TPPD 70 Duster.

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Turbo440Dart said:
Only out of one booster which was throwing me off. Only thing I found on the secondary side was a horribly plugged air bleed. On the primary side everything looked fine, tossed a bowl gasket in there for the hell of it. Runs fine and not leaking on the primary or secondary side now so I guess it’s fixed for the time being.

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Nice. Was the booster that wasn’t dripping clogged?
 
Been working too much to play with the cars lately. Took yesterday and squared away the wiring and resealed the intake since I rushed it and had a little oil seepage. Got the tach and oil pressure gauge hooked up. Definitely surprised to see 75psi cold at idle and it’ll bury the 100psi gauge without much effort. Have an aluminum radiator and some other parts on the way for it.

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Got the car running great, all the lights are fixed, gauges hooked up etc. Then the timing cover decided to let go now that I replaced the cracked stock radiator.

I did take a few minutes today to install the ash tray, heater controls, and glove box door/hinge that I tracked down for it. Also the last bit of good news, it’s legal for when I do fix the timing cover, fresh plates and tags.

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Slowly but surely chipping away on this, plus trying to get the dart ready for the upcoming dyno day. Both should be drivers in the next month.

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You ever have one of those days you want to sell everything and quit? That was yesterday. The timing cover fought and fought and I was mentally done. I really can’t thank @TT5.9mag enough. He showed up and made sure the car got put back together, Mike you’re truly a legend amongst men.

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Cool car. I'm with the others, it's yours and you should name it whatever you want. I don't typically name my cars but recently decided to call them Fred, Barney and Big Daddy Yum Yum. :lol:
 
Turbo440Dart said:
You ever have one of those days you want to sell everything and quit? That was yesterday. The timing cover fought and fought and I was mentally done. I really can’t thank @TT5.9mag enough. He showed up and made sure the car got put back together, Mike you’re truly a legend amongst men.

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A legend? Really? Damn I’ve definitely been called worse. I think it was the heat and humidity more than anything that made it frustrating, and that damn Mancini repop timing cover but we got it done. I really didn’t do much.
 
The pic with the 78/75 now has me all excited.
 
Slowly stacking parts for the duster, it runs/drives but just hangs out in the back yard. Scored some custom built cragars for the back today which will work well with the B body rear that’s in it. Old style pro stock scoop on order, been slowly looking for a tunnel ram and some 660s. It’ll be taking a 70s pro-stock theme.

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Never had tires on them. 15x8 5” backspace. Missing one center cap but I already ordered a replacement.

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Anticipating having about 38 seconds of free time tomorrow so drove it out of the backyard before it rains. Going to get a couple things ironed out on it soon-ish hopefully so I can cruise it around town. Wasn’t bothered by it sitting till the registration renewal arrived. Test fit some wheels that have the same dimensions as the cragars and they’ll be perfect.

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21 years of basically sitting and rotting and today it drove around the block. Brakes suck (only the fronts work) and the alignment is so bad it’s almost scary to drive. But it hit public roads and did a couple burnouts. Should only get better from here.

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“Just put it together and drive it” is the lie I kept telling myself.

So, scored some 660 holleys, a killer TR1Y tunnel ram, then scored some well priced buckets out of a 74 duster that got wrecked, bought some 15x8 slots, was gifted the 15x3.5 fentons….and now in the next week the 4 speed pedal setup should be here and I’ll start gathering everything to put an a833 in it. Gotta play with the throttle linkage to clear the billet baseplates, then hopefully over winter (slow season for work) I can jam all this nonsense into one rough around the corners “day two” street car. If I’ve learned anything it’s that I can’t leave anything alone and good enough is never good enough with the cars.

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Kern Dog said:
Those dirtbag scammers that beg for dollars in front of stores?
Yeah....
I would have picked a different title for this build.
I love Dusters and low dollar builds are cool but the name of this one is not good.
Here are some different ideas:
Low Dough show.
Bare Bones Build.
Penny Pincher Plymouth.
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Kern Dog said:
Dollar Tree Duster.
Cheap Heap.
Frugal and Fast.
Bare Bones Beater.
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I still go back to these names....
 
I could look at gold velocity stacks and 660s on a tunnel ram coming through my hood for the rest of my life. That sir is a perfect day two street racer.
 
TT5.9mag said:
I could look at gold velocity stacks and 660s on a tunnel ram coming through my hood for the rest of my life. That sir is a perfect day two street racer.
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Not everything needs a turbo my friend. Once it’s all together I’ll let you roll it around and enjoy the view.
 
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