
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There were two batchs of Swingers made with 340's in 71 aprox 50 were plain jane swinger specials and were sold by a dealership in Edmonton Alberta Crosstown Motors, these had a build date of May 7 1971 and 25 were sold in Regina Sask Crestview motors.
That sounds like good reasoning. What is the source of the above information?
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A fellow by the name of Dan Rasmussen did the majority of research on these cars. About 8 years ago I bought my dart in Edmonton, started research and collecting data and came across Dan, at this point he was getting into E bodys and out of the A bodys so I bought a donor car from him and his research. I have a registry on these cars and friend who purchased a rare 72 340 Dart have been playing with this ever since. A fellow named Franco has a nice article on them, maybe alittle out dated, here is the link http://www3.sympatico.ca/f.bevil/71Swinger340.htmlwhich hopefully I did correctly. I believe out of the 65 - 75 71 darts made there are aprox 21 that we know of still living. thanks
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Very cool info! I had heard of the 71 340 Swingers, but have never seen one until now. One question I have, was there ever a 70-71 Scamp 340 made in Canada? I can recall seeing a white 71 Scamp around 1979 that had twin scoops and a 340. Unfortuneatly I did not get the VIN since I had just had my 69 Dart GTS for a year at that point. Quote:
A fellow by the name of Dan Rasmussen did the majority of research on these cars. About 8 years ago I bought my dart in Edmonton, started research and collecting data and came across Dan, at this point he was getting into E bodys and out of the A bodys so I bought a donor car from him and his research. I have a registry on these cars and friend who purchased a rare 72 340 Dart have been playing with this ever since. A fellow named Franco has a nice article on them, maybe alittle out dated, here is the link http://www3.sympatico.ca/f.bevil/71Swinger340.html which hopefully I did correctly. I believe out of the 65 - 75 71 darts made there are aprox 21 that we know of still living. thanks
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I am not sure, have never heard of one but with Mopars you never know:)
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