Convert my '74 or sell it all and buy a '70?

oldkimmer said
................Cloning started out as taking the power train from a wrecked R/T or Cuda wheather it be a charger or cuda and putting all the badging etc on/in the car to make it appear as such...all this went into the same type car...kinda all right for yourself,maybe,...Alot of ppl have gotten screwed over by this type of deception buying something thats not the real deal as owners of these cloned cars saw the $$ that could be made............Sure we will never sell it LOL, te he he.....by changing the front and rear panels your making a car into something it is not [duster into demon]....then there's the little deal of insurance, cause the car is not what u say it is or appears to be, or the right year........sure, we can sluff it by, but what happens if u get into an accident.....up here in Canada thats called FRAUD...............kim.........

I guess that's one person's opinion of it. If there is nothing hidden or left undisclosed then it is what it is. It's a modified 1974 Plymouth Duster. It doesn't matter whether I change the front sheetmetal and tail panel, or build a full blown custom show car that's unrecognizable as a Duster. It's still what the title and VIN say it is. It's not being sold for profit, it's not being offered as a 1970 anything, it just looks the part for my own personal gain. Because I prefer the look of that style than the '74. I have tried selling it to buy a '70 and have had no luck so I've decided to go this route. I have all the parts to do it so now all I'm out is time. Even if I did try and sell it done, I imagine there's not going to be a crowd of people standing in line to buy a Furious Fuschia Plymouth Duster. Not exactly anything special.

It's no different than bolting parts on a new vehicle. My Dodge truck now has a painted bumper and grill instead of the chrome one it came with. Does that mean I'm trying to pass it off as something it is not? If I bolt an SRT-10 hood on it, and put some chrome wheels on it, it doesn't make any difference to the insurance company that they aren't factory. If I bolt an '06 front clip on it because I like the look, they will replace those parts for what they are if something happens. They insure it for what it is, and they cover modifications that I, the customer, have paid for. At least mine does any way.