Recent content by fantum

I have to go out of town for the next 2 - 3 weeks (see family, help a friend move, visit DC with Postal organization, then return. Hopefully, I will see much more accomplished upon my return.

So, to keep the crew on point, I went back today to find the car like this. I think progress is finally being seen.

Wow! I can't believe it has been over a year. I tried working with the business owner - to no avail. I just couldn't get him to do things to get his business to start making money. I also was unable to get him to start working on my car - until the middle of January when I threatened to...

Just finished going through your thread. Nice build - especially your tenacity in the face of constant obstructions. Regarding the motor mounts, back in the 70s, I had a 340 in my 'Cuda that kept breaking motor mounts. I tried all kinds of things, even solid mounts (I felt like I was getting...

Doesn't that just BUG you!?!?!?!?!?!

Well......... Nothing new to report regarding the progress on the Duster (or lack thereof). It seems the owner of the shop is in way over his head and can't maintain focus on getting cars done. He has too much on his plate and not enough money or employees to get things done in a timely...

I believe you are correct. I got mixed up in my terminology. Thanks for the correction.

Well, the body tech (a repatriated Cuban who speaks less English than I do Spanish) has been very busy. He's finished with the trunk (sorry, I don't have that pic), welded in the new floor pan, repaired a few holes in the backseat section that attaches to the floor pan, fitted up the 4-speed...

Chill, Thanks for the response. When I went back to get the picture you requested, I found that the bodyman working on my car was not told to hold off on that part of the car and had almost completed replacing the damaged metal (pic attached). Therefore, I do not need this part. However...

I posted this request on my restoration thread, "My Toxic '74 Duster". I need the right side support structure for my Duster (the shop can build a new one, but that would be much more costly than replacing it), and found it is not available through sites like AMD. I was hoping there was a...

Thanks for that. I did look at AMD and found exactly what you reported. That's why I decided to see if anyone was willing to chop up a parts donor. I have a little bit of time as the shop is working on the back end of the car, the floor, the frame connectors and the various small areas of...

I'm running into a bit of a snag. It seems the roof structure on the right side has succumbed to the ravages of body cancer and i am in need of a replacement for the window opening section shown in the picture (AMD does not replicate this part). Does anyone have a donor car they can cut this...

I don't know why the prior pictures didn't post in order as the bottom one should have been on top. Anyway, I visited the shop September 14th, and found that the tech had installed the quarter panel and was working on the taillight trim fitment as well as the quarter panel door fitment. They...

This group of pictures from September 1st, shows work has started on the right side. They removed the right quarter panel, found the right trunk dropdown to be swiss cheese and was cutting it out when I got there. I had both sides and brought them for him to install. The last shot, taken the...

A little update. The shop had to take a timeout from this project to work on my '12 Challenger which was sideswiped by a cop! Of course, the investigating officer found that our recollections of the incident were vastly different so he did not issue any tickets and I was left to pay my own...