73 duster pro touring build

[DUSTERBD73]

Start of my 73 duster pro touring build

 

[DUSTERBD73]

Motor pulled and car headed out for paint

 

[DionR]

Looks clean. What's the plan?

 

[CharlieRotten]

subscribed.

That dash is awesome!

I cant wait to see what you do with the project.

 

[DUSTERBD73]

I scraped the 73 front end and got myself a 72 food , bumber , filler peice and hood latch assemply i do think i finally tracked down a shark tooth grill for it. Scraped the old k member and leafs and are going with suspion freak tubular front k bumber and 4 link in the rear.

i got a 6 speed magmun from amercian powertrain going in it and disk wilwood disk going all around

 

[DionR]

Cool!

 

[CharlieRotten]

EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING IS WHAT I WANT TO DO!!!!
I was going to do a demon front end though and call it a "Dust Devil"

 

[DUSTERBD73]

Well why dont you do it? And thats clever im still trying to think of a nick name for my beast

 

[CharlieRotten]

Unfortunately at the moment I have a job that doesn't pay enough for parts and leaves me with no time to work on the car. Currently my duster is sitting in my driveway with a broken wrist pin, but I stick it to the man by coming on here (mostly lurking) all day and make extravagant plans for when I have money and time.

 

[Idaho]

:happy1:

 

[DUSTERBD73]

an oldie of when i first got my car

 

[DUSTERBD73]

hold in there man my duster sat for 5 years till i finally found the job and money to get it done. sucks i had to loose my dad to finally get the jump on it to get it done but i just guess thats how it goes sometime. so now im building it as a memorial to my dad

some day you will be crusing in that duster again

 

[buckshotbishop]

what wheels are those?
love the 7 Y spoke wheels

 

[DUSTERBD73]

rushforth night train's

doing 18x 10 rear

and 18 x 8 front

 

[DUSTERBD73]

during the strip down

 

[CharlieRotten]

hold in there man my duster sat for 5 years till i finally found the job and money to get it done. sucks i had to loose my dad to finally get the jump on it to get it done but i just guess thats how it goes sometime. so now im building it as a memorial to my dad

some day you will be crusing in that duster again

I'm sorry for your loss but I'm glad to hear that you have some good inspiration and motivation!

Me and my car are bonded for life so if it takes time, it takes time. I'd live in that thing if Colorado winters weren't so cold.

 

[DUSTERBD73]

pics after blasting

 

[DRENO]

Nice car! Are you going to be cruising the streets of Winnipeg next summer? Maybe show up at the Pony Corral or The Oak? Good luck on the build.

 

[DUSTERBD73]

i sure hope so its gotta be done by my wedding in may. im not from the city but im sure ill make it in for a cruise or two

 

[HemiDenny]

nice ride, pretty solid base ....kinda brings back memories of changing my 74 to a 71 version...

good luck with the build.
Denny

 

[Bakaruda]

Looks like a good start.

 

[DUSTERBD73]

Kinda at a stand still at the moment waiting for 2 new quater skins to get here but should go pretty quick after that i hope rest of the body work all done. All the doors , fenders and hood are already in 2nd primer

 

[DUSTERBD73]

Quaters had 4 patchs already so i decided to cut them off and just replace them bondo was almost a inch thick in 1 spot

 

[DUSTERBD73]

Just some more pics of parts being striped and last pic is how the car is sitting right now waiting on quaters

 

[DUSTERBD73]

Found my sharktooth for the car just 1 crack to repair and a few tabs to remold but all in all pretty decent shape. Also need to find 1 parking light lense for it