72 Duster Resurrection

jonn6464 said
Hey man, small world, I almost bought this car about a year ago. I'm currently rebuilding a 1970 Duster and I picked up a Moser 8 3/4 rear end from Danny (the guy who sold you the car). We talked about me buying the '72, but I really only needed some parts from it. He wanted $2500 for it! I told him I'd do $1000, but he said it wasn't enough.

You got it for $500?!?!? That son of a....

Anyway, glad you scored a good deal on it. I live in Richmond, so I travel Hwy 359 often, and I remember the day I drove by and saw the car was gone.

Have fun with your project.
I hope you don't have a real close attachment to your money, because it goes away quickly!

'70 Duster - First MOPAR Build

Wow, this is crazy, definitely small world!

Sounds like Danny finally wanted the duster out of his yard bad enough to lower the price that much!

Guess I lucked out on the timing! I responded to his Craigslist post within a few minutes of him posting it. I also got his 71 Dart from him as well, but thats another project...

Your 70 Duster build thread is very nice! Lots of nice shiny QA1 hardware in there, Im excited to see the final result.

My Duster build is somewhere between "throw it all together to tool around in" and "full upgrade and restore". As we all know, the budget usually dictates what happens.

Glad to have you on board to watch my build, let me know if you see any Duster quirks I should watch out for.

moparmat2000 said
MoPar always = MoMoney lol.

You cant take it with you, might as well spend it. My dad, a life long mopar nut always told me a mopar is a rich mans car. I could never figure out what he meant by that. I was going to redo another 68 charger like the one i had in the 80s, but was shocked by what they were going for as basket cases back in 2008. I decided on a 67 barracuda as a cheaper alternative, then bought a 69 barracuda for me to fix up with my son for him. How wrong i was on that cheaper alternative theory. Well not quite, the initial buy in was way cheaper than a charger, but the parts certainly arent cheap lol.

I named all my mopars HD. Not for heavy duty either.Everything for em at minimum is a Hundred Dollars

DusterCaptain we're not trying to scare you off, just pointing out the absurdity of the parts costs on these things compared to Chivvy and Furd. Regardless of all that, i wouldnt trade either cuda for any Crapmaro, or Chivelle. Those are bellybutton muscle cars. You see them at every car show. Usually painted bright red with black skunk stripes on them. Yawn, boring.

Yep, I've done some light car projects before but never a full on project like this Duster. I keep a spreadsheet of all the expenses and it is pretty depressing to look at...definitely more expensive than Chevy parts. The Duster is a "HD" car for sure.

But its worth it, Im having fun. When I get done I could sell her and move on to something else. We'll see. I definitely like having something different than a more "standard" muscle car for sure.