My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head

Dartnut said
You're right, they weren't very strong from a collision standpoint. That's probably why they went to the heavy impact bumpers in '74. I might leave my heavy bumper on for another year to help my new super stock springs settle......:D
And i agree with your philosophy of the show car thing, and going with a function based build. Driving them and driving the crap out of them is the most fun anyway. Who cares about rock chips? Not people like us! :glasses7:
Car shows just bore me anyway.......

Dartnut said
Here's the rear bumper on my '71 Demon Sizzler, it got rear ended at about 5 mph. No kidding.

The heavy impact bumpers in '74 were because of a new 5mph impact standard. But realistically a 5mph impact still screws up the bumper, so it wasn't that big of an improvement. Just adds 100+ lbs to the car.

Yeah I don't understand show cars. Why have some awesome car that you only drive a few times a year? Its a car! Drive it! That's the fun part, not parking it in the garage and telling everyone how you have a cool car parked in the garage.

Nice looking Demon! Doesn't look too bad. I wish I had a tail panel for mine. Once I get the mechanicals sorted out I'll get to working a little more on the Demon conversion. Just need to prime the '71 Dart front end I have and find a tail panel. Should have just started with a Demon, but then I might feel bad about modifying it so much. With a /6 '74 Duster it doesn't matter. :D