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1971 Plymouth Duster 340 . The Duster was a success for Plymouth, so much so that in 1971 Dodge requested and received their own version, the Demon. In response, Plymouth was given a version of the Dodge Dart Swinger 2-door hardtop named the Plymouth Valiant Scamp. For 1971, only small changes were made to the Duster.
The combination of increasingly stringent emission controlss, lowered octane, rising gasoline prices, and insurance company crackdown on high-performance vehicles saw the relatively expensive 340 detuned in 1972 with the introduction of low compression (8.5:1) small valve heads, and by mid-year a cast nodular iron crankshaft and a variety of ...
A redesign of the D series for the 1972 model year introduced a more rounded look. This redesign, which lasted until 1980 with minor changes, included new features such as an independent front suspension and pocketed taillights (the distinctive reverse-on-top lights were recessed to .25 in (6.4 mm) to avoid damage in loading docks and confined ...
It might not be the last Road Runner, but one could argue that it's the last of the true Road Runners, as the '73 refresh pointed the car's styling inexorably in the direction of Dudsville. Yes ...
1972 Demon 340 Changes for 1972 included a revised grille without the central divider of the 1970 and 1971 items, new surface-mounted sidemarker lights rather than the previous flush-mount units, the instrument cluster was now shared with the Valiant and featured a large, rectangular speedometer and several, small, round gauges; the AM/FM-radio ...
An aggressive "shark tooth" grille was offered on the fastback Duster 340 and new-for-1971 Duster Twister models. The Twister was a "performance appearance package" produced in response to increasing premiums on muscle cars, many of which were calculated using the vehicle's power-to-weight ratio as an actuarial gauge. Despite the "dust whirl ...
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