Chris Bower's 1975 Plymouth Duster

 

                                                                                    Chris Bower is from Cleveland, Ohio with his 1975 Plymouth Duster

Chris said he has a car that most car enthusiasts would love to have, it's a1975 Plymouth  Gold Duster. It was Chris's first car, he bought it back in 1988 when he was16 years old.

Chris stated he grew up in family of  Mechanics and Drag Racers, so you can say it was in his DNA from the beginning.

He bought it for $300, money earned from being a dish washer at a local college. Chris drove it to high school for two years then in 1991 he painted to Lime Green.

Chris ran ET- Bracket Pro and Sportsman classes in and around Ohio, at his local track- Pacemakers in Mt. Vernon Ohio, it's a little 1/8^th mile track.

 

In 2003 Chris decided to have it painted Burnt Orange and put it back on the street to enjoy both on the street and track, he said that he  recently got into Hard Tire heads up racing, and likes the format much better than ET. The car has an all steel body right down to the large heavy bumpers and original full interior .

A 368 small-block makes plenty of power with a 904 automatic transmission, an 8 ¾ rear end running 4.56 gears gets the power down.

 A big Monster Tach. tells the tale that there is some big power under that hood . Chris stated it does well for what it is, the main thing is that after 30 years I still have a blast driving it, at this point the car is part of the family and always will be. Paint and Body is by Ralph Bower, and all mechanical work is by Chris. In this trim the car runs 8.40s in the 1/8 and mid 13's in the 1/4 mile, not bad for a small block.

                                                                                    Thanks Chris for sharing you car with us !

                                                                                     Photos by Chris Bower 2021.