1972 Duster Benchmark unrestored vehicle sold for $75k + auction fees

[@davemoore9959]

Very correct car. However, a few things need to be pointed out. According to the fender tag this vehicle was built stripe delete. V88 denotes rear transverse stripe delete. V68 denotes side stripe delete. Those 340 call outs are 73 only. I believe the plug wires are NOS date code correct not assembly line. This particular car was born with black sidewall E-70 14's code T77 and would be found at bottom of build sheet. Also of note is the heater blower motor which was painted black on a smooth motor casing which led to the paint falling off very shortly after vehicle delivery due to very poor adhesion. Traces of this black paint can be found in crevices at end of motor. Nice to see the painted coolant bypass hose still intact, the blue anodized ECU signifying built in rev limiter for manual cars. Automatics got the gold anodized unit. One can only wonder if the idle stop solenoid continues to function since they were notorious for the plunger sticking after just a few months. This device was installed to combat engine run on or "dieseling" after engine was shutoff by allowing the primary butterflies to close completely. The "25" decal on power brake booster is often mistaken as the last 2 digits of the booster. It is actually the last 2 digits of the master cylinder. One other area to note is the "welded" washer center face of K frame which can be found on every 72 Duster340 which told workers it was to be a "340" K-frame due to the standard sway bar brackets. Thanks for posting Dave!

[@4spdragtop]

Thanks for chiming in Dave! Appreciate your knowledge. Very cool car!

[@johncornell3665]

You dont see something like this very often. Thanks for presenting

[@moparnut6286]

Can't wait for more reference info on the A body's.

[@jimklees1309]

It's worth what someone will pay for it in the end.👍

[@capricetony]

Love to know the history on this one, my first car was a 1972 Duster 318 in Winchester Gray, only color rarer than that was black.

[@joedepoto]

And my car GF3 Amber Sherwood Metallic is the most common!😮

[@kjkiely4101]

Excellent- I noticed this doesn’t have the cowl to fender braces like I asked you about. Interesting!

[@tbd-1]

I don't think those came into being until 1973. My '72 didn't have them.

[@KetchLambier]

I had a 72 Ruster 340. The drivetrain was top notch, the car completely rusted away to nothing. I'll say this, 240hp my ass. truly closer to 275-280. The 72s could still scoot, and the front grill is cool.

[@r.hill.2369]

Love the level of originality. What a find!

[@PecanRanch]

That is a gem

[@briantate401]

Dont find them like this every day some never see one in a life time and yes please more A bodys i wouldnt take all the money in the world for the few im blessed with calling mine thanks for showing this one

[@donhathaway3234]

O way that’s the original ballast resistor! 😁

[@KennethPatterson-he6qp]

Beautiful beautiful. Car. I bought a. 73. 340. 4 spd. Stock no headers 650. Spread bore. Stock. Manifolds 81/4. Open rear. Air. Shocks. Stock as. Stock can be but just wasn't fast enough.so. I took my. College. Money not knowledge to my mother. Uncle taught me how to pull the engine tranny. 4 spd in one shot of course no hood. Took. Motor. Completely apar took it too. S& R machine. Shop on. Francis. Lewis. Blvd bored new pistons crank new bearings almost made a big booboo. They micked

[@KennethPatterson-he6qp]

Continue miked the motor up with the wrong cam. I had a little cam. I put in 13.1. Pistons and. A. Chrysler grind. 509 lift crane. Lifters and triple valve spring s. While. Putting the motor together. My. Uncle. Will found the pistons hitting the newly ported 202 160 valve Chrysler head. He took out the copper head gasket and put in a little thicker. Chrysler. Head gasket nexed. Hi volume oil pump and fuel pump. To top it all off. I ordered the whole. 6. Pack set up with ball bearing. Linkage. Listen to this. I ordered the whole set up from the now. Defunct. Gratiot auto supply for.

[@KennethPatterson-he6qp]

Continued and I got a 509. Chrysler cam the. 6 pack cost me. $ 199.99 no wonder they are now closed. What happened. The. Valve were going to hit the pistons so my. Uncle put in a thicker gasket. He passed a junkyard in. Spring field. Gardens the were pulling a 73 340. Duster automatic in the junkyard missing only tires and rims. Same car he asked to look under it theny said yes. It had. A. Posi unit. Super. Stock. Springs. My uncle asked. How much for it. $200.00. Dollars he took it we dropped the whole unit in my car. We started the car up. 3 am in my mom's driveway my uncle hacked up the length of the driveway. Bro he side stepped the clutch at. 7200. That. Duster picked the wheels up he almost took down the pear tree NY mom came out yelling. Why is that car jumping off the car. I said ask. Uncle. Will. Well the legend of the yellow and. Black. Duster was started in South Jamaica. Thanks

[@bobgrim9605]

duster side stripe was a Twister feature only

[@dirtlump]

I own a 1969 Charger R/T SE / X9 Black /V1X / V88 in very similar unrestored fine original condition on a B23 '68 build date, and I have enjoyed the learning curve I've gained following along with your video authentications. Suffice to say.... thus far all I've been able to find not original on mine is the Alternator dates from later in 1969 ? so probably changed early on, albeit, still with the original 'circle' rear brg in place. Curious as to the usage of the term 'benchmark' example added to survivor ? and wondering at what percentage of originality that applies, but guessing 100% ?

[@will7its]

Could use some video of the whole car....otherwise very nice

[@wiliamkirkpatrick1532]

Fuel line does not appear to be original.

[@JeffLeblanc-xb7qe]

I was looking at a friends today not same it looks identical but was a 71 and I wasn’t all original coded like this but his was far nicer in my opinion and 30 thou not 77 that crazy money for this car but I guess if I’m paying 77 it’s not going to be a duster I got a 71 dart I’m putting a 440 in and it isn’t obviously original but I’ll have a nice car for prob 15 if not less wen I’m done and I guess if your looking for all the hoses and this and that to be right I think this car would be more like 40 in my mind but different strokes for different folks it’s nice but not to me bench seat column shift I don’t know I don’t see 77000 ther I’ve could prob buy a hemi car for that price

[@JorgePalomo-u2u]

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[@christopher5585]

I love Mopar A Bodies, but $83k ? The new owner will not get anything close to what he paid for it when he wants to sell. The fact that this 340 Duster has been garage stored and unabused for 50+ years is the main reason for it's high price.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Not worth $75K dollars. That car is a torsion bar front end car. This car didn't cost $5K dollars brand new. What a rip off.

[@scotttracey3748]

Not worth $75K dollars. Maybe $25 k that's all it's worth.

[@Lakeman3211]

And the original battery is still working!

[@harryjohnson8605]

Amazing. So many of these Duster were Saturday night disaster. Junk yard scrap.

[@ronalbanesi1594]

lol junk 75 grand ur nuts 😅

[@christopher5361]

Cool car but a 21K mile Chrysler product is basically a 3 year-old hamster. They used the bare minimum amount of metal and plastic to hold them together. You better be careful opening both doors of a convertible at the same time.

[@pauldecker3218]

I guess I should worry that my 69 Barracuda will fall apart.

[@ronwade2206]

😅🎉😂 whee!