Great show this year. Crowd was bigger than it’s been in a while. Weather was perfect. Picked up a few things in the swap meet. Car corral had some really good buys this year. Not an a body but my brother picked up this 63 willys gladiator. Runs perfect, all original and extremely solid.
My son’s console was pitted in the corners on the flats. To save money we sanded them down some and taped about a 3/8” wide band and painted it satin black. Think it looks really good especially with the new wood grain decal. Was a cheap way to spruce it up.
Wow. Just stumbled across this thread today and read it from the beginning to end. Great job not giving up on this and keeping this build going. Looks like you should be able to finally start enjoying the car soon. Looking forward to seeing the car completed.
I have a 70 hood with the 71 up hinges. It’s hard to get the adjustment right since those hinges don’t allow for much up and down adjustment. How to ship to 48164? Also do you think these would need rebuilt? Maybe I’ll buy two if they don’t seem like they need rebuilt. The ones I have bow...
I am working on a 71 dart with a 70 hood. The 70 hood had slightly different mounting style and the hinge mounting holes are slightly different. Car is painted and we are assembling. Unfortunately did not catch that I had a hinge issue until we were doing the final fitment of the hood and the...
I spoke to SMS Auto in December. I was told he was getting to retire but there may be a new owner soon. He told me to go ahead and send my hood hinges in for repair as he would take them on and committed to doing them. Since I have sent them I have left a few messages and emails and have had...
Oops. I was just looking at the thread and didn’t realize I hit the X. Must have happened while I was scrolling. I’ve always had good luck with legendary.
Not to hijack this thread but I have a 71 with the vapor liquid separator in the trunk. I am not sure what to do with the line that goes from that to the breather. I have a 340 without stock valve cover and breather. Can I just use that line as a vent or does it have to go all the way back to...
There was a really nicely done duster AAR a while back. It looks like the website isn’t there anymore but this car was stunning. Check out some pics. Here’s a link to an old forum thread.
1971 Plymouth Duster DustAAR - Gallery