Cal 393 Posted September 26, 2016 Spent a couple days last week cleaning up and detailing my Duster. After 5 years on the road and several road trips it don't show like it used to. I still do a couple shows each year to support good causes and visit with old friends and make new one's in the old car community. Yesterday was a show in the pecan orchard at the local park in support of our local volunteer fire department. It was a "relatively" cooler (upper 80's) day, sunny with a light breeze. Pretty comfortable in the shade of those big trees. A bad place to be if a rain or windstorm blows up - you would have seen 100 cars scrambling for open ground - but yesterday was mild and beautiful. There was probably 100 cars in attendance, with the vast majority spotless specimens from years past. Some few newer models; and a few, like mine, showing a little wear on the edges - paint chips here & there, stone chip in the windshield and a little staining on the intake manifold... Trophy time came and the top 20 came and went, chief's pick, mayor's pick... and then - by unanimous vote... kids choice - Cal Hyer's '72 Plymouth Duster!!! I was very pleasantly surprised! But in retrospect, kids always seem drawn to it at all the shows I have attended. And my wife said, the kids do not go in with the preconceived notion that it has to be a Mustang, or Chevelle, or big block - they are just drawn to it because it is so bright and bold looking. It is bright - rustoleum gloss white and gloss black topped off with a clear coat... To make it somewhat vinyl related, I purchased the stripes (before I got into vinyl) from an ebay store. I will guess that they are Oracal 651 or equivalent. I know we did a wet install and did some serious lifting and repositioning them. We installed after the paint was applied and then cleared over the whole shebang. With my neighbors, I am on the right, and then a couple three pics from my travels. Last year I drove from Georgia to Toronto! Cal 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wildgoose 4,200 Posted October 2, 2016 Nice car! My best friend from high school has a 71 RT Challenger. He has not gotten around to restoring it and it's been in a storage unit since about 1986. One of these days he plans to work it over. I think he's waiting to pay off his house. Ha! I always had 4x4's and most of my buddies were motor heads. Since those days I have always had an affinity for Mopar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slice&dice 2,450 Posted October 2, 2016 Cool. You ever consider adding the famous cartoon logo? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cal 393 Posted October 3, 2016 Slice, the placement of that decal is on the tailpanel. Cal 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted October 3, 2016 it's Mopar or no car! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
