Turning back the clock
HemiDenny and I just got home from Iowa where we jointly purchased our next project car.
This one will leapfrog the brown Duster on the priority list because it is important. I'll let you
guys guess what it is and it will very soon be reduced to a bare shell as it begins it's
journey back to 1975. Nothing will remain untouched until it's ready to be "rolled into a
museum". I will divulge that it will be powered by a 16 plug Hemi that we will be building
as the original one is long gone.
Denny, it's just amazing that this car was hidden in Central Iowa for all those years. Lynn Balek, lives in Mason City about 100 miles from Huxley, didn't even know about it and he still is involved in SS racing with Rick's Super Stock/A 68 Barracuda (a legitimate SS car) wasn't aware of it. Talking about the coil over rear suspension, Lynn said that in about 1985 that NHRA started allowing coil over rear suspensions on account of it being a safety issue. Don't know about that, but I watched Lynn convert both their SS/A and SS/B 64 Dodge cars to coil overs.
Funny talking about the 73 up rather ugly grille and bumpers. Especially with those rubber 5 mph mandated bumpers. My favorite Duster has always been the 71-72 Dustser 340 grille/bumper combination. Always looks so nice. But, in 1971, I almost bought a Demon 340 that year, just that the Dodge dealer in Moline wouldn't give me crap for my 69 Dodge 500 with a 440 six pack. Said that he wouldn't be able to sell it on account of the Hooker headers and such low miles. It had 13,500 or so miles on it. He didn't believe the miles. Oh well another story.
HemiDenny and I just got home from Iowa where we jointly purchased our next project car.
This one will leapfrog the brown Duster on the priority list because it is important. I'll let you
guys guess what it is and it will very soon be reduced to a bare shell as it begins it's
journey back to 1975. Nothing will remain untouched until it's ready to be "rolled into a
museum". I will divulge that it will be powered by a 16 plug Hemi that we will be building
as the original one is long gone.
