I got my master cylinder from Dr. Diff. and it was perfect with the original lines hooking up , just adapter plate to mount and will not rust since its aluminum , and got away from the original heavy ones from factory
1972 Duster , starting to tear into the build
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found this today , rusted circuit board to metal frame , gauges look ok but already had a new circuit board bought , I cleaned the rust off metal dash frame but its bare metal now with no type of any coating as I believe it use to be some type of galvanized , may need to do something about that or replace frame
warmer weather and trying to get some more work done , spraying raptor on inside of floor an trunk and fenders backside ,,should help with road noise and good coating to protect ,,hope to get some more primer shot soon and get color inside more complete to get out side body ready for some paint this year
picked up some JW Speaker lights , used but way cheaper than new , should look good
got my new refinished heater bezel , looks good ,,going to try and get some painting to inside doors an backside of fenders and dash frame , then perhaps able to hang doors and fenders for the last time if can get everything trimmed out , leaving only body outside to do ,, hopeful my weekend will be progress ,
Got some color on the parts today , thankfully the photos make my paint skills look good lol , I aint that good, and lots of defects hope to get some clear on these parts and hang doors an fenders soon
trunk looks fair , and in the light color really looks good
I did a body colored dash once on a '70 /6 Duster. I retrofitted a Rallye dash from a '71 340, added Rallye wheels, color matching (though not factory) stripes, and sold it to my brother for about 1/2 what I had into it because he wrecked his DD and needed a new ride NOW. (This was 1987.) It brings the interior and exterior together. Of course, I'm not aware of CryCo ever doing that, so professional opinions may vary.
Nothing is originally to this car , it was green and so was dash ,, this one will have white seats an black carpet and trimmed with the red color , dash pad is black so I think it should look great
shot some clear coat , really brings out the color ,in sunlight the flake shows good
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small progress , fuel tank installed ,,dash frame is in ,,started on new glass , installed wing glass , went with tinted smoke on all rear an side glass , should look good on the candy red color when all is done, may get more of the exhaust mocked up tomorrow
exhaust is all mocked up an tack welded , just need slight adjustments and weld up all joints completely , went with flowmaster 50 series mufflers ,, Need to put rubber fuel line on to fuel tank from line and should be about done on the bottom side , getting close to firing it up , do have to drop column one more time as steering wheel is upside down , but shouldn't take long , then I can install the dash cluster , at that point could fire it up for the first time , little more tweaking first but should be running next few months and get ready to paint afterwards I hope
Got the rear glass installed today , did it alone and wiped me out for the day lol . still need to install the locking bead but did not have the energy today , may have to have help on the front windshield , we will see but all other glass is in an new
a pillars are dyed black now and got cluster installed
72smallairparticler
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Lookin' good! Jealous of all the progress you're making. Really curious how your 50's sound when you fire it up as I'm doing exhaust on mine.
hope to hear it soon myself if I can do a few things more to get to that point , so many little things still to do and I move from one task to another an back and get side tracked doing things , I work full time an this is a big project , but when it fires up I will be recording it
Windshield is in , so all glass is installed
ParDaddy
Look Momma, I'm going fast
My friend you have put in a ton of work on this car! And as a fan of the '72 duster have to say it's looking really good, I haven't had to do that much to any of mine, but I do have another one that I haven't touched yet and hopefully no one else has either, lol
I enjoy the work , as I am getting almost to old to do this much lol , but I like the 72 models as well and hope to get running soon
got a little done today , after my on call at work , trunk divider has new carpet an speakers installed , might get carpet installed in floor tomorrow ,
divider installed
Had a free morning for a change and tackled reupholstering rear seat and finish carpet for rear section , seats look great , Legendary interiors were worth the wait
got tach mounted , looks fair for a poor boy
interior coming along, need to get headliner in tomorrow , that will leave only redoing my front seats ,,and then painting to begin soon
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