JBrian
Well-Known Member
I’ve had a 6-cylinder Duster sitting in my garage for several years after selling my matching numbers 1971 Duster 340; GB2/GB7/white stripes bench/blue printed 340 w/pocket ported heads/XE268 727/3.55s. It was a great little Duster that ran 13.60s @ 102Mph and was in the Dodge Dart & Plymouth Duster Musclecar color history book, Johnny Lightning Mopar Muscle 1/64” and also in Mopar Muscle. Eventually I just tired of it and didn’t want to modify it. I sold it several years ago and bought the 6-cylinder DUster with the idea of building a FAST clone that was streetable. I was looking for 11.80s @ 118Mph in a drivable combination. This project stalled with two kids in college (Texas A&M and University of Texas grads) and then other priorities.
This past summer my wife was getting the itch for a new Plum Crazy shaker hood Challenger 6-speed; so we drove a Tor-red one and probably would have bought it if it was the right color. She really wanted something to drive with modern convinces. I told her we could build the Duster for about the same price with a Gen III Hemi or look for a Challenger that would meet her requirements. End of story, build the Duster!
Lucky for me, Uhcoog1 (Wade) and Alex, both into Gen III Hemi conversations were close by. I drove Wade’s car this past July and was hooked on the conversion as well as moving more toward a corner carving, stiff Unibody car.
I’ll start with a little history; my first car, a 1969 GTX in 1974 (As we refer to as “Back in the day”), a 13.50's @ 105Mph car at Connecticut Dragway and it's untimely death!
More pictures of my 1971 Duster 340 from the 2000's and of the 370 Hemi Duster build to come!
This past summer my wife was getting the itch for a new Plum Crazy shaker hood Challenger 6-speed; so we drove a Tor-red one and probably would have bought it if it was the right color. She really wanted something to drive with modern convinces. I told her we could build the Duster for about the same price with a Gen III Hemi or look for a Challenger that would meet her requirements. End of story, build the Duster!
Lucky for me, Uhcoog1 (Wade) and Alex, both into Gen III Hemi conversations were close by. I drove Wade’s car this past July and was hooked on the conversion as well as moving more toward a corner carving, stiff Unibody car.
I’ll start with a little history; my first car, a 1969 GTX in 1974 (As we refer to as “Back in the day”), a 13.50's @ 105Mph car at Connecticut Dragway and it's untimely death!
More pictures of my 1971 Duster 340 from the 2000's and of the 370 Hemi Duster build to come!
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