What about its sister, the Plymouth Valiant?
Same thing, the Valiant was a cheap and affordable car that never lasted long, at least in Michigan winters with the salt spray but the drive train was dependable as hell.
We had the Dart, and also 2 Coronets. I always preferred the Coronets, had both with a 318, one automatic and one “three on the tree”, so simple and basic that even a major overhaul if needed was still simple to do.
The only thing I didn’t like was the torsion bars for the front suspension, I had two of them break at different times while driving and that isn’t fun, once it was at highway speeds.
“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.