So many Chrysler A-bodies in junkyards these days, even though the last ones rolled off the assembly line in 1981 (in South America and Australia; the final Detroit-built A-body was a 1976 model). These cars were cheap and simple, and they're still useful transportation in the 21st century, so many of them manage to stay on the street well into their 30s and 40s. Sadly, even the most fanatical Dart/Valiant restorer has all the affordable two-doors and/or factory V8 cars he or she can handle, and so when a made-by-the-zillions Slant-6 Malaise Era sedan craps out, it's going to The Crusher. So far in this series, we've seen this '60 Valiant wagon, this '61 Valiant, this '63 Dart, this '64 Valiant wagon, this '67 Valiant, this '66 Dart, this '68 Valiant Signet, this '73 Valiant, this '75 Duster, and this '75 Dart, and now we're adding yet another '75 to the list.
This is a California car, so there's absolutely zero rust and the upholstery is pretty well roasted by the sun.
Did it finally die?
When I shot this car, it had only been on the yard for a few days. You can tell because the front brake parts, which are highly sought-after because they'll bolt right on to B-body cars such as Chargers and Belvederes, were still there. By now, of course, the car has been shredded, dumped into a shipping container at the Port of Oakland, shipped to China, and melted down; I photographed it last October, in a yard that keeps inventory for a mere two months before scrapping it.
According to my favorite junkyard-inventory site, there are two Darts, six Valiants, a Duster, and two Swingers in the inventory of the 90 yards Row52 tracks, which means there are many hundreds of fresh A-bodies in the junkyards they don't cover. If you've ever wanted one, now is the time!
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