From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sun, 3 Aug 2025 21:38:36 -0000 (UTC), pothead wrote:   
      
   > My other classic muscle car was a 72 Duster with a 340 V8.   
   > Now that car was quick but the front end was so gnarly it was dangerous.   
   > I think it had that torsion bar system which was a mess.   
      
   After my father died my mother bought a Gold Duster. That was a radical   
   change from her insistence on 4 door sedans when I was growing up. When I   
   asked about it she said she didn't want to be a taxi service for her   
   elderly friends whenever they were going someplace and the relative   
   inaccessibility of the rear seat would discourage them.   
      
   Prior to the purchase I had to convince her she could drive an automatic.   
   She had been driving since the early 1920's but had never driven an AT.   
      
   It's sort of depressing when I go to a car show and see meticulously   
   restored '70s rides. Some nostalgia but I owned or drove some of them when   
   they were new and they weren't that great. Ditto the various British   
   sports cars. Cute but I could blow their doors off with my Toyota   
   subcompact while enjoying greater creature comforts.   
      
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