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This car was owned by Charles Clark of Washington but now has a new owner.
Here is Charles' story on the car.
The car originally came out of Southern Calif. I scored it as a basket case out of Lancaster, CA. It was missing the motor and did not have the original trans. It did have the data plate and all left over moulin rouge paint in the trunk, under sill mouldings etc.
My buddy Roger Million who lives in Los Angeles (Lakewood, CA actually) helped me out a whole lot with this car. When I first found the car I was up here in WA state and did not have a way to see it up close. When I brought it up to Roger he was interested in the car and volunteered to go look at it for me. He drove from his home in Lakewood to Lancaster, shot pix and did a thorough review of the entire car, had them developed same day and then next day aired the pix and review to me. Not only that, a couple weeks later when I flew down to buy it, we used his truck to trailer it to his house at which point I flew back home. A few weeks after that, he recruited some help to load the old Duster on a trailer and drove it all the way to my home in WA state - straight - With only a couple pitstops!!!
I picked up a std bore '70 340 block for it and restored it to it's original glory As you can see the car was pretty sad when I got it but it turned out nicely. I am happy with it. Just a couple more tweeks and it will be totally done! It needed a trunk pan. Both quarters were replaced. Floors were awesome as was the engine compartment. Overall it was a strong platform in which to perform a restoration
It is an original FM3 340 Duster with the following
- Auto with console
- Deluxe bucket interior (black)
- Deluxe steering wheel
- Power steering
- Manual disc brakes
- AM Radio
- Black vinyl top
- Chrome Driver and Pass. Mirrors
- Std turn down dual exhaust (70's didn't have chrome tips)
- Black longitudinal tape stripes
V8X Y05 EN2
G33 M21 N41 N95 R11 V6X
V1X A62 A88 C16 C55 G31
FM3 L6X9 TX9 227 172603
E55 D32 VS29 HOB 265065
EN2 - End of Codes
Y05 - Build for U.S.
V8X - Black Horizontal Tail Stripes
V6X - Black Logitudinal Stripes
R11 - MusicMaster AM Radio
N95 - NOX Exhaust Emissions Control
N41 - Dual Exhaust
M21 - Roof Drip Rail Mouldings
G33 - Left Outside Remote Mirror
G31 - Right Outside Mirror
C55 - Bucket Seats
C16 - Console
A88 - Interior Decor Group
A62 - Rallye Instrument Panel
V1X - Black Full Vinyl Top
FM3 - Moulin Rouge Lower Body Paint
L6X9 - Black Vinyl Bucket Seats
TX9 - Black Upper Door Frame Paint
227 - Scheduled Production Date - Friday, February 27, 1970
172603 - Order Number
E55 - 340 4BBL Engine
D32 - Heavy Duty 727 Automatic Transmission
VS29 - Duster 340 2-Door Sport Coupe
H - 340 4BBL Engine
0 - 1970 Model Year
B - Assembly Plant - Hamtramck, Michigan
265065 - Sequence Number
Moulin Rouge Duster, Panther Pink Duster
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