I agree .... I remember that the cars that came out were all flash and no go. I had two Dusters, both 1975's. One had a transpant 340 and one was a six-banger. I thought that they both looked good, as they still had the "fueslage effect" styling that came with the 1970 Charger/Challenger. At that time, a friend of mine had a 1968 Charger for a ride. All these cars had one really bad spot though, over the front wheels, the front quarters just seemed to rust out on a daily basis. I had to replace them on both cars, at least once every second year. Remember, at that time, here in London Ont., they used pure salt/sand mixture (70/30 ~ I think) and the salt was mined in Goderich Ont, from under the lake. It was and still is, VERY CORRSIVE to any car.
Yes I think that people have such poor memories of cars (Remeber the "sporty VEGA??? ~ Mine was a 1974 Red/red interior sport package(!)) as the Big Three passed mostly crap as cars. But some were better than others, your 77 Cordoba was one (I passed on a chance to buy one though - too rusty) and Chevy and Ford had winners too. I like to see these in plastic, as I still have great memories from those years.
Rob Savage