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Paragon

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Fri Oct-10-03 02:48 PM
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The Dodge Dart

Edited on Fri Oct-10-03 02:53 PM by Paragon

Discussions? Feelings? Anecdotes? Thoughts? :silly:

(This thread is supposed to be a goof, but hey - get your reminisce on!) ;-)

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CO Liberal

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Fri Oct-10-03 02:49 PM
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1. I Had a '73 Dart Swinger Once

It was a good little car until the day my now ex-wife was driving it and a piston went right through the side of the block......

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bif

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Fri Oct-10-03 02:49 PM
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2. I owned one for about a month

What a piece of crap.

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commander bunnypants

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Fri Oct-10-03 02:49 PM
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3. I killed one once

Totally burned up the slant six inside. I just left it on the side of the road

DDQM

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judge_smales

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Fri Oct-10-03 02:54 PM
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4. That slant six

was one hell of a durable engine. Hated to start in wet wether though.

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ramapo

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Fri Oct-10-03 03:06 PM
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5. Couldn't kill it.

My sister's family had one. It just going and going (200K+ miles) until it rusted away to nothing. A car does need a floor.

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monkeyboy

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Fri Oct-10-03 03:06 PM
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6. The one with the push button transmission?

Had one once, loved it.

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XanaDUer

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Fri Oct-10-03 03:07 PM
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7. World's weirdest car

My first car, but I had the Swinger model.

Once , I went to class. While I was in there, it rained a lot. I came out, and this bizarre yellow seaweed like plant was growing out of the black cardboard thingy under the back window.

It looked like it came from outer space. It freaked me out.

Also, the DDS had a plug under the hood that would fall out from time to time, and the car would not run until it was plugged in.

It also leaked like hell when it rained.

I do not miss that crappy car.

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trof

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Fri Oct-10-03 03:07 PM
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8. Is that the one

with the pushbutton gear "shift"?

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CO Liberal

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Fri Oct-10-03 03:42 PM
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13. All Chrysler Products With Automatics Had Pushbuttons....

...from the Mid-'50s until 1964. They went back to more traditional shifters in 1965 because they were losing sales to driving schools - the schools didn't want to teach on cars with unorthodox shifters.

My folks had a '59 Plymouth Savoy with a two-speed Powerflite transmission. The buttons worked fine......

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On the Road

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Fri Oct-10-03 03:23 PM
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9. I Had Two Darts

at different times. The first was nicknamed "the Beast" because of its different-colored front quarterpanels. Was stolen in Brookly NY in the mid-1980's. Loved that car.

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maxanne

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Fri Oct-10-03 03:27 PM
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10. mine was electric blue

how I loved that car. How I enjoy power steering today. :-)

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Kolesar

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Fri Oct-10-03 03:28 PM
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11. If it was all you could afford then...

http://democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=269151&mesg_id=271744&page=

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catmandu57

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Fri Oct-10-03 03:40 PM
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12. Absolute worst car I've ever owned

I put more money into that pos, something different every month, the electrical system gave me no end of problems. I used to have dreams of inserting a stick of dynomite into the gas tank and setting it off. I have never owned another chrysler product nor will I.

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bicentennial_baby

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Fri Oct-10-03 03:43 PM
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14. My first car: 1973 Dart Swinger

Pale yellow with a black hardtop...Man, I miss that car. :-(

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hatrack

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Fri Oct-10-03 03:56 PM
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15. Sky Blue '72

The Car That Would Not Die.

Granted, it did smell like it was dead for six months after a milk container leaked into the back seat upholstery (in the summer! GACK!), but it just kept on going.

In the end, collapsing, rusting body panels and sagging rear springs, along with an EZ-Off left front wheel (bad bearing - oops!) gave me with no choice but to pitch the thing at 249,000 miles. But the guys I gave it to were careful to pull the engine and sell it before calling the junkman.

Graceless, boxy and reliable - I miss my Dart!

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