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Well I might as well add my story to the bunch.
My real name is Adam. Im currently 21 years of age. Ive been into mopars all my life beings that I was raised around them. Ive been going to monster mopar for as long as I can remember. When I was 15 I found a car that really caught my eye it was a 1970 plymouth duster. I found it while browsing the pits at monster mopar weekend. It was really clean. I went all over the car myself before confronting my dad about it. It was a dark blue with 340 stripes and a black bench seat interior. The best thing about the car is the interior was perfect and the body was as straight as an arrow. The only draw backs to me were the 7 1/4 rear and it was powered by a 318. But the price was very fair for a mere $3000.00 well trying to talk my dad into letting me get a loan didnt work so I had to pass that one up which really dissapointed me.
So after a while we ran across an 1982 amc spirit (the car in my avatar). Beings that my dad has allready put one of these together with an 8 3/4 rear and a ground pounding small block chrysler it was a cakewalk to get it going.
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After
Then I decided it was time to buy me an actual older mopar muscle car. I was looking to buy either a duster or a dart. I ran across a 69 dart that was all the way down in georgia. After talking with the guy on the phone for a few days and him sending us some pictures we strike a deal. Well turned out I made the trip all the way down there for nothing. Was not at all like the owner said it was full of bondo rust bubbles everywhere spray painted interior. So I was out a full day and around $300 in gas money.
Well after getting home I decided to scan the local craigslist in search of a nice A body mopar. I ended up finding my 74 duster I have now around sikeston, MO. Virtually no rust but it did have some dents and creases. It was the gold duster model with a 318 with a little under 60K original miles. It had near perfect black interior other than the ripped carpet and ripped front seat. Right when I seen it and went all over it I fell in love you could say. So we made a deal right there on the spot for A hair over 4K. I left very happy and felt I got a great deal. Its hard to find something around my area with little to no cancer. This car looked like it had been garaged its whole life.
After adding a 340 and a 904 transmission, New carpet and bucket seats out of a 70 dart, An 8 3/4 rear with a 3.55 sure grip, getting body work and a decent driver paintjob put on it, a new set of chrysler rallyes with new tires this is how she turned out.
My future plans with my duster is to remove the engine again and rebuild it and add a stroker kit to it, Get it completely redone in hemi orange with the hood black out treatment and matte black 340 stripes, add a factory snorkel to a new fiberglass hood, and add my new go wing to the trunk.
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
Well I might as well add my story to the bunch.
My real name is Adam. Im currently 21 years of age. Ive been into mopars all my life beings that I was raised around them. Ive been going to monster mopar for as long as I can remember. When I was 15 I found a car that really caught my eye it was a 1970 plymouth duster. I found it while browsing the pits at monster mopar weekend. It was really clean. I went all over the car myself before confronting my dad about it. It was a dark blue with 340 stripes and a black bench seat interior. The best thing about the car is the interior was perfect and the body was as straight as an arrow. The only draw backs to me were the 7 1/4 rear and it was powered by a 318. But the price was very fair for a mere $3000.00 well trying to talk my dad into letting me get a loan didnt work so I had to pass that one up which really dissapointed me.
So after a while we ran across an 1982 amc spirit (the car in my avatar). Beings that my dad has allready put one of these together with an 8 3/4 rear and a ground pounding small block chrysler it was a cakewalk to get it going.
Before
After
Then I decided it was time to buy me an actual older mopar muscle car. I was looking to buy either a duster or a dart. I ran across a 69 dart that was all the way down in georgia. After talking with the guy on the phone for a few days and him sending us some pictures we strike a deal. Well turned out I made the trip all the way down there for nothing. Was not at all like the owner said it was full of bondo rust bubbles everywhere spray painted interior. So I was out a full day and around $300 in gas money.
Well after getting home I decided to scan the local craigslist in search of a nice A body mopar. I ended up finding my 74 duster I have now around sikeston, MO. Virtually no rust but it did have some dents and creases. It was the gold duster model with a 318 with a little under 60K original miles. It had near perfect black interior other than the ripped carpet and ripped front seat. Right when I seen it and went all over it I fell in love you could say. So we made a deal right there on the spot for A hair over 4K. I left very happy and felt I got a great deal. Its hard to find something around my area with little to no cancer. This car looked like it had been garaged its whole life.
After adding a 340 and a 904 transmission, New carpet and bucket seats out of a 70 dart, An 8 3/4 rear with a 3.55 sure grip, getting body work and a decent driver paintjob put on it, a new set of chrysler rallyes with new tires this is how she turned out.
My future plans with my duster is to remove the engine again and rebuild it and add a stroker kit to it, Get it completely redone in hemi orange with the hood black out treatment and matte black 340 stripes, add a factory snorkel to a new fiberglass hood, and add my new go wing to the trunk.
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
