Plymouth Duster Picture
With all the hoopla around the release of the 1976 Volare (the Motor Trend Car of the Year), first it was easy to forget that the 1976 Plymouth Duster 360. Compared to its essence in her last years, Plymouth Duster was available with the-225-cubic-inch six and 318 cubic-inch V-8 power. 360-cube engine was still available (only with Torque Flite, and not in California), but the Plymouth Duster 360 was removed, ditto Duster Custom.
Plymouth Duster special models were offered
Gold Plymouth Duster replacing the one-time-only Silver Plymouth Duster package. Usual equipment - vinyl canopy roof, etc. - were excluded from the distinctive red and black stripes, the lower door systems character lines formed, then demolished and stuck between the headlights. Boca Raton colored fabric and vinyl interior spicy.
1976 Plymouth Duster
Plymouth Duster equipped with lightweight aluminum components, including the hood and decklid inner panel, bumper reinforcements and intake manifold (feather duster name on the front fenders) came up with a specially tuned 225 Slant Six with a neck-carb.
Economy-minded 2.94:1 rear axle is given and buyers can choose manual transmission with overdrive aluminum to further reduce weight. Overdrive transmission, the total weight was 187 pounds savings. Apparently aware that the promised increase in fuel consumption, the list of available options very limited.
In the last years of his life, Plymouth Duster 360, only around 34,681 subscribers nearly 6,000 fewer than were on the Valiant sedan. But in his seven years in a row, more than 1.3 million Plymouth Dusters with really fantastic performance. And it was important for more than just sales potential, according to Weiss.
"With Plymouth Duster, Chrysler Corporation Manufacturer learned a lot on the line simplification, reducing the number of parts with less labor, etc. It was our ancestors in lean manufacturing. And in the construction of essentially the same car year after year, he learned how to build production-quality cars , while the cost of squeezing, "he says.
Although much of the dust generated was based on the results, most of which came with six coupe buyers a unique combination of style and usability hug.
Indeed, the Plymouth Duster was really all about fun and freedom, hip and cool. This is useful at the time the vehicle bore the unorthodox names like Plymouth Road Runner, right, Boss and Eliminator: when cars sprouted wings and spoilers, wild colors and graphics and outrageous, he praised the "Mod Top" and "Tuff" wheel, shaker hoods, and " beep-beep "horn.
Plymouth Duster Wallpaper Picture shown
After 1976, was regularly called Plymouth Duster, uh, "dust off" and are used for a package of support, because in 1979-1980, Volare Duster East and Sundance in recent years production.
