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Boy, You Know There Ain't No Free Swinger Automatic Transmissions In This Life!
Since my cultural knowledge has giant gaps when it comes to old TV shows, I have no idea whether the character of the super-stereotyped Southern Sheriff in this ad was lifted from a TV show or created from scratch for this ad. Either way, it appears that he's getting ready to put the Dodge dealer on the chain gang for the crime of giving the Sheriff's wife an automatic transmission in her '70 Dart Swinger at no extra cost. How about a 4-speed manual at no extra cost?

11:00 AM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,096 views, 21 comments

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1975 Dodge Dart Swinger
The '65 Barracuda won our Favorite DOTS Chrysler A-Body Poll back in March, but since that time I've found this '75 Dart Swinger. Would the Swinger, with its name conjuring up images of Malaise Era key parties, have triumphed over the Barracuda? Perhaps I'll have another A-body poll, once we've seen a few more of them; until then, we can only speculate.
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9:00 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,459 views, 56 comments

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Turn In Your Badge: 1971 Dart Swinger
An automatic transmission! Hubcaps! All standard! Yes, it's no wonder the jowly small-town police chief assumes his officer has been taking bribes from the local Dodge dealer, no doubt in exchange for overlooking various legal indiscretions. And what better car for a key party than a Swinger?

3:30 PM on Thu Oct 4 2007
By Murilee Martin
1,353 views, 14 comments

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