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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: AndyF]
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01/07/20 09:46 AM
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I heard about Car Craft today and this project was the first thing that came to mind.
Yeah it isn't just Car Craft though, it appears that all of the Motor Trend magazines have either been down sized or eliminated. I checked in with the editors at other magazines to see if they wanted any articles for 2020 and none of them have any budget. So it appears the faucet has been turned off. If it stays turned off that will ripple thru the entire aftermarket sector since there was a lot of cash that flowed out from the magazines to various shops and installers who then used aftermarket parts who then got free advertising who then turned around and paid for advertising. So it was an entire ecosystem where the magazine took in advertising dollars and then sent those dollars out to shops and installers and freelancers. Without magazine funding the whole system will break down. Not sure what will replace it. I saw and posted the whole list on another site that I use way more than this one, and yep it is indeed brutal. Guess I am one of those folks who are partially to blame, as I haven't purchased one in many years for a variety of reasons.
Rich H.
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: ZIPPY]
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01/07/20 10:40 AM
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You and I both. I can’t remember the last time I subscribed to the ragazines of today. I guess it all stated fir me when the the my dyno engines can beat your dyno engine. Lol. I guess people doing the testing are going to have to start paying the same prices for parts as the rest of us now.
1970 Duster
Edelbrock headed 408
5.984@112.52
422 Indy headed small block
5.982@112.56 mph
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: ZIPPY]
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01/07/20 11:59 AM
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I saw and posted the whole list on another site that I use way more than this one, and yep it is indeed brutal. Just curious, Where did you post this? I am one of those folks who are partially to blame, as I haven't purchased one in many years for a variety of reasons. X2 Same here.
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: GomangoCuda]
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01/07/20 03:14 PM
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Just curious, Where did you post this? -------------- Nowhere important, just on my personal Fakebook... not an enthusiast site or anywhere like that. I went and grabbed it, here it is: 4-Wheel & Off-Road Automobile Car Craft Chevy High Performance Classic Trucks Diesel Power Hot Rod Deluxe Jp Lowrider Mopar Muscle Muscle Car Review Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Mustang Monthly Street Rodder Super Chevy Super Street Truck Trend Truckin’ Vette All gone now. Link: https://www.foliomag.com/ten-publis...Mjlqxn7kW1cvGTgjvb0YUwlw2QhjqZn3VpU9ha4I
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: RustyM]
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01/07/20 03:20 PM
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Andy: It seems everything is being replaced with video content on the Motor Trend Channel.
Perhaps you could talk to them and, with their help, create your own channel inside their network, im sure it would be a hit as you actually build things we can learn from, duplicate etc.
Just my thoughts. Not my cup of tea. I just do this stuff for fun and I don't consider shooting video to be fun so I'll let someone else take over.
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: AndyF]
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01/09/20 10:22 AM
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Andy: It seems everything is being replaced with video content on the Motor Trend Channel.
Perhaps you could talk to them and, with their help, create your own channel inside their network, im sure it would be a hit as you actually build things we can learn from, duplicate etc.
Just my thoughts. Not my cup of tea. I just do this stuff for fun and I don't consider shooting video to be fun so I'll let someone else take over. Mopar Action contact Cliff Gromer
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: n20mstr]
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01/09/20 10:30 AM
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Sure seems like Richard E. has had that whole deal sewn up for the past few decades.
Rich H.
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: ZIPPY]
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01/09/20 10:40 AM
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Sure seems like Richard E. has had that whole deal sewn up for the past few decades.
sure, but Andy can still contribute a few articles here and there Also he should look at RPM magazine. They also accept contributions for articles
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: AndyF]
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01/11/20 08:06 PM
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I’m betting right now a lot of guys wish they would have bought this car when you had it for sale. Beautiful job.
1970 Duster
Edelbrock headed 408
5.984@112.52
422 Indy headed small block
5.982@112.56 mph
9.42@138.27
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: AndyF]
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01/11/20 08:40 PM
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Sweet!!! Looking forward to the driving impressions report!! And when the weather breaks...... some track reports.  I don’t know if it’s been covered already...... but, what’s the hood situation?
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: fast68plymouth]
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01/11/20 08:49 PM
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Don't hold your breath. The weather is about to break---in a BAD way. Tracks around here try to open in March but usually are delayed, sometimes by quite a bit. Sweet!!! Looking forwards to the driving impressions report!! And when the weather breaks...... some track reports. I don’t know if it’s been covered already...... but, what’s the hood situation?
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: fast68plymouth]
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01/11/20 09:06 PM
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Sweet!!! Looking forwards to the driving impressions report!! And when the weather breaks...... some track reports. I don’t know if it’s been covered already...... but, what’s the hood situation? The car came with this super stock style lift off hood. I'm not a big fan of the way the hood looks but I'll run it for now. Might get it painted satin black or something, haven't put much thought into it. I'm planning to drive the car without the hood when I'm just putting around town. Not a lot of weather breaks this time of year but sometimes we'll get a dry day. I've had the car out of the shop a few times so far and it seems to run fine but I haven't jumped on it yet. I'm sure I'll have some more EFI tuning to do but it should go fairly quickly at this point.
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Re: Starting to work on the Duster
[Re: pittsburghracer]
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01/11/20 09:09 PM
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I’m betting right now a lot of guys wish they would have bought this car when you had it for sale. Beautiful job. Yeah I was a little surprised that it didn't sell. I was asking less than $5000 for the car and it included a brand new Strange 60 that cost $3000, a new Calvert split mono-leaf suspension and new Centerline wheels. So I had $5000 worth of new parts plus a straight body with a clean title for sale for $5000. But nobody wanted it so I put it together myself.
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