Introducing the Electric Duster Project

armyofchuckness said

I still can't get over this obsession people have with you hackin' up a Duster. IT'S A DUSTER. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Duster, but this isn't like you took a '71 Hemi 'Cuda and went to work with a sawzall. These are workhorse cars, and part of the beauty of them is you can whatever you want with them because there's still a zillion of them out there. .....

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Exactly. I remember not too long ago when most A-bodies, especially Dusters didn't really make it into the big Mopar Mags because of exactly that, they were daily beaters, '70's smog mobiles and cars you hacked up to race, you only really had something or were "cool" if you had a big block B-Body. :roll:

Funny part is, if you had hacked the inner fenders to put in a hemi and tubbed the car, not a single negative word would be said. So far the only thing you've cut is the trunk pan, right? Seems to me you can put in a new stock one with a few hours work just about any day of the week.

I just don't understand the resistance from everyone about this, I'd much rather see someone driving an electric Duster daily than some econo box hybrid or an SUV. If the Duster was still how it was the day you bought it and you had it sitting 360 days a year and drove an F250 daily no one would say anything.

I admire what you're doing and it's projects like yours that stir things up can only further the technology. I for one would love to be free of paying for gas everyday. I spend roughly $3000 a year in gas for daily driving; that's $3k I'd much rather put into my Valiant or do something fun with!

BTW: Haven't had a chance to scan the article yet