orangetwist
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Bored. So I figure I might as well start a build thread. Ive had it for two years and have been building up to blow it apart and do it all. Got to tear it apart this past October/November.
Heres a little back story... Its a 1971 Duster Twister /6 3 speed. Originally from Mineral Wells Texas, where it was bought by an Air Force member who kept meticulous records. I have all documentation of him owning it up until mid-late 90s. At some point it came to Indiana. I had a 1972 Short bed chevy with a 396 I had built, and did some dealing to swap for the Duster. Its currently powered by a .030 over 360, with a purple cam (cant remember which one off hand), aluminum intake, indy heads, and holley carb, breathing out of Hooker headers with flowmaster knock offs dumped at the rear. All thats backed by a Brewers 4 speed, and an 8.75 rear with 4.11's.
The rear springs are B-body springs. They were already there when I got it, I have the #'s off of them, but thats all I know. Its a good stance though, little stiff, but I dont want to lose the look trying to get it to ride softer.
In some of the pics it has a glass 6 pack hood. The glass hood was on it when I got it. We were at the guys house pickin the car up and he said "oh yeah, I got the original hood in the corner if you want it." I sold the glass hood afer a year, and put the original steel hood back on. Ive went back to the original hood and twin scoops.
Other than the drivetrain everything in the pics is original. I did redo the seat covers, you can obviously tell the pics with the new covers. Its obvious why I went ahead and redid those prior to the whole build.
A funny first. During teardown we were having a heck of a time getting the fuel fill tube out. My dad stopped to take a break and noticed something between the trunk extension and the quarter. Heres what it was. I figure its circa late 70s-mid 80's? Turkey is still in there. It smelled horrible if you really sniffde it.:toothy10:
Heres the pic that i went off of from the guy i got it from. Basically did the whole deal over just this one pic.
Stay tuned. More pics to come in just a few.
Heres a little back story... Its a 1971 Duster Twister /6 3 speed. Originally from Mineral Wells Texas, where it was bought by an Air Force member who kept meticulous records. I have all documentation of him owning it up until mid-late 90s. At some point it came to Indiana. I had a 1972 Short bed chevy with a 396 I had built, and did some dealing to swap for the Duster. Its currently powered by a .030 over 360, with a purple cam (cant remember which one off hand), aluminum intake, indy heads, and holley carb, breathing out of Hooker headers with flowmaster knock offs dumped at the rear. All thats backed by a Brewers 4 speed, and an 8.75 rear with 4.11's.
The rear springs are B-body springs. They were already there when I got it, I have the #'s off of them, but thats all I know. Its a good stance though, little stiff, but I dont want to lose the look trying to get it to ride softer.
In some of the pics it has a glass 6 pack hood. The glass hood was on it when I got it. We were at the guys house pickin the car up and he said "oh yeah, I got the original hood in the corner if you want it." I sold the glass hood afer a year, and put the original steel hood back on. Ive went back to the original hood and twin scoops.
Other than the drivetrain everything in the pics is original. I did redo the seat covers, you can obviously tell the pics with the new covers. Its obvious why I went ahead and redid those prior to the whole build.
A funny first. During teardown we were having a heck of a time getting the fuel fill tube out. My dad stopped to take a break and noticed something between the trunk extension and the quarter. Heres what it was. I figure its circa late 70s-mid 80's? Turkey is still in there. It smelled horrible if you really sniffde it.:toothy10:
Heres the pic that i went off of from the guy i got it from. Basically did the whole deal over just this one pic.
Stay tuned. More pics to come in just a few.
diggin the paint too. This is what you bought it for? to turn us all high impact green with envy?
