Eleven inches of snow last night!
They outlawed them in Minnesota around 1972. Apparently, they tore up the pavement too much. These Dusters and Darts were extremely common growing up in Minneapolis in the 60s and 70s. They all rusted horribly. Around year two almost all of these cars had fist sized rust through holes behind all four wheels. They didn't handle very well in the snow and ice. No anti lock brakes, all wheel drive or traction control system. Bias ply tires and snow tires in the back during the winter. The heaters were pretty bad. But we seemed to get by okay. By year four or five, you were looking for a new car, not due to mechanical failure, but because of rust through. Typically, the torsion bar anchors would rust out and ruin the front end, or the rear leaf spring shackle mount would tear away from the underbody and the spring would penetrate into the trunk.
