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I don't know about you guys and gals, but my favorite Forum on FABO is Member's Restorations. It not only shows me just how talented some of yall are, it inspires me to get off my butt and get back to work. Which brings me to my topic. I have been working on my Duster for about 4 years now...

I'm north in McKinney, was planning on going to the Cowtown Show in April

Having just moved to DFW, I lost all my help back in the old state. I need some help to put this 74 Duster back together. More specifically, I need help with wiring and interior work. Anyone in the DFW metroplex have a line on someone or a reputable shop they trust? I have parts, like a new...

Well, depending on what they want for the package deal it sounds like it would be a cool project to pick up. I am only basing this on google pics of a 73 Javelin done right and the fact that where I'm at the AMCs are going for pretty penny might be worth it. I had a friend of the family years...

On a recommendation from a buddy at work I had a MAACO do my paint for me. I did 90 percent the of the body work myself and had them reskin a door. Over all took 7 months BUT, after month 3 I went it and looked at the "progress". The car hadn't moved and was collecting a nice layer of body...

It's people (like the guy you found) that not only keep the hobby going but, I bet you're more than willing to tell your other buddies about him. My family ran a metal fab shop in Long Beach until my Dad passed away, he never advertised, hell he didn't even have a business card but, the shop was...

There are some out here in Mopar land that can do everything themselves. Then there are people like me who, are learning by Forum and YouTube Tech. I have a pretty good grasp on something things and a very short attention span on other but, hey I know who I am. I bring this up to recognize all...

Took my Ram 1500 into the dealership to clear up a couple of recalls. They checked the front brakes, said I needed to replace them. I went in to pick up my truck and already knowing I was going to do the brakes myself I asked how much for the fronts. Guy behind the counter said $650.00 bucks. I...

Sorry for the late response, took the wife up to Tahoe for a much needed vacation. I'm out in Vacaville, moved up here about 7 years ago from SoCal and were looking at a move to Texas next year (probably June-ish).

What you're saying makes perfect sense to me. I think I'll make the updated list, and since I put the cart before the horse with the paint, I'll have to schedule future work in stages. I see you're in Nor Cal as well. Might have to have you over to lend a hand when it comes back from paint

I have something along the lines of that going on. I have an excel sheet with parts, part numbers, the website, and price BUT.... what you're saying makes PERFECT since. I'm in the garage (fighting the heat) right now thinking about what exactly NEEDS to be done. I knew it was going to be...

I am certainly not going to rush things, hahahha waited three years to get it to paint. I completely understand what you are saying. And I completely understand what others are saying. It's a tough spot since it seems I'm at a cross roads as to what to tackle since the Duster needs something...

This This sounds like the way to go, thanks everyone

I have been trying to build this '74 Duster for sometime now, and I have NO idea exactly which order to go in. Right now I have a built 360 / 727 ready to go in, the car is at the paint shop, the front suspension is all done, I have a Ron Francis wiring harness ready to go in, and the rear end...

my thoughts exactly, but..... ill take it

pretty sure he had a 302, but it was nice to finally pull away from a mustang. I put my intake and carb on and its been running great, but I cant wait to get the heads and engine built and start pulling people from the get go. The dart is a little sluggish off the line, for some reason it just...

Well thanks to Dustedu2, got my 360 heads in the mail today and I can say I'm finally off to the start of my build. I am planning to follow this step by step, part for part. Has any one followed this build? If so let me know how it went. I feel the 318 got a bad wrap and want to build one up...

i will be making my first trip up there. Hopefully i can score a 72 grille.

I just picked mine up last week and the guy told me that the catalog was only 1/4 way done, they will be coming out with a much larger one soon.

man this sucks!!!!! im in OC and the wife said "no room, no car" of course, one county over and the wife lays the law... fml

It did as a matter of fact have a vinyl roof. I was wanting to put one back on but was told the roof had to "back to normal" When i say roof, in my pics, you can see a long crack with other cracks forming. I ran a magnet over them and there are bondo patches but not as severely as once thought...

Thats not a bad option either. I bought a hammer and dolly set today and tried my hand on the front valance since that was the worst body panel (i figured it was a total loss anyways) and it went surprisingly well. After an hour and half I think it can be saved!!!! I figure if I get some of the...

Well took some very small steps in the DIY steps, went to harbour tools and picked up some sanders, and a hammer and dolly set not to mention a suction cup (which pulled a dent that was driving me crazy). So i think ill get started on the body next week. So needless to say there will be no...

I am going to take the Dart into another body guy the end of this week hopefully he has a better idea of what kind of shape the roofs in but Ill keep this in mind, thanks for the heads up man! any idea on what the shipping might cost down to So Cal?

Sorry should have been a little clearer, I bought the car for 1600. For that price their is no room to complain but I am on a very tight budget right now unless this job comes through then ill have a little more room to breath. That or wait till my next deployment and use some of the money id be...

Man, thats awesome. A little too pricey right now but that is a cool process. thanks for the heads up. Just seeing the pics could give anyone hope with sticking their projects out till the end

thats a great idea. Im gonna have to check into that. Id much rather do the work than have someone else do it for me. I had a integra i used to beat around town and finally sold it due to the fact i couldn't work on it. it looked like a Chinese puzzle with French writing. Thanks for the heads...

well the guys both told me they would take it down to metal, patch the bondo areas, "try and fix" the drip rails, and paint. and to be perfectly honest when they said 15k i pretty much checked out of that conversation. But like most of the FABO guys have pointed out, deff need to shop around...

ok quick update, using sireland67's tip, I noticed the guy(s) i took it to had to be pricing me wayyyy high. Just ran a magnet over the whole car and yeah theres spots but nothing that cant be worked. Big boost of confidence. I can't believe I forgot the magnet trick. feeling a lot better about...

great tip man, i completely forgot that one. gonna go give it a shot right now. thanks man