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scuncio
12-18-2021, 01:10 PM
This is one of the nicer Dusters I've seen, and I'm guessing the 340 was not often paired with the 3-speed manual trans.

Link to 1970 Original Paint 340 Duster auction (https://www.ebay.com/itm/175068729410?hash=item28c2e8d042:g:5g8AAOSw1CRhvAO g&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337538513&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1)

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Bill Pritchard
12-18-2021, 01:55 PM
This is one of the nicer Dusters I've seen, and I'm guessing the 340 was not often paired with the 3-speed manual trans.


1 of 3401 according to the auction description. That seems awfully high to me....how many 340 Dusters were built in 1970?
AnthonyS
12-18-2021, 02:24 PM
24,800 miles in the first 7 months of ownership by the original owner then 200 miles in the next 50+ years? Wow.

Also, I never knew those speedometers were configured like that; sort of like a tachometer.
Too Many Projects
12-18-2021, 02:31 PM
24,800 miles in the first 7 months of ownership by the original owner then 200 miles in the next 50+ years? Wow.

Also, I never knew those speedometers were configured like that; sort of like a tachometer.


Seems a little odd that they managed to stop driving it at exactly 25,000 miles...:hmmm:
Bill Pritchard
12-18-2021, 10:11 PM
Original delivery date was 5/21/70, and 2nd owner purchased it on 12/13/71, so that makes about 19 months for the OO to accumulate those 24,800 miles.

Unhooking the speedo cable lets you stop accumulating mileage at whatever point you want :naughty:

Auction has ended early.
AnthonyS
12-19-2021, 04:37 AM
^ yep - I confused the years... 1971 purchase date was 5 (rest of 1970) PLUS 12 months (all of 1971 nearly) - still... and yeah, stopped at 25,000... anyway, still a lot of miles that first owner put on very quickly IMHO...
Kurt S
12-19-2021, 05:54 PM
I never knew those speedometers were configured like that; sort of like a tachometer.
That is the weirdest speedo I've ever seen!

The mid-60's Mercedes with the vertical speedos were different, not weird!