Duster vs Dart Sport front grills

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I am buying a 74 Duster that is missing the grill and bumpers. Do parts interchange between the grills and bumpers? It has a wing on back too. It looks stock. Did they put one on a 74?
 
The wing could have been an option, I am not sure, 74 dart sports look nothing like the 74 dusters because of the hoods. The darts are actually longer nosed than Dusters. The grill should be a really easy and cheap item to find. 85 Bucks should get you a decent grill and head light bezels. The bumper is going to be big, heavy and a pain to find someone that will ship.
 
Thanks. People don't seem to like this year much. I'm OK with it, especially for 250. I am kinda burned out my 68 Dart and may sell it to a guy that wants to build a race car. I guess my wife complaining about that ugly old green car finally got to me.
 
gremlin said:
Thanks. People don't seem to like this year much. I'm OK with it, especially for 250....
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Then again, some people love them.
Are they the prettiest cars ever to come out of Detroit? No...but there's nothing wrong with them, IMO.
 
Back in the 70's the Big 3 was always worried about having the next best thing on the market, so every year sometimes every two years they would always change something on there cars, resulting in possibly 1 or 2 year only car parts. Unlike today when a car can run 4+ years with out any big sheet metal/trim change .
 
mopardrt said:
Back in the 70's the Big 3 was always worried about having the next best thing on the market, so every year sometimes every two years they would always change something on there cars, resulting in possibly 1 or 2 year only car parts. Unlike today when a car can run 4+ years with out any big sheet metal/trim change .
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Also, I gather that this had to do with the limited lifespan of the tooling.

They could either invest tooling that would last several years or refurbish/maintain the existing tooling...or just come up with all new stuff and enjoy the marketing benefits.
 
MRGTX said:
Also, I gather that this had to do with the limited lifespan of the tooling.

They could either invest tooling that would last several years or refurbish/maintain the existing tooling...or just come up with all new stuff and enjoy the marketing benefits.
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Very true, I like the think the engineers and designers at Chrysler were just always trying to come up with something Kick *** for the next year!
 
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