Dumpster diver 70 Duster build

Only out of one booster which was throwing me off. Only thing I found on the secondary side was a horribly plugged air bleed. On the primary side everything looked fine, tossed a bowl gasket in there for the hell of it. Runs fine and not leaking on the primary or secondary side now so I guess it’s fixed for the time being.

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Nice. Was the booster that wasn’t dripping clogged?
 
Been working too much to play with the cars lately. Took yesterday and squared away the wiring and resealed the intake since I rushed it and had a little oil seepage. Got the tach and oil pressure gauge hooked up. Definitely surprised to see 75psi cold at idle and it’ll bury the 100psi gauge without much effort. Have an aluminum radiator and some other parts on the way for it.

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Got the car running great, all the lights are fixed, gauges hooked up etc. Then the timing cover decided to let go now that I replaced the cracked stock radiator.

I did take a few minutes today to install the ash tray, heater controls, and glove box door/hinge that I tracked down for it. Also the last bit of good news, it’s legal for when I do fix the timing cover, fresh plates and tags.

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Slowly but surely chipping away on this, plus trying to get the dart ready for the upcoming dyno day. Both should be drivers in the next month.

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You ever have one of those days you want to sell everything and quit? That was yesterday. The timing cover fought and fought and I was mentally done. I really can’t thank @TT5.9mag enough. He showed up and made sure the car got put back together, Mike you’re truly a legend amongst men.

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Cool car. I'm with the others, it's yours and you should name it whatever you want. I don't typically name my cars but recently decided to call them Fred, Barney and Big Daddy Yum Yum. :lol:
 
You ever have one of those days you want to sell everything and quit? That was yesterday. The timing cover fought and fought and I was mentally done. I really can’t thank @TT5.9mag enough. He showed up and made sure the car got put back together, Mike you’re truly a legend amongst men.

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A legend? Really? Damn I’ve definitely been called worse. I think it was the heat and humidity more than anything that made it frustrating, and that damn Mancini repop timing cover but we got it done. I really didn’t do much.
 
The pic with the 78/75 now has me all excited.
 
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