I work with hotrods and engines a lot and really watch uncle Tony for the entertainment, I'm glad he's leaving this information for younger hotrodders.
I still pick up a lot I didn't manage to learn in the 70's (when I was a mini-Olive) and 80's from wherever I could. It was pretty piecemeal about a lot of this kind of lore and technique and stuff. Enginebuildingwise, especially.
I for one being 21 years old really enjoy the fact that he puts out all this knowledge because I own a 79 Plymouth Volare drag car and none of my family are into cars but me. So I learn from the internet, it's the only source I have to get the knowledge I need to keep this old girl together. To be honest without guys like Tony putting all this out there on the internet I would be completely lost.
Had a '70, 340 4 barrel, 4 speed with a factory Hurst shifter. No power nothing. A beast to parallel park but once it was moving it handled just beautiful with those wide oval tires I had. I really miss it watching this channel. Cheers from NY.
My first car was a 73 Duster with a 225 slant six and an automatic transmission. That car is great with 6x9” speakers in the back and a good stereo and an amp. The bass that comes from that massive trunk is superb.
Love your videos, Uncle Tony! Back in 1980, I looked at tons of Dusters and Darts, and most were slant 6 cars. Finally stumbled across a '74 Duster 360 Sport. It was bright red with the white side stripes, white buckets, console torqeflite auto, dual exhaust, lsd, air, ps, pb, and rally wheels. All for 1,650 bucks! I sure miss that car...
Try fitting slicks.. can't get much bigger than a 31x10.50 the inner frame rails are very close to the factory backspacing and the tires already very close to factory wheel house. The only way to fit even the 31x10.50 is through spring relocation and mini tubs. I'm debating about back halving mine now. Dedicated drag car. 6.30s at 112 in the 1/8 with a stock 8 3/4 rear end!
@@GLF426 although for sure not slicks.. I've had 255/60R14.. that was hugh on my 68 Dart.. they came with the wheels I bought.. I rode on them for a few month's.. had to lean the body way over hahaha until the I could get the wheel off, then lower the axel, hahaha stay with me, put the big tire in the wheel well, then use a Bottle jack to lift the axle to align bolt holes hahaha.. looked cool.. hahaha
I'm a Ford guy but they had some badass cars, and I've come to appreciate the 318s and 340s and whatnot from this channel. Unfortunately they're a lot more rare than a Ford or GM and didn't seem to be rust proofed very well.
I was a GM family product till, one Green Light parts owner/operator showed me ways that the bean counter had CHEAPENED Delco Remy alone....After Mr. Tetlow's education, I found a book talking of a 200MPG carburetor...I call that my introduction to the evils of the world.
We called that "three at the knee" The aluminized hose pulls air from around the exhaust manifold, pre-heating the air coming into the carb. Supposedly it helps with cold running, but what it really does is to speed up engine warm up for emissions. Cars runs the cleanest at full operating temperature.
Can't dislike the A bodies, I know the money makers are the E bodies and B bodies, but the A's have their own unique charm. As much as I loved my 2013 Dart it was definitely NOT a good follow-up to the classic
I bought my first car in 1986. It was a goldish-brown 1973 Duster. I bought it and drove it out of a local wrecking yard for $300. I fixed it up in my high school autobody class. I took the slant-6 out and replaced with a heavily modified 318 and 4 spd in the floor. I painted it black, jacked up the back with air-shocks, ladder bars, 15" wide rubber, centerline rims, and raked the front so low I dragged the headers pulling into the drive way. I miss that old car. It was a lot of fun. Thanks Tony!
I have had a 73 Dart Sport for 40 years, been sitting 26 of the last 27. Has a B body 68 RoadxRunner 8.75 in it. Good stuff Uncle Tony, fun and brought back memories. Heading toward retirement, let the rework begin.
@@cerhart7172 My mother had a 1972 Duster 225 six with automatic (the only option it had) and drove it for 10 years with NO maintenance AT ALL. Not even an oil change or lube. It had the original oil filter, air filter, coolant, tires (completely bald) and brakes (the brake shoes were long gone and it was metal on metal). I can't remember the mileage but she drove it to work every day so it wasn't low miles. Everything was as it came on the day she bought it. It started and ran every day and when she done with it she gave it to me. I scraped out inches of sludge in the oil pan and rocker covers, adjusted the valves, replaced the tires, spark plugs, all the filters. I put in a used rad and new coolant, did the brakes and drove it for another few years. I think the non-power manual steering is what saved the steering parts as mom wasn't strong enough to turn the steering wheel if the car wasn't moving, which takes a huge amount of stress off the steering components. I changed the oil & oil filter monthly with cheapo stuff and every month the oil came out black as could be, obviously there was still a lot of sludge in there, but it ran well, never let me down, and it was still running well when I got rid of it. Those cars were beyond reliable.
@@ddavidson5 - they weren't quite indestructible, but they were awfully close. The local Dodge dealership had a '71 D100 with the 225 & regular 4-speed that they used as a delivery/utility truck. Almost 350,000 miles on it when the dealership was sold in the late '90s, and the only thing they did was change the oil every 6 months, readjust valve lash if it really needed it, and occasionally things like brakes and tires. Still ran like a new engine, although the body was *really* rusted (South Dakota).
I had a 73 when I was in high school that was lime green. We took a 440 out of an old motor home , it wasn't the fastest car but man did she sound good. I miss that car.
I had one of these with a 360 for a while. I didn't know this much about it. I had a Nova at the same time. I liked the Nova. Now I'm thinking I should have kept the Duster.
*Im a Harley man these days, BUT, back in my teen years, I paid $300 bucks for a used KAWASAKI KH400, to my surprize, I became coolest kid in the hood!.... My KH400 rode like a Honda CB350 till you cracked the throttle, it was the most snappy ignorant bike Ive ever ridden pound for pound, ounce for ounce! .. Everybody heard me coming a block way, It Sounded like, a 671 supercharger going thru the traps at 8000 rpm or a Rabid Nado Rocket , was one crazy snappy ride!*
I'm 58, and I have had over 100 cars since I was 14. I don't have many dreams at night, and seldom are there cars in my infrequent dreams, but the only car ever featured in them has been an average steely blue '70 Duster I owned for about a year right after getting out of high school. It had a slant six and three on the tree. It was so light and easy to drive, it felt like an extension of myself.
I’m 56 years old and I have been reading, studying, lusting, driving , owning and repairing Mopars since I was 13 and I can’t hold a candle to what Tony knows about ‘em.
***** That part is a heat riser. ***** It is supposed to stop the carburetor throttle plates from icing up in low temperature, high humidity conditions. If ice forms on the throttle plates at low RPM, it can cut off air flow and the car can stall. It also helps the fuel to atomize better at low temperatures. It takes the warm air from around the exhaust manifold and directs it into the carburetor. There is a thermostatic spring connected to a door that rotates 90 degrees when the engine warms up and will now draw air from the cowl in the engine compartment.
It's actually the venturis that ice up. The ice forms in the air horn and acts as if the choke is closed, resulting in less air and more fuel being pulled through the carb. The heat tubes help, but I have found that the best way to prevent it is to convert to manual choke.
@@livewire2759 Yeah, you are right, it ices up in the venturis. It has been the early 90's since I have had a car with a carburetor. How does a manual choke prevent it? Are you saying that when the walls ice up you can manually open it up a little more to compensate? Or were you getting icing near the choke plate that was keeping it closed and couldn't overcome the spring tension of the choke thermostat? As far I I can remember, it was frosting over in the venturis at the throttle plates in my case, causing the engine to run rough at times. It seemed to me, this was causing a lack of enough airflow around the throttle plates. It simulated having the idle speed set too low. 😱 😠
@@brianevans6819 With my old trucks, it would ice up the top of the venturis at the bottom of the air horn. I even took the air cleaner off and looked in there to see exactly what was going on, it was just a layer of frost that built up, which basically makes the venturis smaller, which increases the vacuum in them, so it not only restricts air flow, it also causes it to pull in more fuel. So it doesn't take much to make the engine go way rich and flood out. Having a manual choke simply allows you to open the choke to compensate for it, just like your first suggestion. My trucks would start great, then run rich, then flood and die. The first thing that I actually did was convert to manual choke, which helped, but even in some cases, that wasn't enough, so I found the parts I needed to get the heat riser (GM called it "Auto-Therm") and it helped a lot. The next problem I had was that the "Auto-Therm" parts didn't work right (or not at all) in some cases, usually the valve in the air cleaner snorkel would not open to cold air, it would stay in the heat riser position. So on one of my trucks I actually turn over the air cleaner lid to get cold air during the summer, then I put it on the right way during the winter to use the heat riser. I also use a cable operated throttle for fast idle, and I'm considering adding a third cable to run the heat riser valve in the air cleaners.
Interesting, on my car that little flap is connected by a vacuum line from the air box. No idea how that works and as far as I know, it doesn't, just made screws up with air-fuel mixture.
I learn SO MUCH from this man!! I bought my Feather Duster off a used car lot in 1985. I still own it. I'm the 2nd owner. I had a laugh about some of the things Tony mentions in this video. I have experienced many of these quirks, especially the side window quirkiness. As soon as I finished watching this video I ran out to the garage and looked at the track width difference and LOL'd! Yep, there it is! Many memories in this car. I drove it around as a primary driver for many, many years all over the country.
When I was in high school, late '70s, my buddy got a 73 Duster 340. It was massaged and painted royal blue metallic. killer car. He still has that same Duster ,but it has been painted back to the stock lime green, still runs great! Lots of good memories there!
first thing i did with my demon was put b body discs on it and a b body rear, came out pretty good but then with the 15x7 cop wheels i found, made it perfect
Dude that narrow rear end is great. When you throw on set of slots or cragars you could get the deep dish reversed wheels with 3.5-3.75 backspace on a 8 or 10 inch rim and stick on some N50s with some sky jacket shocks and you where styling.
I bought a 72 Nova 2 dr straight six years ago. Front tires were done so I borrowed some 15 x 3.5 drag lites with decent tires for the front. Had stock 14 inch with hubcaps on the back. Man I lent that thing out for weeks. Everyone loved that car. I put a junkyard truck HEI in it, it ran amazing. It looked stupid, but it was awesome. The best cars are the ones you drive.
I have a 79 Volare Duster, and somebody airbrushed that on the side of the driver fender back in the early 90s. Car sure needs a paint job but I really don't wanna get rid of that unique piece. Considering getting a new fender just because I like it so much.
My first new car was a '72 Duster with the 225 and Torqueflite, with optional front manual disk brakes. I loved that car. Thanks for the happy memories!
I've always loved that body style, despite the mismatched track widths. My dad bought a '73 Gold Duster with 318/auto, snakeskin vinyl top, and Spacemaker package...which squeaked continuously!
I do believe that Uncle Tony gives the BEST reviews of old 60s-70s cars out there. Any you know a car is special when he puts one of those fancy new-fangled stove pipes on it!
Great stuff. I know what that aluminium hose is for. It's supposed to bring manifold heat up to the carb to prevent freeze-ups while starting in winter.
I may be a female. I have made my mistakes. I learn from others and from my mistakes. I even learned to check everything. Including stablization bars. Everything. I now know what to look for. How to determine the truths about vehivles. Everything. And I am still learning. So I want to thank you for helping me learn even more.
My last Duster (of the 4 that I've owned) was a 1972 340 auto, B5 inside and out. The different track of the A-bodies always bothered me, but not enough to alienate my love for them. That last Duster had factory Rally wheels and I fit them with 70/14/215 and 70/14/245 Goodyears, which helped reduce the weirdness of the offset track.
I love the mediocre/non-hotrod stuff. So much fun to hear what things were like in the 60s and 70s. A duster with a 318 and a four speed would be awesome to cruise around in. Wish I had one. Thanks uncle Kathy and uncle Tony!
I had a 71 Demon 340 back in 72 and I noticed some Demons on the dealership lots that had the twin hood scoops just like some of the Dusters had. Mine did not have the scoops.I used Cragar SS wheels with an offset to the outside so the tires fit the wheel well better.
Hee. I never cared for Cragars on Dusters, but I did similar with American Racing baby moon steelies. (I didn't have a brake fade issue so I wasn't too worried about cooling em till I could get hold of appropriate slots or Torquethrusts. ) Sometimes I wonder where all the Cragar SS'es went, though. They used to be all over the place, on almost everything. :) My '75 Duster wouldn't have looked right with the cool scoops from the flatter-nose version, so what I wanted to do was actually put in a couple of the flat grille thingies from a Le Baron Turbo and paint em to match just to vent the hood a bit. (It tended to catch air at speed: the real reason I put hood pins in. :) )
Re: Front and rear track widths- I used to think the reason the reason the wheels looked wonky was chrysler knew people were going to put in a different offset wheel in the back, to fill in the space.....now I’m thinking it was what people did to fix the problem🤣
WOW! I forgot all about the Feather Duster! I was like twelve when an older cousin got a new one in I think 77. It was a total riot of a car! That slant-six thing was actually scary! And the decal/paint package was comical. I loved that car! Blue and white, outside and inside. Those goofy wheel covers. Thanks for refreshing some very forgotten memories!
Thanks for the encouragement. I have to find all the internal door hardware and glass for both sides of the 73 Dart Sport. Mine was all there and worked 100%, but someone decided to take every last piece out and throw it all away before discovering he didn’t know how to do Lexan windows. I think I’ll do them Super Stock style and forego the regulators, but it’s still a job.
When selling parts for them at Classic Industries .. I trained my co workers to ask if it's a square body or Duster Dart body .. when 70 and up Dart was the Question, hahaha
As the 20-year owner of a Demon, that's a pet peeve of mine. Lots of catalogs don't list Demon so you have to say Dart. Same goes for insurance companies, they don't think a Demon exists and you've gotta convince them or tell them it's a Dart-Demon.
@@GreeceUranusPutin trust me I feel you.. I own 68 Darts, Twins both model 270, both California built, both slant6, her is still, and mine now has 318.. I just love A Bodies, all of them, and have Tons of respect for Your Demon.. the Demon Emblem was my screen saver.. I know you understand why, in my training of Not Car Folks.. in order to help them, help you.. I do miss the Job for the cool customers that love their car's, but I didn't get along with HR.. the Vice President of Classic Industries lives up the street from where I rent, still says hi, Yells Mopar man at me.. weird world.. peace Brother
I am currently working on a 74 duster with the avocado gold paint.I know what you mean on how fun those cars are. I never grew up in the 60's or 70's but I wish I did hopefully one of these days I can send photos about it.
Uncle Tony, it always amazes me the depth of knowledge you have for the old Chryslers about their design, engineering, marketing and history makes me appreciate the content of your channel.
First time I've watched one of this guy's videos. I took one look at him and thought "this is either going to be the greatest thing ever or it'll be terrible...well, I'm a subscriber now so we know how that turned out.
I wasn't sure I was going to really like this channel. With so many "car" channels out there.. Here I am 10 videos in. Loving every minute too! Rock on Uncle Tony!
Always love the duster never had one closest I ever got was a 79 Aspen coupe with no vinyl top loved it still my favorite was my first and second generation Dakotas
I had a Duster, a friend wanted it so I sold it to him. I had a 79 Aspen coupe with a super six, put a lot of miles on it. My first gen Dakota i bought brand new was a pos. I will never, ever buy another manual trans again. Never!
Uncle Tony is just a cool genuine man's man! I love how excited he gets at the end when he tells us about something he's never installed b4. He's great
KInda was when it was built, really. It'd be great to get hold of a Twister, though, ...it's got all the goodies to not have to hunt down and if you want a 4-speed, swap ready. :)
My grandpa owned 2 dusters loved it my cousin hated getting dropped of at school in early 80 at school what a great car it was a 3 spd on floor he taught me how to do plumbing and weld never forget that was a different generation let’s keep it going guys go mopar thanks uncle tony
Decades ago, before rat rods unfortunately became a thing, I saw a Dodge rat rod with a Slant Six -- Looked like about Model T era -- at the big show in Syracuse
Cliffords is still around. They make som serious muscle parts for those slant sixes. Three deuces or two four barrels. Lots of different high Po stuff.
Indeed. Had one in a 1983 Dodge RAM D150 for 24 years and it served me well ~ had to sell it due to current economic downturn brought to the USA by the C0vid-19 pLandemic.
I drive my diesel Lincoln way more than makes sense. /6 turbo diesel, auto OD trans, and its just a joy. 115 hp, so its not fast, but its smooth and happy at ~60. Perfect for cruising on the 2 lane. Its a goofy body style that didn't sell, the diesel version is stupid rare (1505 made), and mine is far from pristine but it makes me smile when I drive it.
I didn't apparently watch that show enough to know there was a Duster in it. But I've loved them since I got to know mine in the Eighties. (And no, a beige Duster was not the cool thing everyone wanted, even the musclecar magazines only seemed to talk about cramming big blocks and headers in there, (which I think ruins the balance completely, ...I've been a smallbock ga since the demise of my slant, which I'd intended on kinda just doing a bigger carb and intake and some exhaust and maybe a cam, probably a manual swap, which I did when that's what my donor car with the 318 came with, ;) ) Anyway, that Duster's kind of affected my *style* a lot. I don't *really* make sleepers, I like to make cars that get the second glance from those in the know when they see the spunky wheels and how they sit and sound. :) I didn't have tons of power with the slant but I did suspension and handling first, so I could out-handle even some of those Euro cars, especially in the snow or rain. :) (the boys mighta had V-8s or expensive other things, but occasionally in snowy parking lots I'd kinda show up after they did a bit of wheel-spinning like it was burnouts, I'd pull up and make the beige Duster do ballet on ice. The balance was so perfect I could do a static 360 like clock hands, then go where I wanted. :) (Unbeknownst to some, parking lot drifting in the snow was the winter sport for some of us. :) )
Except that Al Bundy only said he had a Dodge. Sure, the producers used a Duster when they needed a car for the show but... A web search should turn up info on this topic.
On my wife's account. And had a 68' barracuda made in late 67' handed down when my dad died 13 years ago. I appreciate this video- to me its a wellspring of information regarding availability of parts. To be completely honest I've loved that car since I was a small child. My mom let me have it when he passed. And I'm starting the process of getting it restored. So thank you, there's just something about Plymouth, I don't think their design could ever be replicated.
My first car was a 71 Duster, 225 slant 6 auto, plumb crazy purple. Drove it hard and never had a breakdown. One great little motor! Due to the original paint pealing in 76 we repainted to match the Sundance Kid drag car ( flame orange/ canary yellow with black pinstripes) had hundreds of people asking to check out under the hood while I worked at the local Standard station. Missed the Duster so much, I picked up a really nice 71 4 years ago with a 318 in it. It’s my summer time daily driver. Sure enjoy you sharing your endless wealth of Mopar information!
I can’t believe I watched this whole video about Dusters. You do a great job Uncle Tony, that’s all I can say. You know what that tube does, your yanking our chains.
You cannot know how happy it makes me that Tony loves the 400 triple 2-stroke. I'm literally hours from finishing the rebuild on mine. Pure joy on wheels. Magazines at the time hated it because the fashion at the time was sandwiched between Easy Rider and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Muscle cars were dead and they wanted to kill sport bikes too. One review stated, *The KH400 isn't good for much else, but it sure is fun to ride.* Perfect! That's exactly what I'm looking for in a motorcycle. It doesn't collate your documents, it doesn't cook pasta, it doesn't fertilize your garden, but it sure is fun to ride.
HEY Tony. I was walking around my farm and I found my father in laws car. A 70 Valiant Duster. 340. He said I could have it if I could drive it out. The motor has been sitting wrapped in a piece of tin 10 feet from it in the bush.
It looks like you should haul that engine home and go through that then bring it back to the car to drive the car out of there. Congrats. Great opportunity to get a nice car.
I feel your love for the Duster. Had a 56 Chev 4dr 235cid. six cyl. three speed on the col. in mid 70's that I had same love for... some cars just fit your life in a specific time and space ... rescued from a farm... was used for checking fence lines... engine was smoking enough to kill every mosquito in a radius of 100 miles. Bought for $50.00 ... used engine bought for $5.00 and a 12 pack O' suds. Four new bias ply 14" tires. Thought the springs were shot... frame was packed solid with black earth... pressure washed frame ... car sat at factory stance.. springs rose like inflating airbags as the dirt exited the frame. Drove that car daily for ten years . Sold after getting married. No regrets for moving on to other cars. Thanks for sharing UT.. best to you and yours.
I had a 74 duster in 1982, 1st car paid 400.00 bucks for it. It smoked real bad, high mileage. But I always thought the frame was bent and it dog tracked. But your explanation of the rear end explained that problem.
Good luck... I had a new "74 Hornet Hatchback with the 258ci I6. auto&AC Great car that towed U Haul trailers cross country.. should have kept it. Did you get it?
@@slant6guy That was an AMC AMX in the Bond film you speak. Probably a 390 ci version. And no, It wasn't a Ford 390 like a lot of people thought AMC put in them. It was AMCs venture into making a Bad Ass muscle car engine. And it was Bad Ass. But they failed to have any aftermarket parts for the engines to make it even faster like real hotroders wanted .
I had a '73 with a 318 - 2bbl carb. That cardboard like, silver flex hose is more for cold climates. When the engine is cold, it's suppose to suck warm air off the exhaust manifold up into the air cleaner. When the engine is warm a flap closes and air gets drawn in the normal way. Mine had the ram air from the air cleaner bowl ducted under the battery tray. Awesome video, brought back a lot of memories.
at any rate, now i know why the Duster will accept a large wheel and tire combination in the rear wheelhouse.....and aghh!! Chrysler heat-risers were noisy and always rattled.
I never realized that the Duster had the same or similar offset from front to reat. I built a 72 Duster with a 360 and a 727. I found an 8 3/4 rear for it which fit perfectly for an even track. I was told it was an A body rear. I wonder if the A body 8 3/4 rears were actually B body rears. I put the same size wheels and tires on the front and rear. and set the car at the same height on both ends. I had Centerline wheels on it as they were the only wide after market wheels made that would fit the 4" bolt pattern. With the 4" bolt pattern on the 8 3/4 rear it had to have been an actual A body rear but had a wider track than the 7 1/4? I don't know. Some strange things were done as UT has said. I did my Duster back in '96 long before they became popular. I am totally Mopar but I always thought the Ford Maverick would make another cool hot rod.
It is just a joy to hear you speak about the duster /demon . One of my top 3 favorite cars. Your deep knowledge fascinates me. Keep up the great work uncle Tony!
I have a 74 Duster with the slant six, 3 speed auto, manual all around drum brakes and steering. It’s yellow with minimal rust, it’s all straight and all chrome is mint. Love my car!
ive had a 73 340 duster for 15 years --- ive learned so much from uncle tony on this video and the other video where he busted the scammer selling the red mismatched one ----- thank you for the amazing videos and information
Tony, I love this topic. I have 2 of them myself. You forgot the silver Duster. I remember, about 30 years ago, seeing this beautiful '72 Duster Twister in my home town. It was painted the special Green that was available around St. Patricks day. It had the scoops on the hood and I admired it when ever I saw it. It was proudly driven by an elderly woman at the time. I had a '72 but it was a plain Duster with the 225/auto. What I liked about mine was the color combo, Spinnaker White with the B5 blue interior. I eventually added striping to spruce it up. Thanks Uncle Tony and Kathy!!!
I never noticed it before but looking at the difference in front/rear track width reminds me of the 1988-97 (or so) GM 4x4 pickups. I know that most, if not all 4x4s have a wider front track but it's REALLY noticable on those GM trucks. Another thing I noticed about the Duster is the fuel fill location. While most cars of that era still had it behind the rear license plate (or in the general vicinity), the Duster fills on the driver side quarter panel.
Thats inspired by the fast car culture of the day for quick fillups on a pit stop . And on fast take offs it didn't spill fuel like the typical type of the day.
Entertaining and informative video. My parents had a '68 Barracuda 340/4 speed and a '73 Duster 225/auto. I remember the rear track on the Duster looked too narrow for the body. Brings back fun memories!
I had a 1974 gold duster. A california car with (and) a stock sun roof. Firecracker red, white highback buckets, auto on floor. Big block, hooker fenderwell headers. Dana rear sure-grip. Built but streetable. This thing was fast folks. Let me know if you might have been passed by it back in the day. YES it was a big block.
I have always wondered why they had a wider track front end and narrower rear end! Another great informative Mopar lesson from Uncle Tony! My God I love these videos !!
that corrugated tube is a heat riser so the carb dont freeze up on cold starts. the door in the snorkel of the air cleaner is thermostatically controlled with the early ones being bi metal spring with vaccum pull off. about 1972 they started being all vaccuum control with a sender in the head. with the manifold being away from the engine they were prone to freezing up the carb. i've seen them completely iced over.
My first car was a ‘74 Duster. Slant 6, blue passenger door on a brown body. Rear bumper was a 3” steel pipe with a hitch attached. Loved that car. I’ve owned 3 now. ‘70, ‘72 (318) & ‘74 ❤️
Dusters. I suggest forest green, beige, or that coppery bronze brown. :) I was able to fill the wheel wells half-decently with like 245/14s on chrome steelies with the right offset in back there on mine. :) (I was planning to go a bit taller once I had all the gearing set up,: there'd be room for wider especially if you roled the inner fenders but I had the right balance of grip for what I was doing, (Namely making a Duster handle very well, :) ) Also I suspect Uncle Crystal should be prepared to get psyched for an intro to Duster magic. :)
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No one on the internets drops more automotive knowledge per square video minute than Uncle Tony.
I work with hotrods and engines a lot and really watch uncle Tony for the entertainment, I'm glad he's leaving this information for younger hotrodders.
I still pick up a lot I didn't manage to learn in the 70's (when I was a mini-Olive) and 80's from wherever I could. It was pretty piecemeal about a lot of this kind of lore and technique and stuff. Enginebuildingwise, especially.
Tony is a living encyclopedia or mopar muscle cars & I got total respect for him!
I for one being 21 years old really enjoy the fact that he puts out all this knowledge because I own a 79 Plymouth Volare drag car and none of my family are into cars but me. So I learn from the internet, it's the only source I have to get the knowledge I need to keep this old girl together. To be honest without guys like Tony putting all this out there on the internet I would be completely lost.
Does anyone remember the 1972 Duster with the V-8 engine. Brown with light brown-gold fake snakeskin roof?
Rizky06: doesn’t ring a bell, I’d sure like to see it, if only we could post pics in the comment section 🤔
Had a '70, 340 4 barrel, 4 speed with a factory Hurst shifter. No power nothing. A beast to parallel park but once it was moving it handled just beautiful with those wide oval tires I had.
I really miss it watching this channel. Cheers from NY.
My first car was a 73 Duster with a 225 slant six and an automatic transmission. That car is great with 6x9” speakers in the back and a good stereo and an amp. The bass that comes from that massive trunk is superb.
Love your videos, Uncle Tony! Back in 1980, I looked at tons of Dusters and Darts, and most were slant 6 cars. Finally stumbled across a '74 Duster 360 Sport. It was bright red with the white side stripes, white buckets, console torqeflite auto, dual exhaust, lsd, air, ps, pb, and rally wheels. All for 1,650 bucks! I sure miss that car...
Nobody would have ever thought these $50.00 cars would ever be worth anything.
Same here!
Factory narrowed axle for massive rear wheel clearance!
Back then the engineers not accountants built the cars and they listened to the customers....
Thank you Jesus Chrysler and Holy Mother Mopar...
Try fitting slicks.. can't get much bigger than a 31x10.50 the inner frame rails are very close to the factory backspacing and
the tires already very close to factory wheel house. The only way to fit even the 31x10.50 is through spring relocation and mini tubs. I'm debating about back halving mine now. Dedicated drag car. 6.30s at 112 in the 1/8 with a stock 8 3/4 rear end!
@@GLF426 although for sure not slicks.. I've had 255/60R14.. that was hugh on my 68 Dart.. they came with the wheels I bought.. I rode on them for a few month's.. had to lean the body way over hahaha until the I could get the wheel off, then lower the axel, hahaha stay with me, put the big tire in the wheel well, then use a Bottle jack to lift the axle to align bolt holes hahaha.. looked cool.. hahaha
@@garycorbin2789 Did you even watch the video??? They did it because of the accountants....
I was always a G.M. guy, learning a shitload about Chrysler's on your channel....THANK YOU !!
I'm a Ford guy but they had some badass cars, and I've come to appreciate the 318s and 340s and whatnot from this channel. Unfortunately they're a lot more rare than a Ford or GM and didn't seem to be rust proofed very well.
Gm dude here. I am selling my 87 Iroc to save up for a Nova. After I saw this I have a problem
. Now I want a Duster and a Nova.
It doesn't matter if you're into Ford GM or Mopar. Each car company produced some amazing vehicles.
@@kmas8229 lol I sold my 87 IROC to get my 72 Duster! best decision I ever made
I was a GM family product till, one Green Light parts owner/operator showed me ways that the bean counter had CHEAPENED Delco Remy alone....After Mr. Tetlow's education, I found a book talking of a 200MPG carburetor...I call that my introduction to the evils of the world.
We called that "three at the knee" The aluminized hose pulls air from around the exhaust manifold, pre-heating the air coming into the carb. Supposedly it helps with cold running, but what it really does is to speed up engine warm up for emissions. Cars runs the cleanest at full operating temperature.
I love how much he loves this car.
Can't dislike the A bodies, I know the money makers are the E bodies and B bodies, but the A's have their own unique charm. As much as I loved my 2013 Dart it was definitely NOT a good follow-up to the classic
@@msihcs8171 is jj hi j jj in noon bb hi I'm me
My boo monomania, no,
A bodys handle really good with a little aftermarket love🤔😁
I bought my first car in 1986. It was a goldish-brown 1973 Duster. I bought it and drove it out of a local wrecking yard for $300. I fixed it up in my high school autobody class. I took the slant-6 out and replaced with a heavily modified 318 and 4 spd in the floor. I painted it black, jacked up the back with air-shocks, ladder bars, 15" wide rubber, centerline rims, and raked the front so low I dragged the headers pulling into the drive way. I miss that old car. It was a lot of fun. Thanks Tony!
Hey Tony. Keep up the knowledge sharin. From one generation to another, thank you.
I have had a 73 Dart Sport for 40 years, been sitting 26 of the last 27. Has a B body 68 RoadxRunner 8.75 in it. Good stuff Uncle Tony, fun and brought back memories. Heading toward retirement, let the rework begin.
Dad has a '74 Duster, you could pull up a lawn chair by it and sit and listen to it rust.
😂😂
Yes, my first car was a Duster. Like Uncle I look back on this car with fondness, but boy did it rust. They should have called it a Ruster. 😁
You sure it Wasn't a Chevrolet
You sure it Wasn't a Chevrolet
@@tomcarpenter700 Only if Chevy made a Duster. TBH, everything rusted back then.
Wider front track or not, I'd have a Duster like that any day of the week as a daily driver. Can't go wrong with a slant-6 and a manual transmission!
Right? Keep it serviced properly, and the Leaning Tower of Power will run forever!
Had a 71 under full warranty at AutoZone for the most part. :-)
My ‘73 was great and easy to work on! If I could go back in time I would have surely garaged her
@@cerhart7172 My mother had a 1972 Duster 225 six with automatic (the only option it had) and drove it for 10 years with NO maintenance AT ALL. Not even an oil change or lube. It had the original oil filter, air filter, coolant, tires (completely bald) and brakes (the brake shoes were long gone and it was metal on metal). I can't remember the mileage but she drove it to work every day so it wasn't low miles. Everything was as it came on the day she bought it. It started and ran every day and when she done with it she gave it to me. I scraped out inches of sludge in the oil pan and rocker covers, adjusted the valves, replaced the tires, spark plugs, all the filters. I put in a used rad and new coolant, did the brakes and drove it for another few years. I think the non-power manual steering is what saved the steering parts as mom wasn't strong enough to turn the steering wheel if the car wasn't moving, which takes a huge amount of stress off the steering components. I changed the oil & oil filter monthly with cheapo stuff and every month the oil came out black as could be, obviously there was still a lot of sludge in there, but it ran well, never let me down, and it was still running well when I got rid of it. Those cars were beyond reliable.
@@ddavidson5 - they weren't quite indestructible, but they were awfully close. The local Dodge dealership had a '71 D100 with the 225 & regular 4-speed that they used as a delivery/utility truck. Almost 350,000 miles on it when the dealership was sold in the late '90s, and the only thing they did was change the oil every 6 months, readjust valve lash if it really needed it, and occasionally things like brakes and tires. Still ran like a new engine, although the body was *really* rusted (South Dakota).
One mans “quirk” is another mans favorite design feature.
I wish my swinger could fit the amount of rubber that my duster can.
Team Plan Z
Unfinished Project Exactly.
I had a 73 when I was in high school that was lime green.
We took a 440 out of an old motor home , it wasn't the fastest car but man did she sound good.
I miss that car.
I had one of these with a 360 for a while. I didn't know this much about it. I had a Nova at the same time. I liked the Nova. Now I'm thinking I should have kept the Duster.
Factory 360 Dusters were made 74, 75, and 76. Same for Dart Sport.
I always liked the styling of the Duster Demon. It's very clean and simple. They have held up well and I wouldn't be embarrassed to drive one today..
*Im a Harley man these days, BUT, back in my teen years, I paid $300 bucks for a used KAWASAKI KH400, to my surprize, I became coolest kid in the hood!.... My KH400 rode like a Honda CB350 till you cracked the throttle, it was the most snappy ignorant bike Ive ever ridden pound for pound, ounce for ounce! .. Everybody heard me coming a block way, It Sounded like, a 671 supercharger going thru the traps at 8000 rpm or a Rabid Nado Rocket , was one crazy snappy ride!*
Redoing its baby brother at the moment 1973 S2A 350,can't wait to hear her growl again and have the young uns going what the hell is that !!!
I'm 58, and I have had over 100 cars since I was 14. I don't have many dreams at night, and seldom are there cars in my infrequent dreams, but the only car ever featured in them has been an average steely blue '70 Duster I owned for about a year right after getting out of high school. It had a slant six and three on the tree. It was so light and easy to drive, it felt like an extension of myself.
The reason for a vent hose is to take moisture and excess lint outside. Wait, I’m thinking about dryers. 😂
Good one....Thanks
I’m 56 years old and I have been reading, studying, lusting, driving , owning and repairing Mopars since I was 13 and I can’t hold a candle to what Tony knows about ‘em.
If ya put the candle in a candle holder ya might.
***** That part is a heat riser. *****
It is supposed to stop the carburetor throttle plates from icing up in low temperature, high humidity conditions. If ice forms on the throttle plates at low RPM, it can cut off air flow and the car can stall. It also helps the fuel to atomize better at low temperatures. It takes the warm air from around the exhaust manifold and directs it into the carburetor. There is a thermostatic spring connected to a door that rotates 90 degrees when the engine warms up and will now draw air from the cowl in the engine compartment.
It's actually the venturis that ice up. The ice forms in the air horn and acts as if the choke is closed, resulting in less air and more fuel being pulled through the carb. The heat tubes help, but I have found that the best way to prevent it is to convert to manual choke.
@@livewire2759 Yeah, you are right, it ices up in the venturis. It has been the early 90's since I have had a car with a carburetor. How does a manual choke prevent it? Are you saying that when the walls ice up you can manually open it up a little more to compensate? Or were you getting icing near the choke plate that was keeping it closed and couldn't overcome the spring tension of the choke thermostat? As far I I can remember, it was frosting over in the venturis at the throttle plates in my case, causing the engine to run rough at times. It seemed to me, this was causing a lack of enough airflow around the throttle plates. It simulated having the idle speed set too low. 😱 😠
@@brianevans6819 With my old trucks, it would ice up the top of the venturis at the bottom of the air horn. I even took the air cleaner off and looked in there to see exactly what was going on, it was just a layer of frost that built up, which basically makes the venturis smaller, which increases the vacuum in them, so it not only restricts air flow, it also causes it to pull in more fuel. So it doesn't take much to make the engine go way rich and flood out. Having a manual choke simply allows you to open the choke to compensate for it, just like your first suggestion. My trucks would start great, then run rich, then flood and die. The first thing that I actually did was convert to manual choke, which helped, but even in some cases, that wasn't enough, so I found the parts I needed to get the heat riser (GM called it "Auto-Therm") and it helped a lot. The next problem I had was that the "Auto-Therm" parts didn't work right (or not at all) in some cases, usually the valve in the air cleaner snorkel would not open to cold air, it would stay in the heat riser position. So on one of my trucks I actually turn over the air cleaner lid to get cold air during the summer, then I put it on the right way during the winter to use the heat riser. I also use a cable operated throttle for fast idle, and I'm considering adding a third cable to run the heat riser valve in the air cleaners.
Thanks, Captain Obvious. Tony obviously knows what it is, he was being affable and silly.
Interesting, on my car that little flap is connected by a vacuum line from the air box. No idea how that works and as far as I know, it doesn't, just made screws up with air-fuel mixture.
I learn SO MUCH from this man!! I bought my Feather Duster off a used car lot in 1985. I still own it. I'm the 2nd owner. I had a laugh about some of the things Tony mentions in this video. I have experienced many of these quirks, especially the side window quirkiness. As soon as I finished watching this video I ran out to the garage and looked at the track width difference and LOL'd! Yep, there it is! Many memories in this car. I drove it around as a primary driver for many, many years all over the country.
Very cool!
Please more of these type of videos! Educational and fun!!
When I was in high school, late '70s, my buddy got a 73 Duster 340. It was massaged and painted royal blue metallic. killer car. He still has that same Duster ,but it has been painted back to the stock lime green, still runs great! Lots of good memories there!
One of my favourite Mopar bodystyles... I've owned both a 71 and 72 Demon and a 75 Dart Sport. No Duster yet though... weird. 🤔
Agreed! I wish they had done the 4 door Dart and Valiant in this body style.
first thing i did with my demon was put b body discs on it and a b body rear, came out pretty good
but then with the 15x7 cop wheels i found, made it perfect
Dude that narrow rear end is great. When you throw on set of slots or cragars you could get the deep dish reversed wheels with 3.5-3.75 backspace on a 8 or 10 inch rim and stick on some N50s with some sky jacket shocks and you where styling.
Man I love it when I get home from work and there's a new UTG vid.
It gets me primed up for shop shenanigans after dinner !
My first car was a '74 Duster with 225 and 3 speed column shift. I drove it for 7 years.
I bought a 72 Nova 2 dr straight six years ago. Front tires were done so I borrowed some 15 x 3.5 drag lites with decent tires for the front. Had stock 14 inch with hubcaps on the back. Man I lent that thing out for weeks. Everyone loved that car. I put a junkyard truck HEI in it, it ran amazing. It looked stupid, but it was awesome. The best cars are the ones you drive.
When I was a kid my neighbor had a duster . I always remember the tornado 🌪️ with the eyes 👀 decal on the back ! 🤪
I have a 79 Volare Duster, and somebody airbrushed that on the side of the driver fender back in the early 90s. Car sure needs a paint job but I really don't wanna get rid of that unique piece. Considering getting a new fender just because I like it so much.
We had one of those. It was a "Gold Duster", but we called it the Ruster, because it was BAD. Dad dumped it pretty quick.
My first new car was a '72 Duster with the 225 and Torqueflite, with optional front manual disk brakes. I loved that car. Thanks for the happy memories!
We just drove my 74 Dusterfrom racine to Wisconsin dells for automotion, not one problem big block and all with constant rain 155 miles.
I had a kh 400 had a duster also. In the early 80s nobody wanted either of those things. I liked them.
Let me rephrase that. In the 80s alot of us didn't realize how special things like that were.
I've always loved that body style, despite the mismatched track widths.
My dad bought a '73 Gold Duster with 318/auto, snakeskin vinyl top, and Spacemaker package...which squeaked continuously!
Their snakeskin tops looked so good when all shined up.
alvon911 this was going to be my post.
I do believe that Uncle Tony gives the BEST reviews of old 60s-70s cars out there. Any you know a car is special when he puts one of those fancy new-fangled stove pipes on it!
I'm a Duster fan for sure! Thanks for the history lesson!
Great stuff. I know what that aluminium hose is for. It's supposed to bring manifold heat up to the carb to prevent freeze-ups while starting in winter.
Tony’s Duster takes me back to 1999; the old PlayStation game, “Driver”. Looks like a mad legit get away car! 😎👍
That rear shot makes it look like the Bluesmobile's younger brother. Beaten up, unassuming, yet some how... sinister...
I may be a female. I have made my mistakes. I learn from others and from my mistakes. I even learned to check everything. Including stablization bars. Everything. I now know what to look for. How to determine the truths about vehivles. Everything. And I am still learning. So I want to thank you for helping me learn even more.
Get a mid 60's bbody 8 3/4 puts it perfectly in place. I have a 67 gtx rear end.
My last Duster (of the 4 that I've owned) was a 1972 340 auto, B5 inside and out. The different track of the A-bodies always bothered me, but not enough to alienate my love for them. That last Duster had factory Rally wheels and I fit them with 70/14/215 and 70/14/245 Goodyears, which helped reduce the weirdness of the offset track.
Suzuki TL1000R FTW!!! I've had two. 👍🏻
I love the mediocre/non-hotrod stuff. So much fun to hear what things were like in the 60s and 70s. A duster with a 318 and a four speed would be awesome to cruise around in. Wish I had one. Thanks uncle Kathy and uncle Tony!
I love my 1970 340 duster.
My 71 340 Duster is a fun 12 second street/strip car.
I had a 71 Demon 340 back in 72 and I noticed some Demons on the dealership lots that had the twin hood scoops just like some of the Dusters had.
Mine did not have the scoops.I used Cragar SS wheels with an offset to the outside so the tires fit the wheel well better.
Hee. I never cared for Cragars on Dusters, but I did similar with American Racing baby moon steelies. (I didn't have a brake fade issue so I wasn't too worried about cooling em till I could get hold of appropriate slots or Torquethrusts. ) Sometimes I wonder where all the Cragar SS'es went, though. They used to be all over the place, on almost everything. :)
My '75 Duster wouldn't have looked right with the cool scoops from the flatter-nose version, so what I wanted to do was actually put in a couple of the flat grille thingies from a Le Baron Turbo and paint em to match just to vent the hood a bit. (It tended to catch air at speed: the real reason I put hood pins in. :) )
Re: Front and rear track widths- I used to think the reason the reason the wheels looked wonky was chrysler knew people were going to put in a different offset wheel in the back, to fill in the space.....now I’m thinking it was what people did to fix the problem🤣
WOW! I forgot all about the Feather Duster! I was like twelve when an older cousin got a new one in I think 77. It was a total riot of a car! That slant-six thing was actually scary! And the decal/paint package was comical. I loved that car! Blue and white, outside and inside. Those goofy wheel covers. Thanks for refreshing some very forgotten memories!
Them some Loud ass cicadas! Sounds like snake scene from beetlejuice !
It’s like they’re running the camera
@@Lowclef Omg it's the middle of the night and you two are gonna make me wake my husband up laughing lol.
Thanks for the encouragement. I have to find all the internal door hardware and glass for both sides of the 73 Dart Sport. Mine was all there and worked 100%, but someone decided to take every last piece out and throw it all away before discovering he didn’t know how to do Lexan windows. I think I’ll do them Super Stock style and forego the regulators, but it’s still a job.
When selling parts for them at Classic Industries .. I trained my co workers to ask if it's a square body or Duster Dart body .. when 70 and up Dart was the Question, hahaha
As the 20-year owner of a Demon, that's a pet peeve of mine. Lots of catalogs don't list Demon so you have to say Dart. Same goes for insurance companies, they don't think a Demon exists and you've gotta convince them or tell them it's a Dart-Demon.
@@GreeceUranusPutin trust me I feel you.. I own 68 Darts, Twins both model 270, both California built, both slant6, her is still, and mine now has 318.. I just love A Bodies, all of them, and have Tons of respect for Your Demon.. the Demon Emblem was my screen saver.. I know you understand why, in my training of Not Car Folks.. in order to help them, help you.. I do miss the Job for the cool customers that love their car's, but I didn't get along with HR.. the Vice President of Classic Industries lives up the street from where I rent, still says hi, Yells Mopar man at me.. weird world.. peace Brother
@@AtZero138 HR ruined this country's productivity.
@@mr.gutwrench Thank you so Much Brother.. Seriously I've been yelling Defund HR..
I am currently working on a 74 duster with the avocado gold paint.I know what you mean on how fun those cars are. I never grew up in the 60's or 70's but I wish I did hopefully one of these days I can send photos about it.
Duster, Demon, Dart Sport...
Love 'em!
Uncle Tony, it always amazes me the depth of knowledge you have for the old Chryslers about their design, engineering, marketing and history makes me appreciate the content of your channel.
First time I've watched one of this guy's videos. I took one look at him and thought "this is either going to be the greatest thing ever or it'll be terrible...well, I'm a subscriber now so we know how that turned out.
Almost nobody knows who Tony Defaeo really is.
I wasn't sure I was going to really like this channel. With so many "car" channels out there..
Here I am 10 videos in. Loving every minute too! Rock on Uncle Tony!
Always love the duster never had one closest I ever got was a 79 Aspen coupe with no vinyl top loved it still my favorite was my first and second generation Dakotas
I had a Duster, a friend wanted it so I sold it to him. I had a 79 Aspen coupe with a super six, put a lot of miles on it. My first gen Dakota i bought brand new was a pos. I will never, ever buy another manual trans again. Never!
Uncle Tony is just a cool genuine man's man!
I love how excited he gets at the end when he tells us about something he's never installed b4. He's great
We have a Twister 🌪 that was imported into Australia 🇦🇺. People can’t believe it’s a “compact”
KInda was when it was built, really. It'd be great to get hold of a Twister, though, ...it's got all the goodies to not have to hunt down and if you want a 4-speed, swap ready. :)
Compared to a Newport or NewYorker it's compact.
My grandpa owned 2 dusters loved it my cousin hated getting dropped of at school in early 80 at school what a great car it was a 3 spd on floor he taught me how to do plumbing and weld never forget that was a different generation let’s keep it going guys go mopar thanks uncle tony
I have 70 Duster with a 360 4 speed b body 8 3/4 rear it's fun
That would be a lot of fun!
I had a 73 Duster, slant 6, w\ buckets and center console and a 75 Duster. Loved both of those bulletproof babies.
The slant six is so good, it's addicting.
Decades ago, before rat rods unfortunately became a thing, I saw a Dodge rat rod with a Slant Six -- Looked like about Model T era -- at the big show in Syracuse
Cliffords is still around. They make som serious muscle parts for those slant sixes. Three deuces or two four barrels. Lots of different high Po stuff.
Indeed. Had one in a 1983 Dodge RAM D150 for 24 years and it served me well ~ had to sell it due to current economic downturn brought to the USA by the C0vid-19 pLandemic.
I drive my diesel Lincoln way more than makes sense. /6 turbo diesel, auto OD trans, and its just a joy. 115 hp, so its not fast, but its smooth and happy at ~60. Perfect for cruising on the 2 lane. Its a goofy body style that didn't sell, the diesel version is stupid rare (1505 made), and mine is far from pristine but it makes me smile when I drive it.
"It's the Al Bundy car - it got no respect." 1:30
Wouldn't that make it the Rodney Dangerfield of cars?
I didn't apparently watch that show enough to know there was a Duster in it. But I've loved them since I got to know mine in the Eighties. (And no, a beige Duster was not the cool thing everyone wanted, even the musclecar magazines only seemed to talk about cramming big blocks and headers in there, (which I think ruins the balance completely, ...I've been a smallbock ga since the demise of my slant, which I'd intended on kinda just doing a bigger carb and intake and some exhaust and maybe a cam, probably a manual swap, which I did when that's what my donor car with the 318 came with, ;) )
Anyway, that Duster's kind of affected my *style* a lot. I don't *really* make sleepers, I like to make cars that get the second glance from those in the know when they see the spunky wheels and how they sit and sound. :) I didn't have tons of power with the slant but I did suspension and handling first, so I could out-handle even some of those Euro cars, especially in the snow or rain. :) (the boys mighta had V-8s or expensive other things, but occasionally in snowy parking lots I'd kinda show up after they did a bit of wheel-spinning like it was burnouts, I'd pull up and make the beige Duster do ballet on ice. The balance was so perfect I could do a static 360 like clock hands, then go where I wanted. :) (Unbeknownst to some, parking lot drifting in the snow was the winter sport for some of us. :) )
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Good ol' William remains pertinent in UTG vids.
Don’t forget happy Gilmore drove a dart sport in the movie.
Except that Al Bundy only said he had a Dodge. Sure, the producers used a Duster when they needed a car for the show but...
A web search should turn up info on this topic.
On my wife's account. And had a 68' barracuda made in late 67' handed down when my dad died 13 years ago. I appreciate this video- to me its a wellspring of information regarding availability of parts. To be completely honest I've loved that car since I was a small child. My mom let me have it when he passed. And I'm starting the process of getting it restored. So thank you, there's just something about Plymouth, I don't think their design could ever be replicated.
Hi Uncle Tony....your imposter, "Uncle Toby" from Indiana has a Volare
My first car was a 71 Duster, 225 slant 6 auto, plumb crazy purple. Drove it hard and never had a breakdown. One great little motor! Due to the original paint pealing in 76 we repainted to match the Sundance Kid drag car ( flame orange/ canary yellow with black pinstripes) had hundreds of people asking to check out under the hood while I worked at the local Standard station. Missed the Duster so much, I picked up a really nice 71 4 years ago with a 318 in it. It’s my summer time daily driver. Sure enjoy you sharing your endless wealth of Mopar information!
sweet ride Al Bundy!
I miss my '72. Watching you go over this one makes me want mine back... 😢 Quirks and all!!!
So what color is it gonna be? I was literally typing this when you said you ordered paint for it.
I think green...but we will see.
I'm sure he'll paint it pink, not that there's anything wrong with that.
The reason I said green, is because its green under the hood. "At any rate", he can paint it any color he wants.
British Racing Green.
I can’t believe I watched this whole video about Dusters.
You do a great job Uncle Tony, that’s all I can say.
You know what that tube does, your yanking our chains.
The warm air supply for cold morning starts.
Yeah. And it’s to prevent carb icing in freezing weather I believe.
@@mikejohns3104 he even has the vacuum line off it just to troll us.
You cannot know how happy it makes me that Tony loves the 400 triple 2-stroke. I'm literally hours from finishing the rebuild on mine. Pure joy on wheels.
Magazines at the time hated it because the fashion at the time was sandwiched between Easy Rider and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Muscle cars were dead and they wanted to kill sport bikes too. One review stated, *The KH400 isn't good for much else, but it sure is fun to ride.* Perfect! That's exactly what I'm looking for in a motorcycle. It doesn't collate your documents, it doesn't cook pasta, it doesn't fertilize your garden, but it sure is fun to ride.
HEY Tony. I was walking around my farm and I found my father in laws car. A 70 Valiant Duster. 340. He said I could have it if I could drive it out. The motor has been sitting wrapped in a piece of tin 10 feet from it in the bush.
It looks like you should haul that engine home and go through that then bring it back to the car to drive the car out of there. Congrats. Great opportunity to get a nice car.
@@RBCharger I'm kind of invested in a 64 Polara 440 4 speed.
Get to wrenching son them things is worth money! 340 is the giant killer! Good luck
Hell..... Get it running and I'll buy it. Legit.
I’ll come get it running to drive out. You keep the car and I’ll keep the 340. Let me know.
I feel your love for the Duster. Had a 56 Chev 4dr 235cid. six cyl. three speed on the col. in mid 70's that I had same love for... some cars just fit your life in a specific time and space ... rescued from a farm... was used for checking fence lines... engine was smoking enough to kill every mosquito in a radius of 100 miles. Bought for $50.00 ... used engine bought for $5.00 and a 12 pack O' suds. Four new bias ply 14" tires. Thought the springs were shot... frame was packed solid with black earth... pressure washed frame ... car sat at factory stance.. springs rose like inflating airbags as the dirt exited the frame. Drove that car daily for ten years . Sold after getting married. No regrets for moving on to other cars. Thanks for sharing UT.. best to you and yours.
"I dont even know what the damn thing does!" 🤣 god damn your funny man. Then you get guys trying to educate you when your clearly joking! 🤣😂🤣😂
I had a 74 duster in 1982, 1st car paid 400.00 bucks for it. It smoked real bad, high mileage. But I always thought the frame was bent and it dog tracked. But your explanation of the rear end explained that problem.
I'm going to look at a 74 Hornet right now
Good luck... I had a new "74 Hornet Hatchback with the 258ci I6. auto&AC
Great car that towed U Haul trailers cross country.. should have kept it.
Did you get it?
Try getting a 71 sc 360 car. Good luck finding one though
@@kerrisheets958 Wasn't one of those in a James Bond movie with Roger Moore & viscous alligators? ;]
@@slant6guy That was an AMC AMX in the Bond film you speak. Probably a 390 ci version. And no, It wasn't a Ford 390 like a lot of people thought AMC put in them. It was AMCs venture into making a Bad Ass muscle car engine. And it was Bad Ass. But they failed to have any aftermarket parts for the engines to make it even faster like real hotroders wanted .
@@johnaverick7468 an AMC was in a bond movie? That's awesome. Never knew that
I had a '73 with a 318 - 2bbl carb. That cardboard like, silver flex hose is more for cold climates. When the engine is cold, it's suppose to suck warm air off the exhaust manifold up into the air cleaner. When the engine is warm a flap closes and air gets drawn in the normal way. Mine had the ram air from the air cleaner bowl ducted under the battery tray. Awesome video, brought back a lot of memories.
at any rate, now i know why the Duster will accept a large wheel and tire combination in the rear wheelhouse.....and aghh!! Chrysler heat-risers were noisy and always rattled.
Everything rattled.....🙃😰😵
I never realized that the Duster had the same or similar offset from front to reat. I built a 72 Duster with a 360 and a 727. I found an 8 3/4 rear for it which fit perfectly for an even track. I was told it was an A body rear. I wonder if the A body 8 3/4 rears were actually B body rears. I put the same size wheels and tires on the front and rear. and set the car at the same height on both ends. I had Centerline wheels on it as they were the only wide after market wheels made that would fit the 4" bolt pattern. With the 4" bolt pattern on the 8 3/4 rear it had to have been an actual A body rear but had a wider track than the 7 1/4? I don't know. Some strange things were done as UT has said. I did my Duster back in '96 long before they became popular. I am totally Mopar but I always thought the Ford Maverick would make another cool hot rod.
@@karlbishop7481 maverick did too...dude back home relocated the shock towers out and dropped a dual-quad 428 SCJ down in 1.
It is just a joy to hear you speak about the duster /demon . One of my top 3 favorite cars. Your deep knowledge fascinates me. Keep up the great work uncle Tony!
Every video needs you throwing a cigarette away followed by a huge explosion.
Yeah he needs to edit in a nuke shot.....good laughin
I have a 74 Duster with the slant six, 3 speed auto, manual all around drum brakes and steering. It’s yellow with minimal rust, it’s all straight and all chrome is mint. Love my car!
I had that exact car back when I was in the army. 74 Duster, 225, 3 speed, power steering, manual brakes, dark green paint. It was a great car.
ive had a 73 340 duster for 15 years --- ive learned so much from uncle tony on this video and the other video where he busted the scammer selling the red mismatched one ----- thank you for the amazing videos and information
I had a 76 duster back in the 80's brings back memories, awesome video!
I had a 1970 340 Duster.The glove box lid had a Valiant badge.That car was fun,a force to be reckoned with at the local drag strip.
Tony,
I love this topic. I have 2 of them myself. You forgot the silver Duster. I remember, about 30 years ago, seeing this beautiful '72 Duster Twister in my home town. It was painted the special Green that was available around St. Patricks day. It had the scoops on the hood and I admired it when ever I saw it. It was proudly driven by an elderly woman at the time. I had a '72 but it was a plain Duster with the 225/auto. What I liked about mine was the color combo, Spinnaker White with the B5 blue interior. I eventually added striping to spruce it up. Thanks Uncle Tony and Kathy!!!
I never noticed it before but looking at the difference in front/rear track width reminds me of the 1988-97 (or so) GM 4x4 pickups. I know that most, if not all 4x4s have a wider front track but it's REALLY noticable on those GM trucks. Another thing I noticed about the Duster is the fuel fill location. While most cars of that era still had it behind the rear license plate (or in the general vicinity), the Duster fills on the driver side quarter panel.
Thats inspired by the fast car culture of the day for quick fillups on a pit stop . And on fast take offs it didn't spill fuel like the typical type of the day.
I learned more in that short video about the history of weird body quirks that I did in all of Roadkill
Entertaining and informative video. My parents had a '68 Barracuda 340/4 speed and a '73 Duster 225/auto. I remember the rear track on the Duster looked too narrow for the body. Brings back fun memories!
I had a 1974 gold duster. A california car with (and) a stock sun roof. Firecracker red, white highback buckets, auto on floor. Big block, hooker fenderwell headers. Dana rear sure-grip. Built but streetable. This thing was fast folks. Let me know if you might have been passed by it back in the day. YES it was a big block.
I have always wondered why they had a wider track front end and narrower rear end! Another great informative Mopar lesson from Uncle Tony! My God I love these videos !!
that corrugated tube is a heat riser so the carb dont freeze up on cold starts. the door in the snorkel of the air cleaner is thermostatically controlled with the early ones being bi metal spring with vaccum pull off. about 1972 they started being all vaccuum control with a sender in the head. with the manifold being away from the engine they were prone to freezing up the carb. i've seen them completely iced over.
My first car was a ‘74 Duster. Slant 6, blue passenger door on a brown body. Rear bumper was a 3” steel pipe with a hitch attached. Loved that car.
I’ve owned 3 now. ‘70, ‘72 (318) & ‘74
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Dusters. I suggest forest green, beige, or that coppery bronze brown. :)
I was able to fill the wheel wells half-decently with like 245/14s on chrome steelies with the right offset in back there on mine. :) (I was planning to go a bit taller once I had all the gearing set up,: there'd be room for wider especially if you roled the inner fenders but I had the right balance of grip for what I was doing, (Namely making a Duster handle very well, :) )
Also I suspect Uncle Crystal should be prepared to get psyched for an intro to Duster magic. :)
Some old pickups had a wider track than rear too. I heard it was to not get stuck as easy. Not sure tho.