PLYMOUTH DUSTER H CODE “BARN FIND”

Picked up this “Barn find” (more like driveway find) 1973 340 Four speed to go along with my other Duster. It was last inspected/on road in 1996 and I have been trying for years to get this car, sending letters/leaving notes etc. and they finally called me to sell it. #mopar #car #viral #automobile #barnfind #video #classiccars #musclecar #restoration #moparornocar

[@leefogel2240]

This is a very cool find! Certainly worth restoring…I’m glad that you saved it!

[@Drivewaytohell]

They definitely ain’t making them anymore so we have to save the ones we can.🤘

[@leefogel2240]

@@Drivewaytohell amen!

[@chipps1066]

I'm sure there were not many H-code 340 Dusters built in 73 especially with a 4spd.Definite restoration car there! If you got the time and money.

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@chipps1066 Don’t got the money but got a truck box filled with tools and a shed filled with parts😂

[@gerardomedina333]

@@DrivewaytohellWith patience and love. She will be restored. She have the most important parts. Gyro wheels (rines de frijol), 340 H code engine, headers, holley air filter (must be chromed again). A, fine body paint and a leather seats can be change the apearance. ❤. Nice car. Congratulations!!!!

[@jamesharrington4923]

Wow how cool is that, id keep it and fix it up and drive it, My 1st car was a 73 duster 340, yelliw and black stripes and black top!!! Love them old Dusters!!! Id keep.it!!

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@jamesharrington4923 yellow and black is a tough look. Oh yea i am definitely keeping it. Just wanted opinions on which direction to go with it.

[@jamesharrington4923]

@@Drivewaytohell OH yeah mine was automatic and bucket seats, and had keystone klassics. Yessss them old Dusters and Demons and Darts are very cool!!

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@jamesharrington4923 Love the look of Keystone Klassics. Aluminum slots are my favorite wheel on a classic though.

[@jamesharrington4923]

@@Drivewaytohell Yesssss love the slot mags on skinny up front and fat tires on the back, Gives it the old pro stock look

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@jamesharrington4923 my orange duster has Outlaw II’s on it that i got real cheap, they don’t look too bad either but I want slots on that one too lol.

[@MikesMoparShop-bm2tc]

Might be too far gone for a patina job but worth a restoration in my opinion, it is a 340 car and with a 4 speed. I love the aluminum slot wheels. Been looking for a good set of slots a long time with no luck.

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@MikesMoparShop-bm2tc yea ideally i’d love to restore it. I’ll do what i can with it. Slots are the best.

[@AMCmachine]

US Mag and Ansen (now under American Racing) both offer old school slotted mags, depending on the size you need.

[@richreicher2679]

Not in small bolt pattern Mopar...

[@AMCmachine]

@@richreicher2679 Ahhh did not know that.... 🤔

[@AMCmachine]

@@richreicher2679 E/T Wheels, another classic name, also makes some slotted designs but again, not sure if they have anything suitable for your application. Hope you can find something you like!

[@rollinontwojohnny3586]

Hey Hellacious Driveway, it all boils down to what you really want the car to become, for you. 1. Get her up and running really well and freshen up the interior some. At that point, someone will see it and have to have it at the right money for you. 2. Slowly rebuild the car to its original beauty and keep it. There again, somebody will want it worse then you for the right $$ at some point. Nice car! Great find!

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@rollinontwojohnny3586 thanks for the input. I don’t really want to sell it since i’ve always wanted a 4 speed 340 car. We will see though. I’m still going over the car now to try to get it started. It cranks but won’t fire. Not getting spark, wiring is a mess from being dry rotted/breaking. It has also been really hot out😂. That and my orange duster still needs a few things that I need to work on.

[@rollinontwojohnny3586]

@@Drivewaytohell it has been hot! WA state and we were over 95 to 100 degrees! Good luck, brother!

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@rollinontwojohnny3586 same here in PA, now rain/thunderstorms the next 5 days.

[@samuelgoodman2825]

Get it running and safe to drive and run it.

[@harryjohnson8605]

Congratulations.

[@RonNorman-ie1nv]

Last year of the 340 I would patch it up driver and then restored a little bit at a time you know

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@RonNorman-ie1nv i might actually pull the drivetrain for my other duster and work on this car a little at a time. Then when complete put the drivetrain back in it. Then i can still enjoy the 340 and 4 speed

[@JoeFilardi]

hi it will take you time and money to restore the duster in the end it will look good make that overtime mony at your job.

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@JoeFilardi i hope to get it back to its former glory.

[@jamespelczynski8347]

Fix it I had one and loved it

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@jamespelczynski8347 i have my orange duster with a 318/904 but always wanted a 4 speed big block killer.

[@mikecrowley6487]

Get it running see what it needs then take your time and fix it up right

[@jessicagreene1773]

I would rat rod it. It's a 73 and worth maybe 25k restored. It will take a boat load to restore it. Maybe throw on some quarters, get it running and just drive it.

[@Drivewaytohell]

I might just pull the drivetrain for my orange Duster and work on this shell a little at a time, then once it’s ready put the 340/4 speed back in.

[@johnsullivan1038]

Restore it if not I'll be in the market to buy it.

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@johnsullivan1038 this one won’t be sold.

[@jefferymaxfield7826]

Retore it, i think AMD has replacement metal .

[@RonNorman-ie1nv]

It would take some money and time but I would restore it

[@nicolaitaylor4251]

RUN IT RUSTY!!!!! GOBBLESS BORTHER

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@nicolaitaylor4251 RUST CLIBBINZ

[@Eddie-di6eb6cv8v]

Definitely worth restoring. Real H code 340 cars are hard to find. And AMD almost sells all the body parts. I restored my 72 340 four speed back in 95 when you had to find NOS parts or good used.

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@Eddie-di6eb6cv8v What color is yours? Bench or buckets in it?

[@Eddie-di6eb6cv8v]

@@Drivewaytohell Mine is TB3 Basin Street Blue with white stripes with the V21 hood strobe black out. Black deluxe interior with bucket seats.

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@Eddie-di6eb6cv8v awesome. This one I will keep rallye red but my rattle canned orange one I’d like to do in G2 Frosty Green poly eventually. You don’t see that color often.

[@Eddie-di6eb6cv8v]

@@Drivewaytohell it’s a lot of work to restore. But they are easy to take apart. And if you do the work yourself. You’ll save a bunch of money and in the end it will be a new car not too many people have. I took mine completely apart down to the last bolt and had the body plastic media blasted. Three and a half years later it was mint. I painted mine PPG 2001 base coat four coats and eight coats of clear.

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@Eddie-di6eb6cv8v Yea I can take it apart no problem, the Orange one I assembled from nothing, no K frame, glass, interior, wiring etc. Put it together out in the driveway. Learned a lot from that but didn’t need to do any metal work. That’s what I need to learn.

[@jackass72]

Yeah, she's definitely in rough shape. I don't know what it's worth fully restored or how desirable it is, but unless it's got heavy structural rust, I'd say it might be worth restoring. The cost of restoring it could end up costing more than it's worth in the end though. Hard to say without seeing what it looks like underneath. Tough call. There's only so many left out there. Hopefully it's worth saving. Good luck with it. Interested to see what you do with it.

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@jackass72 the unibody rails and torsion bar cross member is in good shape, no structural rust, just sheet metal/floor pans.

[@mikecote1976]

I had a 73 340. Get it running and bang the fuck out of the gears the rust well fall off

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@mikecote1976 hell yea thats what i like to hear😂

[@lickwidgoat3480]

Put 30 grand into it and it will be worth 25,000 or 60,000 who knows, its a gamble.

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@lickwidgoat3480 i’m not the type worried about what its worth at the end or fender tags and all that, but its cool to find one complete like this.

[@lickwidgoat3480]

It is 100% cool, i would fix the rust, and tune up and just drive it!

[@johnjameson2731]

I'd restore it. Will take a lot of doing, but its to far gone to leave it as is. But im not a fan of leaving the patina look anyway. Just my opinion.

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@johnjameson2731 i hear ya on that. I personally love ratty cars but theres a fine line between ratty and rust bucket, this one might be over the line.😂

[@RonNorman-ie1nv]

You can learn to weld take your time you're sitting on a piece of History dude

[@Drivewaytohell]

That’s the plan.

[@jonathankountz7097]

Well I know what I would do, find a better ,more solid body and transfer the engine and trans... this body has too much rust.. to build back to.. just saying...

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@jonathankountz7097 I have my other car I can swap this into if it comes down to it but this is an H code car, i’d like to see it stay on the road.

[@jonathankountz7097]

@@Drivewaytohell pm me

[@jonathankountz7097]

@Drivewaytohell any body can be made into the H code car.... it's about the vin number and fender tag any way and a build sheet if it has one.. cut out the numbers on the core support and trunk opening and weld back into a nice body an finish off welds on both sides fill an paint... back in the 70s u could buy a new complete body or cab even painted correctly from the factory.. they didn't have the correct number on them we had to change that part..

[@scotts98rt70]

Nice way to dump 30k in a car

[@Drivewaytohell]

@@scotts98rt70 eh, prob 10k in parts, i’ll figure out the rest.