I look forward to whatever project you do eventually wind up with... Im curious, have you run across the Duster since you sold it? (I cant remember if you sold it to someone local or if the car went far enough away that you wouldn't run into it)
Im from lower MI, The guy I sold it to was from Detroit (about 80 miles or so away). A friend of mine went to the woodward dream cruise a few days after I had sold the Duster and told me he seen someone thrashing on the Duster up and down the streets. And apparently it wasn't but a couple weeks or so after that he sold the duster.
Reason I know this is about a year after I sold it I got curious and typed in a few things on google and found a link to racingjunk.com and found my Duster for sale down near the ohio kentucky border for around $18k I think it was. I emailed the guy and told him that I built the car and he went on about how much he loved the car and how many compliments he got on it and how his professional painter complimented at how it was one of the best paint jobs he had ever seen and the body work.
He told me he was just feeling the waters putting it up for sale but wasn't worried if it sold or not because he liked it. He traded a chevelle or a nova for it and some cash I think he told me. The guy he got it from ( guy I sold it too ) told him that his wife was making him get rid of it. And the guy also told me that after buying it that he found it had no oil pressure and the guy never told him. So apparently he thrashed it and took the oil pump out. Luckily this guy caught it before it caused damage.
What pissed me off the most is the guy I found didn't know a BIT about me or its history. The guy I sold it to I gave hundreds of documents and receipts and pictures and told him everything about the car and what I went through with it. He didn't tell this guy a bit of it ....not a single piece of paper or nothing. So I told this guy everything and how long I had it and it was in Mopar Muscle Mag. Original color, the transformation it went through and he was blown away.
I have not heard from the guy since then. Don't know if he still has it or if it has changed hands again. A shame if its getting thrashed around. What I wanted most out of selling it was for someone to appreciate it and enjoy it. Not get greedy and try to flip it....or beat the hell out of it. But, its not my place to say anymore. Hope where ever it is....it is being cared for!.