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what did you think of them, or at least those of you who remember back 40 years ago(Satellite, Coronet)? Same concept as the new for 72 Torino/Montegos? I remember those pre 72- Torinos were bland
a pleasant change over the more boxy blandness of the 60's styled Satellite and Coronet? ?
My Dad worked for a large company back then and he got new Satellites from 70 to 75 or so.. They were good cars.. Wore well and seemed to be fine for their time
That was a few years before I was even born, but today I think they were a vast improvement over the previous generation of those.
Also agree with the Torino, in the sporty model of the top-level Brougham model, they were OK, but anything below was a disappointment. Quality went up with the 1972 redesign of the Torino/Montego. My grandparents had a 1973 Gran Torino sedan back in the early 80s, I loved that car. It was white with dark green interior.
what did you think of them, or at least those of you who remember back 40 years ago(Satellite, Coronet)? Same concept as the new for 72 Torino/Montegos? I remember those pre 72- Torinos were bland
a pleasant change over the more boxy blandness of the 60's styled Satellite and Coronet? ?
Actually, I preferred the '60s Satellites and Coronets. Still had the high-compression engines available, much less anti-smog equipment and nice, clean lines. Functional, too; more rear seat room and trunk space than the '70s models.
There was a nice '66 Plymouth Belvedere (with 426-Hemi engine) at the weekly car show last Friday...
Consumer Reports testers complaining how those late 60's (68 69 and 70 especially) mid sized Mopars were noise boxes inside
and when Chrysler introduced "Torsion Quiet Ride" for 1973 (remember how the cars were touted as being "built to be seen and not heard") road tests of the Dodge Coronet found it STILL to be the noisiest car in it's class!!
someone must have invented something because by 1976 most of those Mopars were as quiet as their competition(even the Aspen/Volare)
Consumer Reports testers complaining how those late 60's (68 69 and 70 especially) mid sized Mopars were noise boxes inside
and when Chrysler introduced "Torsion Quiet Ride" for 1973 (remember how the cars were touted as being "built to be seen and not heard") road tests of the Dodge Coronet found it STILL to be the noisiest car in it's class!!
Yeah, they weren't the quietest, but that doesn't bother me unless it's a luxury car. My '66 Plymouth with 383 big block engine is far from being quiet, but I like it that way. Nice to hear that big, powerful engine!
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someone must have invented something because by 1976 most of those Mopars were as quiet as their competition(even the Aspen/Volare)
wonder what they did.
Don't know what they did, but they should have kept the Dodge Dart/Plymouth Valiant. They were far more reliable than the Aspen/Volare.
Me to! my '68 GTX was pretty sweet for 'end of the 60's
A '68 GTX? With the standard 440-cu-in engine, correct? They were great before they were strangled with emissions equipment. And when they still had high-compression.
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My '71 duster 340 was a MOVER, I don't know how noisy the car was, but the 8 track tape deck was pretty loud.
Yeah, in a Mopar with a 340 engine, it's nice to hear the engine. Duster were not overly heavy and made good drag racing cars.
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A '68 GTX? With the standard 440-cu-in engine, correct? yep, what a GAS
Yeah, in a Mopar with a 340 engine, it's nice to hear the engine. Duster were not overly heavy and made good drag racing cars.
Oh my, The throaty noise of the Thermo-quad ... This thing would flat out HAUL. And did lots of 'Buried-speedo' runs in WY, NE, and CO. I think it could pass a pheasant through the BIG OVAL secondary.
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... This thing would flat out HAUL. And did lots of 'Buried-speedo' runs in WY, NE, and CO. I think it could pass a pheasant through the BIG OVAL secondary.
