Exhaust is done and has really low rumble and shrieks when full throttle! We’ll see how long I can stand it down the road cruising. I’m getting older and loudness is definitely fading away from my interest. Haha. Don’t mind the blue paint, only color of high temp paint I had left. I like to coat the welds to keep them rusting as long as I can.
'73 duster build
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Getting the hood fitted and attaching the hemi hood scoop!! The blue around the windshield is not the color I’m painting it, I cleaned the sill and figured I better paint it before windshield goes in and that’s the only blue I had. Got new trim clips installed as well. Hood scoop is going pretty smooth. A lot of measurements to square it up and trying to get it to sit tight flush against the hood. Might have to put some rubber u channel or something along the bottom like a seal to make it tight. Decided to change from the intimidator to the King (43). Any nascar fans around? Heard dodge was coming back to truck series!
Friday night, cornhuskers got whooped by the gophers . I’m originally a Nebraska kid. But as I was watching the horrible defeat, I got a bunch of tiny things accomplished. Market lights, new side mirror, passenger seat installed, floor plugs installed, new windshield wiper bushing, vent line for fuel tank (I went with a safety roll over vent type), new ignition switch and door locks and finally a trunk lock so I don’t have to open it with a screwdriver. And now I have a key set! Still waiting for the windshield guy to call me back! Would love to get some road miles before snow falls.
Hood scoop on painted! Good from a far but far from good. KrylonKustoms! Haha. Windshield on order and currently working on driver side taillight opening. Previous owner had a horrible fiberglass repair, I cut the corner out of the parts car so let some body work begin.
Rear panel repair is coming along nicely. Getting metal welded in and then some body filler and we’ll be good to go! Also got the windshield installed, local glass guy, not me and I’ve been driving it around! That single chamber exhaust is just too loud. I ordered different mufflers to try. Hopefully a little more manageable. Went to try a good brake test today and heard a big pop in the front, the right front strut bar popped out of the lower control arm. The bolt is missing along with most of the threads, so some QA1 adjustable bars are on order along with new steering components! A lot of people giving me thumbs up and people at gas stations coming to talk when they see it. A lot of, I had one of these high school and I love hearing old stories about old cars.
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