The Great Pumpkin - '71 Duster

Soooo, back from Carlisle. I posted a bunch of links to pics on here and on Moparts so check 'em out. Had a great time, really enjoyed it. Not much to report though other than that. Saw some drag racing on Friday and Sunday. Hung out with some cats from my area and had a weekend away from family and other obligations. Only crappy part was that it took 6 hours to get home from Beaver Springs Dragway yesterday - 2 hours to get through the Delaware Water Gap on 80, was ready to stick a knife in my head.

I cruised the swap meet for two days and didn't really buy much. I don't need anything for my car since it's all there and in decent shape. The things I looked at would have likely been placed on top of the rest of the junk on my shelves anyway. I was totally happy to look around but nothing really jumped out and said buy me. Swap meets are all about potential anyway, probably more of a gamble than anything. Ratio of cost vs. reward is probably upside-down at these things. Chase is better than the catch as they say.

Had the idea prior to going down that I wanted to look into getting a carb. Picked up a bunch of 850 double pumpers - man, those things are heavy! Never realized how much they weigh compared to a TQ or even my Proform. Like putting a brick on top of your intake. Couldn't get myself to buy one, just kept thinking that they were being sold for a reason and I'd put them down. Looked at a lot of air cleaners too because I am not thrilled about the current setup I have (air bell with a K&N top). Guys wanted silly money for unsilenced ones, just did not seem worth it to me since my car is nowhere near original. ended up getting just a cheapo base. Thought I might use it to cut up for a custom thing but it'll probably just go on the shelf.

Did get a bunch of things for my transmission build up from A&A. They are great to deal with, Rick is really top notch. Got an oil pump from B3RE and chatted with him for a bit about his rocker arm geometry pedestal kit. Seemed like an OK dude, am strongly considering having a kit made. Still not sold completely on it though so I have to do some more research.

Ordered the replacement head studs so I should have those this week. Have pretty much everything I need for the trans now too so I hope to have that done soon.

More to come.