Dion,
My car is currently at the bodyshop and is close to paint.I found two NOS 360 emblems but hey have the mounting pins on the back instead of being held on with tape like the originals.Wanted to make darn sure I had the holes in the right place and wanted to drill them before paint.
I absolutley plan to race the car at the PureStock drags for the Martin and Stanton events.Probably be nezt year though depending on how long it is at the bodyshop.this car will do double duty as my sons first car and our purestocker.I planned on racing my A12 bee,but after seeing a vette roadster do a couple 360's through the lights at Stanton,I decided I couldn't risk the car.On the way home from Stanton my buddies and I brain stormed as to what would be the cheapest mopar we could build.Answer:74 360 duster or dart sport.
Reasons:
1)bodies are fairly plentiful and realtively cheap($600 for mine from CA)
2)cheap 360 block(compared to scarce 340)
3)cheap 587 heads (73 340 uses the same though)
4)cheap 74 air cleaner(I paid $42 on e-bay)
5)inexpensive exhaust manifolds ($137 e-bay)
6)no rallye gauge cluster
7)no shark tooth grill to buy
8)no unique body panels ( as compared to say a 69 340 dart hood)
9)parts in general are in expensive and fairly plentiful for these cars
The ony "tough" part to find was the 6453 TQ and I eventually got two.
I wanted to build something disposable so to speak.If for some reason I have a mishap at the track and peel the left side off the car, its no big deal fix or get another body.If I peel the left side off my A12 bee it would be a whole different story and I would not be happy.
Any current pics of your car?
