my first mopar a 74 duster tribute car
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Bulldozer
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im interested to know what exactly a duster "tribute" is ? did it not start life as a duster?
rebuilt the motor with stroker kit....windage tray.... added compression ....ported heads... lunati voo-doo cam....tsp dist....mini-starter.....had the 904 rebuilt with full race trans-pac.....3800 stall converter...
73hcode
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I like it.
lucky i got it for only 1300 bucks because it needed a lot more work than i thought ....but had a lot of new parts ....power disc's ...brake lines...3/4 of a new wiring harness but still had wiring problems ...lol...came with some good extra body parts i used ...mint trunk ...a good door ...had to buy a couple fender's ...found two great one's from a real nice guy in tampa that had a ton of duster parts ...had a new edelbrock carb and a proformer intake...the guy said it had a re-man 318 with not many miles ....but when i slid it out it was a re-man with the heat plugs glued all over it but it turned out to be a 360 head cop motor......
thanks 73h....been a lot of work but it is starting to turn the corner ...i have a ton of new and re-done parts ready to go back on ....spent like 2500 at summit on x-mas for myself ....seats ...carpet ...shifter ....gauges..tach...toggle dash panel....3" exhaust...the list goes on...lol.... i used aircraft stripper on almost everything i could in the end after i first started to just sand stuff down and prime and did not like how it was coming out ...i even used it on all the pulleys ...power steering pump ...fan blade ...alternator brackets ...etc... then shot them black and even cleared them ....here's some more paint work ...
I love the colors. It will look great!
crj1968 beat me and you to it ...lol....yes its going to be a tribute to the last pro stock duster race car they had... pro 200.. a don hardy chassis car...here's some of my story ...i built my first car when i was 15 ...it was a 1964 chevy impala ss and i painted it white and made it look like the sox and martin 409 chevy's they started drag racing with ...needless to say i was a big fan ....got to see them a lot match racing back in the late 60's and early 70's...then i got the circle track bug and went racing for almost 40 years ...won two nascar championships along the way ...( with red white and blue painted race cars )........well now i am semi-retired and was looking for a project about a year ago ...i always loved those mopars would love to have the real thing but you can't drive and enjoy the car on the street .....i already had those type cars ... my favorite S@M car was the later duster's they had so that's were i stated looking for my project... same at 15 and i am back at it again 40 plus years later ....lol....i also have a plan for the car a little down the road ....
Bulldozer
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yes , now I am seeing it , looking great !
bighammer
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I think he was setting you up on this one Lance! (I was thinking the same way)
Sweet tribute Duster modracerx!
It's really cool- can't wait to see it finished. I saw that car (maybe) and a couple other Sox cars back in 89-90 at Union Grove WI. I know he had a barracuda and Cuda there and maybe that Duster. I'll have to dig through my old pics......
Landy was there as well...Jungle Jim....all those old school guys. Ronnie was out talking with people and seemed a down to earth cool dude.
Landy was there as well...Jungle Jim....all those old school guys. Ronnie was out talking with people and seemed a down to earth cool dude.
66340SEDAN
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Looking great :glasses7:
Snake
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Was that bondo over rust in the trunk?
no bondo ....thats a two part marine rust incapsulator (buddy gets it from the navy yard)we put over the new welded in metal temporarily because we did not know how much of the trunk floor and spare tire well was going to be cut out ....its great stuff ...used it on my marine construction bardge ....can go right over rust or any metal then paint ...saved that old rusted scow and kept it going for years ...lol...eastwood and others have stuff like it but its nothing like this **** got to where a paint respirator to use it....
cool!! I've considered an early sox and martin duster with red and maroon????
there first duster in 1970 did have a different paint design ....i know i have a 8 x 10 of it maybe one to upload for you ....here is one .....they hired herb mc candless to drive it and ronnie drove the cuda ....
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