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My sister and I regularly discuss music. It doesn’t help that I’m a smartass and make jokes about Nirvana during those conversations. When it’s not jokes with my sister, I crack similar jokes on Facebook with friends.

Selling my SBP (5 on 4”) Aluminum Slots. I converted my Barracuda to LBP and don’t need them anymore. The fronts are 14x6’s, with 3.5” Backspacing and 195/75/R14 Tires with decent tread. They are Shanked Lug style wheels. The rears are 14x7’s with 4” backspacing and 225/60/R14 Tires. One tire...

Oh yeah, this one is backwards. The old 5.2 Magnum from my Dakota is getting a full LA treatment, it’s one of the early production 5.2’s that still had the oil ports to provide oil to the heads & rockers. Tossing out the Roller Cam & Lifters (half of the lobes are gone on the cam and a few of...

My fugly as sin Dodge Dakota nets an average of 33mpg on the highways, 31 (mixed/town), 27 if I’m towing and have the fuel maxed out. Which isn’t bad for a heavy truck with a Fulltime AWD Conversion. Problem is, the Turbo Diesel likes to eat parts. Her latest snack, a Spool motor mount and...

This is a rather bizarre request, but I need some close up/detailed pictures of the ratchet mechanism and springs in a Slapstick Shifter. I plan on installing a slapstick style mechanism on the Mr Gasket floor shifter in my Turbo Diesel Dodge Dakota. The ol Dakota is suffering from a valve...

One of my friends got me a Vertigate for my Blown 426 Duster-Twister project! This thing is going to look beautiful sticking up through the center of a ‘68 Barracuda Center Console (with matching ‘68 Barracuda Rallye Cluster), that are currently in the Twister. One of my coworkers picked up...

What do you do when you have several tons of scrap aluminum piled up (because junk isn't worth crap) and you're bored? You repurpose a turn of the century wood stove and a rusty tailpipe and hair dryer into a forge. Amazing what kind of flame you can get from one tiny piece of firewood and a...

I've been searching for a transfer case for my Dodge Dakota Turbo Diesel and I found one, the problem is, it's like 700 miles away from me. It's a Divorced Mount Fulltime 4WD/AWD NP203 from a 70's Ford F250 and those monsters weigh 150+ pounds. I found it online, through a junkyard in Gurnee...

Can you guys figure out what's going on with my Dakota? I got some video of the strange noise.... For a 5.2L Magnum truck, something doesn't seem quite right...

About 4 years ago, I sold my '74 Scamp to one of my younger cousins for $200. He wanted a Mopar to fix up for his first car and I had the Scamp sitting around, at the time I thought "Eh, I can live without it, it's not as cool as a Duster or Fastback Cuda." When I sold it to him, it was missing...

Oh yeah, this one definitely was undercut from the very beginning. I quoted a buddy $450 to spray his Furd if he covered the materials... A couple hundred hours later, his cluster $&@! Bronco is finally out the door. Major dent repair, rust repair and respray inside and out, along with...

Well, we've got threads on Overrated and Underrated bands. How about one for the lesser played songs from known bands that only get a select few songs played (repeatedly). So here's one to those songs that should get some airtime, but don't. I'll start it off. A couple from BOC's forgotten...

For years, I ran a 1971 Charger 22" 2 Core Radiator in my '84 Dodge D50, with an .060 Over 11:1 Compression 273 and I had to limit my Town Driving during the warm months to short distances or it'd overheat. I'd flushed it many times and the radiator was clean (but must have had a blockage...

After I finish the Bronco that I'm restoring for a friend (should be out of here next week, just have some assembly to finish up with the trim and interior), I'm going to be restarting my '74 Twister project. She's a "Street" car, with a Blown R3 426 Stroker and an A833 18 Spline and a Spooled...

I know most like to skip right past the 273 and 318 and move straight to 360's, 408's, etc. Here's something to show that the little ones are capable too. Here's a little 273, with a whole lot of vehicle around it. She sits in a highly modified '84 Dodge D50 4x4. The truck in...

I thought I'd try this stuff out in my truck to see how it does before I run it in my Blown Duster. My truck was tuned to run on 91-93 Octane, recently some local stations started selling E15, E50 and E85. Truck ran okay on 93 and E15. She has an 11:1 compression 273 (060 over with J Heads and...

I've been building a few custom guitars in my free time, a few for myself and a double neck for my best friend. My current creation is a Fretless 7 String Strat style guitar, with a longer neck than your standard Strat or Gibson (equates to about a 28 fret neck when measured in Strat scale)...

The weather is getting nice, and I should be busting the Blown Duster out of storage. Something has to offset all that fuel consumption though :D :burnout: So, it's time to break out the ol' Yamahog. She hasn't moved in years, ever since the fuel tank sprang a leak (crack at the seam). Not...

Got a little video of the nasty little thing out for a leisurely cruise. https://youtu.be/nW_Y9BylydA About halfway through the video she started running a little rough (hard to tell in the video, but I noticed it immediately). When I parked the car, I discovered that one of the Wire...

I need to dig my Blown '73 340 Duster out of hibernation to attend a friend's wedding on the 1st, so this is a bit of a rush to get everything perfect again. At the end of summer I installed a set of 850 Thermoquads (in place of a pair of 750 AVS's), but didn't drive the car any more. The...

My '84 D50 won't charge (70's Dodge Wiring & Charging System) I have Battery voltage (12.9 volts) to the Voltage Regulator and at the Stud on the back of the alternator. Checked the wiring to/from the alternator & regulator for resistance, none worth mentioning (0.00 - 0.01) Had a Square...

I picked up a "new" bike today. Don't worry, I still have my 1978 Yamaha DT175E too. On my way through town I passed a second-hand shop that had a pair of vintage motorcycles outside with their other products. I turned around in a hurry and went back... I bought the older of the 2 bikes...

I know it sounds bizarre, but I'm thinking of installing an A833-OD in my 1948 Dodge Truck, and in the nature of a "Stock" Appearance what better way to match the era than a Twin or Triple Stick Shifter setup. One Shifter for 1st/2nd, One for Direct Drive/Overdrive (4th gear and 3rd/OD) and one...

Anybody ever encountered this before? I have a pair of 750 AVS carbs on top of my 6-71 Blown '73 340 Duster, with Progressive Linkage. If I ease into the throttle, there's a 1 Second Flat Spot right off idle where nothing happens. 1 Second later, WHAM, I'm hanging on for dear life. If I...

I'm searching for a new Fuel Selector Valve for the gas tank on my 1978 Yamaha DT125 (175 top end) only I'm not having much luck. Found some for other bikes and some used ones (I'd rather buy a new part) Are all Thread On valves the same size and thread pitch? If they are, it would make it...

It's not a Duster (pretend it is), it's my D50 4x4. Specs : 273 Small Block, Bored .060 Over with Forged Dome Pistons, .500 Mechanical Lift Cam (manufacturer unknown), 340 J (1.88 valve) Heads, 10.1:1 Compression, 340 Spreadbore Intake, 800 Thermoquad carb, 1971+ LA Timing Cover, Balancer &...

..... Put my blower and related goodies on the '73 340 Duster. Holy mother of god, it's an absolute blast to drive. People must not see a Blown 340 Duster very often, because every single person I passed on my way to my dad's house stared, pointed, waved or gave a thumbs up.

This is what I see when I'm driving my D50 at night... :prayer: The reason I ask, is my D50 uses metal face gauges (like an A-Body) and even with all the bulbs working and the lights turned up as bright as they'll go, I can barely see the gauges at night. I'll be able to pick out certain...

Years ago I performed a Talon/Laser/Eclipse Bucket install in an A-Body using Seat Tracks from a Furd Exploder This time around, I'm going to reuse the Talon/Laser/Eclipse Seat Tracks (from here on out, known as T/L/E Buckets) to perform the install. That way the install can be performed...

Just finished installing a new vinyl top and replaced the moonroof assembly in my '73 Duster. The gears & cables were chewed up in the original. The "new" moonroof has perfect cables & gears in in it The "new" moonroof was completely dismantled, cleaned, lubed, put back together and installed...