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Here's some early shots of Ed Hamburger's 340 Duster with a fancy paint job...

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...mburgerGSA.jpg

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...ger-Duster.jpg

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A couple more of some old Dusters, one from the SoCal area and a few others...

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/..._G-STOCK-1.jpg

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...annaDUSTER.JPG

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...scan0018-1.jpg

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JMCarter----could of been Steve Swietzers Super Mod, that had a W-2 motor and ran well.

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Thanks Dannyboy...I have to swing thru PA soon so may drop by his body shop and see if he recognizes it.

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Here's a couple of shots of Jerry Davis Duster over the years...

http://www.dragracecentral.com/stori...7/DSA_4168.jpg

http://www.dragracecentral.com/stori...avis%20GSA.jpg

http://static.dragracecentral.com/st...0J%20Davis.jpg
http://i.pbase.com/u47/nitroimage/up...estslide12.jpg

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A couple of Hamburger's super stock Duster in the pits...really like the Motor Wheel Flys.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...1&d=1224446039

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...Sanair74-b.jpg

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...-1521atD42.JPG

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I had an interesting conversation with Ted Spehar and Dick Oldfield a couple of years ago at the 2008 Hemi Reunion in Ohio. Dick drove the Iron Butterfly car and said it wouldn't stop because of some wooden brake drums Ted installed on the car. Ted said that wasn't true, but he had fiberglass drums on his D-Dart before that.

I'm sort of wondering if carbon fiber would work for a brake drum? Or would it have to be carbon-carbon?

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Here's a couple photos & article on Herb McCandless and his Pro Stockers...

http://www.hemmings.com/story_image/...00-0.jpg?rev=2

http://www.hemmings.com/story_image/...00-0.jpg?rev=2

http://www.hemmings.com/story_image/...70-0.jpg?rev=2

http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/...feature13.html

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My first Hi-Po engine build was a 340 for my '71 Challenger around 1978.
For the day, it was a pretty good street racer. My favorite victims were 454 Chevelles. They thought they were so fast but not one got close to me.

My first real race car ride (owned by Neil Smedley at the time) was Bob Lambeck's old '68 Dart GTS Stocker. Lambeck raced it as a 340 / auto. Neil and I put together a 440 (a bracket engine with hi-compression pistons, DC .557" cam, Torker, Holley) but retained all the rest of the Stocker parts. It ran 11.80 something with a bad miss. That was the first engine I blew up! Put a 383 under the old top end parts and still ran 11.80's, This might have been around 1980? Neil tried to sell the rolling chassis and nobody would buy it. He eventually got $500 for it and the car was never seen again. Lambeck had the front end set for drag racing and it was one of the best driving cars I've ever driven down the track.

I've had two factory 383 4-speed '68 Barracudas, one had a 440 in it.
Also had a '70 Swinger 340 4-speed. Love those 340's!

There was a street racer buddy of mine in Phoenix. He had a '64 (or '66?) Valient Signet. Previous owner acid dipped everything in the early '70's. He built an aluminum single resivoir master cylinder, Nuts and bolts were aluminum. He raced it with a 340. I don't know what it weighted, but it sure was light. A stock '70 340 with fenderwell headers was good for 11.80's. And I mean stock. A mid-level 340 build was good for high tens. The original builder ran it on the street with W-2 heads and it must have been in the low 10's. It was silver and no scoop or stickers. I sure wish I could have that car today!

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Here's one of Wendell Howes old Hemi Demon...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...4503_rq8QQ.jpg