1971 Duster, Granny Special
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mopowers
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Which Painless kit did you go with? I'm getting ready to go through a complete re-wire job as well.
we always use the 10101 Kit, which is the universal kit for a "GM" Collumn, but the included instruction manual has a chart showing you how to match the wires up for our mopar ones. This will be our 3rd time using it. Very pleased with them
Got the New 155 80 15s mocked up front.
I have upper ball joints, inner/outer tie rods and adjusters, as well as a new idler arm and pitman arm on the way. Figured if im tearing the front apart to install the power brake conversion kit i might as well throw new **** at the entire area "to whom it may concern" style. So all of that stuff will be nice and brand new with no cracked blown out boots/bushings.
I have upper ball joints, inner/outer tie rods and adjusters, as well as a new idler arm and pitman arm on the way. Figured if im tearing the front apart to install the power brake conversion kit i might as well throw new **** at the entire area "to whom it may concern" style. So all of that stuff will be nice and brand new with no cracked blown out boots/bushings.
duster 344
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That’s going to be a sweet ride for shure
Been fighting this front suspension and brake kit for too damn long but finally got it back on all 4s.
Power disc calipers, pads, rotors, wheel bearings, spindles, lower ball joints and control arm, upper ball joint boots, pitman and idler arm, and inner/outer tie rods all done.
Still needs brake lines, but massive chunk of work all sorted now.
Also my new steering wheel showed up
Power disc calipers, pads, rotors, wheel bearings, spindles, lower ball joints and control arm, upper ball joint boots, pitman and idler arm, and inner/outer tie rods all done.
Still needs brake lines, but massive chunk of work all sorted now.
Also my new steering wheel showed up
Ironracer
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Great Job Man!
AlaskaJeff
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Looks great, Lot's of progress. Love the skinny fronts, flip top gas cap, & keeping the Veight badges 
Been quiet for a while...Hit a roadblock where there wasn't really anything else to do on the car that didn't involve spending Money i didn't have on more parts.
My Autometers showed up today though finally, along with some other odds and ends that are wiring related so back on schedule!
Gonna get the gauges wired up, the steering collumn and new steering wheel installed and all wired up, along with the headlight and wiper switches, and heater controls ext, Finish fully welding in the floor panes, and then lay the insulation material and carpet. May or May not install the bench seat. Not sure if I want to try and install a headliner with the seat in the way or not. Well see.
Might have the interior well on it's way to being wrapped up (minus headliner and door panels) by the First of the year.
My Autometers showed up today though finally, along with some other odds and ends that are wiring related so back on schedule!
Gonna get the gauges wired up, the steering collumn and new steering wheel installed and all wired up, along with the headlight and wiper switches, and heater controls ext, Finish fully welding in the floor panes, and then lay the insulation material and carpet. May or May not install the bench seat. Not sure if I want to try and install a headliner with the seat in the way or not. Well see.
Might have the interior well on it's way to being wrapped up (minus headliner and door panels) by the First of the year.
Not much to see in the way of the wiring, Just waiting for crap that takes too long to ship.
Started working on the grill, it was originally pretty cracked and damaged, some cats decided to jump allover it and knock it over.
After a bunch of JB weld work and some primer and paint shes looking pretty darn good.
I also stripped the old cracking vinyl off my warped to hell door panels and soaked the panels in hot water and put them in a home made crude press to flatten them out so i can re wrap them in new vinyl to hold me over until i can afford brand new legendary ones.
Started working on the grill, it was originally pretty cracked and damaged, some cats decided to jump allover it and knock it over.
After a bunch of JB weld work and some primer and paint shes looking pretty darn good.
I also stripped the old cracking vinyl off my warped to hell door panels and soaked the panels in hot water and put them in a home made crude press to flatten them out so i can re wrap them in new vinyl to hold me over until i can afford brand new legendary ones.
That looks fabulous! Great job.
I need to second that. Great job on that grill.
cuda guy
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What paint did you use on the interior
Inused the same satin hotrod black kit as i did on the exterior
Got some more work on the floor done while once again waiting for backordered parts...
Finished welding everything in, Then Primed/Painted the new pans before adding some Knockoff Dynamat.
I Originally Purchased 120 X 40" Roll of the material, It managed to cover everything shown in the pics below, as well as the Lower half of the firewall.
It did Not have enough for the back seat floors or the rear inner wheel wells so I had to order more. I went ahead and ordered another 120 X 40 roll so I'd have extra rather than be
short. Maybe that will give some other folks an idea of how much of this stuff to order, its frustrating having to guess, especially when Dynamat expensive as Hell.
Once I get the rest done im going to mat off the back seat area as well as the rear inner wheel wells, and the Trunk/back seat divider panel. Ill probably go a little ways into the back
part of the trunk area right behind the rear seat too since I'll have extra. Once that's done im going to run the wiring for the speakers before laying the carpet.
While I wait for the additional Sound deadening to arrive I'll be starting on redoing the door panels tomorrow. I went to the fabric store today and purchased some black vinyl, and
some 3M spray contact cement. I cant do fancy sewwing stuff, so it will just be covered in plain black vinyl until I can afford new fancy ones from Legendary.
ALSO: For anyone wanting to install this sound deadening stuff, after having done it myself I would highly recommend that you cut it up into smaller squares or rectangles,
maybe 12" X 12" ext. In long sheets it is hard to form to contours and such because it wants to stick everywhere your not ready for it yet and if you try to peel it up it likes to just rip.
Just take your time and have fun with it, I think I had about an hour into it actually laying the mat itself post prep/paint.
Finished welding everything in, Then Primed/Painted the new pans before adding some Knockoff Dynamat.
I Originally Purchased 120 X 40" Roll of the material, It managed to cover everything shown in the pics below, as well as the Lower half of the firewall.
It did Not have enough for the back seat floors or the rear inner wheel wells so I had to order more. I went ahead and ordered another 120 X 40 roll so I'd have extra rather than be
short. Maybe that will give some other folks an idea of how much of this stuff to order, its frustrating having to guess, especially when Dynamat expensive as Hell.
Once I get the rest done im going to mat off the back seat area as well as the rear inner wheel wells, and the Trunk/back seat divider panel. Ill probably go a little ways into the back
part of the trunk area right behind the rear seat too since I'll have extra. Once that's done im going to run the wiring for the speakers before laying the carpet.
While I wait for the additional Sound deadening to arrive I'll be starting on redoing the door panels tomorrow. I went to the fabric store today and purchased some black vinyl, and
some 3M spray contact cement. I cant do fancy sewwing stuff, so it will just be covered in plain black vinyl until I can afford new fancy ones from Legendary.
ALSO: For anyone wanting to install this sound deadening stuff, after having done it myself I would highly recommend that you cut it up into smaller squares or rectangles,
maybe 12" X 12" ext. In long sheets it is hard to form to contours and such because it wants to stick everywhere your not ready for it yet and if you try to peel it up it likes to just rip.
Just take your time and have fun with it, I think I had about an hour into it actually laying the mat itself post prep/paint.
Did door panels today, im missing some hardware to finish out the doors 100% But they're close.
Mostly happy with em...they're passable until i can afford brand new legendary ones to match my Legendary Covered bench seat.
Mostly happy with em...they're passable until i can afford brand new legendary ones to match my Legendary Covered bench seat.
You are doing a fine job. Hot Rod ingenuity at it's finest. Keep up the good work.
Great work so far , will be nice car when finished , like the dash looks great ,,the door panels look good , and by the way legendary interiors are great but just got mine in a few months back but it was 265 day lead time for the new ones , got them packed away as I do the build as I knew the lead time ,
Getting some more headway in....laid the sound deadening in the rear wheel wells and on the back seat/trunk separation panel, made a package tray from scratch, upholstered it and installed it along with the rear seat and the rear "door panels" which i reupholstered to match the front ones. Still having some fitment issues on the back seat I need to work out, but its in for now.
Still having wiring issues....the painless performance harness comes with a GM ignition pigtail and GM turn signal switch plug, Neither of which are compatible with the mopar ones....oh joy....
Still having wiring issues....the painless performance harness comes with a GM ignition pigtail and GM turn signal switch plug, Neither of which are compatible with the mopar ones....oh joy....
No pictures, but I think we have the wiring issue sorted out... as of now Headlights, front and rear turn signals, brake lights, back up lights and 4 ways all WORK.
Over the weekend the plan is to clean up and trim the wiring, install gauges, steering column, steering wheel, and Front Bench Seat. Then the entire interior will be pretty much done except the headliner.
I don't have 350$ For a new one right now so it will just have to wait til later. Motor is almost ready to go in too.
Over the weekend the plan is to clean up and trim the wiring, install gauges, steering column, steering wheel, and Front Bench Seat. Then the entire interior will be pretty much done except the headliner.
I don't have 350$ For a new one right now so it will just have to wait til later. Motor is almost ready to go in too.
Another full day of work, got the interior wiring squared away, fully tested, and cleaned up and routed where it needs to go.
Got the Gauges and Steering collumn installed as well.
Tomorrow I'm going to try to get the bench seat in so I can measure and see what size Custom "tuff wheel adapter" i need to get the wheel sitting exactly where I want it.
(its not actually attached right now, its just sitting there.
I have the factory Challenger/Cuda one and its WAY too long.
Got the Gauges and Steering collumn installed as well.
Tomorrow I'm going to try to get the bench seat in so I can measure and see what size Custom "tuff wheel adapter" i need to get the wheel sitting exactly where I want it.
(its not actually attached right now, its just sitting there.
I have the factory Challenger/Cuda one and its WAY too long.
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