A tale of two Dusters

I finished turning down my hubs so the wheels will fit right. Broke a stud too.. Bugger! Now I need some more parts So I can finish the upgrades. School started today so I should have a little more spare time, And a Machine shop again!! It looks like I will have a good bit of Homework this semester so that may slow me down a bit. But I have CAD and a bunch of other stuff now too. I sold the shocks that are currently on my DD so now Is a good time to upgrade! Found some nice adjustables for a VERY nice price! I have almost all the stuff to re-do my rear suspension as well, I just want to swap out the rear-end at the same time, because when I swap in the 360/4-speed the 7 1/4" will be living on borrowed time.

Just to be clear, I am doing the suspension in two stages. One that is "Stock based" to show the potential of the stock design. Then when I get all the kinks worked out (on the computer) for the updated F&R suspensions I'll use my DD for a rolling test bed while I build my other one. then swap the first set-up back onto my DD and the updated stuff onto my radical/"nice" one. A little confusing, yes, But worth the extra work.


I think that is about it. Thanks again for looking!