Article on the Hot Rod website: https://www.hotrod.com/articles/dustbin-duster-love-big-brakes-cannot-lie/

Coming along nicely Andy.

andy does some fine articles i really enjoy reading ! keep up the good work andy !

I'm starting to put the car back together now. Decided to put the engine in from below since I had the car all apart anyway. The engine goes in fairly complete this way with water pump, fan, alternator, headers, starter, etc. all installed. Just lift the front of the car up in the air with my overhead crane and roll the engine/transmission assembly under the car.

Once the engine is hoisted into place the suspension assembly (K frame, lower control arms, steering box, steering linkage, knuckles, hubs, caliper brackets, anti-sway bar, etc.) is lifted into place using a fixture on my transmission jack. Screw home the four big bolts and then start attaching stuff.

The install isn't finished but I'm making progress. I think the Cordoba radiator and shroud look good in there. It was a tight fit but it looks OEM.

Looks great Andy, can't wait to see it out.

Looks amazing Andy!
I see you installed a distribution block with the 4 wheel disc brakes. My 4 wheel Wilwoods kinda suck, the front brakes are too small, and I think I need the smaller bore master cylinder but I've also had people tell me the distribution block can be removed with 4 wheel disc. I hate to remove it though because all the lines are nicely bent to it.

Whoever told you that probably didn't know the difference between a distribution block and a proportioning valve. A distribution block is just a block of brass with holes drilled in it. It doesn't do anything to brake pressure. It is just a couple of T fittings that are joined together so there is no reason to remove it or not use it. The question about using a prop valve with 4 wheel disc brakes is more complicated. In theory you don't need one but for home built brake systems it is probably a good idea to install one. Most people don't know how to design a brake system so having some adjustment built in is probably a good idea.

Made a little more progress today.

Ok thanks Andy. I really like your Baer master Cylinder setup.

I picked up a stash of parts this weekend from a guy who was under orders to clean out the garage. One thing that was included was this air grabber type air cleaner. I don't know if it is an original or a reproduction. I think it might be an original since they guy had it sitting in his garage for a long time. It is beat up pretty bad but I think I might be able make it work. I hadn't even considered using one of these on the Duster but it looks like it will fit and work so I might just try it. Just depends on if I can get it hammered back into shape or not.

I like it! Ran one on my roadrunner with a K&N element for few seasons before switching to dominator carb.

That's coming along amazingly well. The paint job makes it hard to recognize as the same car.

It seems to have a good blend of Vintage Mopar content with updates/electronica to appeal to a wide audience.

Yeah getting the front clip painted really changed the project. It is a lot more fun working on it now that it is clean and shiny. This is the first project car that I've worked on that had new paint. I've been working on cars for 40 years and this is the first. All my projects in the past have been used cars with layers of crud. My Coronet is fairly clean by now since I've washed it and wiped it down a ton of times over the years but it still has factory paint on it which is all chipped up and scratched and beat to heck.

Wow ! Very Nice !

Making some progress when time permits. I finally found a coolant recovery bottle that fit in the space the way I wanted it. Not sure what it came off of, I just bought a few of these from Amazon and this one fit the best.

My custom battery box came back from powder coating so I got it mounted up.

Got the battery installed with the strap and the starter solenoid. Now I need to hook up all the wires so something happens when I turn the key.

Very, very nice chrastmanship as usual!! I know that those Braille batteries are very good, but do they hold a charge for cars that sit for a couple of weeks at a time with no maintainance charge hooked up?