In 1980 I ran a 70 Duster with a T/A 340, B-Body Hemi 4-speed, and 8-3/4 with 4.88 gears. It was black with a 6-pack hood and a blue crushed velvet bench interior!
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It was a street/strip car and ran a healthy 12.20 at it's peak. I was tuning it one day and had the air cleaner just sitting on the carb with the wingnut on top. I bumped the timing a bit, burped the throttle, it backfired and the air cleaner jumped off the carb, the wingnut hit the hood then went in the carb.
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The next thing I new I heard a bang, then the car quit and white smoke pored from the drivers sidepipe.
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Took it apart and the wingnut had wiped out an intake valve and the valve was sitting sideways in the piston, I still have it for a reminder what a 10 cent part can do to a nice engine.
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