me and my dads project for over the winter.. here are some pics of the progress so far

 

more pics to come but my internet is being really slow making it hard to upload pictures

 

Nice duster looks like its coming together pretty good.

 

Looks like a solid project. Any rust problems?

 

Cool, I have one that looks just like that...

 

it has completely new rocker panels and rear quarter panels and the new pan on the drivers side floor pan in the back... other than that the only other rust i ran into was on the hood under the rediculus scoop the previous owner had put on it thank god i have a hood that is in better shape with the original scoops on it

 

Heres what it started out as this summer when we bought it

 

heres a couple more pics from the garage.. its gettin closer to being ready for paint.

 

you can see some of the rust holes in the one picture.. and you can also see the new rockers on both sides

 

out in the garage this afternoon got the trunk and floors everywhere all rustproofed.. ill post some pics later on

 

I got that same spot of rust on mine just a little bit smaller there in the corner.

 

i was actually suprised not to see more rust holes when i was grinding paint away... after all the car is from the U.P of michigan

 

wow you got pretty lucky. Mine doesnt have that much rust just trunk pan and that little spot down by the rocker. What color are you thinking of painting it

 

Im thinkin about staying with the same color. im not really sure yet

 

we pulled the motor and i was tearing it down.. i pulled the cam out and it has COMP stamped on the end of it.. how do i further identify which cam it has in it??? any help would be apprieciated

 

there should be a scribed hand written number in it.

If you ran it and have a feel for the duration you can measure base circle with micrometer (smallest circle possible)
then oblong part. Difference is lift at lobe. times that number by1.5 rocker and you have lift at the valve.

If its off the shelf grind search the catalogs for those lift figures and you have the cam.

This is BALLPARK way. You should have a shop measure if there is no number on the cam..

Nice ride!

 

thanks for the info... got pretty lucky it looks like the motor was rebuilt a while back and you can definately see that it sat for a few years. it has .30 over pistons .10 over rod bearings and .20 over main bearings in it.. my main reason for tearing it apart is to find out why it was burning oil. After pulling the heads and looking at them and comparing the valve seals to another set of 340 heads i have it looks like whoever rebuilt this motor put the wrong valve seals in it.. which would probably explain why it was burning oil upon start up

 

Looks like my same rediculous six pack scoop that's on my car.

 

yeah thats another project... ill post a picture of what it looked like underneath that scoop when i peeled it off

 

check this out

 

Wow that was a crap job. Mine is a whole fiberglass hood from AAR.

 

ive been looking at them. but i also have another hood for the car that came with it.. as well as the scoops from year one...i cant really decide because i liked the way the big scoop looked

 

Bad seals?? I like it when the problems are that easy..

 

Right.... everything else looks like brand new internally... definately got lucky on this one

 

question for someone... will a torque converter from a 904 out of a cordoba with a 318 work in my 727 transmission in my duster?

 

well guys i have been making steady progress on the good ole duster.. I was going to post more pictures but yesterday i had to go get 6 teeth pulled. four were my wisdom teeth so im kinda just laying around today. but anyways i found out that it had a 71 340 in so i bought a full engine rebuild kit for it because it was already 30 over. a new summit cam and lifters and just finshed putting it back together the other night so it will be fresh for summer. my dads best friend is going through the 727 and found a bunch of stuff wrong with it so hes fixing it up with a rebuild. my new 2500 stall converter is in the mail. and me and my dad got the whole front clip fitted because we finally found a good hood to put our original scoops on. we even got the little blinker lights that go on top of the fenders. shes coming together nicely now. its going in for paint next week. i cant wait for spring time to take her out and cruise around town. absolutely pumped for that first ride because at that point all the hard work will have paid off..... Pics to come later as soon as i feel like doing somthing today

 

Nope, different input shaft size.

 

yeah i found that out after i did a little more research. i had one from a 904 laying here and figured if it would work i would use it.. just bought a 2500 stall converter for the 727 it should be here within a couple days

 

I really like the condition your duster is in man. I wish my 70 duster was in as good of shape as yours is.

Love seeing pictures of the progress!

-Maley

 

more pictures to come.. just have to find the time to upload between work and everything else