Re: "as if" restoration
[Re: AndyF]
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01/05/20 02:40 PM
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I suppose that's one way to look at it, any year you were thinking? I know today they would never use a copper brass radiator with mechanical fans (it would be aluminum/plastic with electric fans), a car without power brakes or power steering.
Otherwise a lot of this looks familiar to my Small Block. I've also got a T56 Magnum transmission.
'70 Duster 470hp 340/T56 Magnum/8 3/4 3.23 Sure-Grip
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Re: "as if" restoration
[Re: goldduster318]
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01/05/20 03:11 PM
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Chrysler would've used whatever was the least-expensive option available to them that would get the car past its warranty period Engine would all be one color, and things would also generally be as quick & easy to assemble as possible. That said, it's a clean installation with obviously a lot of thought applied. I think painting the fender flanges would be a nice finishing touch; everything else is so clean . Honestly, I think the interior should either be blue or black, and not a mix of the two colors, but those are just my (unsolicited) opinions.
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Re: "as if" restoration
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01/05/20 07:46 PM
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Chrysler would've used whatever was the least-expensive option available to them that would get the car past its warranty period Engine would all be one color, and things would also generally be as quick & easy to assemble as possible. That said, it's a clean installation with obviously a lot of thought applied. I think painting the fender flanges would be a nice finishing touch; everything else is so clean . Honestly, I think the interior should either be blue or black, and not a mix of the two colors, but those are just my (unsolicited) opinions. I would've painted the fender flanges had I thought about it at the time. Just an oversight on my part. The interior is a similar story. It was originally med blue but the only parts I've been able to find so far are black. So it is gradually becoming a black interior. I found a NOS dash pad that was black, a like new steering wheel that was black, a set of Duster bucket seats that were black, etc. So the car appears to be headed towards Spinnaker White exterior and Black interior. Not what I had planned but just kind of where it is heading.
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Re: "as if" restoration
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01/07/20 10:18 PM
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Pretty cool. But I thought Mopar switched to Denso alternators PS Did you ever sort out the "as if" Borgeson steering box/pump setup? I did put a Denso alternator on the Duster but I mounted it down low so it is out of the way. Never liked how the factory stuck them way up in the air.
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Re: "as if" restoration
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01/17/20 02:25 PM
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Yes I have that all figured out. I designed some brackets to mount a new Type II Corvette type PS pump to my big block. It came out looking pretty nice. Laser cut brackets, formed and then powder coated. I included a square hole for a breaker bar. I went with ARP bolts rather than factory style. Used formed tubing for the pressure line to get it around and down the backside of the pump.
Grand Cherokee uses the same pump, along with the older cherokee's, they may have different rib count pulleys though depending on the engine. Tim
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