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Originally Posted by njsteve
That was the Feather Duster and as you can imagine, the vast majority of them were highly sought after to make race cars, given all the aluminum panels they carried.
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2700lbs is pretty light. What was the rear gear ratio?
I wonder what the 67 bird HT cars got for mpg with the OHC6 motors? Those car if I remember are pretty darn light like 3100lbs. I would guess in they were in the 20s but 36 mpg is darn impressive.
This was about all I could find from Wiki
The Feather Duster featured lightweight aluminum parts including the intake manifold, bumper brackets, hood and trunk bracing, and manual transmission housing, for a weight savings of about 187 lb (84.8 kg)—5% lighter than a standard Duster similarly equipped. It came with a 225 Slant Six with its distributor and single-barrel carburetor calibrated for economy, a low-restriction exhaust system, an extra-high rear axle ratio, and was offered with either the Torqueflite 3-speed automatic or A833 overdrive 4-speed manual transmission. It was the most fuel-efficient car in its size class, achieving up to 36 mpg highway and 24 in the city with the manual transmission option. (along with Dodge's version, the Dart Lite).
As a result, they were getting as much as 20 mpg in town and 36 mpg on the highway, numbers comparable to today's economy cars
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http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/f...#ixzz37TaWs0U1