Barry's Speed Shop Build #10 Wrecks to Riches Season 1

Built by the famous Barry White and crew of Barry's Speed Shop SRRC

in Corona. CA and
Ron Jenkins of

Magnumforce Race Car Fabrication who are both very well known for quality craftsmanship.

During the build. Rikki Rockett of the 80's rock band "Poison" autographed the center console and the name Poison Dart was born.

Barry started the transformation with a discarded 1969 Dart from Nevada with a solid. rust-free body that was stripped. blocked and painted a beautiful House of Kolor "molly orange" with a matte black hood/scoop and trunk stripe. Barry called on Ron Jenkins to

personally install one of his custom designed tubular a-body k-member. front shock perch braces and sub frame connectors before installing a Mopar Performance 472 ci modern day HEMI under the hood.

Here's a list of some of the parts in the build.

QA 1 adj front and rear shocks with front coil-overs handle suspension duty

Hot Rod Air A/C (concealed in glove compartment)

AM/FM Digital Radio w Remote (concealed in glove compartment)

Flaming River Steering Column w Rack and Pinion Power Steering

ABS Hydraulic Boosted Power Brakes

- never a hard pedal (hidden in driver's wheel well)

Baer Calipers with 14" Cross Drilled and Slotted Rotors

Currie Enterprises Dana 60 axle with very streetable 3. 50 posi-gears

Built 727 (900 hp capable) w 9' billet 3. 00 stall converter

Gear Vendors Overdrive (control board concealed in center console slide door)

472 ci HEMI with Twin 650 Edelbrock Thunder AVS 4 Barrel Carbs

Custom "blue printed" Distributor

"Mooneyes" Tach. Oil. Temp and Volt Gauges

18" front and 19" rear custom Magnum wheels

Pirelli P-Zero 225/40-18 Front and Nitto NT 05 275/35-19 Rears (95% tread remaining)

Sold by Barry's Speed Shop at the Russo and Steele auto auction to the sole owner since the build whom I purchased it from last year. In addition to the "filmed" $66. 00 auction price. the previous owner spent an additional $14. 00 by upgrading many of the off-the-shelf parts such as the exhaust with a fully hand welded work of art which included custom welded jet-hot coated headers. 3" custom welded stainless pipes with Magnaflow x-pipe and polished mufflers which not only looks awesome but sounds grrrreat and tucked up very nicely. He also added a much appreciated Gear Vendors Overdrive unit for effortless highway travel. cleaned up all the wiring. added subtle but necessary exterior touches and finally a set of Mooneyes tach. oil. volts and temp gauges.

Since I've owned it. I spent many hours and approximately $7. 00 perfecting an already close to perfect build. Most notably. the stock 727 torqueflight and B&M street converter were not up to the task. I chose Pat Barrett of Level 10 performance transmissions

to custom rebuild the 727 to a "bullet-proof" 900 hp capable unit with a brand new 9" billet 3. 00 stall converter and properly timed solenoids that always choose the perfect gear.

Last but not least. I'm very particular about a clean and crisp throttle response so I contacted Hemi Specialist.

John Arruzza

who jetted and flowed a brand new pair of Edelbrock Thunder Series AVS 650 cfm carbs specifically for my application as well as a fully blueprinted distributor. The end result is a crisp throttle response and excellent light to heavy throttle transition that's smooth and precise.

All this labor and attention to detail translates to a truly "turn key" custom built “Super Muscle Car” with all the top of the line parts. modern day comforts and the high quality fit and finish one expects from a “one off” custom muscle machine of this caliber and price point forever immortalized on film!

I have numerous magazines that feature the Poison Dart as well as the original framed hand drawn rendering with the autographs of all those involved in the build as well as a DVD of the episode and a vender presentation sign for car shows that goes with the sale.

I personally have over $60 k invested in the Dart to get it to this point so please no $20 k low ballers.

Good Guys Rod & Custom Association Dodge's Pick in 2009 (sponsored by dodge)

Good Guys Rod & Custom Association Mother's Shine Award 2009

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