1972 Duster, 340/4, black on black (the endgame)
OK. Making cookies so I can throw up some more.
After almost exactly 5 years after I put it in storage, I went back to Wisconsin and got the car. Here we are in Laramie:
I took it straight to the shop. My attention at the time was focused on finishing the bike. The car is pretty much self contained; if I have to get it out of there in a hurry I can just toss the parts back in it and away it goes. The bike, however, was not so easily moved out of the way. So as I worked on the bike, I filled in the down time (while waiting for parts) by doing the fiddly stuff for the Duster. Like rebuilding the shifter:
I think this is the one out of the '70. It might be out of a '76-it's been awhile. The car was factory fitted with a bench seat and since Bob was short, he heated and bent the original shifter so he could hit 2nd and 4th gears with the seat all the way up. It was garbage.
I also blasted all the hardware. I made a "box" out of screen so I wouldn't trash the gloves in the glass bead cabinet:
That box is just about full. I'll get it cad plated sometime this winter. It's not necessarily correct but the threads will have some kind of protection and it'll be easy enough to paint the bits that need it.
I also blasted and painted the rest of the smallish parts:
I don't know how much of this stuff I'll actually use but it's good to get it done while I have the opportunity.
There's plenty of it:
Just about all of it is now done.
OK. Making cookies so I can throw up some more.
After almost exactly 5 years after I put it in storage, I went back to Wisconsin and got the car. Here we are in Laramie:
I took it straight to the shop. My attention at the time was focused on finishing the bike. The car is pretty much self contained; if I have to get it out of there in a hurry I can just toss the parts back in it and away it goes. The bike, however, was not so easily moved out of the way. So as I worked on the bike, I filled in the down time (while waiting for parts) by doing the fiddly stuff for the Duster. Like rebuilding the shifter:
I think this is the one out of the '70. It might be out of a '76-it's been awhile. The car was factory fitted with a bench seat and since Bob was short, he heated and bent the original shifter so he could hit 2nd and 4th gears with the seat all the way up. It was garbage.
I also blasted all the hardware. I made a "box" out of screen so I wouldn't trash the gloves in the glass bead cabinet:
That box is just about full. I'll get it cad plated sometime this winter. It's not necessarily correct but the threads will have some kind of protection and it'll be easy enough to paint the bits that need it.
I also blasted and painted the rest of the smallish parts:
I don't know how much of this stuff I'll actually use but it's good to get it done while I have the opportunity.
There's plenty of it:
Just about all of it is now done.
