Blue Sky Hemi Duster Build
Hey when you get hemidenny and 76orangewagon to comment--YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two of the top builders on this forum. I would like to know when all is said and done what do you have in the Duster for parts???? money wise I mean--Thanks and keep up the great work--Steve a.k.a Swifter
Yeah, it was nice to see those guys chime in. I have been following their contributions and it seems like they might know what they're doing. :yawinkle:
I have dumped a lot of money into this project already.
I bought the Duster last summer not planning to really do anything to it other than get it running right. I've always liked Dusters and when I saw this one in B1 Sky Blue I had to have it.
I'm pretty sure I overpaid for the car at $10,000. It's in decent shape overall but has had the rear quarter panels, trunk and floors replaced. Some of that work wasn't done all that well. It's a good car, though.
When I decided to try to pull off this project, I bought the engine, transmission and all the other stuff from Cleveland Pick-a-Part. If you haven't heard of them, they specialize in late-model dropouts for projects like this. I believe I paid $5800. I don't have the invoice handy.
Then I sent RMS Motorsports a check for a little over $10,000 for the AlterKtion setup, 4-link, subframe connectors, Wilwood brakes, etc, followed by another $1,900ish to the fine folks at Hot Wire Auto for the engine/transmission harness, programming and speed sensors.
So we're looking at a nauseating $27,700, including the car and not including random parts, storage and any tools I've purchased for the project. I normally wouldn't have that kind of cash to throw around, but circumstances aligned to allow all this to come together and I wasn't about to miss my chance.
All this money and work are going into a 1972 Plymouth Duster that will never be worth all that much. Good thing I plan on keeping it!
By the way, this is the last time I will add up receipts for this project. From here on out it will be a mystery!