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To: smokingfrog
As chief engineer, Gibson’s biggest pride of his work was the Dodge Dart.

I guess he's the guy who designed the '73 Dart I bought to rust away in just 6 years. By the time the frame rotted, the body was more Bondo than metal.

But I have to say, the engine and transmission were really great. There was just not much left to carry them around. ;~))

5 posted on 01/23/2015 7:30:23 PM PST by Ditto
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To: Ditto

Perhaps no one has summed up the existential essence of the Dodge Dart better than French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. Writing about his Dart in 1961, Sartre said,

“In my journey to the end of night, I must rely not only on dialectical paths of reason. I must have a good solid automobile, one that eschews the futile trappings of worldly ennui and asks only for basic maintenance. My Dodge Dart offers me this elemental solace, and as interior parts fall off I am struck by the realization of their pointlessness. I might not know if the window is up or down. It is of no consequence.”

http://www.cartalk.com/content/1963-dodge-dart-convertible


9 posted on 01/23/2015 7:40:58 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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