Project “Ghost Duster”, 1970 Duster Corner Carver
Now that you have a bit of the back ground, I just want to point out that while a lot of the ideas used in this build are my own, there are a ton that are “my take” on ideas used in the builds of some of my favourite cars. Builds like 72bluNblu’s Demon, Beck’s Kustoms Kuda, and the Hotchkis “Ugly American” ‘76 Dart Lite owned by Kevin Wesley. I hope these guys take this as a compliment and thanks for keeping my wheels spinning while I surf the net. Cheers!
Before removing the offending frame rails, I measured, marked, plotted, schemed and prayed before amputating the offending metal.
I made adjustable jack stands with threaded rod and a custom block to cup the pinch weld as well as adjustable stands that bolt to the leaf spring mount in order to make sure the car was perfectly level and square. My shop has a drain in the middle of the floor that makes a lot of projects harder than they need to be. Beggers can’t be choosers though, so I make it work.
The stands in the pic are not the adjustable ones, I used those behind the firewall on the rocker pinch weld. For the rail ends I clamped a 2x2 length of tubing in place leveled with a couple washers on one end. Now I have a perfect place to set the “new rails” when they ready for install.
Now that you have a bit of the back ground, I just want to point out that while a lot of the ideas used in this build are my own, there are a ton that are “my take” on ideas used in the builds of some of my favourite cars. Builds like 72bluNblu’s Demon, Beck’s Kustoms Kuda, and the Hotchkis “Ugly American” ‘76 Dart Lite owned by Kevin Wesley. I hope these guys take this as a compliment and thanks for keeping my wheels spinning while I surf the net. Cheers!
Before removing the offending frame rails, I measured, marked, plotted, schemed and prayed before amputating the offending metal.
The stands in the pic are not the adjustable ones, I used those behind the firewall on the rocker pinch weld. For the rail ends I clamped a 2x2 length of tubing in place leveled with a couple washers on one end. Now I have a perfect place to set the “new rails” when they ready for install.
