1970 Plymouth Duster, green like the truck in the first picture, bought in 1984, when I was 19
Came with a 225, but we put in a built 360 w/340 J heads, and a custom reverse pattern manual 904 transmission a couple of years later.
Lots of fun tearing it up in Brooklyn NY with that baby during the mid 1980s !!!
Bench seat too, always fun shifting with a girl sitting in the middle
*as a side note, I still have that drivetrain to this car, along with a 1971 Duster body - which I've owned since late 1986 after I wrecked my 70 on the BQE, but the shop I was working at in Bay Ridge [G.C. Performance] lost it's lease, so I kept the 70 going for as long as I could, till 93 where between the twisted unibody and another broken torque converted - I had enough and bought a brandy new 93 Jeep, which served me well till it had to be junked due to severe rust among other things... maybe not quite two years ago.
I keep saying I'm going to put the 71 on the road, but I'm figuring at least $25k to make that happen - probably closer to $35k... because everything needs to be done over, as my drivetrain has been sitting since 1996....
Problem is i just bought a new project car, a 2002 Monte Carlo SS that's black with the checkered flags on the sides, along with some cool options.
That one should only cost about $10k to get where I want it.
I love these threads, because the older cars - and trucks - were just so much better and easier to work on than what's made today.
Like, my 70 Duster has a mechanical dual point distributor, and a Holly carb with mechanical secondaries - so no vacuum lines !!
Brakes were manual, so was the steering... you opened up the hood, and it was a dream to work on.
My old 79 C-10 truck was/is the same way, but that's off the road - probably for good.
I envy those posting here, all of the older rides were/are so much more beautiful than what I started with !!