You missed the dates...
Checkout a page, and you'll see a 1979 example.
Note the rectangular headlights.. 1978s were round...
and had more HP.
Sam '00 RT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Steven T. Ekstrand
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 2:47 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: R/T?
>
>
> Lil Red Express:
> Actually it was 1976
> They also produced them in 1977. I'm not sure if any 78's or later were
> made.
>
> It was the fastest production car of 1976. It didn't exactly have any
> competition.
>
> The 360 HP (hipo not horsepower!) package that was developed for the 1974
> Plymouth Duster was used in the truck. That 74 360HP Duster was
> the car my
> father won two NHRA Stock world championships in. It was a 360 using the
> 340 style head castings (although only 1.88" intake valves), a cam very
> similar to the 340 automatic cam, a high flow dual plane manifold (much
> better than the original 340 piece) and a BIG Thermoquad four barrel carb.
> That particular Duster was about the fastest thing available in 1974.
> You'd have to go to a Porsche Carrera to get a good match. On the street
> it would hold its own or beat the overweight Pontiac SD455's.
> Unfortunately, the performance most people think of when they think Duster
> is set by the lowly two barrell models. Not bad cars, but know
> for economy
> and longevity rather than performance. The rare 360HP's were
> screamers for
> 8.5 to 1 compression smog motors.
>
> -STE
>
>
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