My 1974 Plymouth Duster 360
alright alright.....it is time for a update I suppose.
Ok....9-6-10 went and spent my Labor Day with my Cuz....we got up at the butt crack of dawn...yawned....stretched out our arms and hit the road....when we finally arrived at the Parts Duster, we instantly began hypothesizing a way to get a 74 duster that has become (1) with the earth 75 miles off the beaten path in the middle of a Mesquite Thicket......3 feet up in the air to bust the front suspension off. After some thought we jerked out the monster floor jack, some wood scraps, and got a big ole' bite of the lower radiator support. MARTIN provided the floor jack and it got the job done! we lifted the car.....set the K frame on (2) 8 lug truck rims we found in the woods and we had the complete front suspension busted down, loaded in our pickup trucks, and were standing around BS'in in about 1 hour.
I didnt take any pictures of the Front suspension removal, but I did take a couple of pictures that day...
After firing up my $3 garage sale Grille and cooking (2) 12oz Sirloins, and having some good Mopar Cheesy Grin conversations with the Cuz, I hit the road for home and decided to check on a 1968 Coronet for MARTIN and see if I could get some good pictures for him...come to find out the 68' Coronet was gone...but the man still had the 69'...so I took a couple of pictures to try to sway MARTIN ~ B A C K to a 1969 Coronet....INSTEAD of a 68....69's are so much sexier IMO.
anywho:
finally got home....about 6pm that evening to my wonderful wife....with Enchilada's on the table AS I walked through the door.
Got FAT...crashed out.....got up and went to work the next morning and got the LCA (lower control arm) blasted, bushing removed, and installed without damaging it....removed the sway bar bracket off my original arm...chunked it in the scrap metal bin....and welded the bracket on the new LCA.....primed it, painted it and installed it same night.
Assembled the entire front suspension without any further issues.
Installed the wheels and tires and prepped the car for the engine install.
Cleaned the garage up.
Finally 9-11-10 I brought home the cherry picker and 9-12-10 I installed the engine and transmission.
It has been a long time coming and I feel crankup isnt all that far away now.
Enjoy the pics till next time...when I finally get the accessory pulley crap figured out and MARTIN drives up here to help me make this duster make some noise.
:-D
alright alright.....it is time for a update I suppose.
Ok....9-6-10 went and spent my Labor Day with my Cuz....we got up at the butt crack of dawn...yawned....stretched out our arms and hit the road....when we finally arrived at the Parts Duster, we instantly began hypothesizing a way to get a 74 duster that has become (1) with the earth 75 miles off the beaten path in the middle of a Mesquite Thicket......3 feet up in the air to bust the front suspension off. After some thought we jerked out the monster floor jack, some wood scraps, and got a big ole' bite of the lower radiator support. MARTIN provided the floor jack and it got the job done! we lifted the car.....set the K frame on (2) 8 lug truck rims we found in the woods and we had the complete front suspension busted down, loaded in our pickup trucks, and were standing around BS'in in about 1 hour.
I didnt take any pictures of the Front suspension removal, but I did take a couple of pictures that day...
After firing up my $3 garage sale Grille and cooking (2) 12oz Sirloins, and having some good Mopar Cheesy Grin conversations with the Cuz, I hit the road for home and decided to check on a 1968 Coronet for MARTIN and see if I could get some good pictures for him...come to find out the 68' Coronet was gone...but the man still had the 69'...so I took a couple of pictures to try to sway MARTIN ~ B A C K to a 1969 Coronet....INSTEAD of a 68....69's are so much sexier IMO.
anywho:
finally got home....about 6pm that evening to my wonderful wife....with Enchilada's on the table AS I walked through the door.
Got FAT...crashed out.....got up and went to work the next morning and got the LCA (lower control arm) blasted, bushing removed, and installed without damaging it....removed the sway bar bracket off my original arm...chunked it in the scrap metal bin....and welded the bracket on the new LCA.....primed it, painted it and installed it same night.
Assembled the entire front suspension without any further issues.
Installed the wheels and tires and prepped the car for the engine install.
Cleaned the garage up.
Finally 9-11-10 I brought home the cherry picker and 9-12-10 I installed the engine and transmission.
It has been a long time coming and I feel crankup isnt all that far away now.
Enjoy the pics till next time...when I finally get the accessory pulley crap figured out and MARTIN drives up here to help me make this duster make some noise.
:-D
