Time for an update.
-Back window & trim is in thanks to help from my wife.
-All door lock and latch mechanisms are in place with the correct clips and in great working order.
-The interior is done with the exception of the drivers door panels being installed.
-I addressed the grounding issue on all the mounting points. I also replaced my circuit boards and a headlight switch and almost everything is working now.
-Exhaust is in, again, and tightened up.
-Wing is being painted
-Brakes are bled.
-All fluids are in and topped off
-Side glass should be in next week along with new fuzzies.
-Motor should be broken in after Christmas once work slows down.

The only issue I currently have: the trans is stuck in 1/2 gear and I cant get it undone. But I haven't had a chance to rock it since its still on jackstands. I tried using a cresent wrench on the lever boss and didn't have any luck. Never had any issues with the trans before and I didn't rebuild it (saving for a Passon trans).

Looking good Brent! Nice job on the calipers, is that raw metal or did you paint them? More pics!

I used clear on the calipers. I'll get more pictures once my wing gets put on and I can roll it outside. Assuming I can get it out of gear..

Don't forget to add the crappy black paint to the wheel wells

I just can't do it.

Brent, do you have two of those green brake pad retainer's?

Yes Dave, they were and are green. I used some Boyd's model paint I had laying around to redo them, so they look dark.

OK,I see the bottom one now,,,looking fantastic! I see what you mean by not wanting to spray black paint in those wheel well's. I can't remember, was your car undercoated from factory?

Awesome job! Looking forward to the finished product.

Thanks guys!

My car was only undercoated in the rear wheel wells. None in the front or in the trunk on the 1/4's. LA built cars were made to go fast if you ask me..

Brent, Were you able to reuse your upper control arms as far as the new ball joints are concerned, going in tight?

They are my original arms and I didn't have any problems with them going in tight. I used some loctite on them too, just for added peace of mind. My years of racing and winning Baja taught me that loctite and proper torque specs will keep everything in place where it needs to be.

Today I got the heater hoses done. They aren't perfect but turned out pretty good for a cost of about $10. Took about an hour using a stencil, a fine point paint pen, and patience. I installed the wing finally!! Thanks to member blewbyu for the NOS clutch switch that got installed today too.
Up next:
-windshield installed
-mount the ECU under the battery tray on a fabbed bracket
-install the side windows & fuzzies
-break the motor in

My plan is to have it pretty much done and driveable by superbowl Sunday, which would make it 2 years from start to finish.
-

This is a 71 Demon 340 built at the L.A. plant with a SPD of 127 (Jan 1971)

Did your Duster have brushed on black pinch weld black out?

This car has been repainted once and that is what is lightly covering the original blackout.

Yes it did, and thank you for reminding me to do that Steve! Its going on the to do list now.

What's this bracket for?

Most agree that the bracket is there to stop the seats from moving too far forward, all cars have them regardless of seat style. Probably there as a safety stop to prevent the seat from knocking the car out of gear on manual trans cars.

As far as the second page on the wiring, I looked through my book and those pages have been removed (even the one I copied and posted before) I must have pulled them for something and now can't recall what I did with them. I'll do my best to dig them up.

Cars looking great!

I just noticed the bracket in one of his pics and I've never noticed stick dusters having it before. You learn somthing every day.

Its ALIVE!! I got the motor/cam broken in today. The weather was decent today, around 35 outside, so I warmed up the oil this morning. Got everything ready in the mean time. Cranked over a few times and nothing...advanced it and pop. Hmmm.. guessing the distributor was 180 out, pulled it, spun it 180, and dropped it back in. Sure enough, that thing lit off on the first crank!! Everything ran smooth. Thankfully there weren't any leaks anywhere. Well except for one, the exhaust leak. Its the TTI headpipe to the exhaust manifold flange.. Hopefully that can get fixed Sounded good at idle.. I'm super excited to get clear of that major hurdle! Windshield and side windows go in on Wed, and maybe an alignment next wed.