i must be completely missing something ?!?

It is actually haulin a lot of *** for the totally butchered up rear suspension it has.

Thank you triple-R ! even though you got your butchered suspension shot in. Lol (witch is completely true!)
I'm really trying to get the motor in kind of a solid state first. I do struggle between what I've always wanted and what I need . I always wanted a car with dual quads - pistol grip 4-speed and cool stuff of the like. I didn't need to buy a electric water pump. I could have just put a pulley and a belt on it off my shelf, but I wanted it.
I'll address the chassis issues this coming month.
Let us recap ? 14 months ago my gal an I whent on a two hour drive to look at a 73 duster not running off an ad on Craigslist. We bought it, rented a truck and trailer and brought it home. Soon after my gal wanted me to have a 4 speed and she drove 3 1/2 hours each way to get it! And so on. How many People bave been on this forum for years and aren't driving there cars?
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