Daily driving an A-body

I was in my teens when I bought my Duster. Even though I had another car (a gas-sipper) I chose the Duster as my daily for the sheer love of driving it.

The car never let me down but man was I an idiot. The suspension was 35 years old and I drove stupid far. I could have at least done ball joints!

I went to a modern car eventually just for the reason to save gas (stupid $13k mistake), turns out that car eventually deteriorated, and now I'm back to the Duster (but getting it dialed).

Now that I'm a little wiser I am spending approx. $9500 to get it to my liking for daily use and it will damn right out perform a new car when ready. I always have 1-2 extra dependible rides at any given time too though...

Good for you for buying your dart. Take my advice: don't be like me; scrounge up a grand and dial the suspension sooner than later!