v8440
Well-known member
Hi all,
John (wontgetdusted) and I went riding yesterday, looking for two dusters his dad had told him about. We found them parked around the side of a repair shop. As it turns out, the owner was willing to sell, so I struck a deal yesterday and came back today to get them. One is a '73, the other is a '74. Both are /6 auto cars, and both have 4 wheel drum brakes. Now, here's where it gets kinda weird for me:
Both have small bolt pattern wheels. I thought that ended in '72. Then, to make it even weirder, when I took them to where I store all my stuff, which is a field out in the country. Many other old mopars are there, and I happened to notice that a '74 duster belonging to someone else has the small bolt pattern too! That car is a disk brake car. At this point I was thoroughly confused, so I went and checked the bolt pattern on my '76 feather duster. Small pattern there too! (?)
Have I been completely misunderstanding the rules concerning bolt patterns on a bodies for years? What gives?
Oh, on my new dusters-I did not have a camera with me. Neither runs, neither is beat to hell either. There's almost certainly a good pair of fenders between the two of them, and maybe a 3rd one with a little welding and grinding. The trunk floor in one of them is PERFECT as far as I could see. The other came without keys, and I haven't had time to break in to the trunk through the backseat yet.
John (wontgetdusted) and I went riding yesterday, looking for two dusters his dad had told him about. We found them parked around the side of a repair shop. As it turns out, the owner was willing to sell, so I struck a deal yesterday and came back today to get them. One is a '73, the other is a '74. Both are /6 auto cars, and both have 4 wheel drum brakes. Now, here's where it gets kinda weird for me:
Both have small bolt pattern wheels. I thought that ended in '72. Then, to make it even weirder, when I took them to where I store all my stuff, which is a field out in the country. Many other old mopars are there, and I happened to notice that a '74 duster belonging to someone else has the small bolt pattern too! That car is a disk brake car. At this point I was thoroughly confused, so I went and checked the bolt pattern on my '76 feather duster. Small pattern there too! (?)
Have I been completely misunderstanding the rules concerning bolt patterns on a bodies for years? What gives?
Oh, on my new dusters-I did not have a camera with me. Neither runs, neither is beat to hell either. There's almost certainly a good pair of fenders between the two of them, and maybe a 3rd one with a little welding and grinding. The trunk floor in one of them is PERFECT as far as I could see. The other came without keys, and I haven't had time to break in to the trunk through the backseat yet.
