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My names Bryce, I'm 21 and live in Orange County Ca. I guess i should start from the beginning. It all started when i was 14 and was looking to buy a muscle car as a father son project so that when i got my license i would have a unique car to drive around in. I saved all of my lunch money and would pack a lunch for school, plus a decent amount of birthday cash to purchase my duster when i turned 15. One of my dads co-workers mentioned to him this beat up looking thing down the street from his house that would be a perfect project car. So one day after work my dad and his employee drove to this guys house in Long Beach to find my diamond in the rough 73 plymouth duster. My dad came home and showed me some pictures, told me that it was a Duster (at the time i had no idea that dusters even existed.) He told me to do some research to see what i thought about it. (That's when i found FABO) I quickly read about MOPARS and how unique and different they are from the pack. I thought that it would be nice to have something other then a Mustang or a Camero like everyone else in the OC. So on one saturday morning we got up really early with 600 dollars cash in my pocket and knocked on the guys door. He said he wanted 800 for it but my neighbor found out for us that he would take 500 in cash if presented to him right then and there. So after a little negotiation the car was on our trailer back to my house.
The condition of this thing was a joke but it was my joke with my own money so that made it that much more to me. Half of the 225 slant 6 motor was inside the car in the back seat. It was missing the whole passenger side quarter panel so you could crawl through the trunk into my car. There was a red shop rag in place of a gas cap just waiting for some kid to run by and set the car on fire. It was an eye sore for the first few months but when i was able to get a job i quickly turned that around. My parents always joked around with me saying that my mopar was my girlfriend and i treated it better then i did anything else. I was still in high school working against my workers permit putting in 30 35 hours a week to support my mopar fix. My first purchases were a super six conversion, Hooker Headers, thats right headERS There was 2 pieces to them and everyone questioned me when i said it! and a flowmaster 40 series exhaust and air shocks for the back. I repainted the car midnight blue in my later years of high school and got my interior reupholstered.
After a few minor changes here and there and graduating high school i got a better paying job and landed another one to keep my fix going, I parked the car with plans for a 360. With The mopar bug in my body i bout a 2005 dodge ram with a hemi and was able to park my duster and install the mildly built 360 with around 400 horses.
Ive spent so much money on my mopars through the years roughly guessing about 20 grand just on my Duster from day one to complete restoration in HS till now. All of this has come out of my pocket with my hard earned money My parents have taught me to appreciate value of a dollar and always told me that if i wanted something and worked hard for it, i could have it. And thats where im at today....
Hey guys,
My names Bryce, I'm 21 and live in Orange County Ca. I guess i should start from the beginning. It all started when i was 14 and was looking to buy a muscle car as a father son project so that when i got my license i would have a unique car to drive around in. I saved all of my lunch money and would pack a lunch for school, plus a decent amount of birthday cash to purchase my duster when i turned 15. One of my dads co-workers mentioned to him this beat up looking thing down the street from his house that would be a perfect project car. So one day after work my dad and his employee drove to this guys house in Long Beach to find my diamond in the rough 73 plymouth duster. My dad came home and showed me some pictures, told me that it was a Duster (at the time i had no idea that dusters even existed.) He told me to do some research to see what i thought about it. (That's when i found FABO) I quickly read about MOPARS and how unique and different they are from the pack. I thought that it would be nice to have something other then a Mustang or a Camero like everyone else in the OC. So on one saturday morning we got up really early with 600 dollars cash in my pocket and knocked on the guys door. He said he wanted 800 for it but my neighbor found out for us that he would take 500 in cash if presented to him right then and there. So after a little negotiation the car was on our trailer back to my house.
The condition of this thing was a joke but it was my joke with my own money so that made it that much more to me. Half of the 225 slant 6 motor was inside the car in the back seat. It was missing the whole passenger side quarter panel so you could crawl through the trunk into my car. There was a red shop rag in place of a gas cap just waiting for some kid to run by and set the car on fire. It was an eye sore for the first few months but when i was able to get a job i quickly turned that around. My parents always joked around with me saying that my mopar was my girlfriend and i treated it better then i did anything else. I was still in high school working against my workers permit putting in 30 35 hours a week to support my mopar fix. My first purchases were a super six conversion, Hooker Headers, thats right headERS There was 2 pieces to them and everyone questioned me when i said it! and a flowmaster 40 series exhaust and air shocks for the back. I repainted the car midnight blue in my later years of high school and got my interior reupholstered.
After a few minor changes here and there and graduating high school i got a better paying job and landed another one to keep my fix going, I parked the car with plans for a 360. With The mopar bug in my body i bout a 2005 dodge ram with a hemi and was able to park my duster and install the mildly built 360 with around 400 horses.
Ive spent so much money on my mopars through the years roughly guessing about 20 grand just on my Duster from day one to complete restoration in HS till now. All of this has come out of my pocket with my hard earned money My parents have taught me to appreciate value of a dollar and always told me that if i wanted something and worked hard for it, i could have it. And thats where im at today....
