72 Duster

When it comes to unassuming, but powerful muscle cars, the 72 Duster is right up there among my favorites. Plymouth had a long and successful history of making supercars that were unique, powerful and gave a big bang for your buck. If you lived in those times you know just how much owning a car like this meant and how hard it is to find one these days, from people which used to own them. If you are a Duster fan then I guess Plymouth rings as familiar in your mind as your wife’s name. Nonetheless, given the fact that it was one of the best cars around at its time, it didn’t stop the engineers from improving it more and more.

The 1972 Duster featured a vinyl roof covering and a new canopy, and the roof covering could only cover the forward portion of the top and it was being sold in two colors. Even though the designers were disappointed, the planners had proven to be right in retrospect. That’s why there weren’t any changes when it came to the A bodies, because they were good enough and many people were satisfied with them. And that’s why they would still command more than 1/3 of the segment of the compact cars.

Adding new features and designs to a car that had already been received so well was kind of hard but still the designers tried to add a few more things to the Plymouth 72 Duster. The changes ultimately were concerning the rear of the car and when it came to the taillights, they were horizontally split and they were also wider, but they were split by the argent plastic lens, not by sheet metal.

Under its hood, this amazing car had the 340 V8 to cope with the road and it had a compression ration that was ultimately reduced to just 8.5:1 and the horsepower was only 240, but still a powerful car nonetheless. This was available on any Duster model. If you could afford it you could get an options ignition system which would eliminate the breaker points and the condenser.

Plymouth has made history with its cars and this model is surely a part of it.