Idaho
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Hi guys, just joined.
I've got a Mopar boneyard waiting for a resurrection.
It started a few years ago, when I bought my daughter a nice baby blue 73 /6 Duster, thinking we'd do an easy restore, maybe a V8 upgrade. She was hit by a semi, fortunately not badly hurt but the care didn't fare so well. The driver side from the door to rear tire was pushed in over a foot so it's in the boneyard.
This summer a friend talked me into clearing out his boneyard a bit by taking his 73 Duster 340 4 spd (light yellow) with R ft frame damage, no interior, 340 from another car (also 73, needs rebuild) and a 73 Dart Sport 318 automatic. He also gave me a complete front end cut off another 73 (also happens to be light yellow).
Now I have to figure out what to do with it all. Likely I'll restore the 340 car but I could easliy do two cars with what's there.
I've got a truck project this winter but I'm gathering info/ideas for when I get started on the cars.
I've got a pic I wish I could post here of what I'd like to achieve in terms of the look I'm after so I can get advice about roughly what tire sizes I'm looking at and what to do with the rear suspension. It's a race photo of a car owned by Joe Grillo. I'll try to figure out how to post a pic.
The other thing I'm pondering is how much I'll have to do to the 340 to make it about a 13 second car. I'm sure I'll find some info here in that regard. I've read though one book on rebuilding small block mopars. I think the Mopar performance secrets book is next on my list.
If anyone has some ballpark ideas that would be nice.
Arlie :hockey:
I've got a Mopar boneyard waiting for a resurrection.
It started a few years ago, when I bought my daughter a nice baby blue 73 /6 Duster, thinking we'd do an easy restore, maybe a V8 upgrade. She was hit by a semi, fortunately not badly hurt but the care didn't fare so well. The driver side from the door to rear tire was pushed in over a foot so it's in the boneyard.
This summer a friend talked me into clearing out his boneyard a bit by taking his 73 Duster 340 4 spd (light yellow) with R ft frame damage, no interior, 340 from another car (also 73, needs rebuild) and a 73 Dart Sport 318 automatic. He also gave me a complete front end cut off another 73 (also happens to be light yellow).
Now I have to figure out what to do with it all. Likely I'll restore the 340 car but I could easliy do two cars with what's there.
I've got a truck project this winter but I'm gathering info/ideas for when I get started on the cars.
I've got a pic I wish I could post here of what I'd like to achieve in terms of the look I'm after so I can get advice about roughly what tire sizes I'm looking at and what to do with the rear suspension. It's a race photo of a car owned by Joe Grillo. I'll try to figure out how to post a pic.
The other thing I'm pondering is how much I'll have to do to the 340 to make it about a 13 second car. I'm sure I'll find some info here in that regard. I've read though one book on rebuilding small block mopars. I think the Mopar performance secrets book is next on my list.
If anyone has some ballpark ideas that would be nice.
Arlie :hockey: