What made the Scamp / Swingers special

I bought a new 69 swinger in Sept. of 69. It was a 318/auto car with no power options and drum brakes. It did have a deluxe interior, AM radio, full wheel covers and 700-13 whitewall tires.

It got rear ended and totaled in Aug. 74. About the same time that happened I heard about a 69 swinger 340 4 sp car that had minor front end damage so I bought it and combined pieces from both cars and had a nice car until Christmas eve of 74 when a drunk driver in a 74 Electra rear ended and totaled the 340 4 sp.car.

The 340 car had manual drum brakes, base interior, 3:23 open 8 3/4, but did have PS.