Thank you for this very informative explanation! :thumblef:
some of us believe that Darts should be divided up into more generations than what is commonly accepted as of now.
Most people refer to Early A's as such and the rest generically as 67-76 all lumped together.
I have a collection of darts and they span across the 68-72 and I can say first hand that a 67 has little to almost nothing in common with a 76
Anyone who has experience of getting down to the nit picked details on these cars would divide them up further as
67-9
70-2
73-6
I refer to 67-9 darts as "box darts" because they are boxy in every way. The front is flat and the rear is flat as seen from the sides.
The taillights are box shaped, the buckets seats are two square shaped pieces hinged on each other. The dash is boxy because everything has a square or rectangle theme going on. The speedometer is a rectangle, the radio has two square shaped thumbwheels (68 and 9)
My favorite generation is actually the 70-2 because the designers took a chunk out of the decklid as seen from the side and the front grilles sort of lean forward making some protruding lines and these cars look fast as a result even when sitting motion less. Bucket seats were now high backed seats that gave it a distinct appearance from outside the car.
73-6 They changed so much and not one interior piece is going to interchange with any earlier model correctly. 73-6 was the age of plastic interior pieces. The outside may look the same but they actually had different tail extensions which altered the side view to appear more luxurious and lost that "fast" appearance. The front ends changed and became known as "thick bumper" cars Or known as "beaks" if you want to be rude.
