That's awesome Jerry!
I'm glad to hear that. Next he'll be wanting some upgrades... Too Cool!

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We screwed this together in six weeks. Other than the heat, it appears that despite my freaking out at everyone ('Twas the heat, that's my story..) it was well recieved. I want to put together a Slant six class for the next one. It appears we may have it in the late spring to lessen the oven like temps we dealt with. I'll bet I can count on Jerry and son. Vynn, I need ya bud. I hope to finish mine. There's a Clifford equipped green Lancer that runs around Dallas, I've seen it. One of our members is fixing up an A-100 pickup for cruising, but ya can't keep an old racer down. There's five right there. North-Star is a beautiful little track, and it's only an 1/8th mile, so you won't have to run the rods out of it to have fun. Denton, Texas is about 40 minutes north of both Dallas and Fort Worth right on I-35. It's a college town, so good lodging and food stations are not difficult to find. In fact, the Texas Motor Speedway is about halfway between Fort Worth and the dragstrip on I-35W with all it's constantly expanding infrastructure. Come out and play. RICK

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I had a good time at the Cowtown event!

I hadn't seen Jerry in 4 years so it was nice to see him again and see his son Aaron grown into a man. Though you may have seen pictures of the "Dartster" project, you really can't appreciate it quite as much until you see it in person. Aaron's Dart Sport is beautiful! My Duster was envious! Also, after hearing Aaron's car I can't wait to run 2 1/4" exhaust on mine. Everything about the car was awesome!

I pondered running my Duster down the track during the "test n' tune" slot, but I had to leave just as it was starting. There were many beautiful cars in the show category. Of course, everyone has some sort of V8 and they start to all look the same after awhile. Aaron's was the only show car with a Slant!

The cars that were there for racing were monsters! Alot of cool cars. It seemed the older cars were putting a hurt on the new Chargers.

Also, it seems everywhere I go there are guys that have outrageous claims about the cars they've owned: "In my life, I've had three Dusters, a Hemi Cuda, a Roadrunner, a Super Bee, yadda, yadda, yadda!" I was hanging out by Aaron's car at the show while Jerry and Aaron were off filling out the track paperwork. Then, Mr. I've-Owned-All-the-Greatest-Cars comes walking up:

Him: "Is this your car?"
Me: "No, it belongs to a friend of mine."
Him: "Looks nice, but it looks like he needs to do some engine work."
(I knew where he was going, but I played dumb anyway)
Me: "Why?"
Him: "He needs to put a big ol' V8 in that. Like a 360 or somethin'."
Me: "So he can be like every other knucklehead around?"
Him: "Well, I've owned ...(insert extended 'yadda, yadda' tirade here) ...and I just think it's better having a V8."
Me: "Well, we're Slant enthusiasts. Don't know what else to tell you."


All in all, it was well worth the 2 hour drive. It was the first race event I'd ever been to. Jerry commented that one could easily get racing in their blood pretty quick. I know what he means now. I need to find out when my local track is running some "test n' tunes"!

[quote="Wondernaut"]I had a good time at the Cowtown event

I'll bet it was the same guy who claims to have the only "factory built"aluminum Hemi slant six Duster in existance. It's parked right next to his Superbird convertable.........................

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Thanks for the kind words, Billy. You saw Aaron's car at its worst, and now at its best. Folks, Billy is working on a cool Feather Duster - the one with several aluminum components incorporated into the design to help lighten the load. It may look a little rough now in gray primer, but I expect to see it one day sitting in line with all the other show cars.

Rick, if you guys organize another event like this, we'll do our best to be there. You slant six guys need to step up, though. If Aaron and I can brave the heat and drive the 2-1/2 hours through IH-35 traffic and construction, you local boys can help a brother out. I even came prepared with a tablet to take notes from some of you more experienced slant owners, hoping to tune Aaron's car a little better.

Oh, one more thing...
Sunday, we went up to Waco and picked up a '74 Gold Duster that Aaron bought for his next project. More on that in a separate post...

Jerry

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