The duster does have a cult status, some of us adore the car. I would rather have a duster than any E body anyways.
I had a 70 Cuda U code car and I didn't enjoy it near as much as i did my first duster which was a 74
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I had a 70 Cuda U code car and I didn't enjoy it near as much as i did my first duster which was a 74
Unless it was a Canadian car, then its Jade. LOL
The 1970 Hamtramck Registry - 1965 Paint Chip Charts Slideshow
Serious, I think you figured it out.
The second letter is for the roof.
See the first page here
The 1970 Hamtramck Registry - 1965 Dodge Color & Trim Book - Dart
Paint it whatever you like.
I kept mine the same because it was easiest, and the body guy and painter encouraged it. It was still original paint - although faded.
If you want to escape, its a 10 minute trolley ride or a 15 minute drive west...
Unconventional
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I replace the suggested water in recipes with beer on the proper occasions. Half and half usually.
Brown rice loves it. Half for the Jambalaya, half for the cook. Another half for the cook, etc.
Unconventional
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The frogs are singin' 
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Depends who you run with. Here (right coast) the primary sanctioning body requires iron calipers. The K-H is about as good as you can get without adding a bunch of weight.I think I am going to redo my 66 and make it more of a road race car.....Sell the restored KH brakes, go to large bolt pattern, get better rubber under it, better brakes, more under the hood, but who knows.....might not!!!
dukeboy440
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I think it’s the underdog feeling. I get with my 74 dart even though I’m not a giant fan of the beak
BUT the small pattern is an issue.....Could redrill for a large pattern? Have not looked at it at all.....
It also has special pop culture status.
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dukeboy440
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I’ve heard of people trying that with mixed results
If given the choice, in the long run probably cheaper and easier to redrill the hubs than pay for custom rims. Somewhat depends on what rims you want to run.
Optionally, machine the hub to take the mustang rotors.
Good advice, both..... Are mustang rotors the same except for........?
I might be the biased against E bodies.
Those cars were made for a 6 foot tall Male.
The seat bottom is like a pancake on the floor to sit on. I couldn't see over the dash without a thick math book and extra pillows. Then I could see over the dash but not over the hood line. Changing lanes, you just put your signal on and pray there is not another car on your quarter panel because odds of seeing it are none with no passenger side mirror.
The pistol grip is freaking huge, I needed both hands to get it into reverse. I could never get the clutch pedal to the floor without 2x4 pedal extensions.
The duster, was such a comfy road car not made for shrek.
Those cars were made for a 6 foot tall Male.
The seat bottom is like a pancake on the floor to sit on. I couldn't see over the dash without a thick math book and extra pillows. Then I could see over the dash but not over the hood line. Changing lanes, you just put your signal on and pray there is not another car on your quarter panel because odds of seeing it are none with no passenger side mirror.
The pistol grip is freaking huge, I needed both hands to get it into reverse. I could never get the clutch pedal to the floor without 2x4 pedal extensions.
The duster, was such a comfy road car not made for shrek.
Have my machine shop redrill them.....
I had a couple E bodies, was not impressed with either, both were 318 cars tho, no performance or much value...
I dont recall. There may be a slight diffence in offset. There's a sticky on it.
Well, I decided to fight the Black Friday crowds and go to HomeDepot and get the insulation panels for the garage windows. It wasn’t bad out there, just light traffic and normal volume of customers in the store. I left here, got the panels and was back home in 40 mins.
I spent the rest of the afternoon cutting and installing them. Three 4’x8’ R10 Owens Corning Foamular 250 panels cut to size and installed in about 2 hours. 54 sq. ft that was just R1 is now R11. It made an immediate difference. The garage temp went up more than 5* and more importantly, the temp 10” off the floor went up about 9*.
I installed them on the inside of the bamboo mini blinds so that from the outside it looks like it always did. They are completely removable and I should be able to use them for many years to come.
Right now it’s 37* outside, 12 mph NW wind blowing right at the garage and it’s 69* at my bench with the entire 2 car 9’ ceiling garage being heated with only an oil filled electric radiator at a 900w medium setting.
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From time to time I look at house ads, most often with a basement, and almost always in areas where it is frost and snow in the winter. And it is one thing that puzzles me. In the ads with pictures from the basement, I almost never see insulation in the roof in the basement, which is the floor at the first level of the home. These puzzles me greatly, because our house here does not have a basement, but there is a crawl space under. I have never been there, but the floor is cold. So, now I wonder if it is no insulation here either, and I know for a fact that there is no insulation in the floor / roof between the first and second level.
Is this a common thing, not to have insulation in the floors in the US ? And if that is the case, for what reason ? I am used to 8 inches of insulation in the floors, 6 in the walls, and 14 in the roofs. Either a glass based insulation a bit like Owens corning, or Rockwool.
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Unconventional
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The beaks not so unattractive when the bumpers get sucked in where they belong. Those park bench bumpers killed most every attractive car on the market at the time.
Can't speak to newer houses but older houses rarely had any insulation. If not - first place it was added was the attic floor, then walls.
With central heat and hot water - the furnace and heater was usually in the basement. The heat from the furnace warms the floor so really no reason to insulate.
Over the coal bin - that's where I'll sometimes see the cieling above covered.
dukeboy440
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I do know the mustang II uses a slightly smaller bearing set than the KH but it’s minimal
dukeboy440
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That’s why I got a fiberglass one for mine. I’m gonna cut it in half and take about 2-3 inches out of the middle, put it back together. See how it looks. I figured for 40 bucks it was worth the risk
Unconventional
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Before I got the Dart for the Brat to drive I passed on a '72 302 Maverick that some knot head had put a '73 bumper on. I just couldn't get past that bumper hangin' out there all by itself.
Unconventional
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A little front bumper overkill?
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Probably heading home soon
Anyone know if Pheonix Graphics or someone else could print decals for my Demon that look old and cracked/faded?
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