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dcal1981 t1_j9zzcs6 wrote

Looks like a 1971 Plymouth Duster to me.

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rouxjean t1_ja02sga wrote

Good for her. That's the way it's done.

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dcal1981 t1_ja0bdcf wrote

Replying to pistcow (#2,005,858)

I think it depended on the model..some had stripes with Duster near the front..some had the Duster emblem on the front fender and some had the duster sticker on the rear by the tail lights.

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dubiousadvocate t1_ja0ddjk wrote

I felt like an emperor god the day I bought my first car with my money. Neither of my kids want a car and my son waited until he was twenty before getting his license. The times, they do change. 🤣

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fermat9997 t1_ja0e325 wrote

Don't tell me that she eventually "settled down." 😄😊😊

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Qu33rCobraGAF t1_ja0pi6o wrote

Women were so much hotter back in the days for some reason 🤔

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BCGrog t1_ja0psrw wrote

Isn't that Al Bundy's car? Peg? Is that you?

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Thprop t1_ja0rpcu wrote

Any of you Duster enthusiasts, did the Duster/Devil also come in a 4-door package? I was looking at some old Mavericks and was reminded that Ford offered them in 2-door and 4-door models. Now they're using the nameplate on a line of pickups.

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mzskunk t1_ja0sbps wrote

I did the same! Bought a gold 1973 Duster (225 slant six) in 1982 with money I saved from working at the grocery store. Man, I loved that car, it had an eight track player and everything! Thanks for the flashback :)

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Mehnard t1_ja0zg9k wrote

In college I had a '76 Duster with a Slant 6 and 4 on the floor. That thing couldn't get out of it's own way. Dusters were notorious for sagging rear springs making for the first "Carolina Squat". I put a set of air shocks on mine to bring it up.

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cerebralpaulzsuffer t1_ja15nzq wrote

I tried buying a car with someone else's money and it turned into this big thing

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vapeducator t1_ja1ebtq wrote

One of the coolest features of the Plymouth Duster is the fold down rear seat that gave access to the trunk. When I was a kid, our family went to the drive-in theater and we kids could lie down with blankets and snacks, with our feet in the trunk area. It was like a little cozy fort. We could also sleep in the car on camping trips instead of breaking out the tent. A roof rack could be installed on the top for luggage and camping supplies. The slant 6 was more economical and reliable when the first oil crisis began in October 1973, when there were long queues to get gasoline only for the station to run out before you could get any. The price per gallon went from 35 cents/gallon to 50 cents, but the biggest problem was the availability of fuel due to the OPEC embargo.

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SpamFriedMice t1_ja1hnsl wrote

Replying to Thprop (#2,008,528)

Second car was a Maverick, beat the piss out of it. Rolled it over on the highway, we flipped it back on its wheels, filled the trans fluid and were on our way. Roof was slighly cockeyed, don't know how it didn't break any glass, but the doors didn't work anymore.

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Homerun2460 t1_ja1kf1k wrote

I thought it was a duster Cool car , I’d drive that today

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a20xt6 t1_ja1nhqn wrote

Dodge Dart Sport?... Kinda like a Duster, but with vinyl roof etc.. My brother had one of those.

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HoratioReddacted t1_ja1nuir wrote

Replying to rouxjean (#2,004,442)

That's the way it was done. Between wages especially young people wages being MUCH higher relative to the cost of living at that time vs now and how much more cars cost now because of not just inflation but mainly vastly improved safety and emissions standards (which drives up cost by a ton) you literally could never do this as a teen or person in their 20s now

even if you make $15 an hour which so many young people still dont even top buy a 10 year old sports car in decent shape is currently half your wages for an entire YEAR assuming you work full time.

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merelycheerful t1_ja1pyil wrote

Replying to HoratioReddacted (#2,014,931)

Thank you. It'd not just "that easy". Even as a tail end millennial, I have nothing to show for the four years I went to college, and the 9 years I spent working food and retail for less than 11 dollars per hour. I wish more older folks understood. Especially my parents, whose house I'm living in. Fuck me, I guess

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ToddA1966 t1_ja21zw9 wrote

Replying to blanca_capa (#2,016,829)

I got my driver's license in 1982. The first three cars I bought I paid less than $1000 each for!

The cheapest cars I ever bought were a 1979 Datsun B210 for $50 (a buddy who couldn't drive a stick or find the keys for it sold it to me), a 1972 VW Super Beetle for $200, and a 1975 AMC Gremlin for $450.

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mzskunk t1_ja27yk5 wrote

Replying to blanca_capa (#2,016,829)

Well, I was in high school, living at home. My pay was $6.50/hr. to start and maybe $9 when I quit. The car cost $800 so it took a while to save up for it. After a while, I even got some Cragger rims and a cassette player for it ;) My folks weren't too pleased but that car and I went freakin' everywhere. Man, I loved that car!

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nastyman1313 t1_ja292q5 wrote

Wow a hot girl with her own car no wonder I always dated older women

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mcfarmer72 t1_ja2ufjf wrote

The Duster was a good entry level car. The Demon was pretty fast.

The slant six was used in a lot of farm machinery, it was nearly indestructible.

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reddit_again_ugh_no t1_ja36yk6 wrote

Americans are so lucky when it comes to cars... In the rest of the world you have to put up with overpriced crappy 1-liter tiny cars.

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7042016566 t1_ja3708z wrote

My buddy had a brown one .. called it the dustpan

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JesusNeckbeard OP t1_ja4kffa wrote

Replying to HoratioReddacted (#2,014,931)

Those 10 year old dusters etc... were plentiful and relatively inexpensive at the time. I don't think it was really considered a "sports car" at the time though with an investment it could be made pretty sweet. Mustangs, Camaros, Cudas, GTOs. Those were the in demand cars at the time.

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HoratioReddacted t1_ja5mo4k wrote

Replying to Joshooahh (#2,020,319)

ok you either have an unusually good job for your age, your parents helped you, or both , or you have an old car or you got a great deal on it. not everyone or even most people have that in their 20s.

you cannot buy a remotely new sports car making $15 an hour unless you save half your earnings for a year or more and I dont know how you do that and pay rent, thats just math

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