What got you hooked on A-Bodies anyway?

In my teens I'd pretty much been a Ford guy, but around 1968 or so one of my neighbors bought a new 2 dr HT Dart. I thought this was a really sharp looking car...no offense to early A fans, but prior to that I thought they were kind of ugly.
A couple years later when I was ready to buy my first (and to date only) new car, I checked out Dusters. Bought it, put almost 280k on it. Had a couple Darts afterwards, using the previous one as a parts car.

During the '73-74 gas shortage a number of my co-workers started telling how much better their Japanese cars were, I told 'em "no thanks, I like my Duster". One friend said to tell him how much I liked it once it hit 150k. So I did. :lol:
By then their toyotas, Datsuns, etc. were long gone and my "piece of crap" American car was still going strong.:thumbsup: