Help Me Understand Why

There were a LOT sold when new, most were ordinary /6 or 318 powered everyday drivers. Having lived through their life time in the rust belt, it only took 10 years or less for rust to decimate them. One particular weak point was the torsion bar anchor. The crossmember would rust through from the inside out and the metal would thin out until....BANG, one side would fall diwn in the front. End of your 2-$500 car and off it went to the boneyard. You gotta remember that most were used as daily transportation, not future Barrett-Jackson stars.

My brother bought a used purple 70 or 71 /6 Duster when it was just a few years old. The paint flaked and he repainted it in my parents garage. There was overspray everywhere for years. My best friend ordered a new 1972 340 4 speed 3.23 SG car that went 14.51 pure stock the ONLY time he ran it. Traded it in on a new 1974 318 Duster because of the gas crunch.