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Odd there’s that second hole there…. It’s not like the chrome strip shrunk over the years! I’m not sure if patch panels exist for that area only. Might have to buy the entire quarter panel skin to get that area.

Your Duster was built on or around September 30, 1974. They would have started building the 75 model year Dusters in August so yours was built early in the run.

That would be somewhat early in the production run at that assembly plant; likely in the Fall of ‘74. The first car off the line was 100001 so yours was the 53404th off the line for the 75 model year. The production date on the fender tag is on the second row from the bottom, last set of three...

Does your car still have the fender tag? It’s an embossed metal plate on the drivers side inner fender in front of the windshield washer bottle. It will have a bunch of codes (two and three character codes) on it. One of them is a scheduled production/build date. If it starts with a A, B or C...

Ugh, heat and UV does a great job killing plastic. Yours is a 75 correct? Was it a late build 75, like in June or July 1975? Perhaps they started using some 76 parts already in the late 75? Clear or orange parking light lenses in the front grille? Does yours have a foot operated parking brake?

Might be worth checking eBay for the dash bezel/facias. Might not be able to get all 3 in one auction but good condition ones pop up from time to time. I found a NOS radio/HVAC bezel on eBay years ago which was the only one I needed. Saved needing to try putting on the woodgrain overlays and...

Oh wow great condition to start with, looks like youre well on your way to turning that into a complete car good luck with the rest of the project and hopefully it had and if anyone is noticing this is one hell of a run on sentence with little to no punctuation, just like above, all the parts...

Lookin’ good!

What’s your interior? Is it full vinyl or vinyl with cloth insets? Parchment? Peeps in other threads have said Legendary wait time are quite lengthy but their quality can’t be beat. I bought Legendary seat covers about 6 years ago and they still look brand new.

It’s like car archaeology! Neat!

Great colour!!

Nice find!!

Let me know what you find out about rebuilding the bumper shocks. One of my front bumper shocks puked its fluid decades ago and will be pretty useless whenever it gets used next.

Welcome back! Always great to see another ’75 being restored to live another day on the road! Keep posting updates.

What size tires did you go with? Same front and rear? @4spdragtop (Steve) clear out some messages… I’m trying to send you one.

Very nice! It must be tough heading into the house instead of staying up all night getting it back together. Exciting times for sure. Keep us updated on the reassembly.

When my kids emphatically state something, I ask a few questions to hear how/why they are so confident with their statement. Particularly when it’s about something they don’t have a lot of experience or facts on. The clincher is when I ask ’is this something you think you know or something you...

Nice progress!! Keep it up! My neighbour picked up a LL1 fish last month (fastback); I love that colour!!!

Welcome! Where was it for 44 years? Or when was it last on the road and what prompted you to get it restored after all these years?

A ‘67! Has it always been an Island car?

Keep up the great work! It’s always nice to see another late year A body (Scamp at that) being preserved.

Looks like a great car to start with! Are you sure it’s a 76 Scamp instead of a 75? I notice it has the wood grain around the speedometer (it was black for most of the 76) and it has the clear marker light lenses in the front grille (instead of yellow/orange lenses in 76). Does it have a hand...

Nice truck! Is that BRG metallic?

Sharp looking Demon!!

Congrats on joining the 4 wheel club! Glad to see another late model A body getting some TLC. Keep us updated on the progress.

Mystique is purely subjective. Having lived in Europe, seen many Lada’s and driven a couple, I’m not seeing the mystique in them. I suppose if something is considered neat or difficult to obtain, then that provides automatic mystic. The fact Lada’s we’re not sold in the US is likely another...

Might as well toss in a photo of a Volvo 2 series sedan as it carried the usual 3 box design of pretty well all sedans made from the 1960’s to the late 1980’s. I suppose if this thread is to give attention to a Lada sure, but pretty well any other sedan over a 30 year span looked similar too.

Exciting stuff and keep the progress pictures coming. Nice to see another late year A body being saved! Based on the production date of July 11, it’s a late build 74 model year which might explain why it appears to have a ‘75 instrument cluster (noted by the second idiot lamp between the...

Get a starter off a mid ‘90s Dakota. They are a lot smaller than the original bulky starters.