Day 2 & Street Freak Mopar Thread

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: whitetop</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Really clean 69 Barracuda.

</div></div>

Yep, and add a 440-6 or a Hemi and call it perfect. Oh, and WHITE headers snaking out from underneath.

[Plowman]

That look's sooooo cool PXTX,some Duster. *Paul

[whitetop]

Everyone remembers a local car when growing up they consider magical...a car that just takes you back to a different time.

This is mine. A guy in my hometown, Phil, bought this '71 Duster brand new and today he still owns it today with 17k original miles and paint. I remember this car very well because his dad's Texaco gas station was right next to my grade school and he would come by the school every day about the same time and I would peer out the window which was road level just to catch a glimpse of it. Still remember the white coated headers sticking out underneath and with the brown paint and Cragars it just had a wow factor. Car was not the fastest to begin with (318 Duster) but it just had that &quot;high school&quot; look we remember so well and it was always exceptionaly clean..and still is.

The dent in the rear quarter was from a errant baseball thrown at his senior picnic.

Car had Sun gauges and tach , Torker intake, Nationwise (NRS) valve covers and L60-14 Dayton bias tires and E-70's on the front.

Phil told me he bought the car from money he earned working at his dad's gas station since he was really young and the first dealer he went to did not take him seriously at 16 years old so the next dealer he took cash and they did. I think his dad did have to make the official purchase due to his age.

[whitetop]

Phil's Mom was an artist and she hand lettered some lyrics from a song by the group Traffic, <span style="font-style: italic">The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys </span>on the rear tail pan. Song lyrics or some similar philosophical quote lettered on cars was so 1970's.

Here are the lyrics.

<span style="font-style: italic">The percentage you're paying is too high priced
while you're living beyond all your means
and the man in the suit has just bought a new car
from the profit he's made on your dreams</span>

[brent396]

Very nice [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[PxTx]

Motion Duster?

[whitetop]

Paul, cool Motion Duster. I would presume it was built/tuned by Motion and not just a sponsor.

Hi-Performance Cars had an article on a 73 Dart Sport Motion built. I believe it had a 340 in it.

[chevelle1969]

Very cool White top. Do you have any more pics of that Duster?.I remember My Dads first Company car was a Straight 6 duster that same brown with those odd looking full wheel covers with white wall tires.car was only 2 years old at the time.

[gts340]

I know this Dart is a Mr. Norm's car and is presumed to be a real Dart Sport GSS! Of course the HEMI makes it more interesting. Sounds like the 340 didn't last too long or something. I didn't know it was in the magazines BITD.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: whitetop</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I am a big fan of the Dart/Duster but do not specifically remember this one in a magazine. If you or anyone can remember it being in a specific magazine and approximately what year I would be happy to search my library and see if I can find it. </div></div>

The silver Dart was featured in all the big 3 mags of the day, Hot Rod, Car Craft and PHR approx between 77 through early 78. It was a significant car in the day not just because it had a Hemi but a well engineered NOS system that worked well on the street without grenading the engine....not the first street car to use NOS but one of the first that used it dependably and schooled others on what worked and didn't. </div></div>

[gthomas]

My survivor bee my dad bought new. I came home from the hospital in this car in 1970.