Looking good Scott.

At what stage in the assembly process did the body get dipped in black? How much/ how far of the body was dipped?

When the body was bare metal it was dipped up to about the top of the lower door hinge (look inside your rocker/kick panels, you'll see the line). The car was then baked which is why there are hardened drips hanging under the floor pan and dried wrinkled pooled up stuff in the grooves of the top sides of the floor pan and trunk floor. After that it was primed and painted. The blackout painted rockers, radiator core support, and finally undercoating was applied last.

Duster being dipped..

Neat pic 340wedge Thanks!!

Update:

The body work has officially begun! The extra holes in the floor pan from various seat installations over the years and the small rust patch under the gas pedal have all been patched and welded up. The largest distraction on the car was the dented in passenger side quarter panel, as predicted it came out without much of a fight and even though it's just roughed been out at this stage it looks like great! A small patch behind the wheel was also butt welded in to eliminate a small area with a few rust pin holes. Yea! Progress!

Same quarter after initial rough out

Front view before

Some more work after the rough out and it's getting there!

Any progress is a good thing

How did it get that dent in quarter panel?I bet it came from a shopping cart at wal-mart.

The dent came from an old Dodge truck that backed into it based on what Joe told me. As you can see, It wasn't as bad as some people have previously described it. You owned it at one time, what can you add to the story? It's pretty obvious that most of the cars major bolt on items were replaced at one time or another as the date codes don't align on some of them, do you know why they were removed or where any of the original parts ended up?

joes memory may have faded it was from a shopping cart,both front and rear suspenions and a few other parts are from a numbers matching all original sassy grass green duster that got parted out(not by me) the yellow car was a gutted shell in sun valley,i have no idea were the parts went or if the car was going to be a race car or junked,yes this was the 90s in california and we are spoiled, in the 80s when i was a kid ,me and my friends parted cars with lower quarter rust as we considered them rust buckets.

Yea, it's obvious that most of the easy bolt on stuff was missing at one point. The interior, engine, trans, rear end, and front suspension were replaced at some point, the car they came from was a spring built car so the date codes are from a later built 71 car than my early built car. The glass, dash assembly, VIN tag, fender tag, body stampings, etc. window mechs, all sheet metal (except the hood and passenger fender) are all original to the car.

Good luck with the duster Scott. looking to do my demon soon keep your progress well documented here for us 340 A-body nuts!!

I'll be watching this one!!
Gonna be sweet!

Yes, Twisters optioned with Rallye Wheels came without trim rings from the factory.

Looking Good Scott.
I'll keep a watch on your progress.

Some further work this week, more stripping and sanding...

Trial fitting the NOS pass side fender