Well I finally spent some time on my own car this week, bought a new rotisserie and mounted up my long term 71 340 Duster project for paint and body! I have it pretty well stripped of everything, just a few more trinkets remain. I have been photographing any interesting details along the way and will continue to do so throughout the duration of the restoration, tomarrow I will be steam cleaning the chassis to clean up the grease oil and to remove the small amount of under coating it has. It is scheduled to be painted next spring and back to me for assembly, that gives me plenty to work on this winter.

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What them torque boxes on there for?

Your not going to paint it back that bug-luring yellow are you?

Looks GREAT Scott! Lots & lots to do! Keep us up to speed as the project moves along.........

needs to be a Projects thread bro.... will be watching......

Good to see another a-body being done the right way.

I have only seen one car in that color so far (a 71 340 demon), and I thought it looked great.

Good Luck. I'm an e-body guy, but I always loved those Dusters.

Thanks for sharing the pics. My GY3 Duster 340 ( the one I tried to sell you )is also finally getting to the paint shop. It has been on a rotisserie for 2 years and I almost gave up on getting someone to paint it. Good luck!

Congrats!! I'll be watching your progress for sure!! Glad to hear its going to be painted soon.

Im curious about how you have you rotisserie attached, thats different that most I've seen. Can you post a couple of close up pics of the brackets attached to the body? Mine will be going on the rotisserie this week.

Looks like fun

The fronts are made from a reciever hitch female with two anchor point nuts welded onto them for the set bolts. A piece of angle iron welded to it at a 90 gives it a flat to bolt against the frame. The attachment method uses the factory bumper bolts and holes. As you can see the rotisserie stubs slide right into it and you can slide a bolt through the holes that are already there to have a safely measure.

The rears are not the typical bolt flat against the bumper bracket sheet metal style, they were made so the rotisserie stubs could go inward toward the center of the car allowing for a shorter overall rotisserie rig. The same reciever hitch tubing with set bolt nuts welded on and angle iron welded at a 90 as was used on the front brackets but wider angle iron to allow enough room to space the bolt holes appropriately.

The mounts utilize the existing frame through holes at the rear of the frame (a large dia. nut and bolt) and the single/smaller threaded in bolt that holds the rear muffler hanger mount. An approx 2 x 4" piece of flat steel plate is used as a "washer" on the opposite side of the frame to spread the load and not pinch the frame material. The big 90 black clamp shown was added just as a safety to keep things in place as weight shifted, it's not really needed. Setup like this the car is rock solid and turns all the way around with one hand.

Be careful mounting your car so that it's centered and at the right hieght to be balanced when turning, also be sure all doors, hood, truck, etc. are wired closed. Get a buddy to help you and GO SLOWLY, you don't want a disaster and you only get one shot!

90 clamp mentioned

First bath, next up is the steam cleaner

Thanks Scott! I really like how your rear brackets attach, looks like a much better/ stronger set up.

Are you going to get this thread moved to the projects/ survivor section and update your resto progress????

Cant wait to see how the steam cleaner works out. Keep us posted. Are you renting a steam cleaner or are you having a company come by and do it?