Dodge Dart Swinger This was the name given to most 2-door hardtops in the Dart line. ‘Swinger’ was prominently displayed along with the Dart emblem. The car was intended to compete (a bit) with the personal luxury coupes of the time, even though it was much smaller. The name goes back to the 60s and […]
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Plymouth Duster
Duster This was Plymouth’s equivalent of the Dodge Dart Sport. It was a fastback coupe variant of the A-body Valiant. Duster sat on a 108 inch wheelbase. Two basic models were sold at first which were the Duster and Duster 340. Powering the 1973 models were a choice of three engines on the standard Duster. […]
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Plymouth Scamp
Plymouth Scamp Scamp was the 2-door coupe of the Plymouth’s Valiant line. The platform it sat on was Chrysler’s A-body. The wheelbase was 111 inches, which strangely enough, was 3 inches longer than that of the Valiant sedan in ’73. The standard engines this year were a choice between the 198 CID 1bbl S6 or […]
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Dodge Dart Sport
Dodge Dart Sport The Demon name went away after 1972 due to the insurance industry cracking down on muscle car nameplates. That was part of the reason atleast. Church groups did not like the name and campaigned for Chrysler to get rid of it. That they did, and replaced the Demon with the Dart Sport, […]
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Dodge Dart
Dodge Dart Note: This article concentrates on the traditional, mostly 4-door Dart of the smog-era. See separate pages about the Dart Sport and Dart Swinger. Links are at the bottom of this article… The Dart of 1973 received many improvements over the previous year. New brake calipers, a larger wheel bolt pattern and stronger ball […]
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