New guy from London, Ontario - 70 Duster

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TheBigE

70 Duster - Slant 6
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Hi folks.

An amazing number of new members recently!!!! I'm from London Ontario Canada, about half way between Detroit and Toronto.

My major Mopar so far has been a 68 CHarger for 15 years, which I sold 5 years back. I've also owned a 70 4 door Coronet(for 18 months then somebody ran a red and totalled it) and a 70 4 door Newport(for about 4 years in the 90's). My dad got me into the hobby with a 62 Valiant station wagon and a 73 4 door Satellite.

I got the Mopar bug back when I was heading to the beach in August and saw a farmer selling 2 74 Dusters. I checked them out but didn't buy either one but it got me interested again...

Now my search has just ended tonight for my next Mopar. A 70 slant 6 Duster from California that a fella had on sale about 40 miles from me. A fellow Mopar buddy always told me to buy for the body first, and this Duster has a mint, mint, super mint body. It's like going back to 1970, just amazing. It's been painted sub-lime(originally dark copper colour, is sub-lime the Plymouth or Dodge name???), side stripes added, 70 rear fin added, and a neat hood paint job. The slant 6 runs fine and will do me for a while. The interior is where I'll be looking for my main parts...how much is a Rally dash cluster and I'm partial to a high back bench split bench seat with a center arm rest(is this possible for an A body??? Are there buckets with a buddy seat?). Do aftermarket companies sell the glove box cardboard and rear package tray cardboard?

I've been more of the B body type...now I've got to get more A body knowledge!!!

I'll attach the picture I have...it's not the best though.

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Welcome to the FABO fam. good or bad pics are pics and we all love them
 
Welcome!! The only bad pic of a Mopar is 1 of it being crushed! Im sure that someone is going to have the info you need to get what you are looking for. I know you can get aftermarket glove box stuff, just not sure where. Good luck and keep the pics coming!!
 
I think it's lime light for the official Plymouth brand colour for the commonly used sub-lime.

I found some more pics...

The Big E

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Welcome from Arkansas, Looks like you have a great Duster.
And you are in good company here as you can see.
This site has the best of the best tec's full of knowledge to share.
I some times have the time to help locate parts so I will keep an eye out for you a new clove box liner, So jump on in and enjoy these great folks.
Looking forward to your next post.
 
Thanks for all the warm greetings and compliments on the Duster.

More pictures to follow once I get it home next week.

I've instantly gotten great info already from this site, Mopar people are great as I learned over 15 years as a 68 CHarger owner.

I like what the previous owner has done with the outside of the car with the paint, stripes, go wing, and Twister hood paint. It came from the factory as an ultra plain Jane slant 6 car but not anymore. I'll have to see what I think about hood scoops. A shark tooth grille would also be cool to add near the 71 Twister hood treatment...but I'll have to save more money to buy that.

It would be neat to find a donor car with the grille and a nice interior and dashboard to move over to my solid body. Finding rusty bodies in Ontario is not a problem but then everything else is often also shot.

The Big E
 
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