My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head
Thanks guys, I appreciate the kind words both for my dad and my work.
How do you like the Falcon Azenis tire? I run that tire (615kr) on my Miata and absolutely love it. Although it does wear quickly on the street.
So far they seem great, but I haven't done anything other than a little super mild street driving so far. I actually just finished the reverse tub job yesterday so I haven't had a chance to take it out for a little corner carving to see what they'll do, I didn't have the clearance to do anything fun before that. The 200 treadwear is a lot softer than the BFG KDW2's that were on there, I think they were 340? So I expect better grip and faster wearing. The Hotchkis Challenger pulled a .94G skid pad with the 615's, so, they should work pretty well.
Just to be clear, not saying I think it is wrong or something, my issue is completely related to trying to not cut my car. If it wasn’t a low production 360 4M car, wouldn’t hesitate to do this and run 315 tires.
There are many times I wish I had a /6 or 318 car. So many things I wouldn’t hesitate to do.
Oh no worries, I understand. That's literally one of the big reasons I bought my Duster, /6 '74 car so open season on everything. Not worth anything factory stock. I have the same dilemma with my '71 GT, it's only a 318 car but it's all numbers matching and they only made ~1,250 of them in '71. I went back and forth on the chassis work I did on it a bunch, but I decided the USCT subframes, torque boxes and shock upright braces were tasteful enough. They're all pretty subtle unless you look for them, and really IMO they all need subframe connectors. And if someone else decides it has to be 100% stock later then they can deal with it, it can all be undone with the proper skills, time and money.
I have too many projects already so I shouldn't buy anything else anyway, but I won't be buying any numbers matching anythings anymore. The fun for me is in driving them, and a "clone" with the modifications I like to do will drive and handle better than any of the fancy rare factory jobs in stock form.
