Bought It 72 Demon

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Nice,we should all be so lucky to start with a car in that good of shape.
 
more Demon pics not mine but some I've seen and drooled on.
 

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Sweet Demon. Very nice score . Looks really clean . Welcome to the site. I still have my northeast Duster. Also Happy Birthday!!!
 
deman360 said:
Looking good! nice start. here are few pics of mine started life a /6,904,7.25 now 360, 904 w/low 1st gear 8.75 3.73 gears. first pic was taken after drivetrain upgrade and the underhood area was painted.
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Just curious, do you know what yellow that is? Looks like the Duster I'm cloning into a Demon.

Stlrfreak, that's a nice starting point. I've got a LONG way to get where you're at.
 
Welcome to FABO! great looking Demon looks super clean, P.S we like pictures..alot..:D
 
Idaho said:
Just curious, do you know what yellow that is? Looks like the Duster I'm cloning into a Demon.

Stlrfreak, that's a nice starting point. I've got a LONG way to get where you're at.
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don't know off hand, but I can check the code later.
 
Idaho said:
Just curious, do you know what yellow that is? Looks like the Duster I'm cloning into a Demon.

Stlrfreak, that's a nice starting point. I've got a LONG way to get where you're at.
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Think it Y-2 Sunfire yellow
 
Yes I think its Y2 sunfire yellow, available in 72 & 73 same as my 73 Duster.

It's not a "grab you" color but I'm kinda into being more subtle and different so I might actually use it.

Welcome. Great looking car and the paint looks decent. In my opinion, I would remove the molding on the side of the car put a Demon stripe on the car (matte black). You can paint the engine compartment and door jambs in your garage (that's what I did). Here's my 72...started life with a 318 3-speed on the floor, now it's a 408 and 4-speed.
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Demon 408 - very nice. Mind giving out your rear wheel/tire/backspace specs. I'm thinking along that line but lowered.
 
Idaho said:
Demon 408 - very nice. Mind giving out your rear wheel/tire/backspace specs. I'm thinking along that line but lowered.
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Here's an important note before I give you my tire/wheel combo: I have a '65-'67 B-body 8 3/4 rear (54 1/4" flange to flange) with offset spring hangers (3/4"). Wheels are 15x8 with 5.25" backspace. Tires are Nitto Drag Radials 275/50-15. I'm fairly confident I can fit 295/50-15 tire with no problem.
 
Demon 408 said:
Here's an important note before I give you my tire/wheel combo: I have a '65-'67 B-body 8 3/4 rear (54 1/4" flange to flange) with offset spring hangers (3/4"). Wheels are 15x8 with 5.25" backspace. Tires are Nitto Drag Radials 275/50-15. I'm fairly confident I can fit 295/50-15 tire with no problem.
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This could be useful when you get to picking tires/wheels so I'll post it here.

My measurements:
Frame to inner side of spring (ISS) 3 3/4"
ISS to brake drum 6" (limits wheel backspace to 5" or so depending on tire)
ISS to inner fender lip (IFL) 11 1/4" (limits tire width to about 10.5" assuming perfect backspace - 1/2" can be gained with fender lip trim)
Frame to IFL 15" (max tire width with springs relocated is about 14")
IFL to brake drum 5 1/4"

Link to Mopar axle lengths.
http://www.moparts.org/Tech/Archive/axle/16.html

A body is 57 1/8" drum to drum.
Your B body should be 59 1/2". With your extra 3/4" you have 12" total space and about 7 15/16" spring to drum. With your 5 1/4" backspace there's lots of room inside.

Section width of your tires is 11.3". A 295/50/15 is 12.2" so unless my measurements are off these would need a spring relocate or lip trimming and perfect backspace to get inside the fender.

Here's a bullitt wheel that I think would look awesome and fit inside the fenders. Hard to beat the price.
http://www.americanmuscle.com/matteblack-bullitt-17x9-0512.html

This tire, by my calculation, with section width of 11.57" would impact the fender lip by about 1/4" so a trim job might get it in there. You'd have about 3/4" on the inside.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MTT-3745R/

(Note that the 295/45/17 has lower SW than the 295/50/15.)

Of course my calculation could be entirely bogus :iconbigg:

(I think I've got a case of tire & wheelitis.)
 
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