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1974 Plymouth Trailduster (Budget Buster II)Here's a few pictures of my 1974 Plymouth Trailduster AKA Budget Buster II, AKA Betsy. This truck was purchased brand new in Bakersfield, CA by my dad and given to me in 1994 for my 16th birthday! Thanks Mom & Dad! Over the years it's gone through many changes and modifications. These pictures are about 11 years old and unfortanetly the truck does not look this good anymore (I used to show it and often win at many car shows). I bought a brand new truck in late 1995 and Betsy sat under a couple of pine trees for many years getting coated in sap. Slowly over the last couple of years I've been doing a little here and there on the truck trying to get her back in shape. She has a very strong 360 engine bored .20 over, an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake manifold, Holly double pumper, Accel Super coil, Crower Roller cam with .534" lift and Crane roller tip rockers, the stock heads were milled for 10.5:1 compression and the exhaust flows through headers and 3" Flowmaster exhaust (sounds very mean). The transmission is a Torqueflite 727 with shift kit, deep pan, and TCI high stall speed torque converter shifted by a B&M ratchet shifter. The tranfer case is a NP 203 with partime kit. A six inch skyjacker suspension lift and a 3 inch body lift rides on 38.5 by 15 tires.The front end is a 1976 Chevy Dana 44 with 3.73 gears and locking hubs. The rear end is a 1985 Chevy 10 bolt with 3.73 gears and a homemade truss and ladder bars. The front seats are racing buckets with 5 point harnesses and the stock back bench seat was replaced with the stock front bucket seats. She was very fun driving to high school and got lots of attention! I'm looking forward to getting her back in the condition she deserves to be in!
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