Dumpster diver 70 Duster build

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Turbo440Dart

Turbo440Dart

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Figured I’d start a thread on the most recent purchase. Late December I picked up a 70 duster. Can’t have just one car right? Goal is running/driving tagged and insured for under 2k including buying the car.

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Day I picked it up. 40 degrees, raining sideways and happy as hell.
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I was taught long ago, no matter how good the deal….NEVER pay asking price, so I didn’t.
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Has a “low mileage” J headed 360 in it, not bad after blasting 20 years of rat crap off it.
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So for the background on the duster. Father/son project that the kid ended up scattering the 7 1/4 in the car in 2002, and the car got parked….and sat until I purchased it. So far I’ve horse traded parts, flipped parts and I’ve spent a couple hundred bucks to make it run and drive. Now it has big bolt pattern disc up front, some used 90/10 Calvert shocks, a B body 8.75 with a 3.23 sure grip 489 center section.

I tossed a kit in the Holley, a new fuel pump and 6 out of the 8 plug wires got replaced. Had a new master cylinder on the shelf, and bought a conversion U joint (7260-7290) for it.

Had to the old wheels, tires, and lug nuts from my dart and some auto meter gauges laying around so I dressed the car up a bit. Progress is gonna be slow on this one since it’s strictly funded by flipping and horse trading parts, but it just goes to show you can still build a fun ratty beater on a shoe string budget.

Grand total is somewhere in the 16-1700 dollar range as it sits.

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Those dirtbag scammers that beg for dollars in front of stores?
Yeah....
I would have picked a different title for this build.
I love Dusters and low dollar builds are cool but the name of this one is not good.
Here are some different ideas:
Low Dough show.
Bare Bones Build.
Jewish Man Plan.
Okay, forget the Jewish suggestion.....some might be touchy about that type of humor.
Penny Pincher Plymouth.
 
lol I thought it was a cool name. It's your car. Call it POS if you want to. lol
 
Looks like a great start, around here the body's dissolve from rust in a few years.
My uncle bought a new 70 Duster, within 4 years he drove it to the junkyard, rear springs went thru the trunk floor.
 
Turbo440Dart said:
I’ve called both my cars worse than I’d care to type on here. All part of the fun, just didn’t want to ruffle any feathers is all
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I have a coat I wear sometimes I call my "homeless coat" because it looks kinda ratty....even though it's not been worn much. It's just the coloring and fabric it's made out of.
 
Turbo440Dart said:
I’ve called both my cars worse than I’d care to type on here. All part of the fun, just didn’t want to ruffle any feathers is all
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I don't think anyone would have been offended. I just thought the build needed a more creative name.
Your new name is great!
 
Awesome. Just like the old days. Hopefully you won't need any "one year only" parts :lol:

Did you yank the slots, or are those the ones from your other car?
 
THIS is my kinda build! Never been rich, never will be- but damn, I've had some fun along the way!
Now where's the "Double Like" button?
 
CFD244 said:
Awesome. Just like the old days. Hopefully you won't need any "one year only" parts :lol:

Did you yank the slots, or are those the ones from your other car?
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The slots came off and went to another member in here.
 
CFD244 said:
My favourite wheels :thumbsup:
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For years I told everyone that would listen I was going to own a duster with slots on it. I loved them but 14s and small bolt pattern just weren’t going to be viable for this build. I do have a possible line on a pair of 15x4 big bolt pattern slots though…
 
Turbo440Dart said:
For years I told everyone that would listen I was going to own a duster with slots on it. I loved them but 14s and small bolt pattern just weren’t going to be viable for this build. I do have a possible line on a pair of 15x4 big bolt pattern slots though…
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As you can see in my avatar pic, I had them on my Demon back in the early 80's. I managed to save them all these years to go on my current '71 Demon build. LOL......My nephew managed to grab them before my sister's live-in had the car crushed, as it was stored at the family homestead............But that's another story:(
 
CFD244 said:
As you can see in my avatar pic, I had them on my Demon back in the early 80's. I managed to save them all these years to go on my current '71 Demon build. LOL......My nephew managed to grab them before my sister's live-in had the car crushed, as it was stored at the family homestead............But that's another story:(
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I Lost a Super Clean Duster, the day we buried my Grandmother. I love my uncle, But not that much. He'd put the Screws to me a few times. My 68 Coronet had slots....... I dug em!
 
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