ever seen this before on a duster
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.............Thats almost looks factory..........lol................kim............
Bulldozer
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no. my duster has about 1 option on the tag and it even has sprung hinges.
1968FormulaS340
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Homemade but they did a nice job with it.
That looks like the work of a guy that is either lazy or unskilled in the art of fixing things. I'm all for creative fixes, but how hard is it to reposition the torsion springs?
1968FormulaS340
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A lazy guy would have used a cut off broom handle.
Burntorange70
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I have thought about doing that to the hood. Hood springs are around 10lb a set. Would work good with a glass hood where you would need to get lighter weight springs for it any way so you don't crack the glass hood with the stockers. So may as well take them off and go to a junk yard and pull a prop rod off of a newer car and shave even more weight. Could go even further at that point and drill some holes in the hinges.
Never thought about doing that to the trunk lid as the stock T bars are not that heavy.
Never thought about doing that to the trunk lid as the stock T bars are not that heavy.
67Dart273
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and a REALLY lazy guy would just have broken it off..............................
airwoofer
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When I ordered my AAR 6 pak hood for the demon the guy tried to talk me into a hinged version as it was only 4 pounds heavier. I wish I woulda gone that route instead of the 4 corner pins and used a prop rod to hold the hood open. Would have simply removed the springs on the hinges and it would have been easier to get to the engine between runs.
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