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Sweet Duster. It looks awesome. I will be running my Challenger in the X275 & TT5 Classes also. It is set up on 315's right now. I see you are in Mi also. Looks like you may be done with yours before I am done with mine. Hurry up & get this Mopar out there & start kicking these Chevy's & Mustang's butts.

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Thanks everyone for the encouraging words. Superbeeman69, no plans are in the near future for another batch of brackets, but I already have templates for a Superbee, so you never know. 6PKRTSE, based on your cage I think you are planning on going a little faster than I am. That car looks great with the interior and cage the same color as the car. I have always liked them that way, but this car is the wrong color combination to do that with. I didn't really like the tan interior, I thought the car looked to washed out and needed some contrast so black it was. As far as being done first, probably not because I don't have a motor or trans yet. I'm just trying to get the car completely done as a roller before I buy a motor and keeping my eyes open for the right deal during this time. I go to Milan about twice a month, how about you? Jody

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Very clean man! I hope to see it up close sooner rather than later. I have been to Milan a handful of times this season

I was always out in the garage as a kid...the best memories I have as a child are working on cars, This is great what you are doing with your son.

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Man that looks awesome! Love that you kept the bench too.

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Duster is looking sweet. I am not looking forward to cutting the A pillar bar holes in my new Challenger dash pad either. Guess I need to get out there & do it so I can finish the interior.

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Can u post pic's of how it's done on your post?always looking for ideals on how this is done on an e-body with those protruding dashes Thax ..........Sorry to the ops not trying to hijack

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Very nice like the idea of not cutting frame. How did you move sprngs in.

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I used the offset shackle and hangers from Mopar which gain you 3/4". I also had to move the rearend back 5/8" to make room for the height of the 275/60/15. My wheels are 10" with 4 1/2 backspace which probably doesn't help anyone because the housing is custom made to the width that I needed. I made a test housing out of 3" tubing and some mock axle ends to get the width perfect and then gave that to DTS.
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that spoiler under the front bumper(will work)smart idea.I hope ur using a shortdeck sb motor so you can keep the hood keep it up brother cause in my eyes thats going to be the hottest sm tire duster out there hands down.

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could you show more pics of the parachute mount, also inside of the trunk?
thanks

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Neither are totally finished yet and I'm not sure what you are looking for , but here are some pics. I left the trunk bars unwelded to this point because I may have to spread them a little for a fuel cell mount between them. The cell mount and the battery mount still need to be fabbed. All the pads on the car were mig welded to the floor or subframe. As bad as these Dusters rusted out you would think there was not alot of galvanizing on the metal, until you light a tig torch one time. There is not alot of room under the car for a chute mount so I used the space between the spare tire well and the rear body panel. The reciever tube spans between the two subframe rails around the spare tire well. The rear body panel was notched out for tubing clearance. If you look through the voids in the bumper you can see the chute reciever is welded continiously to the rear body panel and the pads on the inside of the subframe still need to be welded. Pull the half inch bolt and the chute is removable.
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Hey Tony, how are you and your son doing? I grew up in a body shop, my dad is a bodyman and is still going at 66 years old. We thought long and hard about what direction to go with this car. I am definitely NOT a purist but I also know how hard it is to find an original paint car that has 100% untouched paint, I looked for almost two years. Most of them have been touched up here or there. I am a fabricator for a living so the mini tub route is not a problem for me if I decided to go that way. I am not very proud of the way this car looks in the trunk, sealer wise. But I'm very proud of the fact that it is untouched. I also know there could be ALOT of weight saved on the car and I don't want to sacrifice the integrity of the car. Had I found a little rougher car to start with, it would be lighter and gutted and minitubbed, and faster in the end. But it is what it is. Now go ahead and call me a hypocrite for trying to save my original paint car buy putting a cage in it, you won't be the first. I know that I won't be competitive in the Josh's events with this car, I just want to get it into the eights and I would be happy.

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Here, here! I'm gonna run a 315 tire on my bee but otherwise I'm going the same route. Awesome job!

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Hey Tony, how are you and your son doing? I grew up in a body shop, my dad is a bodyman and is still going at 66 years old. We thought long and hard about what direction to go with this car. I am definitely NOT a purist but I also know how hard it is to find an original paint car that has 100% untouched paint, I looked for almost two years. Most of them have been touched up here or there. I am a fabricator for a living so the mini tub route is not a problem for me if I decided to go that way. I am not very proud of the way this car looks in the trunk, sealer wise. But I'm very proud of the fact that it is untouched. I also know there could be ALOT of weight saved on the car and I don't want to sacrifice the integrity of the car. Had I found a little rougher car to start with, it would be lighter and gutted and minitubbed, and faster in the end. But it is what it is. Now go ahead and call me a hypocrite for trying to save my original paint car buy putting a cage in it, you won't be the first. I know that I won't be competitive in the Josh's events with this car, I just want to get it into the eights and I would be happy.

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Awesome car, man. The lengths you are going to to preserve the original details are impressive.

Did you have any issues with the Caltracs and the front offset spring hanger? If so, how did you handle it? Pics?

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I did'nt have any trouble with anything. I did put a 5/8" spacer block in between the perch and the front hanger to move the rearend back for tire clearance. This required the clearance hole in the side of the subframe that captures the nut on the hanger to be elongated. I also had to press the studs out of the hanger and install longer bolts. Not really any troubles with it at all. What issues did you have?

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My favorite car on Moparts. I really like to stock appearing look and the go fast goodies done right. I'm sure you've heard this from several people but if you ever decide to sell let me know.

Mike Gray

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I appreciate it, that gives me incentive to get it done. This car will never be for sale as long as I'm alive. The car belongs to my son, we make the decisions, we do the work, and I have to front the bill. For all the good times we have in the garage while he is young enough that he still likes me, its a small price to pay. Thanks Jody
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Looking good!
Any chance you'll make it out this year?

Al

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Some of the chevy guys around here went to Cobo and called me from the show to tell me about this Badass black Demon that was there. Looking forward to seeing it in person. Will you be at Milan this Saturday for the grudge event?

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cant go, my shift at Warren Truck is 4 10 hours on 2cnd shift wed thru saturday night.

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Looks good, those headers are nearly identical to mine, except you took the easy route with the round outlets on the header ports!

Forming mine to the stock shape flanges was a bear.

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Post some pics of yours.
There is a big difference in port shape and size from a 318 head to an Arrington cnc'd W8. My primarys are 2" because they have to be 1 7/8 i.d. I didn't really take the easy route, I took the only route. Just sayin.

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Looks good, those headers are nearly identical to mine, except you took the easy route with the round outlets on the header ports!

Forming mine to the stock shape flanges was a bear.

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Post some pics of yours.
There is a big difference in port shape and size from a 318 head to an Arrington cnc'd W8. My primarys are 2" because they have to be 1 7/8 i.d. I didn't really take the easy route, I took the only route. Just sayin.

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