426 pack Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Well like the title says I’m building an amt 1971 Plymouth duster. I am going to be building it complete stock and it’ll be what would probably be considered a base model car (bench seat, steel wheels, no striping and a somewhat boring colour) but with something a little extra, a 426 HEMI with a 4 speed a Dana 60. I don’t believe that there was ever a 71 duster that could be optioned with any big block and especially not a HEMI so I’m going to be building it as a dealer special sleeper, kinda like the Mr, Norm dodge’s or yenco Chevys. The colour is Ford sunburst gold (it’s pretty close to some of the Chrysler gold of that era. I borrowed the engine from a Revell 1967 Plymouth GTX and the air cleaner is from an amt 1969 GTX. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Cool concept ! I like the gold; quite similar to a shade of gold metallic offered from c.1970 (see below). I have the MPC 1972 Duster annual kit. Some day it'll get the DOHC Hemi from the 1970 Super Bee, 4-speed, Dana 60 -- it'll be a phantom Arlen Vanke DOHC-powered Pro Stock. The 1970 Hamtramck Registry - 1970 Paint Chip Charts Slideshow (hamtramck-historical.com) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Cool project. That Duster looks mean already. Are you going to keep the black steelies on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruleworld Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 it looks like a tight fit. looks awesome so far 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Should be fun! Gonna be a tight fit, but you should be able to get it all in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger74 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Love that sleeper look 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 So many Dusters with the plain look had Slant 6cyl. Did you have to do much modifications to the Duster for the Hemi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 I also like your concept for this build. They used to have a trim option called the "Gold Duster" and this color would really fit that. The engine looks like it fit very well with just a little hood clearance problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 pack Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) thanks everyone I was able to get the HEMI down and back as far as I could. I couldn’t quite get it as far back as I would have liked so I had to trim the water pump and the crank pulley to make room for the big block radiator. I also had to trim the underside of the air cleaner to clear the hood. The Dana 60 has been attached to the stock A body leaf springs and I built the exhaust, I decided to go single exhaust to keep with the sleeper look. Edited February 28, 2022 by 426 pack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 pack Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 On 2/26/2022 at 9:20 PM, Bainford said: Cool project. That Duster looks mean already. Are you going to keep the black steelies on it? thanks. Yeah, in my opinion 14” steel wheels look right on almost any mopar 14 hours ago, slusher said: So many Dusters with the plain look had Slant 6cyl. Did you have to do much modifications to the Duster for the Hemi? I didn’t have to do much, just modify the engine mounts and transmission mount. It cleared the transmission tunnel, firewall and inner fenders quite well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Great project you got going.... 🙂👍I'm just a little curious if the Revell '68 Hemi Dart chassis will fit the amt Duster body..🤔 I believe the Dart chassis has larger rear wheel wells for slicks... I could be wrong....🙄😐 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopeyguy Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Great subject story, fab work and color, but they would never ever put a single exhaust on something with as large of exhaust ports as the Hemi had, which is a race engine in disguise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Sweet build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchook Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Great project and nice work. I like the single exhaust but maybe have a set of cut outs on the y pipe to open her up & let her breath when she's leaving a Chevy or Ford in it's rear view mirror.😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 That's gonna be so cool Cale. I did a conversion of a Johnny Lightning 1/24 Duster several years back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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