New MOPAR fan with a '74 Duster

72clone said
Looks like a good looking Duster, /agree with everyone else, definitely need the original style seats. Take a picture of the steering box (right below the Brake Reservoir). It doesn't have power steering pump from what it looks like, but they could have capped the lines.

Finding the seats are a bit of a challenge. So the fender tag says it came with split bench seats. Does that mean that holes are there for bucket seats? I'm guessing they are there since the previous owners had racing bucket seats.

Turned out that his car has a power steering gear box but no power steering pump. I actually started a thread regarding it here:

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=262152

So this weekend I went to a couple of junkyards and found the power steering brackets and saginaw pump. I cleaned up the brackets, sprayed primer on the them, and painted them as well. I'll have to post pictures when I get a chance.

I haven't mounted the power steering pump yet though. When I do that, I plan to flush out the power steering gearbox because it wasn't capped. Any other advice would be welcome. Thanks!

Abodybomber said
Brakes (they don't seem to work well)
2) Seats (it has racing bucket seats that are impractical)
3) Engine idle (idles too high, too loud, exhaust fumes EVERYWHERE)
Yep,my kinda car! (Lol). Seriously ,a nice find .Ask lots of questions,do lot'sofreseach,using the"search" feature.
Let's start here:Do the valve cover bolts,have 5 or 10? Do the intake manifold bolts run straight up and down(modern 80's 5.0 Ford),or angle at 45 degrees(traditional Mopar/Chevy ,60's era)?
(Reference to Rumblefish 360's post,It'sa good one).

Thanks for the compliment! Going off memory, I believe that the bolts are at an angle but I'll have to take another look for sure. I don't know how many valve cover bolts, but I'm guessing 5 because I did question why there are so few.

My son took a picture of the casting numbers on the side of the block they are hard to see, but he pushes his phone far down and took a pic. Anyway, the number appear to be 4006830 which seem to a be a 71-89 360 block according to the following site:

http://www.mopar1.us/casting.html

Since I'm still pretty new to MOPAR I'm trying to be like a sponge and soak up as much info as I can.