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1974 Plymouth Duster Restomod Video V8TV V8 Speed & Resto Shop
Plymouth Dusters are interesting members of the Muscle Car world. They came in late to the game, with the first models appearing in 1970 and running until 1976. Anyone who knows the history of the fuel crisis of the early 1970s, rising insurance rates for fast cars, and new emission controls choking out performance understands the timing. The good thing is that today, the Duster is a great platform to personalize, like this clean 1974 Duster that came to visit the V8 Speed & Resto Shop.
Dusters are light-weight cousins of the Dodge Dart, and they share many of the suspension and mechanical parts with the Dart. This one was born with a 318 and a 2 barrel carb, but now sports a built 360 V8, even though the stickers say 340. The suspension was beefed up with performance strut rods, shocks, and a sway bar, and it has disc brakes up front with an 8 1/4" rear end.
The stock ‘74 360 made 245 HP, but this one has been modified with a performance cam, aluminum heads and intake, headers, performance ignition, and a Demon carb. The V8 Speed crew tuned the carb with an oxygen sensor and a wideband air / fuel meter to dial-in the air / fuel ratio for snappy performance.
This Duster features a 4-speed manual transmission with a bench seat for a street-racer feel, and a custom dash houses Auto Meter gauges. The suspension has been rebuilt, and the car feels like a much bigger car going down the road. The original blue color is set off by the chrome bumpers and Mopar Rallye wheels.
Rowing a bench-seat 4-speed behind a torquey small block is great fun, and this car delivers with performance and a great exhaust note that never gets old. The V8 Speed & Resto Shop team performed many repairs and upgrades on this cool Duster, enhancing the reliability and performance for more driving fun.
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The sound of V8 engine..... pure Americana
For me the best sound!!!❤️
...and I'm not even from the States.
My High School parking lot had its share of these, back in the day. I was never especially drawn to Mopar, but it's great to see them being saved, upgraded, and enjoyed!
My first car I bought was a 1974 Plymouth Duster 360 4-barrel from a fellow Air Force member. I loved it, white with black stripes and a half vinyl roof. I lived in Omaha, Nebraska the winters are cold and unforgiving. My car was destroyed while driving over a ice ridden Hill and a car was blocking two lanes. I slid into that car and basically totaled my favorite car. That was the last time I had a Mopar car until 2015 when I bought a 2015 dodge charger SXT. Now, I just purchased A 2020 dodge charger Daytona. I came back home to the Mopar family.
Those were fantastic days !!
Awesome! I need to build my model of a 340 Duster.
This is really nicely done - wish it was mine.
A real beauty!
1974? The rear tail light panel is a 1970-1972. Front grill isn’t a 1974 it’s 1970 so is the bumper and hood
70 to 71.
70-71
wrong 72 had longer taillight panels cause the reverse light lenses were longer this is exactly a 71
As a hardcore Nova fan, I love the Dusters of this body style. On the 73-74 Nova’s, I believe that “resto-mod” is the only way to go because nobody in their right mind would leave those years in stock form. If you modify the bumpers, build a healthy engine, and mini-tub the 73-74’s, you will end up with one of the most beautiful cars in existence. I am currently building a 74 Nova SS, but I showed one (years ago) that was always the crowd favorite. At each show, there was always a crowd around that car that would make the owners of the more-collectible cars jealous.
Love this car. I got my License with a 72 Duster!!! This car is Mopar Wonderful!!!
Dusters are the Best- light weight- sized right- factory disc brakes and electronic ignition in 74!
Even the body was modified to look like a 1971 model.... cool!
Beauty!
Super awesome beautiful car
Honestly can't get no better im drooling over that car i had one but rusty it was a beast
Restoration muscle car of the week absolutely love it keep bringing them!! I get in my muscle car of the week on Fridays and then my restoration car of the week on the weekends!
1970 Duster 340 lemon twist yellow. My brother bought one in say 1974. What a car he inserted a four speed and traction bars. The sound of that idle there never will be any finer. He was a high school kid then a Chevy cost 2,200 dollars 300hp. Several years after high school he sold it. You know the poor decision making decisions of young people. The car was responsibly sold but he sold it to a dirt bag and it was destroyed.
Al Bundy’s dream car!
Great looking & sounding car. Real nice job👌🏻
Wait what ? A 360 posing as a 340 born from a 318 in what might be a 1974 imitating a 1970 ?
Lol, every Mopar Nut is confused beyond belief,,, no worries, me thinks the owner was drunk when he built this...
If that is a 74 duster which it could be it has a 1970 duster front end hood and grill assembly and a 70 duster tail light assembly and bumper on it. I've been rebuilding and restoring dusters for over 40 years good thing about the 73 and up dusters they use larger upper ball joints bigger rear brake drums
Beautiful
I was waiting for this car you were late to post it
my first car was a 74 duster with the slant six and while this duster looks and sounds great it doesnt have the front grill or rear lights of a 74 it is a beautiful car though
Fabulous car! I love it.
Nice, it’s Beautiful
What's the story with the 340 stickers on a 360 that was originally a 318?
Mopar daze and confuse.. I bet Mark Worman did it!! hehe
@@Formulabruce I had a Firebird Formula in highschool. 1978 with OEM 350 Chevy.
Nice car. Not much 74 stuff on it tho.
Talk about COOLING Failure @ 1:28 . No aftermarket place invented the Fan Shroud, the Factory engineers did, 'cause it works! Otherwise, I like the car.. Kev, your Riv would Overheat with this cooling set up...
Great stance
Are we NOT Talking about how they made a “74” look like a 71. I have a 70, that is NOT a 74.
What is it?
exactly it is most definitely a 71
My brother in law had a modified 340,13 and a half to one,4-speed,4:88’s that was mean!Kept blowing head gaskets but it beat the 11 second camaro of my other brother in law by a half a car or a fender sometimes.
What headers were put on that duster?
Everybody overlooks the 340 Dusters.
Did the dude change out front and rear ends with a 1970 model? That's not a natural 1974 model.
No 340 in 74
Unless the front clip and rear tail light panel was changed, that's not a '74.
I think the 360 engine is a 74
Yeah wth? They changed the front clip/deck lid and tail panel?
It doesn't have 74 doors either
That's not a '74 . It's a '70-72. Better double check. I know by the flat front end and tail lights. I know because i have a ' 75 duster with a 360 4 speed and v-gate shifter. That's a lot of work to change all that stuff over. Why not just find a 70 -72 car ? Just wondering. Looks good anyway. 👍
This '74 has had some body changes, like the nose, for example. Good eye!
Nice ride! NOT A 74’ Duster though. He keeps saying it’s a 74. This a 71 or 72 duster. In 73 the grills and tail lights look nothing like this. Even hood looked different.
My dream car....imjsayn
i like the car..but that 80's era video game steering wheel has got to go
Bench seats meant your sweetie slide over during cruising...
I wouldn’t trust you guys, lmfao 😂.
Either somebody committed extreme body mods or that, my friend, is a 1970 Plymouth Duster...not 1974.
It is in fact a '74 (6th VIN digit 4).
So I guess someone did commit to putting a front and rear clip from a 70-71 Duster then.
@@Korican1133 Probably just changed the dash assembly and fender tag, its just that simple with a Mopar
It’s not a 74 it a 70 look at the tail lights and the grill the 74 has a pointed grill and different tail lights
71
Modern gauges ruined the experience
71 not 74
70 or 71
Performance strut rods? WTH is that ? These came with shocks not struts.
To claim its a 340 when its a 360 is pretty lame as is claiming its a 74 when it has a 70 front and back end.
All that time and money spent he couldn't put an 8 3/4 rear end in it ? He must not get on it hard from a dig if the 8 1/4 is still in it.
These cars have a straight lower control arm with a reaction or strut rod. This one now has tubular strut rods with heim joints. The custom sheetmetal was changed a long time ago, and the car wasn't built for the drag strip, so the rear is holding up just fine. But who knows, maybe it will be changed in the future. The current 360 runs harder than an original 340, and the owner digs it, and that's what matters, no? Thanks for the feedback.
This guy has no clue what year this duster is.
1974?how did you come up with that?next time do your research so your not just talking out of your ass and i won’t tell you exactly what year it is which i most certainly know i’ll leave that up to you cause you should know this already you’re a professional
Super awesome beautiful car
Beautiful