stroked340
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Now that you guys mention it...i don't think I've ever seen the tail lights of a nova
I hear that but many a chevy owner have seen mine..
Nova 350 vs Duster 340
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I hear that but many a chevy owner have seen mine..
Big Green Duster
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Yenkos are great cars but it would be a bit more fair to compare them to the GSS cars built by Mr Norm rather than factory 340s cars
Big Green Duster
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Like the 73 supercharged duster 340 with 350 horse power
Mr. Norm's 1973 Plymouth Duster
and the other supercharged demons in 72 and 6 pack demons in 71
Mr. Norm's 1973 Plymouth Duster
and the other supercharged demons in 72 and 6 pack demons in 71
doogievlg
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The drag car he actually owned before he has his first son. Sold it when he was 23 then tracked it down a few years ago and bought it back.
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When I was in High School I used to stare out the classroom window to a 1972 Nova in gold with the sun catcher roof. It had a perfect stance, Cragar SS wheels, Lakewood traction bars and sparkled like a jewel. There really were no 340 Dusters around, just some jacked up 318 cars in our area and this was in 1983. I love them both.
superchargeddrt
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Yeah I have a similar story. In 1981 I was hot to buy my first new car. I was looking at buying a 1982 Plymouth TC3 Miser with a 1.7 liter Volkswagen engine in it and a 4 speed manual. I think the sticker price was $7600.00. I was selling my '74 Dart Sport to my sister and brother-in-law for $500.00 for the down payment. My roommate at the time was like "Look, you don't I want a car like that" He suggested that we go look at another car he knew with for sale. Reluctantly I went and looked at the car. We pulled into the driveway and there it was, a 1970 AAR 'Cuda 340 6 Pack, 4 speed in B5 blue. He wanted $1500.00 AND I TURNED IT DOWN!!!!!!! Yeah I bought the TC3 Horizon and I am kicking my self for it to this day.Agreed, they were just cars. Nothing special.
I had the chance in 1974ish to buy a 70 hemi cuda 4 speed car when I was 12 or 13 for $1800... about 2 years of paper route money. Yeah that was the worst deal my parents ever killed. I probably would have been dead by 17, but oh well...
Same here, looking for my first car in 74 a friend showed me a 69 Boss 429 mustang. Flat back tire, a little rust starting, I thought who’d want that. Went on to by my 70 340 4sp Duster so it wasn’t a complete waste.
superchargeddrt
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Yeah but at least you got something cool. I got a 4 cylinder econo car. I traded that in on a Plymouth Turismo 2.2 the following year (Plymouth's version of the Charger 2.2). It was way cooler but not as cool as a 340 Duster.
Ok, back up a year and all bets are off. Then, the LT1 was offered right off the showroom, plus the 350 HP AND the 375 HP 396/402.
That would give a factory big block Duster a run for it's money. Oh wait. They never made one.
1969reddart
or is it Copper...
I remember in the mid 80's, seeing a clean '69 GTX sitting out in front of a house for months. Finally knocked on the door to see if the car could be for sale. The lady said it had a blown engine and she would sell it for $500. I remember she said her kids called her GTX "The Tank". I didn't buy it because it didn't seem like that good of a deal at the time...
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pishta
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I had a 68 340 in a 65 w/3.55 gears. I would regularly beat a stock looking 340 Duster that lived on my way to school and also beat my friends big block chevy. Was it the 396 that had that weird intake that the carb sat screwy at about a 45? I still talk to that guy to this day.
pishta
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I passed up a $1500 T/A Challenger, 6 pack and all back in 86.
That reminds me of a time, a very similar incident took place between myself in my ‘73 360 4spd Cuda where a ‘71 455 Olds Cutlass convertible, loaded with double dates, started talking junk. I was really into jusit going home but there mouth.... OK!
Only happy to show off and hand out a good pasting, light to light, over and over again, I creamed this guy.
Where I didn’t kill’em was the big end on the long stretches. He did ask why I’d get off of the throttle. I told him it is only a 1/4 mile car. 6800 rpm, that’s it. Game over after that.
That's a style of Torker. They were very combo specific intakes. Probably why you beat him.
dirty white boy
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this 69 SS 4 speed with blue int been in a garage on stands since 1992 friend of mine decided it was time to do something with it and put the front suspension back together, its waiting motor re install in this pic! all original numbers matching and all GM sheet metal! sadly this car started a fued between brothers in 91 thats still thriving today!
Jesus Chrysler
Forgiving Sins Against Mopar Since 1983
Verily, this thread it has been fouled by the devil's most sickening of temptations! If thou art going to drinketh from the sinful bile of Chevrolet , let it be at least a super cool chebby, like a BB Vette, or Z-28 Camode!
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I have this Motor Trend issue mentioned in the article, and one competitor to the NOVA was a 340 Dart, and the Dart humilated the NOVA by seconds with 50 HP less than the NOVA.
Stock smallblock Novas were no match for stock 340 A Bodies.
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In this issue above is a very complete story about the market entrance of the Duster; and there is clearly stated, that the Duster was a planned answer to the success of the Nova. There are even comparison pictures of Nova and Duster at the Chrysler plant.
dirty white boy
50 yr old Juvenal delinquent
how bout a badwin motion SS camaro with your BB vette in back ground....like a yenko but from the other cost!
abodyjoe
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no doubt about it.. chrylser late to the game as usual.. ever see the engineering pics of the challenger? you would swear its a camaro...lol
I work with a guy that grew up in NY and owned a Baldwin Motion 68 Camaro. To him it was just an old hotrod he owned long ago.
I asked him if he knew what it was worth today..... He guessed 50k....lol.
He about shat himself when I pulled some auction reports!
I asked him if he knew what it was worth today..... He guessed 50k....lol.
He about shat himself when I pulled some auction reports!
I owned a 67 firebird 400 4spd a 69 340 Dart swinger 4sp. 69 350 4spd ss Nova. all at the same time in the early 70's. They are ranked in the order they were enjoyed. The firebird was the best handling. Over powered Go-cart. The Dart was by far the quickest. The Nova just did not run as good as expected unless you left the clutch fly and slam gears. The factory exhaust on the Dart was by far the coolest sounding.
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pishta
I know I'm right....
Ever seen the final crash scene of the latest "Vanishing Point"? You'd swear the totalled Challenger was a Camaro, Oh crap....IT WAS!
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