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Just got these back from Mopar Leo and they look great. Waiting for a new stripping drum to arrive and then will probably be able to get the rest of the car stripped, plan is to hit it hard this winter and have it ready for painting by spring.

Yep planning on to lead the joint, but also I am doing some research into the all metal filler.

Well not much of an update, had our third child about a month ago, so progress has slowed down. Still working on stripping the car, good news so far is there’s no hidden rust yet and no hidden damage yet.

Well, so far so good, used it for about 30 minutes and got the trunk lid stripped, I definitely liked using it better then a grinder with a flap wheel or sanding disc attachment.

Unfortunately I don’t have an air compressor yet, that’s the next big purchase I’m saving for but I agree sand blasting or soda blasting would be a lot easier route to go.

Since I’m getting ready to start stripping the car, decided to try out the harbor freight sct.

Yep kind of knew that buying the motor but when you live in rural Montana 340’s are hard to come by. Here’s some more pictures appears to have domed pistons and a pretty stout solid cam, looks like a comp grind 282s-10, might need to downgrade the cam a bit.

Well not much of an update, slowly been working on patching the floor and going to start tackling the body work. Did however manage to find a 340 with x heads that I have started to tear down, doesn’t look like it was ran much but unfortunately some water got in cylinder 8 while it was stored so...

The rear quarters must’ve been replaced once before as the car is mini-tubbed and whoever did it decided to fill the roof/quarter seam with a bunch of body filler and it was starting to crack. I guess down to bare metal might be in this cars future.

Some more photos, car is pretty solid, seems like the worst dent is in the tail panel and the hood is pretty rough

I have been a long time lurker as I sold my 1973 duster about six years ago due to not having a place to work on it or no time to work on it.Well a couple of months ago I started to search for a project car to start working on with my two boys and it just so happened that i found another Duster...