1970 Plymouth Duster

By Justin Benz on March 22, 2010 in Plymouth

New Job! This is a restoration on a 1970 Duster with a few upgrades.

We are working on getting the 1970 Plymouth Duster completely disassembled and ready for body work today.

Body work continues on the 1970 Duster.

We are repairing the lower quarter where we found some major rust damage under the paint.

We are sanding down the Duster to prep it to be primed.

Pictures of the 1970 Duster getting masked off for primer.

The duster is completely primed and ready to be sanded for paint.

Del is getting the old engine pulled out of the duster.

Dell is working on removing to old parts from the back end of the Duster.

Del is still working on taking apart the Duster. The engine is out, the suspension is off, the brakes are coming off and the fuel tank is out.

Del is removing the hood and deck lid for paint and the new rear springs are in.

Del is getting ready to undercoat the Duster.

Del is undercoating the duster today.

The rear end is painted and Del is working on prepping brackets.

The underside of the hood and deck lid have been painted for the Duster.

The engine bay for the Duster is painted and ready to accept the 340 engine.

Gas tank, rear end, rear brake lines and rear shocks installed.

The K member and some of the front suspension for the Duster is done.

Some of the new front end components installed.

The engine is painted and getting assembled.

Engine is set in the Duster.

Bryan moves forward on getting the engine hooked up.

Radiator getting installed and more accessories are installed on the engine.

Electrical getting hooked up for the Duster.

Headers and exhaust getting installed.

Installing exhaust.

Carpet is out and we can get a good look at the floor today.

Working on patching the floor.

The new wilwood front disk brakes are in and so are the sway bars.

Installing sway bars and wilwood disk brakes.

New power steering box installed.

The new custom built headers are in for the Duster! Hopefully the fit right.

Bryan has got the headers installed on the Duster and they fit great.

Dan is painting the interior trim for the Duster today.

The Duster is back in the paint area with Dan today getting sanded and prepped for paint.

Blocking the Duster to prep for paint.

In the booth getting masked off for paint.

The Duster is painted and looks unbelievable.

Installing the Flex-a-lite fan and spacer.

The Duster is back on 4 wheels.

Installing the new rallye gauges and the new headliner.

Starting to install the new seat covers. We have already blasted and painted the frame and installed new padding.

The rear seat is recovered and the front seat frames have been blasted and painted.

The new seat foam is in for the Duster and we are ready to go!

Dan is final sanding and buffing the Duster today.

Justin is assembling the Plymouth Duster body today.

New Steering wheel installe

Door panels installed

Interior coming together

Door lock, handle and mirror installed

For our client this Plymouth Restoration is an affair of the heart. He has owned this car for the last 30 years and has many memories with the vehicle. The car came to us with quite a bit of work to do. We started this restoration by disassembling the vehicle and stripping the body down to bare metal using a combination of media blasting and mechanical stripping with an 80 grit grinder. This process ensures that our clients are recieving the best product possible and that we are uncovering any hidden damage instead of just covering it up with filler and fresh paint. Once a vehicle is stripped we etch and seal the body. The etch primer has an acidic base to it that bites into the bare metal and prevents flash rusting while we work on the body repairs. After that we cut out all the rusted areas and welded in fresh metal. Once the body work was complete we primed the vehicle and put on a fresh coat of mopar orange and cleared.

But when our client decided to take on this endevor he wanted to make sure that he added a few upgrades of his own decision. So for the 340 engine we added upgraded comp cams, edelbrock aluminum heads, and an edelbrock intake and carburetor.

With all this power we decided to upgrade the braking system. We installed a dual master cylinder with a power brake booster. We also installed drilled and slotted front disk.

Finally to make it easier for our client to get around we installed a power steering system out of another duster that came with the system from the factory.

And since our client will be spending all his time in the car we installed new carpet, seat covers and an upgraded stereo system.