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joe cool · 07-07-2012, 11:10 AM

In 1968 I returned from SE Asia and went to work at a small Iowa Dealership. I liked the small block cars but we had a hard time selling them with the prices on the Road Runners. A friend bought a 69 Flower Mod Top ( and seats) coupe Cuda that sat on the showroom for several months, no-one else would touch that homely thing. It was a 340 ,Tq-flite with 3.55's. It would run (on the street) with all our B body cars up till 100 mph or so. Never would top end with them but it was a good running car anyway.
When the Feather Dusters and the Dart Lites came out they were supposed to be for great fuel mileage. I don't think any of them were purchased that weren't made into race cars.
We won't even mention the Hang 10 Duster hatchbacks.
They were my first experience with the O-D trans they made by overdriveing third gear and turning the shift arm upside down.They later put them in just about everything.
We started selling the 340's heavy in mid 1970 when the AAR's and TA 's came out.

07-07-2012, 11:10 AM	#35
joe cool Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: southwest iowa Posts: 53 Likes: 3 Liked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Mopars Little A Body Terrors... In 1968 I returned from SE Asia and went to work at a small Iowa Dealership. I liked the small block cars but we had a hard time selling them with the prices on the Road Runners. A friend bought a 69 Flower Mod Top ( and seats) coupe Cuda that sat on the showroom for several months, no-one else would touch that homely thing. It was a 340 ,Tq-flite with 3.55's. It would run (on the street) with all our B body cars up till 100 mph or so. Never would top end with them but it was a good running car anyway. When the Feather Dusters and the Dart Lites came out they were supposed to be for great fuel mileage. I don't think any of them were purchased that weren't made into race cars. We won't even mention the Hang 10 Duster hatchbacks. They were my first experience with the O-D trans they made by overdriveing third gear and turning the shift arm upside down.They later put them in just about everything. We started selling the 340's heavy in mid 1970 when the AAR's and TA 's came out.