How was it in the 60s-80s?

Valleyant said

I remember my Dad's '70 Duster. It had a 225 slant six and auto trans. He had it from new until about 1985. It was the family car. Took him to work daily and the family everywhere else. The only problem it had was getting hit because it was parked on the street but it was a tank and soldiered on!

Click to expand...

My Dad was a big fan of the "leaning tower of power" 225 slant six too. He had two Darts and two Dusters with the slant in it and rolled up close to 200K miles in each of them. Growing up in the northeast the biggest issue for Dad was the bodies - the road salt would eat them up in no time at all. When Dad's Dart/Duster became a "Flintstone-mobile" he would pull the slant to keep for a spare, junk the body, and go look for a new A-body ride with a slant in it.

Funny side story; sometime in the mid 80's or so, Dad's Duster "Flintstoned" and he decided that it was finally time to break down and buy a brand new car. He heads down to the Dodge dealer and decides he likes a certain model (I don't remember which model it was) and tells the salesman that he is interested. He informs the salesman that he wants the car but with the "six cylinder" in it. Salesman says "the V-6 is very popular in this model ..." Dad replies "no V-6, I want the old reliable slant six". Salesman laughs and tells Dad "where have you been? The slant six went out of production six-seven years ago!" Dad stomps out of dealership and later finds himself another old Duster with his beloved slant six in it.