72 duster Build progress

[Dusterdude72]

Thank you.

Im pretty much a jack of all trades, if it means I can save money versus farming the work out then I normally tackle the job muself, mechanical,body,paint ,electrical,interior,transmissions,detailing,carpentry,plumbing...... You name it. That's the kind of guy my dad has always been and I took after him lol.

 

[bkd]

Very cool buddy I am the same way or try to be lol

 

[Dusterdude72]

I am finally almost all done with paint work!!!

all I have left to paint now are the hood scoops and the spoiler and then its all done!.

I also ordered my exhaust tips ,they should be here soon, ordered my new bumper bolts for the front and rear ( i just tossed a couple old ones in to hold the bumper on until i got around to ordering the new ones), I also ordered a new Grant challenger series 3 spoke steering wheel ( looks alot like the original tough wheels). with all the new parts i have accumulated over the last few months I have a decent amount of stuff I removed from the duster that i replaced with new that I will have for sale so if anyone is looking for something in particular please PM me and let me know what you need and i just might have it.

ANYHOW , on to the car **** lol....

after I sanded all the parts and primed them

A couple of you suggested i paint my gas cap so I went ahead and did just that.....I figured if I ever want to, I can always pick up another chrome cap......but I cant just pick up a plum crazy cap if i chose to. so i went ahead and painted it and if I decide I do not like it, I can always get another chrome one.

filler panel

latch support

header panel

and i went ahead and painted my CNC metal duster sign I picked up from member RPM awhile back ( i think it will look nice setting in the center of the nice fresh new black package tray in the back window).

took these while i was in the middle of spraying the color

first coat of clear

Just after spraying the 3rd and final coat of clear on everything.

.Sorry, My phones camera doesnt do any of it any real justice but it all came out looking great. stay tuned, ill be posting more updates soon as i start putting parts on the car.:cheers:

 

[Dusterdude72]

oh and I forgot to mention, I got a ladder stripe for my hood from member challengergary.

 

[bkd]

Looking GREAT Jerrod, FANTASTEEK!!!!

 

[Dusterdude72]

Thanks

 

[SpeedracerX]

lookin good

 

[Dusterdude72]

lookin good

Thanks

 

[Dusterdude72]

The stuff I ordered from summit already arrived ,only took one day!.
BUT..... There was only 6 bumper bolts and I ordered a set of 24.... So I called them and got that straightened out and those should be here at the beginning of the week.

Check out the new exhaust tips!

They were a little pricey but they are exactly what I wanted and very nice quality and will look great on the car.
Being that my duster has had the springs relocated 3" in on both sides and I routed my exhaust on the out sides of my leaf springs unlike how factory they came between the leafs and tank......it ended up offsetting my exhaust a couple of inches towards the outside of each side of the car versus factory exit position. So these new tips I got are a right and a left tip which has an offset inlet and corrects the fact that my exhaust on the car is offset....so it makes the tips appear to exit I the factory location. The tips are 2.5" inlet ...2.75"x6" exit opening and they are gibsons, I recommend them to anyone else that has a similar exhaust set up to mine.

And More pictures as promised of the paint work.

Great color match by the way

From when I was installing the filler panel,latch support and head panel
.....haven't put the other new headlight in yet, I put the one in to get an idea of how it would look. I like it.

Tell me what you guys think!. Stay tuned because there is more to come!.

 

[t-granger]

Looks real good, I was just wondering because the pictures do not really show it, but did you black out the front grill area or is it the same color? Those tips look big I can't wait to see them on the car.

 

[Dusterdude72]

P.S. I just noticed my thread has had almost 74,000 views now!......that's a lot of eyes on my car LOL.

Out of all of those views there is probably around 10 members who actively post on my thread and keep tabs on the work. I just wanted to mention that for those of you lurking in my thread......feel free to chime in once and awhile, I like hearing your input ( just like someone mentioning a painted gas cap would look better... I took the advise and am glad I did, it looks good I think.). And the positive comments help to motivate me into getting even more work done on the car too.

Just wanted to mention that. And thanks to those of you who have been regular visitors/commenters on my thread also!.

 

[Dusterdude72]

Looks real good, I was just wondering because the pictures do not really show it, but did you black out the front grill area or is it the same color? Those tips look big I can't wait to see them on the car.

Nope, the core support "grill area you mentioned" is all body color as well, just my phones camera doesn't take the greatest pics on sunny days. But if you look back in the thread you will find plenty of pictures that show that area.

The tips are a little bigger than factor tip openings but they aren't ubnoxiously large. I slid them on the pipes of the car real quick to get an idea of how they would look and they look right at home. And they actually changed the tone of the exhaust quite a bit too.....sounds really good!

 

[MoparDemon]

Awesome! that color never gets old the ladder stripe is my favorite for the dusters..gonna look cool keep it dude!

 

[Andy White]

It's me, I'm the lurker. I have been working on my barracuda and I cant tell you how many times I have used your thread for reference. Your car looks great and thank you for sharing.
Andy

 

[SpeedracerX]

Nope, the core support "grill area you mentioned" is all body color as well, just my phones camera doesn't take the greatest pics on sunny days. But if you look back in the thread you will find plenty of pictures that show that area.

The tips are a little bigger than factor tip openings but they aren't ubnoxiously large. I slid them on the pipes of the car real quick to get an idea of how they would look and they look right at home. And they actually changed the tone of the exhaust quite a bit too.....sounds really good!

Was your core support blacked out (behind the grille) from the factory? I know ma mopar usually blacked that area out... Though I have seen plenty of people leave it body color... Mine was blacked out from the factory... when I repainted the car, we assembled it with the front of the core support still B5 blue.. If you look at my thread when the car first started going back together you can see that.. I was gonna leave it at first, but with the theme of my car (black top, black hood, and the grille mostly in black) having that bright blue clearly visible through the grille drove me nuts LOL .. I ended up taking the grille back out, masking it all off and going back with the factory black on the front of the core support (only where it would be seen behind the grille)... I cant wait to see yours all back together..

And I know what you mean by appreciating all the views on your thread (both from the regulars and the lurkers) my thread has gotten up there pretty good in terms of views, and that makes me feel good, and proud of the work I have done (I have a ways to go to reach your view count LOL) I of course will continue to be one of the regulars to your build my friend

 

[hemitheus]

I am just in awe how one person can be so good as so many things. Stunning duster. I cannot think of one thing i would do any differently

 

[Dusterdude72]

Awesome! that color never gets old the ladder stripe is my favorite for the dusters..gonna look cool keep it dude!

Thank you!

It's me, I'm the lurker. I have been working on my barracuda and I cant tell you how many times I have used your thread for reference. Your car looks great and thank you for sharing.
Andy

thanks, I am glad that my build has been useful to you on your build. I hope a lot of people gain ideas and motivation from my build!.

Was your core support blacked out (behind the grille) from the factory? I know ma mopar usually blacked that area out... Though I have seen plenty of people leave it body color... Mine was blacked out from the factory... when I repainted the car, we assembled it with the front of the core support still B5 blue.. If you look at my thread when the car first started going back together you can see that.. I was gonna leave it at first, but with the theme of my car (black top, black hood, and the grille mostly in black) having that bright blue clearly visible through the grille drove me nuts LOL .. I ended up taking the grille back out, masking it all off and going back with the factory black on the front of the core support (only where it would be seen behind the grille)... I cant wait to see yours all back together..

And I know what you mean by appreciating all the views on your thread (both from the regulars and the lurkers) my thread has gotten up there pretty good in terms of views, and that makes me feel good, and proud of the work I have done (I have a ways to go to reach your view count LOL) I of course will continue to be one of the regulars to your build my friend

Nope my duster was all body colored, that honey dew gold or "desert storm tan" as I call it was everywhere. It wasn't exactly a spectacular looking car from the factory lol. It was all honey dew gold, black door bumper side molding, gold gold duster side and tail stripes, gold snake skin vinyl top,rear wheel well skirts, gold bench seat and dash and carpet. Lol, so the duster has made a complete turn around in the looks department!.

And yes I enjoy the comments and people showing interest and helping others with ideas and motivation .... It's a good feeling. And you bill are one of the ones that have been a regular follower of my thread and thanks for that!.
I hope to see you post more updates of your dart, your build might be done but I'm sure you can still find excuses for posting pictures of it lol. I really like seeing the dart. Time for some burn out videos too lol

 

[Dusterdude72]

I am just in awe how one person can be so good as so many things. Stunning duster. I cannot think of one thing i would do any differently

Thank you! That means a lot

Trust me, it has not been easy or fast doing just about everything myself. But I have saved a lot of $$$ doing it this way, learned a lot, grown appreciation for certain aspects of it all and I can take a lot of pride in saying I did it.

It's been a lot of work and time and blood and sweat and tears but it's finally getting there.

 

[SpeedracerX]

Nope my duster was all body colored, that honey dew gold or "desert storm tan" as I call it was everywhere. It wasn't exactly a spectacular looking car from the factory lol. It was all honey dew gold, black door bumper side molding, gold gold duster side and tail stripes, gold snake skin vinyl top,rear wheel well skirts, gold bench seat and dash and carpet. Lol, so the duster has made a complete turn around in the looks department!.

And yes I enjoy the comments and people showing interest and helping others with ideas and motivation .... It's a good feeling. And you bill are one of the ones that have been a regular follower of my thread and thanks for that!.
I hope to see you post more updates of your dart, your build might be done but I'm sure you can still find excuses for posting pictures of it lol. I really like seeing the dart. Time for some burn out videos too lol

And you have been one of the regulars to my thread as well.. in fact you may have posted more than anyone else in my thread.. and I am quite grateful for that., as for adding to the buggy thread, I did just add pics from the Nats last month, lol.. there will eventually be more additions to that thread, for the build still isnt truly done, I still need to do things with the interior, I will be changing springs and doing other things to the rear end this coming spring. And I am still going to try and get that burnout video in before this season officially ends. But other than that there probably wont be too many updates to my thread.. this winter I will be helping my buddy Bruce redo his truck (His garage was the home to the buggy during the 2 and half years she was down for the restore) ... Besides, after a little over 2 years, it will be nice to work on something I dont own for a change LMAO ...

 

[Dusterdude72]

did some more dinking around with the duster today. put my mirrors on and new gaskets and all of that good stuff. And I cleaned up most of my interior panels and installed them. Basically all thats left inside to do now is I need to install my sill plates,door lock knobs and the metal trim that runs along the head liner between the sail panels and a pillar trim. other than that its odds and ends like popping my glove box in (have to wire the glove box light still which is why i hadnt got around to putting it in yet).....need to tidy up my temperature sending unit wire ( I just have it laying on the floor still from which I first installed the gauges), and put my seat belt strap clips up on the headliner......and I think thats about all thats left interior wise.

exterior wise I still need to do a few things.....but again.....it mostly consists of odds and ends.

Its getting there though!.

Car is a little dirty in the pics.....dust settled on it and i had to park the car outside the other day for a couple hours and of course it rained.

sorry for the less than perfect pictures guys......just realized how much dust and fuzz has settled on the lense of my phones camera. It should take better pictures now.

let me know what you think of the progress!

 

[sixty9xtc]

Keep up the good work. Looks great and always been a fan of plum crazy. I am going to be starting my own 72 Duster with my oldest son this winter. Watching your build gets the itch going to work on mine.

 

[Dusterdude72]

Keep up the good work. Looks great and always been a fan of plum crazy. I am going to be starting my own 72 Duster with my oldest son this winter. Watching your build gets the itch going to work on mine.

Awesome!. Hope you get to start scratching that itch soon LOL

 

[Divenut]

Hope you get to start scratching that itch soon LOL

Oh yaaa....if not you're gonna need some of that anti-itch cream. :blob:

Looks fantastic Jerrod.

Pat

 

[Dusterdude72]

Lol, thanks Pat.

 

[Dusterdude72]

Didn't get as much done today as I wanted but I did get a chance to do some exuast work!. Cut my tail pipes down and got my tips all installed, still need to do some minor adjustments but they are basically done. Also got some new mood u joints to put in place on each end of the shaft since I exploded the rear joint. Also took the first video of the duster in awhile. She was running a little lean in the video ( ran out of gas right after I took the video lol).

I think tomorrow I might start on getting my spoiler ready for paint. We shall see though .

Stay tuned for more updates guys and let me know what you think!.

Had one of my tail lights out in this pic because I still haven't finished tweaking/installing them

And of course, here is the video, click it and check it out!
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