Dusterfreak
Well-Known Member
Hi, I`ve been hanging around here for a while now and I decided to tell something about my Duster. I bought this car in 2008 and it was supposed to be a quick, few month project, a few rust holes, new paint etc.
Ill post alot of pics because they tell alot more than my story. Every repair and modification has been made in my small garage with even smaller budget, so its not a show car, but i like it...
This was taken the day I bought it, its got 340, 727 and 8 1/4 rear, powerdiscs but no PS. I drove it like this a few hundred kilometers just to get know it.
After a few weeks I started by scraping the paint off, it came off in large slices
then I took the engine, tranny and K-member out
It took few months to weld it together, I found my old friend rust
a-pillar:
the trunk:
rocker panels:
I also welded the floorpanels and some parts of the firewall.
after welding, I sandblasted almost the hole body and painted it.
I put new bushings, brakes and shocks. I also installed PS box and new joints to the steering.
When I got the body back together I sanded the hole car to the metal
My friend sprayed it with Jaguar saturn orange
In april 2011 I had the engine back in place and it was almost ready to run
and in may 2011 I drove it the first time in almost two years, it was a great moment
Something has happened after that,
I`ll get back with more pics if you want...
Ill post alot of pics because they tell alot more than my story. Every repair and modification has been made in my small garage with even smaller budget, so its not a show car, but i like it...
This was taken the day I bought it, its got 340, 727 and 8 1/4 rear, powerdiscs but no PS. I drove it like this a few hundred kilometers just to get know it.
After a few weeks I started by scraping the paint off, it came off in large slices
then I took the engine, tranny and K-member out
It took few months to weld it together, I found my old friend rust
a-pillar:
the trunk:
rocker panels:
I also welded the floorpanels and some parts of the firewall.
after welding, I sandblasted almost the hole body and painted it.
I put new bushings, brakes and shocks. I also installed PS box and new joints to the steering.
When I got the body back together I sanded the hole car to the metal
My friend sprayed it with Jaguar saturn orange
In april 2011 I had the engine back in place and it was almost ready to run
and in may 2011 I drove it the first time in almost two years, it was a great moment
Something has happened after that,
I`ll get back with more pics if you want...
