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down on the street bonus edition

Billy Jack's Revenge: Judge, Jury, And Executioner In Portland

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Today's find is a '72 Plymouth Duster (or maybe it's a '71) with an innovative customization job. Dorsai3d shot the Billy Jack's Revenge on the damp streets of Portland, Oregon, and we can't help but admire the homemade hood tach, Electra 225 emblems used to indicate Slant Six engine displacement, and cryptic graphics. Make the jump to see all the photos and read Dorsai3d's description.


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12:40 PM on Fri Sep 5 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,837 views, 34 comments

Latest by SpudMills: @Gino Camaro: Good observation! Looks like that Cherry Bomb sticker has been there quite a while, or maybe they just made more »

classic ad watch

Ethel Lusts For Slant Six Duster, Mom Worried

A woman who feels great passion for a Chrysler A-body with Slant Six power and takes one on a test drive through a corn field? While we're pleased that Ethel has such an excellent sense of priorities, her mother seems hell-bent on getting her to stick a big icepick through her Mopar-loving frontal lobes, find a husband, and settle down for some serious breeding. But then why does Mom take A-body-addicted Ethel to the Duster pusherman?

11:00 AM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Murilee Martin
13,826 views, 41 comments

Latest by N/A: This is why I miss Plymouth. more »

junkyard find

The Duster Name Lies On The Ash Heap Of History

After seeing the sheer 80s awesomeness that was the '85 Plymouth Duster yesterday, you might have thought that every drop of branding goodness had been squeezed from the corpse of the once-glorious Duster name. You'd be wrong! After the Omni-based Duster limped off into oblivion in '87, Chrysler slapped some stickers and wings on the '92 Sundance (which itself was also a recycled name) and called it a Duster. You won't find many on the street, but I was fortunate enough to run across an example in a junkyard located mere blocks from MC Hammer's former practice studio. As you can see, the 80s lingered on well into the 90s. [Allpar]

4:20 PM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,434 views, 46 comments

Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: I knew someone with one that had this color scheme too. They were all either forest-green with gold or white more »

classic ad watch

It Don't Get More 80s Than This: 1985 Plymouth Duster

I was a senior in high school in 1984, and I recall hearing Baby Boomers going on and on about the goddamn 1960s at the time and thinking "There's no possible way anyone will ever be nostalgic for the 80s- no way!" How wrong I was- 80s nostalgia is like herpes, with sudden painful flareups and a miasma of shame surrounding its participants. And that brings us to what I believe may well be The Most Eighties Car Ad In All Of History: a 1985 Plymouth Duster ad that was apparently shown during the 1st Annual MTV Music Awards. And you know what that means- it's poll time!
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11:00 AM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Murilee Martin
16,640 views, 104 comments

Latest by SweetZombieJesus: I demand a "where are they now" on the Dance Fever wanna-bees in this ad. more »

german christmas

Dieter Lets Us Peek Behind the Barn Door

A man like Dieter is never content with just one barn full of cars and tools and gadgets. Less than a kilometer away from his shop, Dieter has his treasure barn. From the road it's so unassuming that you'd never know it could contain an 850Ci and a 440 Duster. In addition to those, there's at least an ancient Tatra, a pumped up BMW 2002, the skeletal (and really cool) remains of an Opel Speedster and a rack of about 50 various hoods for some reason. This is also where Dieter keeps the molds for a BMW M1 that's he's recreating. Oh yeah, that wooden frame upside down on the red car, that's the body frame for the BMW 328 we told you about earlier. This level of chaos in our own garage would drive us bonkers, but damn, this place is awesome.

1:00 PM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By bwojdyla
1,520 views, 14 comments

Latest by the good dr zero: @Armand4: Geminis are the earliest cars that I remember, the folks had a bright orange one when I was rather more »

the leaning tower of power

Jalopnik Poll: Which Dodge Dart Should Nardelli Build?

Of all the facts in a New York Times article focusing on incoming Chrysler fearless leader Robert Nardelli, there was one that caught our eye. Mr. Nardelli's first car out of high school was a 1966 Dodge Dart. As Mr. Nardelli's love for the company dates back to this car, it seems only fitting that he spearhead the campaign to resurrect the mighty Dodge Dart. Whether the new Dodge Dart will feature a hybrid fusion slant six drive that runs on orange peels and coffee grinds will only be told by the future. Vote on which Dart Dodge should build after the jump. More »

3:30 PM on Mon Aug 13 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
3,125 views, 50 comments

Latest by N/A: My dad had a 65 Dart GT. It was fast but yet economical with the 273 V8. I think the more »

what the hell happened?

Plymouth Rapid Transit System Brochure


While modern automakers try to infuse us with computer generated images of brush strokes morphing into luxury cars or show us smarmy future executives happily tossing their light blues and khakis out of the window on their way out of town, they seem to have long and truly forgotten something. Driving is supposed to be wicked fun - and budget performance counts. To think that Plymouth had an entire system of budget minded performance machines in 1970, yet went out with a mere breeze thirty years down the road makes for a sad ending to the once mighty name. Glorious text excerpt from the 1970 Rapid Transit Brochure after the jump. – Mike Bumbeck More »

1:00 PM on Fri May 4 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
1,383 views, 10 comments

Latest by Stoatmaster: I am, as my good friend the vicar was wont to remark, positively fucking tumescent. more »

cars like never before

Classic Ad Watch: 1970 Plymouth Rapid Transit System


From the something slightly less ballistic to wrap up the day department comes the very old news that Plymouth is out to win you over this year - with the 1970 lineup. Who says speed, luxury, and low price don't mix? Dig this. – Mike Bumbeck More »

10:00 PM on Thu May 3 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
928 views, 10 comments

Latest by A Strolling Lucida G Luxury Joyful Player: So fabulous, so furious, so fresh. You don't hear adspeak like that anymore. It's a shame. more »

mitsubishi

Celestial Arrows and Feather Dusters

While 1976 had America churning out Dodge Dart Lites and Plymouth Feather Dusters complete with bicentenial red-white-and-blue vinyl interiors, Mitsubishi unleashed a Lancer variant known as the Celeste. We mention the Dart and Duster because the compact rear-drive Celeste was also sold here in the States as a Plymouth Arrow, and if you wanted to get sporty - the Fire Arrow. Out of the hundreds of thousands of videos of kittens playing Yahtzee, parrots serving pizza, and old Charlie the Tuna commercials on YouTube, there are precisely two that have anything to do with a Mitsubishi Celeste. Here is the clearer one. – Mike Bumbeck More »

1:30 PM on Mon Apr 16 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
476 views, 4 comments

Latest by jnostalgics: These cars can look pretty mean with just a little lowering and wide four-spoke rims. Check out UK Mike's more »