your Mopar's story

My Mopar's story is kind of sad.

I bought if from a man in Michigan about 2 1/2 years ago. It was in pretty good shape when I got. It and only needed exhaust work, a new carb and other odds and ends.

Now for the sad part.....

The owner previous to him was an older teenage boy who rebuilt the car with his father as a father/son project. The car was an original /6 car from California that the father bought and had shipped to Michigan. They stripped the car down, painted it and converted it into a 340 clone. After the car was finished, they took it to a few local shows and even made a trip to the big mopar show in Carlisle.

Later that year, the son went back to school and was out at a late night party. At the party he consumed a large amount of alcohol and had to be taken to the hospital where he later died from alcohol poisining! Needless to say the family was devastated. The father couldn't stand having the Duster around anymore, as it always reminded him of his son's tragic death. So he advertised it for sale locally and the guy I bought it from (Jeff) went and looked at it and bought it on the spot. When the father was telling Jeff the story about the car and his son, they were both in tears while doing the deal on the car.

Jeff had the car for a few years and had a new 360 built for the Duster, but said he never drove the car much and would rather see someone else enjoy it instead of it just sitting collecting dust in his garage.

Ever since it has been here with us, we have had nothing but fun and good times in the rolling pumpkin and it is now part of our family. We love taking it to car shows and cruises and ripping around town in it!