Introducing the Electric Duster Project

rmchrgr said

Okay, point well taken. You make a good argument. However... I am surprised that given your obvious passion for Mopars that you would modify it in such a way.

Personally, I have a hard time associating a muscle-era vehicle with anything other than a cast-iron internal combustion engine in it. I guess that's my lack of vision and narrowness of view. I do hold that idea close because that's what I love. We'll agree to disagree on that one.

I also suppose a lot of guys may have felt this same way when the flathead was on the way out and the now ubiquitous overhead valve SBC found it's way into everything with wheels.

Perhaps if you could wire up a speaker to mimic the visceral sound of a healthy V8 in there, I might be more hip to the idea.8)

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Rmchrger,

I did surprise some people - perhaps even myself. I think that what has changed for me is having been forced by reality into a different mindset.

I have a badass 68 Dart 340 sitting in my garage right now. It is the quintessential Mopar muscle car. It is Sassy Grass Green, does mid 12s in the quarter mile and gets 6 mpg. At age 50 something :), I don't take it to the track anymore. Although it's street legal and still tagged, an 8 gallon fuel cell limits what I can do with it. In this depressed market I cannot sell it for what out of it, so it sits. What good is that?

Anyhoo, yes, I agree to disagree and respect the opinions of those who don't like what I am doing. However, for me, it seems like the right thing to keep my Mopar passion alive and on the road.

RedFish, I'm way ahead of you on the sound thing. I will miss that the most - and the smell of burning fuel. I am seriously thinking of installing subwoofers under the rear and playing mp3 files of my Dart when I am in parking lots and such. It even occurred to me to install some short tailpipes and devise a way to exaust a little smoke or something.