1970 Duster - Matching Numbers 340 - RED!
not sure about all 1970 dusters came with disc brakes cause im restoring a 340 70 duster and it has drums.i parted out a 70 340 duster and it had a disc brake set up on it but i thought it was an added option
I am including a link to the actual 1970 Chrysler Corp.saleman pocket guide that confirms that manual disc brakes were standard factory equipment on the 1970 Dodge Dart 340 Swinger, coded as B41 on the broadcast sheet and the fender tag, as well as the invoice sent by Chrysler to the dealership.
http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/dealerships/SalesmansPocketGuides/1970/70_Dart0002.jpg
All 1970 Duster 340s had manual disc brakes as standard factory equipment.
The price for a base 1970 Duster 340 was MSRP $2,549.
Here is the 1970 Rapid Transit System(RTS) magazine advertisement with the 1970 Duster 340 text showing that manual front disc brakes were factory standard equipment (Read the text- disc brakes are stated in the sentence that ends "....all standard."):
http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/vintage-advertising/1970RTSBrochure/70_rts_page9.jpg
Also, you read the remainder of the RTS pages in the advertisement, which includes a complete breakdown listing of the way that the RTS cars were equipped and the Duster 340 specs are also included there.
http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/vintage-advertising/1970RTSBrochure/70_rts_page15.jpg
The 1971 Duster 340 went up in price, and dropped the manual disc brakes as standard equipment, reverting to 10" drums as factory standard equipment.
From 1968 to 1972, my brother was a saleman at one of the largest Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge dealerships in the Mid-Atlantic, Bob Banning Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge - home of the 'Bounty Hunters' race cars - and I will attempt to dig up some of the 1970 Chrysler factory specsheets for the 1970 Duster 340, and magazine advertisements for the 1970 Duster 340.
Bob Banning's NHRA Bounty Hunter race cars were very well-known and very successful on the NHRA race circuit through the early 1980s.
If you Google the 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 advertisements, you will find the original specs and magazine advertising spreads, for the 1970 Plymouth Duster 340. The Moparts website and the Allpar website had these materials or links to other sites where these images are stored.
I still have my original 1970 dealership Bill of Sale for my 1970 Duster 340, which I believe shows the options and the final price for the car.
Factory original 1970 Duster 340 have the VIN ===> VS29H0BXXXXXX.
No factory original front drum brake 1970 Plymouth Duster 340s were built.
