HOWDY... I'm a 15 year old girl and I love dusters. a lot. is that normal?? There was a Gold duster living near me once and i'd whisper "my precious" every time we drove past it. Then the owner sold it for less than 1,500 bucks. I was really sad when it moved. I'm the founder and president of "the official duster club" and the only members are my two friends. and they don't even know what dusters are. sigh... Its pretty pathetic. i'll probably never own a duster. I was thinking i should take some kinda class so if i did ever get one i could restore it and stuff but.. that looks too hard for my likings. so well... are they hard to find or anything?? write back i need to hear about dusters!! bye. --elizabeth

Hello Elizabeth your on the right track with your love for dusters! They are very cool cars and not hard to find. Have you ever seen or heard of a feather duster (very cool lite weight version of the duster)? There are a lot of different dusters,gold dusters,duster twisters and my favorite the 340 duster. If you can find some type job and save your money you will be able to buy a nice duster by the time your 18 that won't need alot of work! Stay cool in school and go for your dreams.

     Your New friend:  goatheat

PS. How can I join your cool duster lovers club.

Wow, thanks goatheat!!  I had already given up on believing i'd ever own a duster... but now I'm thinkin i better get a job! You wanna join my duster's club-eh? well okay then. you're in... haha. I guess thats all its there for. just to say that you're in it. haha. sorry i can't give ya a button or anything. If i could i would though!

There's this green duster i always see parked at this auto part shop, so i guess it belongs to an employee... My dad just got a digital camera thing so i'm gonna snatch it and go take some pictures.. yeehaw!

I went to toys r us a couple of weeks ago and I found a tiny little lime green diecast duster. It wasn't hotwheels.. it was "johnny lightning" and they had a little collection called " MOPAR or NO CAR" they were pretty neat.  you can check em out at  http://www.playingmantis.com/jl/products_details.php?productid=286  I think that'll take you there... well catchya later!!! --Elizabeth

Elizabeth, my hat goes off to you.  I am 40 and I like dusters too.  I just happen to like Cuda's and Challengers a little bit better.  I almost bought a Duster 5 years ago but it needed too much work for me to invest the time and money into.  So I waited,  and I fell into a Challenger project.  My new friend, I am sure that your Dad has told you this before, but I will tell you it to you anyway.  At 15 you are too young to worry about what you CAN'T do.  You can do ANYTHING you set your mind to.  Just remember that and  Sweetie, you will have that duster.  They are common here in the NW so keep that in mind, when you decide it is time.  Just keep thinking Mopar or No Car.  I wanna join you club TOOOO!!

Sincerely,

Gipperco

teehee... Thanks gipperco!! and welcome to the duster club... All this encouragement really means a lot... now i'm really wanting to get a job.. haha. i don't even know how to drive! everyone is getting their license right when they turn 16 but I think I'll have to wait until I'm 18. But I'm totally cool with it because I'd rather wait til i get my duster than drive my parents mazda mpv... haha. I really hate that van.

and.. now i got a question about learning on shift or automatic... my dad says its easier to learn shift if its the first way you learn, but my friend says its super hard... which do you think would be better to learn on??

thanks again... --Elizabeth

Well as much as you probably don't want to hear it. Your Dad is right.  It is better to learn how to drive in a stick because once you learn how to drive a stick you can drive anything.  An automatic is definetly easier to learn how to drive in but remember easiest isn't always the best.  My advice, coming from a Dad, listen to yours and he will never lead you astray.  you may not always like what he is telling you but it is usually for a good reason.  Maybe he can even help you out with your Duster project.  Good luck and be good.

Gipper  

have you ever heard of the "hang 10" duster?  

Hi there my name is janice and I am the vice president of the Cumberland Valley Mopar Car Club based in London, KY.  I love your interest in mopars and yes the dusters are cool.  My husband in fact loves dusters too and his favorite of all car is the 1970 340 duster.  We own several mopars:  I have a 1978 Richard Petty Plymouth Volare Street Kit Car, 1983 Dodge Diplomat Police Car, my husband has a 1971 Plymouth Roadrunner, and my stepson has a 1965 Plymouth Barracuda.  We did have five dusters at one time that my husband was working on putting one together with.  So as you can see they are not hard to come by.  And in fact we my have paid about $300.00 for all five.  They are very reasonably priced right now.  Especially the slant six cars.  So at fifteen years old you have your whole life ahead of you and you can accomplish anything you want.  So keep on thinking MOPAR OR NO CAR.  And keep up the girl power for MOPARS.  If you want you can check out our club web site at:  http://home.earthlink.net/~valleymopar/

You can email me at:  valleymopar@earthlink.net   and I can tell you a lot more about Mopars.  Maybe sometime you can get your dad to take you to a Mopar Car Show or even a Mopar Nationals Show so you can check out all the mopars and you can even see a lot of all the cool dusters.

Janice

Hi, I am just turning 15 and have had mopar fever since I was about 9.  I first got hooked on dusters when my cousin bought a toy model of one and needed me to help him put it together.  When I was 9, my uncle, who i lived right down the street from, often had me come over and help him with his corvette and camaro...but my favorite of his cars were the two 1970 chargers he had for his next project.  He was the reason I got hooked on cars and I thank him every day.  Right now I am working on obtaining a 1974 duster that is for sale.  Yes, I know the 74s are not as good as the 72s but I'm going to put a lot of work into it to make it worth another look for the people I drive by in it.  The car right now has a 318 in it which is small but reliable so I might keep it till I get enough for a 440 which I must have in it.  I am also toying with the idea of putting a shaker hood scoop on it...what do you think?  And I'm having trouble deciding what color to paint it...I'd love your suggestions and comments.  Thank you!