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My name is Aaron. I'm 20 and I live in maryland. I come from a mopar family my dads first car was a 68 barracuda followed by a 70 duster, 69 charger, 83 charger and in 89 I was born so he had to get a minivan. I got a late start in cars and it wasnt about till I was 15 that I really started thinking about it. I found pictures of my dads cars in an old album and wanted knew I wanted to have a car just as cool as he had had. I bought my first car later that year for $500 and it was an 85 Shelby charger with a locked up transmission and holes in the floor. My dad and I replaced the floor instalded all new interior took out the engine and trans and took the trans to get looked at. Then we hit some hard times and we were forced to get rid of the car. I got a running 93' dodge shadow to drive everyday. I worked parttime during school and full time in the summer and by the time I was 18 I had saved enough to seriously start looking for another car. I really wanted a 70-72 Dodge dart and was pretty set on it. I was surfing ebay and craiglist pretty much everyday waiting for something i liked and could afford to come around. Then I saw an auction on ebay for a 71 plymouth duster 318 auto with considerable rust in the body but nothing unfixable and a solid underside in NJ for $3000. It ended in 3hours and I rushed home to ask my dad if I could bid on it. I hadn't considered a duster until I saw this one. I liked the whole idea of affordable muscle that the duster represented. I decided to bid on it and won. the next day I skipped bio lab, went to the bank and set out to NJ to pick up my new ride. I hadnt really asked any question when talking to the seller until we had gotten there. it came down to "do you think it could make the drive back to Maryland?" to which he replied "If your feeling adventurous". We drove back and after overheating and getting stuck on the NJ turnpike with steam rolling out of the hood and having to walk to a gas station for water we made it home. I immediately got a new radiator and that fixed the over heating. After about a month we ran into major electrical issues inside of the car and rewired the entire car. Since then Ive been mainly fixing stuff that brakes, taking it out to car shows on the weekends and saving my money for a more proactive restoration. I've done, alot of body work and learned a considerable amount so far. As plans go I plan on building and installing a 360 in January now that I have enough saved to start. Then I want to swap the rear to a 83/4 and convert the brakes to disc atleast on the front. After the drivetrain is good I want to get the last of the body work I couldnt do finished and get the car painted. Thats pretty much it. In word form it doesnt sound like I have done much but the dusters been my life for the last two years and Its been great. Also I'd like to say that this site has been awsome help the entire time.
My name is Aaron. I'm 20 and I live in maryland. I come from a mopar family my dads first car was a 68 barracuda followed by a 70 duster, 69 charger, 83 charger and in 89 I was born so he had to get a minivan. I got a late start in cars and it wasnt about till I was 15 that I really started thinking about it. I found pictures of my dads cars in an old album and wanted knew I wanted to have a car just as cool as he had had. I bought my first car later that year for $500 and it was an 85 Shelby charger with a locked up transmission and holes in the floor. My dad and I replaced the floor instalded all new interior took out the engine and trans and took the trans to get looked at. Then we hit some hard times and we were forced to get rid of the car. I got a running 93' dodge shadow to drive everyday. I worked parttime during school and full time in the summer and by the time I was 18 I had saved enough to seriously start looking for another car. I really wanted a 70-72 Dodge dart and was pretty set on it. I was surfing ebay and craiglist pretty much everyday waiting for something i liked and could afford to come around. Then I saw an auction on ebay for a 71 plymouth duster 318 auto with considerable rust in the body but nothing unfixable and a solid underside in NJ for $3000. It ended in 3hours and I rushed home to ask my dad if I could bid on it. I hadn't considered a duster until I saw this one. I liked the whole idea of affordable muscle that the duster represented. I decided to bid on it and won. the next day I skipped bio lab, went to the bank and set out to NJ to pick up my new ride. I hadnt really asked any question when talking to the seller until we had gotten there. it came down to "do you think it could make the drive back to Maryland?" to which he replied "If your feeling adventurous". We drove back and after overheating and getting stuck on the NJ turnpike with steam rolling out of the hood and having to walk to a gas station for water we made it home. I immediately got a new radiator and that fixed the over heating. After about a month we ran into major electrical issues inside of the car and rewired the entire car. Since then Ive been mainly fixing stuff that brakes, taking it out to car shows on the weekends and saving my money for a more proactive restoration. I've done, alot of body work and learned a considerable amount so far. As plans go I plan on building and installing a 360 in January now that I have enough saved to start. Then I want to swap the rear to a 83/4 and convert the brakes to disc atleast on the front. After the drivetrain is good I want to get the last of the body work I couldnt do finished and get the car painted. Thats pretty much it. In word form it doesnt sound like I have done much but the dusters been my life for the last two years and Its been great. Also I'd like to say that this site has been awsome help the entire time.