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The wife said I needed a hobby, but she never said I had to stay clean... :drinkers:
We are longing to get back on the road again soon, this winter we need to fix up the floor.
Car is actually a '66 as you can see from the dash, but has '65 dodge dart fenders and bumpers to imitate a Dart/Charger from '65, 360 4spd with posi.
This car was originally bought by my father, then he gave it to my grandfather to sell when he left for Vietnam. Well my grandfather fell in love with it, and never sold it (after all he drove Chrysler products from 1939 until his death in 2005). Well my dad missed the car and my grandfather...
I don’t exactly know what it is that drives a middle-aged man to start looking for the car of his youth, but the bug hit me hard a while back so I went out and bought myself an old Duster to restore. Maybe I had been watching too much "OverHaulin" on TV, but I'm really glad that I picked up this...
Less than 500 miles on the Fresh 440. 425 - 450 HP
NOS Block was bored and honed .020 with deck plates, steel crank polished, reconditioned rods, and assembly balanced!
New: Nitraded COMP Cams Xtreme Energy Hi-Lift Cam 525 lift / 232 duration, 9.5:1 Keith Black forged dome shaped pistons...
69 340 30 over
Eddy RPM Heads
Eddy Air Gap
Comp Cam 284/296 dur 507/510 lift
750 Holley/ Proform vac sec
9 1/2" Dynamic Race/Street Converter
Cope ProStreet Reverse Manual Shift 727-4CTR
8 3/4 with 410 Sure Grip
Yukon Axles with long studs
Super Stock Springs with Pinon Snubber...
Nice driver, needs work but getting nicer every year. Have original 340 and 727.