In response to a recent request for pics...here ya go...
1970 Duster 340. Originally FE5. Shown here in faded Light Firethorn Metallic IMRON and primer. Been wearing the 1973 fenders (wrong side marker lights) since a 1979 collision on Okinawa with a little Japanese construction vehicle. Hasn't been on the road since '89. Engine is still in its early eighties streetfighter configuration; 13.85 to 1 compression, ported X heads, DC crankshaft, footprint rods, Racer Brown .572"/296*camshaft, Strip Dominator, 830 annular discharge Holley. A833 w/ Super Shifter 3. 8.75" SG with factory 3.91 gearing. Ran everything from 3.23s to 5.38s in this car at one time or another. Put the 3.91s back in it in the mid eighties when I was stationed in Texas. I have owned it since October 1978 so it was my highschool ride. It is one of the (approx) one dozen '70 340 Dusters built at the Windsor plant - which is noteworthy only because Ma MoPar says she didn't build any 340 Dusters there. Sold new in Fairbanks, AK to a G.I. that later took it with him to Okinawa, Japan. He sold it to his brother when he returned to the states - his brother had come over for a visit, liked it, married a local Japanese girl, and never left. He then sold it to another young G.I. who kept it about a year - and I bought it from him. I'll have to see if I can scan some old pictures so you can see her in her glory - as opposed to in her current dust collector and parts storage space role, buried in the bowels of the garage...
Ray
1970 Duster 340. Originally FE5. Shown here in faded Light Firethorn Metallic IMRON and primer. Been wearing the 1973 fenders (wrong side marker lights) since a 1979 collision on Okinawa with a little Japanese construction vehicle. Hasn't been on the road since '89. Engine is still in its early eighties streetfighter configuration; 13.85 to 1 compression, ported X heads, DC crankshaft, footprint rods, Racer Brown .572"/296*camshaft, Strip Dominator, 830 annular discharge Holley. A833 w/ Super Shifter 3. 8.75" SG with factory 3.91 gearing. Ran everything from 3.23s to 5.38s in this car at one time or another. Put the 3.91s back in it in the mid eighties when I was stationed in Texas. I have owned it since October 1978 so it was my highschool ride. It is one of the (approx) one dozen '70 340 Dusters built at the Windsor plant - which is noteworthy only because Ma MoPar says she didn't build any 340 Dusters there. Sold new in Fairbanks, AK to a G.I. that later took it with him to Okinawa, Japan. He sold it to his brother when he returned to the states - his brother had come over for a visit, liked it, married a local Japanese girl, and never left. He then sold it to another young G.I. who kept it about a year - and I bought it from him. I'll have to see if I can scan some old pictures so you can see her in her glory - as opposed to in her current dust collector and parts storage space role, buried in the bowels of the garage...
Ray
) I have an Eddy-Headed 340 sitting on a stand to go in this thing...and a 4:30 geared 8.75" SG with Moser axles, etc...but need to finish some other projects before I start anything new... This thing is still wearing about half of its original paint. Interior is nearly perfect & original. Open the door and all you can smell is that vintage 1970 Plymouth vinyl - My FE5 car smelled JUST like that the very first time that I climbed in it back in the seventies - you either know exactly what I mean or you don't. It's almost like a time machine in that respect...
I've about had enough with mine, it's becoming torturous. I'd be happy with a good running dependable 318!