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Thanks! The last month or so of working on the car got pretty stressful. On the one hand I'm relieved it's over and I don't have to deal with the car every night. But on the other, I'm a little antsy. Maybe I should find another project...:drinkers:

Housing is pretty reasonable here but I don't think you'll like the winters!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khfUSTK2dLE Just some video from the trip. If anybody can tell me how to make the YouTube embed align left, please do.

Heroic effort. Thanks for sharing.

Quicker. Must go quicker...

The Duster was done enough to make the Power Tour. Getting ready to roll out. Arrived in Arlington, TX. Stopped at Queen Donuts in Terrell, TX. The Duster caught the eye of one of the Hot Rod guys. Apparently it will have a "Car of the Day" video blurb on the Hot Rod site...

Almost there.

I haven't check in for a while and I want to bring you guys up to speed. Please forgive the lack of photos, as I've been pretty busy working on the Duster and not documenting things as much as I like. The Power Tour starts in a week and a half and I'm pretty confident I'll have it buttoned up...

The Duster will be back in my possession this week. The fabricator and I aimed for April 1 but didn't hit it. Oh, well. With six weeks to go I'm confident the Duster will be ready to go in time for the Power Tour. I had planned on buying some snazzy custom wheels but I fear it's too late to...

I will keep you updated. Thanks for your input. It's reassuring to know I wasn't the only one facing this challenge.

What we have here is the Be Cool radiator and electric fans in all their installed glory. You can't see it, but the A/C condenser is there, too. As is the power steering fluid reservoir, regulator and random hoses. I saw these mid-length length headers in the Street & Performance catalog...

Last October I placed an ad on Craig's List for a bunch of 340 Duster parts including the engine, transmission, k-frame, brakes, etc. Craig's List being what it is, I received several emails and texts from scammers, a bunch from apparent losers and a handful of what seemed like legitimate...

Sometimes a man needs to stop and scratch his nuts.

My friend Gary loaned me some 17" wheels so the car is now a roller. Turns out, 14" wheels will not fit over 13" brakes! :yawinkle: The Duster will be shipping out for the rear end work next week. In the meantime I suppose I'll be sourcing more parts and trying to gain knowledge...

It's been a while since I've checked in. You know how December can be. The long and short of it is that the Duster just needs a pair of wheels on the front to be a roller. It will then be rolled to the fabricator to take care of the rear suspension, which is beyond my current capabilities. One...

Very cool car. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Yeah, it was nice to see those guys chime in. I have been following their contributions and it seems like they might know what they're doing. :yawinkle: I have dumped a lot of money into this project already. I bought the Duster last summer not planning to really do anything to it other than...

Thanks for the kind words, gentleman. It never really bothered me that this thread didn't get much attention since I'm sure there have always a few folks following along. But I must say it is encouraging to be egged on during a project like this. It makes me want to throw more fuel on the...

Installed the bulk of the front suspension the other day. Next up will be the steering rack and column. Then it's off to the fabricator! Here's another time-lapse. Hemi Duster Front Suspension - YouTube Cheers! :drinkers:

Yeah, what he said.

Preferrably some sweet SRT8 Jeep units. Thanks, Bill

The 6.1, NAG1 and K-frame are in! Turns out I just needed to be more aggressive about chopping out metal to make room for the transmission. As advertised the RMS K-frame was a breeze to installed once we got everything lined up. It also amazes me how much room there is around the engine...

There's a hole in my car. The NAG1 is fat and stubby so I chopped up the ol' Duster to make some room. Unfortunately more modification will be required because the transmission housing makes contact with the crossmember. It's time to set up a meeting with the fabricator. And here's...

Oops!

I suppose the best answer to that question is that I jumped into this project without really knowing what I was doing and picked up a complete drop out from an '06 SRT8 Charger with the NAG1. It looks like everything to make it work is out there so I'm sticking with it. [-o< Thanks. :happy3:

Ok, it's been a while since I've checked in. I have been making some progress, however. I've cleaned up the engine bay and frame rails of the Duster and that preparation has led me to successfully test fit the RMS K-frame. That thing bolted up perfectly. With that done, I mated the 6.1 to...

I reached an important milestone on Saturday by getting the engine, trans and k-frame pulled from the Duster. The engine and trans leaked fluids so there is considerable cleaning up in my future. There is some rot here and there in the forward unibody assembly but not too much. Since the RMS...

Whoops! Sorry about the double post.

Now that the heat has subsided a bit, I wandered into the shop to start tearing down the Duster. The radiator, master cylinder and booster have been pulled and the engine and transmission unbolted and ready for pulling. That will happen this week and I'll drop the K-frame as well. I'll...