Lurk No More

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Thanks guys.

Here's the deal....my 340 ate a valve spring. Which is okay, because I've been getting kind of bored with it. :D

The Duster has spent the last few years as a nicely restored muscle car, but now I've finally made the decision to have some fun with this car.

What I'm going to try to accomplish is to put together a 1970's street machine, the kind of cars that were in every American kid's driveway during my youth. My kid turns 16 in two weeks, and he's got a terrific auto shop at his high school, so it's gonna be a father and son project.

I have a pretty good library of old Car Craft magazines from that era, and the search for vintage speed parts has already begun. Any good suggestions out there, well, we're all ears. :burnout:
 
1970Duster340 said:
...What I'm going to try to accomplish is to put together a 1970's street machine, the kind of cars that were in every American kid's driveway during my youth.
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Welcome to FABO. I got bored with the numbers matching stuff, so when I built my Demon I wanted to go with the early 70's "day two" look. My car represents what was a common look on a Saturday night at the local Burger Chef on Michigan Ave in 1972. I used an Edelbrock LD-340 intake, original Direct Connection valve covers, retro Autometer Tach, 833 4-speed trans and manual steering to give the car the look, performance and feel I was after. Of course all the modern upgrades are out of sight.

Good luck with build, you and your son will have a great time.
 

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Demon 408 said:
Welcome to FABO. I got bored with the numbers matching stuff, so when I built my Demon I wanted to go with the early 70's "day two" look. My car represents what was a common look on a Saturday night at the local Burger Chef on Michigan Ave in 1972. I used an Edelbrock LD-340 intake, original Direct Connection valve covers, retro Autometer Tach, 833 4-speed trans and manual steering to give the car the look, performance and feel I was after. Of course all the modern upgrades are out of sight.

Good luck with build, you and your son will have a great time.
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Absolutely beautiful, every time I see pictures of it I start to drool....
 
Welcome! Nice to see so many folks from my neck of the woods on the boards these days. What part of Nor-Cal are you from?
 
Demon 408 said:
Welcome to FABO. I got bored with the numbers matching stuff, so when I built my Demon I wanted to go with the early 70's "day two" look. My car represents what was a common look on a Saturday night at the local Burger Chef on Michigan Ave in 1972. I used an Edelbrock LD-340 intake, original Direct Connection valve covers, retro Autometer Tach, 833 4-speed trans and manual steering to give the car the look, performance and feel I was after. Of course all the modern upgrades are out of sight.

Good luck with build, you and your son will have a great time.
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Thanks for the welcome, guys! And that's a clean Demon.

Love the car, I'm looking to something closer to a late 70's street/strip machine, the sort that would head out to the Main in Walnut Creek or Napa, and then be seen at the drag strip at Fremont or Sears Point the following week.

The steelies are great, I've given that a lot of consideration, I think I'm leaning towards something classic like Cragar S/S or Centerline Autodrags. Definitely some bias-ply rubber, M&H makes some pretty retro stuff. Love the tach, I already found some older Autometer gauges....I also found an early MSD that fits with the theme.

I've been keeping an eye out for a used Eddy tunnel ram, or possibly an old Tarantula....I had thoughts about bolting on a 6-71, but I think I'd rather try and make power the old-fashioned way.... :thumbup:

I'm also going to ditch the power steering, and replace it with one of the Flaming River manual boxes....is that the route you went? A quicker ratio would be a lot safer.
 
Welcome to the site, i love the fact that you are going to enjoy the car as it was meant to be, and that you are doing it with your son.
Go for it, but don't get too radical on the build or the enjoyment factor will disappear quickly.
Pretend that the car was 2 years old and you were 16!
Good luck, and great to have you on board.
Tom.
 
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I'm also going to ditch the power steering, and replace it with one of the Flaming River manual boxes....is that the route you went? A quicker ratio would be a lot safer.
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Yep, I used the Flamming River 16:1. Sounds like you've got a solid plan for the Duster. Keep us updated on the progress.
 
Beautiful car.Light the street machine look myself,Welcome.
 
Welcome to FABO!

You will enjoy this site. Great people and great information!

Love your car. That blue is beautiful, deep and rich looking. Like the idea of your change in direction and that it will be a father son project. Good luck, and I vote for the Cragars!

My son was not into cars so much but my nephews are...

Ma Snart
 

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