1974 Duster build
Well... Time for another over-due update:
We finally got a new house (I mean new, built in Sep. 2020). We lucked out finding this house that was only 5 weeks from completion when we bought it.
What a pain! We spent pretty much the whole 2020 summer looking at houses putting in offers and losing many bidding wars.
But so far the main thing I like about this house is the 4 car garage!
The only thing I don't like is all the landscaping I'll need to do, which takes my time away from the duster.
But another big change in my life, after nearly 21 yrs, I have retired from the National Guard. I started a new contractor position at Hill AFB the past several years after I got tired of working with the Guard full time for over 4 years, only to be "roadblocked" on my next promotion. So I figured it was time to go, I did the "traditional" Guardsmen thing the last 2.5 years of my career, which also interfered with the new job, which gave me more reason to retire.
But even so I did a few updates to her:
Went from 15 inch to 17 inch rims: (17x7 front, 17x8 rear with 225/50R17s up front and 255/50R17s on the rear):
Before with the 15 inch rims:
And here she is with 17 inch rims: (the front looks a little high because she wasn't quite "settled" after I lowered her from the jack)
And yes the rear springs will be replaced soon as well.
And my near future upgrade: (just gotta wait on the cam and heads since they're on backorder)
Well... Time for another over-due update:
We finally got a new house (I mean new, built in Sep. 2020). We lucked out finding this house that was only 5 weeks from completion when we bought it.
What a pain! We spent pretty much the whole 2020 summer looking at houses putting in offers and losing many bidding wars.
But so far the main thing I like about this house is the 4 car garage!
The only thing I don't like is all the landscaping I'll need to do, which takes my time away from the duster.
But another big change in my life, after nearly 21 yrs, I have retired from the National Guard. I started a new contractor position at Hill AFB the past several years after I got tired of working with the Guard full time for over 4 years, only to be "roadblocked" on my next promotion. So I figured it was time to go, I did the "traditional" Guardsmen thing the last 2.5 years of my career, which also interfered with the new job, which gave me more reason to retire.
But even so I did a few updates to her:
Went from 15 inch to 17 inch rims: (17x7 front, 17x8 rear with 225/50R17s up front and 255/50R17s on the rear):
Before with the 15 inch rims:
And here she is with 17 inch rims: (the front looks a little high because she wasn't quite "settled" after I lowered her from the jack)
And yes the rear springs will be replaced soon as well.
And my near future upgrade: (just gotta wait on the cam and heads since they're on backorder)