1974 Plymouth Duster
2 months from the day of pickup to the pictures you see here! Lots of elbow grease and time, very little in the way of "cubic dollars!"

At the time of pickup, August 17th 2008 , New Jersey.

The grill was broke into 7 pieces and the lower insert was trashed.

Some of the sheet metal was nasty but very solid underneath.

The interior was a mess, but everything was there. The seat had several broken springs.

Like I said, a mess! The floorpan was good aside from a hole on the passenger side (fixed)

Under the hood was also all there, dig the 70's dealer installed Dana cruise control!

I completely stripped the body and interior and then sent it off to the bodyshop.

I did all the detail work including retaping the harness, re-spraying behind the grill, redoing the headlamp buckets, latches, etc.

Doesn't look like the same car does it? It took me 2 weeks to rebuild the grill! Several pieces were missing which had to be made from scratch.

I still have to reinstall the windshield trim, still polishing it and making sure the new gasket doesn't leak.

Now that looks a bit better eh? Tuff wheel is a reproduction.

The whole dash was pulled out of the car (I removed the windshield) and the odd holes were welded up and filled. I repainted the dash, repaired the harness, cleaned and polished the cluster and painted the steering column too. The radio is a JVC stereo with CD player and MP3 player input, the hole was already there and modern tunes would be nice. Speakers are hiding under the dash. The sill plates are original, I knocked out the dents and polished them up in the garage.

Still have to install the headrests but wish for the seat skins to settle a bit first.
More details later, most of this text is just placeholder.
Gary