Fly Weights

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by Myron Piatek

Feather Dusters and Dart Lites were made only in 1976 and only with 6 cyl. engines. But the lighter hood, trunk and bumpers will interchange with some earlier years.

Myron, these are the cars that came from the factory with the aluminum trannys (3 speed w/ overdrive) and 8.75 chunk!!! My dad had one. (Feather Duster) in white with a vinyl roof! Jim

[Dan Bennett]

Originally Posted by A56

I have a 1976 Dart Lite / Spirit of 76' car, its a rare one. It has the crazy red white and blue striped interior, and all the features of the Dart Lite / Feather Duster. Comicly I use it as a mock up car, maybe one day it will be a Stocker, but not with a 6 cylinder.

Mark Lelchook
E/SA #704

That's a very cool car. I really have a soft spot in my heart for the "oddballs".

It doesn't have much to do with being a class car, but your interior description reminded me of a Hang 10 that ran around this area for years. It, along with another owner's Mod Top Barracuda were two cars that rusted to the ground before any one cared to save them.

Though the smog and insurance were problems back then, I wish that Mopar had been as creative in performance as they were in special editions.

[goinbroke2]

I remember my buddies sister bought a new feather duster. The biggest attration? the blinker lights went "tickle-dink, tickle-dink" sounded different than ANY other cars blinkers. To a 11-12 year old it was pretty funny.
LOL, the stupid stuff you remember years later...LOL