Ford was my close second choice.
When I bought my very first Duster years ago, I had the option to leave the duster behind and buy a 1971 Ford maverick instead.
The maverick was a "grabber" with the cool hood, but it had a straight 6.
The maverick was in a little bit better shape than the duster, but the duster was a slant six but included a 360 in the deal for around the same price as the maverick.
That was such a hard decision. I thought about it over a weekend and at one point I was sure I was buying the maverick then an hour later I was sure about the duster and back and forth.
I went with the duster because I was a lot more familiar with the mopar because my dad has a 69 cuda that I grew up seeing.
If I had gone with the maverick I would probably be all ford now. Ford is not bad, I tend to be attracted to more ford products than i ever was with GM. To me, there is just something backwards about GM, and I never felt comfortable with any GM product.
I totally dig seeing Mavericks at car shows.