1973 Duster Build

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Doug....if the Duster is still sitting where we left it, whatever you do... don't hit the grengo green low rider mobile when you move it. Mike might kill us both...lol. I had to bust on Denny a little after you pointed out the slag cleanup. If you have never met Denny in person, I hope you get to some day. Helluva good guy, and a blast to talk to. Inside of your garage looks a lot like mine with all the stuff on the wall. I have the same MCG tin sign that's on the top left in your pic. My wife tells people that was her before she got sick....lol.
 
JD I’m gonna meet Denny some day...I think the lowrida is in Sweden..replaced by a truck. Lol Mike would still get pissed if we dumped a car into it. Details....my wife painted the redhead...to draw my attention away from the brunette.
 
1974 Swinger 360/904
1972 Demon 496/727
1972 Swinger 512/727 engine being built
1972 Duster S6/904
1973 Duster......who knows what I am going to stuff under the hood...

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Now that's what I'm talking about. By the way like the shop too.

Which ones are for sale?
 
Ok, built this motor for the car but it will likely end up under the hood of the 74. I just can’t seem to get that damn thing to run right so I pulled the motor for a complete rebuild. Tired of wasting money chasing issues. This is a nice 360 stock heads fitted with bigger valves, double valve springs, Lunati voodoo cam 10200703, all fresh machine work with .030 KB107 pistons, block and heads surfaced, RPM Air Gap Intake, milodon pan and pick up, double roller timing chain. Full balance to run with a 904. Std mains, std rod bearings. Should run well in the 74...had this one put together by professional shop in Carthage NC. Ted built the motor in the wife’s Camaro and I haven’t had any mechanical issues with that one.

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Well she is next up in short order...as the 72 winds down I am going to start on this one. I think I finally want to do a blue car. She hasn’t moved since JD Mopar dropped her off, but the cars to the left and right have changed about 10 times.

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And the ground has even dried up around it. Jeez, that was a frog strangler the day I dropped it off! :eek: B5 would look good.....kinda like the car on Classic Industries ads.
 
Yeah I think those rims back on page 1 will look nice. Got a guy wanting to buy the car, but right now I am deciding to build it. May have to be slow, but it’ll get there.
 
Yeah I rolled down to Mopars at the Rock or a few hours yesterday and saw a car wearing the paint. A deeper blue than PB7. Picked up a nice complete set of seats that are in better shape to redo than the ones for the car.

Happy Easter!
 
Yeah....I was there too until about 1 pm. I crossed the bridge from the pit side to over where the cars were, and when I got to the far end towards the cars.....I just stopped and laughed! 100 new Chargers and Challengers, and 25 or so old cars. The original owner 69 Charger 500 was my favorite. Did you buy those green seats? They looked to be in good shape.
 
I did buy the green seats. Frames were still painted and no rust. They will get treated to upholstery. The ones I pulled from the black car were definitely going to take more work.
 
PB7 is the color of my old Jeep, when I polish it up, it actually has a slight deep purple tint to it.
 
Well I added this to the home shop effort. Need to go get a good compressor to get going. Need to swap out some time at home in lieu of being at the big shop of my buddy. Can get after smalls and some parts to push out for sale. Need to get after the grille for the 72 and touch up the 73 and put up for when I tear it down to get it going. Space opening up at the machine shop this next week to drop off a 360 and another 440.

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Have a chance to buy a pair of early 66 Valiant rollers...anyone have any words of wisdom on what you can stuff under the hood?.
 
Not much done today except that I dropped a 360 off to the machine shop to power this car as it moves along. Need to clean up and sell some stuff for sure. Work beating my balls so my visions of loading everything up for a swap meet is like a pipe dream.
 
Well it looks as though the shop got a influx of projects that have jacked mine to the back burner for a bit. Paint booth is backed up as well. So what do you do when there is no room at the inn? Why build motors of course. Dropping the order this weekend to build out the 360 with the same cam as I put in the 74 Swinger. Also dropped this 440 off at the machine shop to address a cylinder. This was a very low mile motor. No cylinder ridge, but had some light pitting in one cylinder that would not hone out so I will let them sort it out.

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JDMopar said:
Yeah....I was there too until about 1 pm. I crossed the bridge from the pit side to over where the cars were, and when I got to the far end towards the cars.....I just stopped and laughed! 100 new Chargers and Challengers, and 25 or so old cars. The original owner 69 Charger 500 was my favorite. Did you buy those green seats? They looked to be in good shape.
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YEAH, BUY A NEW CAR , PUT IT IN A CAR SHOW , THAT`S REALLY DOING SOMETHING !
 
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