Tyler, your boys will remember this restoration for the rest of their lives. Have loads of fun with them as you go down this journey.View attachment 1715771740 I have been a long time lurker as I sold my 1973 duster about six years ago due to not having a place to work on it or no time to work on it.Well a couple of months ago I started to search for a project car to start working on with my two boys and it just so happened that i found another Duster, this one being a 1970.Heres a picture of us bringing it home, as you can see it’s pretty much a rolling shell.
Lead the joint, they should never use filler.The rear quarters must’ve been replaced once before as the car is mini-tubbed and whoever did it decided to fill the roof/quarter seam with a bunch of body filler and it was starting to crack. I guess down to bare metal might be in this cars future.
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Yep kind of knew that buying the motor but when you live in rural Montana 340’s are hard to come by.I assume you know that those rocker arms are off of a 273. Somebody been hotrodding that 340.
With your car already stripped out you may consider renting a soda blaster or check out harbor I think they have a cheap alternative for hobby. Epoxy 2k stop the cancer and repair her. Great projectSince I’m getting ready to start stripping the car, decided to try out the harbor freight sct.
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With your car already stripped out you may consider renting a soda blaster or check out harbor I think they have a cheap alternative for hobby. Epoxy 2k stop the cancer and repair her. Great project
Well, so far so good, used it for about 30 minutes and got the trunk lid stripped, I definitely liked using it better then a grinder with a flap wheel or sanding disc attachment.please let us know how that harbor freight stripping tool works out for you, i was thinking about getting one to strip my Duster...Rich
Tyler, be sure and lead the joint where the sail panel meets the roof. You won't regret it down the road.Well not much of an update, had our third child about a month ago, so progress has slowed down. Still working on stripping the car, good news so far is there’s no hidden rust yet and no hidden damage yet.
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Yep planning on to lead the joint, but also I am doing some research into the all metal filler.Tyler, be sure and lead the joint where the sail panel meets the roof. You won't regret it down the road.
All metal fillers can't do the job that lead can do. The lead will bond to the metal without having to do heavy grinding for adhesion you just need a clean surface. Workable to provide a smooth surface utilizing paddles. All metal will require special surface prep to make adhesion and sanding. It's your call Tyler.Yep planning on to lead the joint, but also I am doing some research into the all metal filler.