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Dodge Dart Is Back After 36 Years
http://www.kansascity.com ^ | May 09, 2012 | ANN M. JOB

Posted on 05/10/2012 11:51:39 AM PDT by BO Stinkss

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To: Abathar
if the bodies hadn’t rusted out there would still be millions of them on the road

Yeah, well, dissolving bodies do tend to make a car less roadworthy.

That was then -- this is now. The new Dart looks pretty sharp. I won't buy one; I like Fords. But it'll be a good thing if they do well with it.

61 posted on 05/10/2012 3:32:04 PM PDT by BfloGuy (The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
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To: BO Stinkss

Gee another FRONT WHEEL Drive egg shaped vehicle. How exciting. /sarc


62 posted on 05/10/2012 3:34:25 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I remember going through a carwash in my ‘67 and bubbles coming out of the air vent doors. (seals were shot)


63 posted on 05/10/2012 11:08:39 PM PDT by ebshumidors ( Marksmanship and YOUR heritage http://www.appleseedinfo.org)
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Feeble Itailian Attempt at Technology


64 posted on 05/10/2012 11:09:50 PM PDT by ebshumidors ( Marksmanship and YOUR heritage http://www.appleseedinfo.org)
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To: Dr. Sivana

LOL I see a lot of little old lady cars in there - my favorite kind.
Usually they were pretty straight, except for the occasional sideswipe (usually getting in and out of the garage).
Like you I have had 20 or so. Still have several in different stages of repair.
take care


65 posted on 05/11/2012 7:44:45 AM PDT by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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To: freedomlover

There is a scene in Groundhog Day where Bill Murray decides to do a good deed for a car full of ol’ ladies in an old Dodge Dart. Also the old Spencer Tracy drove Darts in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” and “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World”. And who can forget the Dart that took out the Peterbilt in Duel?


66 posted on 05/11/2012 8:06:59 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Yorlik803

“It’s a Dodge. Buy it and you will learn the first name of the dealerships mechanics by heart. “

I always bought my Dodges at plus 10 years or 100,000 miles. The ones that make it that far are fine in the powertrain. The one time I tried that with a Honda, I spent more money on repairs than all of ky Darts put together almost, in under ONE YEAR!


67 posted on 05/11/2012 8:12:29 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: expat2

“What about its sister, the Plymouth Valiant?”

Also great, and avqilable even MORE stripped down (less chrome). Reminds me of the time I had borrowed a 67 Plymouth Valiant. My cat know the familiar ticking sound of a slant six from a half mile a way, and knew it was me, as the 170 slant six in the Plymouth waw close enough to my Dart that he respondee and waited for me at tge door. Extraordinary cat, extraordinary cars.


68 posted on 05/11/2012 8:18:12 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

IIRC the car that Dennis Hopper drove in Duel was a 67? 4-door Valiant. Note that that’s important or anything ;)

About as “traveling salesman” as you can get!


69 posted on 05/11/2012 8:52:36 AM PDT by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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