Mopar Gone Haywire!!
Welcome to Mopar Gone Haywire!!
I can see that you are a person with good taste in cars, because
you've just entered into the Realm of a true fan of Mopar musclecars!
In this Realm, you'll get to see pictures of my car, as well as my
opinions on Chrysler Corporation musclecars. These babies are, in my
humble opinion, the COOLEST musclecars ever!!
Well, let's get started, shall we?? I have one of the last true
musclecars, a 1973 Plymouth Gold Duster with a 318 V-8 under the hood
and (try not to laugh.) fuzzy dice hanging on the mirror. To fully
appreciate the tale of evolution that I'm about to tell, I'd like you
to see what my 15 year-old eyes saw when I first looked at the Beast
in November, 1994. So, here she is!
I know she doesn't look like much in this picture, but this
was the only one I had to scan into this Realm at the time. Now, she's
got GENUINE Mopar 5-spoke mag wheels, which make her look less like a
"Grandma-Car" as my good friend Richard would say. This next picture
was taken sometime in March, 1998. As you can see, she looks a LOT
better than in the first pic! Without further ado, here's the
"current" version of my Duster:
I've found a cool webpage with old advertisements for cars on it, and
guess what was on it? If you guessed a magazize ad for a '73 Plymouth
Gold Duster, you're wrong by one year. I found a magazine ad for a '74
Plymouth Gold Duster! Here is the text from the ad, followed by the
pictures I got from the ad.
Plymouth Gold Duster.
You get a lot for your money. And a vinyl roof for no money.
It only happens once a year. A car gets made like this one here.
Plymouth Gold Duster. You get all the Duster specialties: room for
five, cavernous trunk, electronic ignition, and more.
You get a nice deep carpet to tickle your feet.
It runs door-to-door and wall-to-wall. And it complements one of the
plumpest, poshest vinyl-seat interiors you ever saw on a compact like
our Gold Duster. (As if there were a compact like our Gold Duster.)
You get whitewalls, wheel covers, and special trim.
Why not? Those are probably the kind of things you'd order on a car,
whether or not you were getting a special deal. Except that with Gold
Duster, you're getting a special deal.
You get a canopy vinyl roof that's right in style.
It looks like it came off a gold reptile. You can get it at no extra
charge when you buy the car as described. Since the factory doesn't
charge the dealer, he doesn't have to charge you. Gold Duster. It's a
Gold Sticker Value.
And another thing...
Here's a scan of an ad for the '73 Duster 340 that I found on
eBay. I wish mine were red and that
it had a 340 engine under the hood!
I just came from Volkswagen's website,
and I couldn't help but put in a little salute to the car company that's
giving us the New Beetle. Truth be told, my very first car was a 1967 Volkswagen
Beetle, but we never could get it to start, although I'd have LOVED to
drive around in a Beetle. With the unveiling of the New Beetle, I might just
have the chance to do that one of these days! Thanks, VW!!
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