My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head

DionR said
Very cool! I like how you came up with a clean way to mount it without having to cut up the car.

Thanks! It was the quick and easy way to do it. I hadn't mounted sliders before so I wanted a reversible way to do it in case my geometry didn't work the way I thought it would. I may notch the frame extensions on the next go around to lower the car a little more, my car is pretty far from stock already.

75slant6 said
I could've swore you were the one who notched you frame to set the sliders up higher to lower the rear!! Must've been someone else...

Figured out it was younggun2.0 that notched the frame.

Yeah it was younggun. He has a 3" spring relocation, so his sliders are notched right into the frame rail. Mine are only offset a 1/2", so they stay under that frame extension. The frame is easier to reinforce, and Younggun2.0 did a great job on his, but he still had to section and raise the frame extension. I think I can channel the slider into the frame extension close to a 1/2" before I have to worry about the clearance between the head of the slider bolt and the frame rail. I think. So I may do that yet.

moparmat2000 said
I love the way you intergrated the rallye dash, and bodyworked thr glovebox trim into making a finish corner. I always hated the standard A body dashes from 72 up. Always looked old people looking to me.

Also love the execution of the Afco leaf spring sliders on the custom brackets.

Overall very cool project. Love it.

Matt

Thanks! Yeah I'm not a fan of the later standard dash. Also not a fan of the broken rallye dashes, and they always break on that dog leg that goes out to the glove box. So it worked out great because broken rally bezels are a lot cheaper than good ones, and because my dash frame was converted I didn't have the extra mounting holes for the dogleg or the glovebox trim anyway.