Brought home a 71 Duster

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Kern Dog said:
Great looking car. I rolled this one down the hill a couple of weeks ago....

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Yours looks MUCH better. I love the blue.....



Maybe I missed it...what did you end up paying for the Duster?
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I didn’t disclose what I paid. But I have nothing to hide they were asking 3k for it. I offered them $1500 they weren’t having it. So I came up to 2k they countered with $2200. So I said I’ll meet them in the middle at $2100. That’s what we settled on. They were happy and so was I. Good people. The thing is I already rented the trailer and made up my mind I was getting regardless of the price even if I was to pay the full 3k. Even though the floor boards are full of water inside I felt it was so complete it was worth it regardless. Even with the water in it there’s going to be rust but when I looked under the car the floor boards are not showing any rot. We shall see this weekend when I rip the carpet out.

Your duster is nice shape too.
 
67/6barracuda said:
I didn’t disclose what I paid. But I have nothing to hide they were asking 3k for it. I offered them $1500 they weren’t having it. So I came up to 2k they countered with $2200. So I said I’ll meet them in the middle at $2100. That’s what we settled on. They were happy and so was I. Good people. The thing is I already rented the trailer and made up my mind I was getting regardless of the price even if I was to pay the full 3k. Even though the floor boards are full of water inside I felt it was so complete it was worth it regardless. Even with the water in it there’s going to be rust but when I looked under the car the floor boards are not showing any rot. We shall see this weekend when I rip the carpet out.

Your duster is nice shape too.
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Look at it this way, even if it needs floors, there's a great opportunity for the young ones to learn.
 
You got a good deal on a great car. Thank you for responding. This may help others in the future that don't know a fair price to offer.
In Georgia, you don't deal with roached out interiors like we get out here, right?

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RustyRatRod said:
Yall should leave it a slant if it runs. Perfect first car. Easy to work on, parts are dirt cheap and it'll get good mileage with a good tune on it.
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Rob that’s what I’m thinking keeping it stock. I’m certainly not blowing it apart like I did my barracuda. But we all say that it takes great discipline to keep things original. Especially when I have 4 engines needing a home. I’m starting on my low deck 500ci stroker collection of parts and have the Dana 60 already that I planned to use on my other 67 barracuda that’s a rusted out parts car at the moment, make it a drag car. But I never finish anything I must have ADHD or something. I just enjoy the hunt for parts and meeting Mopar people.
 
67/6barracuda said:
Rob that’s what I’m thinking keeping it stock. I’m certainly not blowing it apart like I did my barracuda. But we all say that it takes great discipline to keep things original. Especially when I have 4 engines needing a home. I’m starting on my low deck 500ci stroker collection of parts and have the Dana 60 already that I planned to use on my other 67 barracuda that’s a rusted out parts car at the moment, make it a drag car. But I never finish anything I must have ADHD or something. I just enjoy the hunt for parts and meeting Mopar people.
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Well if yall get frisky and snatch the drive train out, I might know a guy who wants it. LOL
 
67/6barracuda said:
I didn’t disclose what I paid. But I have nothing to hide they were asking 3k for it. I offered them $1500 they weren’t having it. So I came up to 2k they countered with $2200. So I said I’ll meet them in the middle at $2100. That’s what we settled on. They were happy and so was I. Good people. The thing is I already rented the trailer and made up my mind I was getting regardless of the price even if I was to pay the full 3k. Even though the floor boards are full of water inside I felt it was so complete it was worth it regardless. Even with the water in it there’s going to be rust but when I looked under the car the floor boards are not showing any rot. We shall see this weekend when I rip the carpet out.

Your duster is nice shape too.
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That’s a heck of deal!! I gave $2200 for my 72 nearly 11 years ago and it was missing the intake, transmission and some of the interior. It did have the twin scoops, sharktooth grill and an 8.75 though, so the way I saw it, those 3 parts alone were worth over $1500 alone (that was before they were reproducing the sharktooth). Oh yeah, I also drove 7 hours one way to get it.

Here’s how it looked the day I got it.

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75slant6 said:
That’s a heck of deal!! I gave $2200 for my 72 nearly 11 years ago and it was missing the intake, transmission and some of the interior. It did have the twin scoops, sharktooth grill and an 8.75 though, so the way I saw it, those 3 parts alone were worth over $1500 alone (that was before they were reproducing the sharktooth). Oh yeah, I also drove 7 hours one way to get it.

Here’s how it looked the day I got it.

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Oh yeah it’s got some good money parts.
 
You got a great deal. I got my 73 for $3200 during COVID and thought it was a steal.
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I would have rather had a 71. Slant 6 probably coming out in 2025.

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RustyRatRod said:
Chit man, I think the 73 is the best lookin one. I'll take it. LOL
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LOL, I'll admit after I painted it, it really has become my favorite. The best is it drives great and now I am just making it more comfortable. The color is VW Transit yellow with Honda White Pearl midcoat. Looks awesome in the sun and eye catching....
 
Poke around in the duster today. Found the original order sheet from 71, a copy of original title and the dealer punch card. Found the registration from 2017, so it’s been parked est. 6 or 7 years in the woods collecting water. It has been in the family the entire time. The odometer shows 14,000 and change, who knows if that’s correct. This is really exciting, I hope when I pull the back seat i find the build sheet. Had this car been stored properly when they stopped driving it would be in near perfect shape. I pulled half the carpet out today, found some rust through only the drivers side. Passenger side is solid. The trunk has all the original pieces jack, tire iron, spare etc. in ok shape no rust through.

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Look at the brake pedal pad. You'll know right away if it is 14K vs 114k or more miles.
 
Was able to get the tires mounted today. They’re cheap tires and took some lead to balance them out. I wire wheeled the rims and rattle canned them black.

Princess Valiant mentioned comparing tire sizes earlier. I had 195’s on there and felt like they were pizza cutters.

Had a 215 on a spare, which had a lot of sidewall bulge.

Settled on the 205’s for the price. They have some bulge, but not terrible like the 215’s. I like a wider tire anyway. Also, they have plenty clearance on the front fenders.

Further inspection of the car I’m going to have to replace the gas tank and exhaust both are toast. The tank isn’t leaking, but there’s an enough scaling rust to warrant a new one and not deal with cleaning it and trying to save it.
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You got tires. That qualifies for your very own build thread in the Member's Restorations section. (Besides, now I'm subscribed!)
 
Quick update: I dropped the tank, had bad rust on the top. I got about 7 gallons of varnish gas out of it. Damn **** smells worse than diff fluid. I cut off the bad muffler as well. Old battery from 2012’ would not take a charge and the battery tray was also rotted out. Replacing all of it. Got all the carpet out, looks like the floor boards are not all that bad, I’ll have to patch the drivers sides with a small piece. I’ll wire wheel the rust, treat it with ospho and use some of that POR15 on it. I dig the drug rug seats they’re in nice shape. Judging by the brake pedal not many miles on this one. what yeah think has the odometer turned over?
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67/6barracuda said:
Quick update: I dropped the tank, had bad rust on the top. I got about 7 gallons of varnish gas out of it. Damn **** smells worse than diff fluid. I cut off the bad muffler as well. Old battery from 2012’ would not take a charge and the battery tray was also rotted out. Replacing all of it. Got all the carpet out, looks like the floor boards are not all that bad, I’ll have to patch the drivers sides with a small piece. I’ll wire wheel the rust, treat it with ospho and use some of that POR15 on it. I dig the drug rug seats they’re in nice shape. Judging by the brake pedal not many miles on this one. what yeah think has the odometer turned over? View attachment 1716344359View attachment 1716344349View attachment 1716344347View attachment 1716344348View attachment 1716344343View attachment 1716344351View attachment 1716344352

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Judging from the brake pedal, that just might be 14K original miles.
 
Sure looks low miles, but I have over the decades replaced pedals with NOS or repops on cars it did nut and bolt restos on, that were even back then, worth some bucks, decades ago.
Be happy and call it a good score, regardless of what the mileage is!

I found a surviving 65 Dart Gt other day, it sat under a carport all its life till the present owner bought it couple years ago. Seats are perfect, good carpet, even the oem vinyl top is good. NO rust. It was a 273 4 speed car originally. A PO pulled the engine and sold it to a wanna be racer that sold it to present guy. A survivor sorta shows up occasionally but I don't call this one a real survivor!!!
 
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