dirty white boy
50 yr old Juvenal delinquent
love this thread! make me miss my big wheel!!
Mopar Dufuses in the 80s
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love the 71 Charger - still miss mine. And will probably own another one - some day
Here is my '71 SE with a gutted non-functional air grabber hood - which was top banana yellow off a super bee - sanded and rattle canned primer black. At freeway speeds the scoop would pop up a 1/2 inch- the best the coat hanger could do to hold it in place
PS - if you look close enough on this old photo - I am on my way to prom - - so cool
Here is my '71 SE with a gutted non-functional air grabber hood - which was top banana yellow off a super bee - sanded and rattle canned primer black. At freeway speeds the scoop would pop up a 1/2 inch- the best the coat hanger could do to hold it in place
PS - if you look close enough on this old photo - I am on my way to prom - - so cool
moparmat2000
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Wow this threads got legs. I was out an about today. Took a 2 hour trip up to to Whichita Falls to visit w another Fabo member and buy a V8 K frame and lower control arms from him. He tossed in a PS lower column adaptor and a good condition used windshield. Anyways i was up there visiting, for a few hours, got back popped open fabo, and damn we are up to 5 pages on this.
Keep it rockin. I did the Dufus **** too had the edelbrock lynx air cleaner with the foam element, the cal custom T handle valve cover hold downs, blue anodized rocket valve covers so yeah i did the dufus **** too. Never hacked out my thumbwheel radios on either my 68 or my 69 charger, i mounted my aftermarket radio under the dash. Had a big red dry chem fire extinguisher mounted under the dash too.
Keep it rockin. I did the Dufus **** too had the edelbrock lynx air cleaner with the foam element, the cal custom T handle valve cover hold downs, blue anodized rocket valve covers so yeah i did the dufus **** too. Never hacked out my thumbwheel radios on either my 68 or my 69 charger, i mounted my aftermarket radio under the dash. Had a big red dry chem fire extinguisher mounted under the dash too.
j par
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So it's came full circle there was three fingers pointing back at you LOL
moparmat2000
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The difference is i have learned a lot over the years and prefer mods that appear stock but arent. Like the aluminum headed 408 i am in the process of building. "Block headed to machine shop next week" will appear like a 273 non commando right down to everything being painted commando red, and stock valve covers. Body colored 15" steelies w poverty caps to hide cordoba big brakes, shift light hidden in the brake light in the dash instead of an aftermarket tachometer. Aluminum radiator painted black to appear stock. You know, stuff like that. I guess i am into more subtle mods now. Talk softly and carry a baseball bat. LOL
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How did my old 63 GP end up there from Ill. that 389 was a great engine, blue buckets with the vacuum gage on the center console, love it when I had mine at the age of 15
340doc
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The best thing about this thread from what I'm seeing, is when we were young, we all did goofy and bizarre things. Man, we were all the same back then!! If any of us saw any of the cars pictured here pass by we would have thought they were the coolest! We could have all been friends back in the day, lol!
For us old enough, our old cars now days give us memories of good times in the past and not so good times too. BUT memories can't be taken from us. The younger generation is making memories today!!! Use your time wisely!!!!!! Be dufuse if you like! , and mopar or no car!!
65Val, in post #87 I'd take that Plymouth today ! Great look and stance !
Moparmandan.Your post #93 you mentioned Black Jack Headers, Had those on my Duster back in 1974. $48 a set new,and looked like a can of worms under the car.
Moparmandan.Your post #93 you mentioned Black Jack Headers, Had those on my Duster back in 1974. $48 a set new,and looked like a can of worms under the car.
j par
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Not me mine says bad *** right out of the gate. People look at my car and don't even try it. No one wants to race ever. No one ever even thinks about trying it.
I always hope someone will try it! But no one does
j par
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Yeah and none of us had a "stock" car? We always did a bunch of stuff to make it cool? I don't know about you guys but that was a total purpose of buying this car and it's special-purpose LOL dual quad tunnel ram! Pistol grip 4 Speed! Dana 60 with a spool! Never wanted that when I was a kid...
MobileCustoms
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340doc
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Nice!
j par
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I sure wish I knew how to navigate my profile better dammit! I want to add "Mopar doofus!" AND PROUD OF IT!
Love the scoop. Not a cowl induction either. Note: Coors sticker on the bumper!
340doc
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I bet this had some street cred back in the day.
MobileCustoms
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Not my car, just saw it on a facebook page and thought it was pure perfection!
Click on your name (avatar) and under settings click "signature"
j par
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Settings? I see no settings...
top of the screen on the right with your name "inbox' "alerts" . Hover over your name, click on personal details then scroll down the boxes on the left.
j par
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Gotter! Thank you.
rustycowll69
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that pic of the white duster looks similar to a bronze '74 I bought off of a credit union repo lot in 76. I paid $750. PO had installed a B or E-body 8-3/4 rear axle, and instead of moving the spring perches in appropriately, installed longer shackles which were not vertical, but close to a 45 degree angle, which I found had cracked the rear frame rails. It also had air shocks at max pressure, which I found later to have cracked the upper shock mounts on the trunk floor/rear kick'up area. the front end was lowered until the LCA bumpers were contacting the frame rails at rest, which cracked the UCA mounting ears on the frame rails. I can't remember if it had headers, but I do remember PO had split lengthwise some big galvanized pipes, and by rolling the split end into a taper had hammered them into the header collectors/ crossover and run the outlet pipes out the side ala trans am racer style. The entire A/C compressor, brackets, and hoses were in the trunk. Too much weight on the front end, might as well add it over the rear tires, I guess. That's the high (low) lights. I managed to fix all that and drove it around for several years, when mercifully I was hit broadside by a VW 411/2 , driven by a Patricia Moneymaker(swear to God), who claimed she was driving 15mph. The impact on the right side a-pillar area, snapped the right strut rod, and split the floor pan weld all the way from the RT a-pillar to the headlight dimmer hole on the LT side, and drove my car across the intresection and up over the curb and on to the planting strip. Anyway that was the end of that poor Dustpan.
That's plural for doofus
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