1980 dodge aspen wagon

I hope my cut and paste works.....


http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-cars-veh...dge-Aspen-Station-Wagon-SE-W0QQAdIdZ478008700

Looks clean,spoke with owner,sounds not whacko......

 

It is a LONG time since I saw one of these looking this nice! Truly beautiful, and it has both the SE Interior and Exterior packages, so it comes with the nice upholstery. Just a shame about the 225, though. Having lived with them, I would never want another. The gas mileage is the same as a V-8 and the performance, especially when laden, is more like a 4 cylinder. The worst of both worlds! A well set up full sized Ford or G.M. will use no more gas than this "compact" wagon.

 

I had some neighbors that had one of these. It had been in their family going on 15/16 years now. I tried to get them to sell it to me and it was a considerate no. They said it was the best car they had ever had.

 

Two pretty interesting replies and views on the same car,one mans trash is ...........

 

Luckily the one my neighbors had came with a slant 6 in it.

 

AH, The Leanin' Tower of Power I guess my first thought is: how often you gonna haul even a half yard of gravel or 2 dozen sheets of CDX? Put a 4 spd. and 3 side draft webers in that puppy and tell me it won't scoot like a scalded dawg and still get 20MPG 'Sides, Where you gonna get something that nice for that dough

 

The 1980 F-bodies were pretty well sorted-out, and did not have near the rust problems that the '76 - '77 cars did.

@MikeT1961 - You must've been driving out-of-tune 225s, then. I've owned over 30 vehicles with 225 engines - everything from Valiants to D300 Dodge trucks. Never had an issue with any of them. Plenty of power, rock-solid dependability, and great gas mileage.

 

Patrick, ours were tuned to a nicety, set up properly, and did return what was expected for gas mileage. Thing is, though, that when empty they were fine. Load them with a family and all the luggage for a driving holiday, and they were seriously underpowered, especially in the hills or climbing mountains. Gas mileage was right in around 28 mpg (Imperial) on the highway, and that is not quite as good as the mileage out of my Thunderbirds or my 78 Buick Electra with a 350 Buick engine.

The one good thing about the 80 and up 225 is that is the year they went to hydraulic lifters instead of mechanical that needed adjusting regularly. The 80s were also the only year of these cars that had inner front fenders, so the fender tops didn't turn to Swiss cheese.