Introduced in 1960 as a full-size car, the Dodge Dart was relegated to intermediate duty in 1962. But that didn't last long because Dodge re-assigned the Dart to the compact car market in 1963. The ...

Driving classic Mopars with stock, sloppy, worn-out, and leaky power steering systems on today's roads can be challenging. Manual steering is even worse with its slow 24:1 ratio. A wandering car that ...

When Chrysler introduced its Slant-Six engine in the early 1960s, it pioneered an ingenious design that tilted the cylinders at a 30-degree angle. This compact packaging allowed the long inline-six to ...

In the early sixties, Chrysler transitioned from the Virgil Exner styling cues to a more composead design language. Still, that change of heart wasn’t easy. I’ll drop two names: Dart and Lancer. Dodge ...

From one of the biggest perceived screw-ups in Ma Mopar's history emerged a lineup of "full-sized" cars that were considered hideously ugly by some, but were really a neat feat of engineering and ...

Last week, this series featured a classic compact Detroit station wagon. I’ve decided to make it two wagons a row with an example of one of the best-selling small Detroit longroofs of the 1960s. This ...