No, they really were that bad. The cars were rushed into production a year early (they were never supposed to overlap the A-bodies) and had tons of quality-control issues. My '76, bought new in Atlanta and never left the city, was in worse shape than my '72 Charger, which had been up here in Saltland for two decades. On top of that, there were only 3 weld nuts in the frame to hold the K-member in that Aspen from the day it was new. The original owner told me that when I got the car... "Never was there. Tried to put one in at the first oil change, but it fell back out. No threads up there." They weren't all junk, but the percentage was high enough to warrant the reputation and inclusion on "10 Worst Cars" lists.
