Fits your paisley headbands and Beethoven bust with its fold-down rear seat.
Plymouth Division, Chrysler CorporationChrysler’s Plymouth Division—the only major American car marque named after a brand of rope—created a sporty-looking version of the Valiant compact for the 1970 model year and called it the Duster. Many cleverly named Duster trim levels ensued, including the Gold Duster, Feather Duster, and Duster Twister; production continued through 1976 (later on, the Duster name was recycled as a trim-level name on the Volaré, Turismo, and Sundance). For apartment-switching youngsters on a budget, Plymouth offered the Space Duster and its fold-down rear seat for lengthy items. Here’s a magazine advertisement for the ’73 Space Duster, featuring a paisley-bedecked guitar player straight from Central Casting in the sunroof and a groovy little hippie pad.
With a roof that opens on a country ride, don’t cost much extra, lets the sun inside. In fact, that crank-operated sunroof tacked on 140 bucks to the price of a $2876 car (that’s about $973 on a $19,995 car when calculated in 2022 dollars).
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