Found my dads original 1971 duster!

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H22A4 said:
I had a similar amount of clearance on my Scamp, didn’t have any problems and therefore didn’t buy spacers.
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Hey guys. Need some help please. So this is the carb that the engine builder used. My car builder says he doesn’t know what’s needed to hook it up to my throttle cable. It’s a 727 auto transmission. It was missing original carb, so it’s just the cable that is there.
I’ve looked online and it’s overwhelming, when I’m not sure what I’m even looking at. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I pick the car up next week and he says he might not have it operational…which isn’t acceptable to me. I paid for a complete build

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Go over there and take pics of everything so we can see whats goin on. Your car came with a thermoquad. Not sure why a adapter is needed. Need to see what intake is on there. You could also have him take pics and send them to you. May be faster.
 
Google 71 Duster 340. Some images should come up of restored ones. Look at engine pics. Take screen shots.
 
moparker said:
Go over there and take pics of everything so we can see whats goin on. Your car came with a thermoquad. Not sure why an adapter is needed. Need to see what intake is on there. You could also have him take pics and send them to you. May be faster.
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The car didn’t come with its original carb. The guy I bought it from didn’t have it anymore, apparently. I didn’t get a carb with the car. I can’t go take pics, as it’s being built 26 hours away. I’ll try to get him to send pics
 
340sFastback said:
Why is this shop.asking you when they are supposed to be mopar experts? And why did engine shop slap a square bore carb on a spread bore intake vs getting correct carb or getting compatible intake? They prob talking about throttle adapter which any shop who has ever work on old mopars should know:

Edelbrock 1481 Edelbrock Throttle Lever Adapters for Performer Carburetors | Summit Racing
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I agree. I’m not sure how he can’t know how to do it. Makes no sense to me. Yes, I believe it’s a throttle adapter. I’m sure the engine builder would have used the proper carb. I’ll have a look at that link. Thanks
 
moparker said:
Google 71 Duster 340. Some images should come up of restored ones. Look at engine pics. Take screen shots.
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Ya. I’ve done that lots. Thanks. He says he knows he can get an adapter for the edelbrock, but needs the end from the original carb or something. Because it’s the piece needed to connect it to the edelbrock adapter. Sorry for my ignorance. I don’t know much about this stuff
 
moparker said:
So the motor has not been run since rebuild?
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Nope. I keep asking when that will be. He keeps saying that he has to figure out how to hook up the electronic ignition. Because the engine builder changed the setup from points to electronic
 
Not sure I would even want him to attempt to fire up this freshly rebuilt engine. Many things can effect the life of the engine on the initial start up and from some of the postings I'm not sure this dude knows what he's doing. If there ends up being a problem he can just say the engine builder messed up and the engine builder can point fingers back at him. If this engine hasn't been fired I would take it to the builder to do the first start up and break in. Just my thoughts.
 
The longer this goes, the more I wonder what the next day will bring. It seems like the shop is not very well versed in Mopars, and I have to wonder just how well it will turn out mechanically. Body and paint is near universal, but there are some significant differences in engines and related components. Just my .02.
 
Bennoel 10 said:
Not sure I would even want him to attempt to fire up this freshly rebuilt engine. Many things can effect the life of the engine on the initial start up and from some of the postings I'm not sure this dude knows what he's doing. If there ends up being a problem he can just say the engine builder messed up and the engine builder can point fingers back at him. If this engine hasn't been fired I would take it to the builder to do the first start up and break in. Just my thoughts.
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Thanks for the message. The engine builder already did the break in when he ran it on the dyno. I hear what you’re saying though. I just assumed that the car builder would know how to properly start up and set up engine, carb etc
 
dads71 said:
Nope. I keep asking when that will be. He keeps saying that he has to figure out how to hook up the electronic ignition. Because the engine builder changed the setup from points to electronic
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Figure out how to hook up electronic ignition? And this is suppose to be a mopar shop?
 
dads71 said:
Thanks for the message. The engine builder already did the break in when he ran it on the dyno. I hear what you’re saying though. I just assumed that the car builder would know how to properly start up and set up engine, carb etc
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One would think you said they had a bunch of Duster sitting around and were a mopar shop. So not sure why they acting like a bunch of idiots bringing up trivial mickey mouse bull **** to you the paying customers. I need throttle linkage, struggling to hook up ignition, oil filter adapter upside down, like what is up with that bull ****?
 
dads71 said:
Thanks for the message. The engine builder already did the break in when he ran it on the dyno. I hear what you’re saying though. I just assumed that the car builder would know how to properly start up and set up engine, carb etc
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Yeah I thought I read that but wasn't sure and just so much to go back through to check. Maybe just get your car and go from there. With all the help from the membership here it should be no problem to walk you through it.
 
Would be great if a high skilled forum member or reputable shop close by could finish that car. Cause shop sounds like a bunch of idiots to me.
 
So it has been broke in by the engine builder. Am I reading that right? If so that is a good thing. So your wiring harness needs changed to accept electronic ignition. He can’t figure out how to do that. Pretty sure there are kits for that. Maybe someone can chime in.
 
dads71 said:
Hey guys. Need some help please. So this is the carb that the engine builder used. My car builder says he doesn’t know what’s needed to hook it up to my throttle cable. It’s a 727 auto transmission. It was missing original carb, so it’s just the cable that is there.
I’ve looked online and it’s overwhelming, when I’m not sure what I’m even looking at. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I pick the car up next week and he says he might not have it operational…which isn’t acceptable to me. I paid for a complete build

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Sounds like the kickdown linkage is missing, too. Something like this:

Mopar 1967 1968 1969 70 71 1972 3 piece kickdown 318 904 A B Body Charger Dart | eBay

Edit - note that the throttle bracket and arm to the carb will be wrong in that kit. Just an example. Those parts are 2bbl or 4bbl specific, but the rest are universal to the A-Body.
 
moparker said:
So it has been broke in by the engine builder. Am I reading that right? If so that is a good thing. So your wiring harness needs changed to accept electronic ignition. He can’t figure out how to do that. Pretty sure there are kits for that. Maybe someone can chime in.
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Yes. The engine builder ran the engine on dyno and says that they did the break in.
The engine builder also provided a complete mopar electronic ignition kit (66991). So I’m not sure what all else he needs to hook it up. Thanks
 
dads71 said:
Yes. The engine builder ran the engine on dyno and says that they did the break in.
The engine builder also provided a complete mopar electronic ignition kit (66991). So I’m not sure what all else he needs to hook it up. Thanks
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I run Mallory Unilite electronic distributor which hooks up like an original points distributor no custom wiring required.
 
It’s been a long journey for you on this restoration of your Dad’s car.

I can’t help but think the shop knows that since it’s so close to the finish line now they are dinging you for ‘extras’ to keep the bill going before you actually pick it up. And since it’s so close to being done they are playing on your emotions to ‘just get it done so I can pick it up already’ which allows them to keep adding things to the bill.

If the meter is still running at the shop, I’d suggest picking the car up as is, paying for what they’ve done, and complete the rest on your own with the help of folks here.
 
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