well, since the 71 Dart bracket car is finished and doing well, its time to get back on the project that I was working on before I stopped to start the Dart. I decided to spend the extra coin and find a solid car to start with on this project.
long story short I found it while searching Ebay for cars within 200 miles of me so that I could go look at them before buying. found this one an hour away with a new 360, 904, 8 3/4 with 3.91 gears, and decent paint with a new vinyl top.
guy was super nice and put it on the lift in his shop for me to inspect it. had bought it for his son but the kid showed no interest so it was up for sale. he told me the reserve on Ebay was $6,000, and he could not go lower. car was everything he said it was and then some. just solid as a rock, so I paid the man and brought her home.
heres what I got for my money
I drove it for 2 months and then decided to start my build into the car that I wanted. the first thing that happened was a complete change over from gold and beige interior to black. then it was off to the paint shop to get what I thought Chrysler should have offered.....a black duster with red 340 stripes!!
in the pics you notice the front end sitting high because I pulled the 360 and 904 and sold them. BIG BIG FAT MISTAKE!!!!!
my intention was to jump right into building my 68 model 340 and use it with my 727 tranny. I did indeed start the build just days after selling the 360 drive train. got the short block put together and then stopped to decide what to do as far as heads. all the while my racing buddies are hounding the crap out of me to finish my dart race car that I only have a little left to do on. with racing season coming I let them talk me into leaving the duster project and finshing the dart.
so in the shop my duster has sit waiting its turn again. well, its turn is here and the original plan has changed a little bit.
new plan is a street/strip build. looking to build something that will run high 7's or low 8's in the eigth mile and be street friendly. should not be to hard to do. the first thing is going to be to get the fuel cell and battery in the trunk and ready to plumb fuel lines to the front. should have some parts here on friday to work with and I will get started on it.
going to build it in the evenings after work as time allows and on the weekends that I don't race.
you guys follow along and comment as you like. I try to do nice work and usually turn out something anyone would be proud of. however, while I will make things nice, all of it may not be as top notch as Crackedbacks scamp.
Enjoy guys, and thanks for looking.
long story short I found it while searching Ebay for cars within 200 miles of me so that I could go look at them before buying. found this one an hour away with a new 360, 904, 8 3/4 with 3.91 gears, and decent paint with a new vinyl top.
guy was super nice and put it on the lift in his shop for me to inspect it. had bought it for his son but the kid showed no interest so it was up for sale. he told me the reserve on Ebay was $6,000, and he could not go lower. car was everything he said it was and then some. just solid as a rock, so I paid the man and brought her home.
heres what I got for my money
I drove it for 2 months and then decided to start my build into the car that I wanted. the first thing that happened was a complete change over from gold and beige interior to black. then it was off to the paint shop to get what I thought Chrysler should have offered.....a black duster with red 340 stripes!!
in the pics you notice the front end sitting high because I pulled the 360 and 904 and sold them. BIG BIG FAT MISTAKE!!!!!
my intention was to jump right into building my 68 model 340 and use it with my 727 tranny. I did indeed start the build just days after selling the 360 drive train. got the short block put together and then stopped to decide what to do as far as heads. all the while my racing buddies are hounding the crap out of me to finish my dart race car that I only have a little left to do on. with racing season coming I let them talk me into leaving the duster project and finshing the dart.
so in the shop my duster has sit waiting its turn again. well, its turn is here and the original plan has changed a little bit.
new plan is a street/strip build. looking to build something that will run high 7's or low 8's in the eigth mile and be street friendly. should not be to hard to do. the first thing is going to be to get the fuel cell and battery in the trunk and ready to plumb fuel lines to the front. should have some parts here on friday to work with and I will get started on it.
going to build it in the evenings after work as time allows and on the weekends that I don't race.
you guys follow along and comment as you like. I try to do nice work and usually turn out something anyone would be proud of. however, while I will make things nice, all of it may not be as top notch as Crackedbacks scamp.
Enjoy guys, and thanks for looking.
