First project buy - can someone help me with some advice and/or opinions?

grassy said
Welcome to FABO..I live in Nova Scotia !

I bought a '75 duster that was rust free..in Nova Scotia...only 34K miles on it as well...so it can be done. I will send ya pics if you like..

Just as a comment in this economy, buy one that has already been restored..it will cost you less than having to restore one and you jump into this great hobby immediately..perhaps it may not be as fun as you thought.....then you can buy a bucket case once you know exactly what you want...I suspect most wives don't like seeing a rust heap in the garage or losing you every night and weekend. You sound like you are REALLY keen on buying so you should be very careful.

I have never understood the prejudice about post '72 dusters / darts because they are better cars..i s it just the grill that is off ? Who knows..

Cheers
Grassy..hope to see you at one of the shows this year..

Again, I appreciate the suggestion to be careful - I do have a tendency to jump into things that way

on the post '72 cars ...it's not really the year, it's the look. I also don't care much for the "looks" of most pre-'67 cars. In my personal opinion (everyone's taste is different) 1969 was THE year for cars ..you can't go wrong no matter which brand or model.

As stated in a different post somewhere (still trying to get used to navigating around this board) I'm not really familiar with the dusters or any other pre-'72 cars but I know I've seen some i like and some I don't. i'm not sure whether it has anything to do with a specific model/tear or if it's just the level of customization that either attracts me or turns me away. I'm new here and the last thing I want to do is insult someone's baby, so I'm hesitant to say what it is I DON'T like about specific years/models but I'll give one example (again, just a matter of personal taste): post '69 darts - I don't like the taillights in the bumper and i prefer that front end on the demon. Having said that ..my taste in that regard is just superficial so if there was such a thing as a '72 with '69 grille and '67 taillights & bumper I'd see no reason not to buy it

am I making sense at all?

edit:so to answer your question - yes, for me it's as vain as the grill being off:-D