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    Pressure Plate rattle......

    I adjusted my clutch pedal travel, how much free play should have on pedal. I have it about a 1/4 inch. The other problem is this tingling rattle, coming from the clutch, it sounds like the springs on the pressure plate. I checked them and they...
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    Click,Clickety, goes the Starter???

    I drove around in Orangedust today, and I am having a hard time figuring out this start-up problem. I have a remake Mopar yellow-cap battery, and it is holding 12 volts, I get a good initial start in the morning, but when I shut it off .... and try to re-start her it gives me...
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    Orangedust is back....

    Guys, & gals , I have arrived to the great white North..... from the so called, whatever of the southern half o California. Love it to death,, but .......I sound, like OzzY Osbourne, I, ...I.............I,.........................I..............I. Play the song...
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    Another Project Car

    Once I get settled after I move from Calif. to Minnesota, a friend of mine in Chicago said I can have this car, I just got to pick it up. Its 1972 Plymouth Fury Gran Coupe. Its a 360 car with buckets and a console. I haven't seen the car in...
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    Under hood padding

    Guys, my 70 Duster 340 has the original flat hood, under the hood, there is no underlayment padding, it looks nasty and I want to have under the hood painted car color. I can't tell for sure if there ever was padding before. I think there was...
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    A little stop lite action.

    I had a call back at one of my buildings, last night around 10pm. On my way home, an '05 Mustang kept driving like a hot dog, down El Cajon Blvd. He was a young guy and with his girlfriend. I'm thinking I gotta embarass this ying-yang in front of his lady...
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    SURVIVOR, I said SURVIVOR.....

    Have most of us out there getting really tired of hearing, Bloomington Gold certification crying and whining about using the term "SURVIVOR". They claim to have a patent write to only use the word to describe a vintage Corvette. What kind of crap is...
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    Found a GTX now!!

    Guys, I am not exaggerating this but my brother called me again yesterday, and he found a 1969 GTX in an elderly lady's pole barn. Her son flipped the car in 1970, only a year old, and it has been sitting in the barn for the last 35 years!!! I don't know what engine combo is in it...
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    My truck was stolen, but I found it!!

    Some one swiped my Ranger pick-up with the V-8 in it,from right behind my house. I have a full pump shut-off so I know it would'nt get far. Now here is the kicker, I reported it a 6:45am, I talked to 3 different dispatchers, I myself found the truck at 1pm. I received no call back with a...
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    Found a Hemi-Road Runner

    I just got a call from my brother, that he found out about an original Hemi '69 Road Runner that's been sitting in the weeds for last 15-20 years. As far as all the info I got it has the original engine and trans still in the car and it is the original owner of the car. The car is not...
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    We bought a new trailer!!

    My brother called yesterday from Minnesota, and said he picked up the new car trailer. We never had one before, never needed one I drove all my cars to all events. Heck, I drove "Orangedust" on a rod run in the spring 150 miles through twisty mountain roads. The stock front disc brakes...
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    Gas Station Progress

    I got the permits today for selling gas at the station I bought in Minnesota. I bought 1 pump yestersday for 300 bucks and the are installing it today. I still need 1 more pump for diesel. All the licenses, and other permits have been approved. I also bought a tow truck here in Calif., and...
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    Funny Car Show

    I caught the end of a show on the History Channel last night, that was all about NHRA Funny Cars, how there built, operate, and work. It was really cool being how every other show is all about the Sprint Cup Series, or Nextel Cup or whatever the heck its called this week. Some channel...
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    Why trash more "General Lee" Charger's

    I just finished reading part 2 of the General Lee's they used in that B rate movie that came out. It's in MCG magazine. Some people actually let the movie company trash there Charger and took it back. I can't figure some people out, they did'nt say how many they butchered and, or...
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    I bought a gas station!!

    My brother and I, bought a small 2 bay gas station in Kennedy, Minnesota, I am going to leave San Diego, Calif. and just do what I want to do. I can never open up nothing in Southern Calif. it's next to impossible,we all can not be a chopper builder. So, I guess I need to buy winter clothes...
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    "I actually sat in a $ 375,000 Hemi-Cuda"

    I returned on Wednesday from the Pebble Beach Show in Northern Calif. I was at the Robb RePort Inaugural Party in Monterey Calif., for the RM auction. They had all their vehicles on display in the host hotel, Portola Plaza, I used my Mid-western charm and I got a a host to let me sit in...
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    need Clutch Rod

    I need a the clutch rod eye-bolt adjuster that slips into the clutch fork, I can't remember the correct name of this. The eye-bolt section slips around the linkage and the threaded end pushes through the clutch fork. You 4 spd. guys will know what I mean. Anyways my clutch pedal on my...
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    Good Swap Meet Vendors.

    I went to the Mopars Day at the park outside Sacramento, Calif. last weekend, had some pretty good vendors in the swap meet part. I was able to find some NOS heater hoses for my Duster for 50 bucks, along with the original clamps. This vendor sold all rubber grommetts and gaskets and such...
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    Could'nt Pass it by!!

    Even though its not a Mopar I could'nt pass this buy up. I picked up a 1977 Pontiac Bandit Trans Am for 1200 bucks off the original owner. The guys niece drove the car thinking it was in 4th gear, and it was in 2nd gear, grenading the 220hp original Poncho engine. The car is super clean...
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    going to calif swap meet

    Gentleman, Going to swap meet in Sacramento, Calif. next week on SAT. 25th Anyone lookin for small knick-knack stuff let me know I'll look around for ya's. Now, small stuff guys... I'm gonna bring a small amount of money. Yeah, right!!!!
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    Not too Charged Up.

    I had a little stop lite, to on ramp, to expressway the other nite with none other than a new charger. I hate to say it but I left it behind me the whole time. The sadder thing is I smoked it with my Ranger pick-up with a mild 302. My truck is pretty quick for what it is an 88 Ranger...
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    Found some HEMI blocks

    My brother found 2 Hemi blocks and 4 sets of heads yesterday. As far as I know the guy was a mechanic for Dodge in the 60's. My brother does not know too much about Hemi's, the guy told him there date coded 68 & 69 model year. He also gave him some cranks and rods. One block still has...
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    After some Rain

    My Duster got stuck in a little rain storm only for a small time, and my brother noticed some water on the drivers side floor mat!! He did'nt drive the car and the windows were closed and he found nothing visibly leaking. Could it be seeping around the cowl, I never noticed it before...
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    Sacramento, CA. MOPAR SHOW

    There's a MOPAR show up in Sacramento, CA. on June 25th on a Sat. I am going take a ride up there from San Diego. Check your MCG mag. The show is in Rancho Cordova, at Hagan Park.
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    Compression Question

    One of the other mechanics, putting on my exhaust said that my 340 in my 70, was of a lower compression being a Calif. car. I am going to rebuild the rear- end and it was suggested to go to a slightly higher gear due to the lower compression. I don't know if this is true, its not a race...
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    New Mufflers

    My brother called and he just had new mufflers and tailpipes installed on the 70 Duster. The guy at the exhaust shop said that my car had the original pipes on it from manifolds to tail pipes. My car had the turned down tail pipes being a Calif. car. The shop told my brother that the...
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    I found another Duster

    I found a Duster 2 blocks from my house. It's a '74 w/ a 6-Popper and auto on the column. I can get it for $350.00 bucks. The interior is pretty worn, but its got a new tranny and a new head. The body is average a few dings here and there. The car still has blue Calif. license plates on it...
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    Swinging Dart

    I came across a Dart Swinger yesterday for 1000 bucks, my friend knows the owner of the shop it is at and I'm going to take a look at it this afternoon. I drove by it, but the shop was closed and I could'nt talk with no one. It looks pretty straight a Calif. car, the inside was worn but...
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    Dodge Truck commercial

    Anybody see the Dodge truck commercial where they show all models of Dodge trucks jumping across a paved road hill and the last vehicle are those 2 dudes in their Duster JUMPING the hill?? It's cool they are using a Duster in Mopar commercials but to me it still portrays that our...
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    "Nixon staff car"

    I was checking out monthly news letter from my local mopar club. Someone has a former "Staff car" from the Nixon administration for sale. It is a 74 Chrysler New Yorker with bullet proof glass. I think I am going to go look at it if it's still for sale. That would be a pretty...
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