My first mopar restoration! 70 Duster

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volitech

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Hello Fabo
I am currently in the process of restoring a 70 duster for my father that we picked up in southern illinois. Its a 318 3 speed car that needs a alot of tlc! I have a 440 rb engine I picked up for $500 and a 4speed from a 68 formula S barracuda that was laying on a farmers barn floor! When asked how much he wanted for it he said just get it out of my way and it yours!! :glasses7: SCORE!!! It needed a rebuild but I got it done for $425 so all in all not bad....

Pics of the car...
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I then stripped the car down as far as I could and still be a roller...
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I found huge holes in the floor pan the rear quarters are both full of mud and the taillight pannel is shot but its pretty solid where it needs to be the most... Fire wall needs some repair on the passenge side... So i removed what was left of the old floor pannel and the left rear quarter. You can see where i repaired the fire wall....
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I ended up rebuilding alot of the lower rocker behind the quarter...
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I then fitted the floor pan and finaly welded it in to day....
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And this is me welding away.....
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I hope to have the left quarter mounted on whensday and the start removing the right side and see how bad that is..... More to come!
 
Looks like your all in.keep up the good work.
 
It looked to be a pretty solid Duster in the first couple of pix. Amazing what can be hidden under some mud, isn't it. Welcome aboard and looking forward to watching your progress. Good luck! L8r
 
gerahead said:
It looked to be a pretty solid Duster in the first couple of pix. Amazing what can be hidden under some mud, isn't it. Welcome aboard and looking forward to watching your progress. Good luck! L8r
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The mud was over 3/8 think in some spots! I took a chipping hammer to it and sheets of it started coming off.... Yes mud sure can hide alot....
 
Where are you in WIs??? I have some 70 Duster parts you might want,I'm in West Bend,Nevere heard of lone stone??? Welcome and keep the pics coming!!!!! Steve
 
swifter said:
Where are you in WIs??? I have some 70 Duster parts you might want,I'm in West Bend,Nevere heard of lone stone??? Welcome and keep the pics coming!!!!! Steve
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I live an hour west of madison in a small town called lone rock. What do ya got?
 
Great job!! I'm in the middle of my first resto also. I know how you feel. Keep up the good work and keep us posted on the progress.
 
Great materials to work with. Welcome to the boards & look forward to following along.
 
So I made alot more progress! I currently have the new left rear quarter welded on and have started drilling and using a spot weld cutter to remove the right rear quarter and found alot of more rust......

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This is what I found under the right quarter.....
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the repairs begin...
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I Then decided the trunk extension, the trunk gutter and most of the outer wheel tub wasn't worth saving... So I ordered more new sheet metal from dante's mopar....
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looking good. how did the quarter install go? any issues? im about to attempt that in a few weeks
 
if you could post a few pics of the seam at the roof, that would be awesome : ) what do you plan on putting back in that seam?
 
fez440 said:
if you could post a few pics of the seam at the roof, that would be awesome : ) what do you plan on putting back in that seam?
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Not really any major problems fitting it just time consuming doing the fitting. I plan on using short hair dyna glass to fill it and then use Z-grip light weight body filler.....
here is a pic of the roof seam...

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this is the right side but this is what i did. This may or may not be the right way to do it but it worked for me..... I made 4-5 cuts and peeled back the roof and then bent them back into place and welded them up and ground them down...
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You can also see in that pic i left some of the old quarter right behind the window... I used that to seam the new quarter to the old one....
 
Once I get the right quarter one I plan to start on the trunk area.... Heres a pic of the troubled area.....

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I really hate the fuel tank and vent set up in this car so I have a plan to fix this.... I'm going to cut out the spot for the spare tire and and build a box out of sheet metal and drop in a 20 gallon fuel cell. I have a bead roller so i'm going to lay some beads in to try and match the look that's back there and add some strength....

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After a couple hours of grinding I was finally able to test fit the right quarter today... It doesn't fit bad but its defiantly gonna fight me more than the left side.....

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And now that I know the quarter will fit with a little massaging i can start welding everything behind the quarter....

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volitech said:
Not really any major problems fitting it just time consuming doing the fitting. I plan on using short hair dyna glass to fill it and then use Z-grip light weight body filler.....
here is a pic of the roof seam...

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this is the right side but this is what i did. This may or may not be the right way to do it but it worked for me..... I made 4-5 cuts and peeled back the roof and then bent them back into place and welded them up and ground them down...
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You can also see in that pic i left some of the old quarter right behind the window... I used that to seam the new quarter to the old one....
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just wondering, why did you have to peel the roof back?
 
The quarter is under the roof panel so when I used a spot weld cutter to get it loose it leaves part of the weld sticking up and with the roof panel over the top of it it makes it real tough to get the old panel out and grind it down and then put the new panel back in the same way with the roof over top of the new panel... Like I said this may or may not be the best way to do it but it worked for me! Ive never seen it done before so im figuring it out as i go.....
 
Today I got alot more done on the outer wheel tub and I welded on the new trunk extension...
I used short hair dyna glass to cover the ground weld...

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After sanding...
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Then put on some Z-grip filler...
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After sanding that down I used some high build primer and this is how it turned out....
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Some serious work going on here. Think I'll keep an eye on this one.:coffee2:
 
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