My son was able to win 3rd place in Young Guns Modified division at the Nats, also might end up in Mopar Muscle Magazine as they did a few photos.
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Pics of Duster after completion at Mopar Nats
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Thanks for all the compliments. Now he wants to run 11's because 12's are just slow!! Wonder where he gets that from?? : Any way he ordered the Cal Tracs springs, shocks and bars and Mopar subframe connectors. Guess we will be installing those next weekend.
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Sweet Duster. He's a fortunate young fellow. With Plymouth gone from the scene its a bit of real Americana.
My first hotrod was a 71 340. It had the 150 mph speedo package and the 340 grill. I'd saved up $2000 working for my uncle on his farm. The money was supposed to be for school. Mother was NOT impressed. Found the car in May 77 as a trade-in on a Ford lot. The prev owner had thrashed it bad but had also swapped a ThermoQuad on it. I paid $1250 for it and with what was left over bought a set of Keystone Klassics (I loved the Ronnie Sox look) and Goodyear Polyglas GTs. With the change from that I also purchased an air freshener, gold borg-pile seat covers and a set of Accel plug wires (my first ever aftermarket performance part).
Never had it at the track but it held its own against some of the local tough guys with 383 Mopars, 351 and 390 Fords and 350/396 Chevelles. I used to wind it up late at night on a stretch of highway 4 north of Hensall Ontario and drive the speedo around to 133 mph -- looking back it probably wasn't very accurate but it would sure impress my buddies. The wail of the Thermo Quad was truly music...
In the early 70s former HRM editor Johnny Diana did a HOT ROD project car Duster build-up, if I'm not mistaken, which served as an inspiration for a lot of Duster owners.
Anyway, it was a great little car. All good things come to an end. I traded it even on a semi-complete 29 Model A 5-window coupe. Big mistake, the coupe was a pain in the butt from the get-go. I finally had to sell it to pay off a truly gargantuan (by the standards of the day) credit card debt incurred buying parts.
[img][/img]Michael from Hampton Roads
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Originally posted by mlcravenIn the early 70s former HRM editor Johnny Diana did a HOT ROD project car Duster build-up, if I'm not mistaken, which served as an inspiration for a lot of Duster owners.
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On the topic of John Dianna, in May I picked up a copy of a magazine I'd never seen before called SUPER ROD, published by BUCKAROO Communications. Lo and behold, the editorial was by none other than, you guessed it,...John Dianna. I took a look at the fine print and notice that he's also the President and CEO of BUCKAROO Communications and goes by the handle "L'il Buckaroo." There were some hot rides in it, including a supercharged 72 Demon (as all Demon owners will tell you, NOT a Duster) and an amazing 63 Fairlane owned by a guy named Robert Killian with a Kaase-built 598 ci 900+hp (on nitrous) Ford stoker. Very very cool.
Can't find the magazine here in Ottawa anymore, although I notice they have a site www.superrod.com.
DF: does this mean that one day you'll be a mogul of communications and publishing, with your very own mag? Chad could be Chief Financial Officer. Of course, you'll both probably still be working on getting the muscle truck ready for the LS shootout (low blow, I know)...
Michael from Hampton Roads
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