1973 Duster Build

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I like the new cars...don’t get me wrong, but I don’t want to go to a show to see them. I can go to a dealer lot for that!
 
Well did a **** ton of activities for mother’s day For my sweet wife. Headed to Va next week to do some small mouth bass fishing on the New River while she can still waddle about. Late birthday present to me to do. Had these rims blasted for the car. Not sure how to get the rims to fit under the *** end but at this point I really don’t give a ****. They were in the 73 Parts car I got. Blasted, cleaned, and sprayed with rust prevention until they get body color applied at some future state. I need to find two more centers. Will blast those and powder coat chrome. Chrome trim rings. Chrome grille and accents. Indigo blue paint. Small block power plant is at the machine shop. Need to drop a nut ton of money for parts on that and the 440 I dropped off.

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Mini tub that sucker and narrow a C body 8 3/4 to fit! Your comment about your wife waddling is welcome news! I'm glad she and #7 (?) are doing well. I've wanted to ask, but didn't want to be nosey....lol. :)
 
JDMopar said:
Mini tub that sucker and narrow a C body 8 3/4 to fit! Your comment about your wife waddling is welcome news! I'm glad she and #7 (?) are doing well. I've wanted to ask, but didn't want to be nosey....lol. :)
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Give that girl a hug. Good luck and God bless.
 
I did give her a hug! Couple of em. Made her breakfast in bed. Kids made her cards. I wrote her a poem. Cleaned the kitchen, did laundry, planted her garden....can’t beat her dedication to this household and her support of my Mopar addiction! Little boy is doing well.

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Had a couple hours to hit the shop today. Cleaned and blasted timing chain cover, some randomness, and spent the day with my littlest helper.

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I think I will find them on line and put them back. I think the were OE according to the fender tag. The same for the radiator hoses......
 
Ok questions.

Essentially building the motor here again. Same cam. Intake.....performer Air Gap or offehauser dual quad?

The latter requires s New hood so 4 inch cowl or six pack?
 
A 4" cowl scoop will probably hit the windshield when you raise the hood. A friend of mine put a 4" cowl scoop on his 70 Duster, and it hit the windshield when the hood was raised. He had to do a bunch of modifying to the scoop to get it to work. How about no scoop, with one of those air cleaners that has 2 big tubes going back and connecting to the cowl? It wouldn't be any fuglier than a big ol honkin scoop....lol.
 
I did some trading for this shaker hood scoop the other day. I was thinking about putting it on my 73 Duster or else my 76 Dart sport one or the other. This is a functioning shaker hood scoop it has a K&N air filter inside it.

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Ok, I’m tracking now. That removes the option for the dual quad tunnel ram intake from the table but would be a nice change to the regular open air cleaner on an Air Gap.
 
So today I got a call from a guy looking to have me clean up his lot. I had talked to this guy a pile of times and picked up some parts cars in the past. He didn’t want to part with what he had and now he wants me to make an offer. 3 E Bodies. 1 Cuda and 2 Challengers and a wagon. All rough and need a lot of work. One titled. Tons of good parts. If I pop on them this will have to go.
 
I need cuda and challenger parts, so keep me in mind.
 
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