Dodge Dart and Plymouth Duster

by Steve Statham

In 1964, Chrysler offered an optional V8 with it's popular A-body Dodge Valiant. Banking on the resulting success of the package, Chrysler went on to release a decade-worth of low-priced, high-performance muscle cars based on the Valiant, including the Dart GT and GTS, the Swinger 340, the Demon, and the Duster. Color photography of restored and factory-original vehicles, along with archival images, are accompanied by a history for each, there are discussions of design and production, driving impressions, accessories and options, popular performance upgrades, and the cars' successful histories at the drag strip. Steve Statham is the author of the MBI muscle car books Camaro and Pontiac GTO: The Great One.

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 26, 2000

About the author

Steve Statham is the author of the Connor Rix series of SF thrillers (Rules of Force, Levers of Power, Monsters and Angels), along with the space opera novel Gods and The City. He began his writing career in the automotive journalism field, reporting on custom cars, classics and race cars. He was on the staff of Super Ford magazine, and later served as editor of Musclecar Enthusiast magazine. Steve has had 12 non-fiction books on automotive subjects published by Motorbooks and Publications International.