Car of the Week: 1976 Plymouth Trail Duster Sport

[dodgechargerfan]

Sorry man, but I have a distinct distaste for cars that catch fire while I'm driving them...

All brands do that, though.

 

[bsman]

All brands do that, though.

I don't know - in almost 50 years of driving, only time that's happened to me (1973 Plymouth duster).

 

[Andrew Sak]

Looks pretty much like my old '77 Ramcharger (440) Which was basically a Power Wagon with a removable shell. Noy exactly what I would term an SUV. Mine actually had an Urban Assault Vehicle sticker on it. Went anywhere and everywhere. With the 440/auto, I could actually get out of in in drive on an uphill in 4L and walk around it as it slowly clawed it's way along.

Lone Wolf Mcquade had an '83 Supercharged Dodge Ramcharger.
I'm guilty of having watched this.

This turbo charger deserved an oscar.

 

[335clone]

Roots blower , but yeah

 

[DinoMikeSr]

88 Horizon: Drove it all over in the Blackhills of South Dakota and I mean back road, dirt road, fishing hole. Grabbing second gear could spin the tires for a long screech, not just a chirp. Drop the clutch and pull up the ER break and you could do crazy donuts. My son was 2 when I got it and he learned to drive stick in it and then drove it in high school for two years and then it came back to me to drive to work. 2.2 liter throttle body injected. Super simple to work on.

 

[B Valley]

That's actually a nice looking Plymouth. I don't remember ever seeing them, or if I did I thought they were Dodges.

 

[mongooz]

That's actually a nice looking Plymouth. I don't remember ever seeing them, or if I did I thought they were Dodges.

i barely recall the plymouths, probably mostly from tv adds.
most that i've seen were ramchargers.

 

[335clone]

That's actually a nice looking Plymouth. I don't remember ever seeing them, or if I did I thought they were Dodges.

They only made 18K over 7 years or so. I think I have seen one.

 

[Tiltsta]

My mom drove one of these when I was a kid. The Plymouth version. I guess I was maybe 8 or so when they got it. She had the 360 motor in it and it was white and blue two tone. It had rubber floors. I remember she carried a pair of vice grips in the glove box as she was too weak to lock the outside hubs with her small hands. It was once used as a police barricade at a bank robbery in town, rather fitting, as it had blue and white paint and looked like a cop car. My mom was in the grocery store next to the bank when someone held uo the bank and it became a hostage barricade situation. They made everyone stay in the grocery store and my mom was parked pretty much in front of the bank and the cops were using her car to stand behind. It was a beast of a truck for life in Northern New Hampshire. I think she traded it in on a Volvo in the mid 1980's.

 

[Lerxst]

My mom drove one of these when I was a kid. The Plymouth version. I guess I was maybe 8 or so when they got it. She had the 360 motor in it and it was white and blue two tone. It had rubber floors. I remember she carried a pair of vice grips in the glove box as she was too weak to lock the outside hubs with her small hands. It was once used as a police barricade at a bank robbery in town, rather fitting, as it had blue and white paint and looked like a cop car. My mom was in the grocery store next to the bank when someone held uo the bank and it became a hostage barricade situation. They made everyone stay in the grocery store and my mom was parked pretty much in front of the bank and the cops were using her car to stand behind. It was a beast of a truck for life in Northern New Hampshire. I think she traded it in on a Volvo in the mid 1980's.

We had a brown and white one w/ brown interior when I was about the same age. The thing I remember most about it was that absurdly large center console thing.