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

DionR said
Been almost another year without an update. Anything new?

Still an the edge about doing a T56 Magnum swap, but honestly even closer today. Was re-reading yours and @goldduster318's posts about the swap and honestly just feel like melting a credit card and going for broke. Unfortunately prices are up on everything. :BangHead:

Hope all is well.

Yeah, the car has been on the back burner for awhile now. I moved this summer, my new house is great and an upgrade but unfortunately it put me in a spot where I have to build a shop again as it doesn't have one. Which made my move a lot slower and more complicated because of the sheer amount of cars and stuff I have. It's going to end up being a way better set up for me in the long run- bigger house, more land, and a bigger and more capable shop when I get it done but at the moment it's limited the amount of work I can do.

Right in the middle of all of that I ended up with a bunch of electrical issues, basically my Duster is going to get a new wire harness. But between moving, work and life in general I haven't actually had time to do it, so the old girl has been parked for the last few months. I was just getting to a spot where I was going to start addressing that and all the weather moved in so it hasn't happened yet. So for the first time in almost 15 years I'm daily driving a car that isn't older than I am. Before this the T56 swap was probably the longest my car had been down for upgrades.

I love the T56 swap, and I know I said this before but for me at least the most complicated part was the hydraulic clutch conversion. The welding and fabrication was actually pretty straightforward. Still a lot of work, I wouldn't call it easy, but it definitely wasn't what held me up when I did the swap. Right now I'd be a little worried about getting all the parts in a timely manner. It's weird because some stuff is available and then other stuff isn't and there isn't a whole lot of rhyme or reason to what you can or can't get. I would definitely want to have all of my parts before I started, otherwise it could be really easy to tear your car down, get half way through and get hung up waiting for some part for a couple months.