74 Duster

[OZ Duster]

Having acquired my piece of American Iron, I have a plan to upgrade a number of aspects of the car to make it more enjoyable. It will not be a mega-dollar project as I have gone down the full rebuild before and believe I've gotten that out of my system.

So far she has had a replacement engine and engine bay cleanup after the first motor blew one week into ownership, with a dyno tune and a few issues sorted for a max of 167.5 hp at the wheels. Then a new stereo and boot retrim (in progress) some new wheels and tyres rounded off the first stage of changes.

Day I layed down the cash, over tyred, and in need of a good detail.
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Replacement engine (freebie from the original owner)
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In the freshened up engine bay
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Her first car show, intermittent rain throughout the day was a bit of a let down
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As of the weekend new sports seats. After a lot of measuring and trying to centre the seats I found that the tunnel is offset to the right... when the centre console is made up I will have to offset the mounting plates slightly to compensate. Also want to put in a floor shift instead of the column.

Feels a hell of a lot better sitting "In" a seat rather than "On" it with one bum cheek lower than the other :lol: .

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Hopefully over the xmas break some of detail items of the interior can be sorted like the dash pad parcel shelf and side panels.

[Gearhead614]

Very Cool car, nice wheel choice. But i would work on that 167 hp next maybe start on a homegrown Remote turbo setup or watch for a used Centrifugal Supercharger. Im all about the low buck builds, im building a 69 Satellite.
Good luck with the Duster

[instro84]

yup nice car, definitely need a power boost though.

[OZ Duster]

Very Cool car, nice wheel choice. But i would work on that 167 hp next maybe start on a homegrown Remote turbo setup or watch for a used Centrifugal Supercharger. Im all about the low buck builds, im building a 69 Satellite.
Good luck with the Duster

When funds free up, engine No1 will get worked over. Engine no2 is a stop gap. After a project car languishing in a shed for three years I needed a car to drive. Side dump pipes and hotdog mufflers turn the heads without the need to do 100mph between the the lights. She will stay a cruiser for a while...maybe

[jy211]

Looks good! :thumbsup: