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Author:  jimbob [ Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:27 pm ]
Post subject:  '74 RC doors/converttop junkyard find!
Finally found some good stuff for my RC project when I get to it! Found a '74 RC SE with the half doors/top, 360 2bbl auto truck. Managed to get the two doors and top for 180 bucks, one door needs sheetmetal work from a crease in the door, otherwise rust free and fairly good top!

Does anyone know how the rollbar showed up on the RC and TD? Was it an option that you just checked off? I've seen SEs and Sports with no rollbar, a TD macho WITH a rollbar, trying to find the rhyme or reason.

Also it was interesting, this 74 RC had the 360 2bbl, auto, 203 case with disk 44front and 9 1/4 rear. I thought everything basically from '72-'74 was a 8 3/4" rear with the 205 case?

Thanks for the help!

-Jim

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Author:  jimbob [ Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '74 RC doors/converttop junkyard find!
One other pic I found..

-jim

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Author:  jimbob [ Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '74 RC doors/converttop junkyard find!
Yard pic

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Author:  palomino [ Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '74 RC doors/converttop junkyard find!
jimbob wrote:
Yard pic


how about the GATE, what kind of shape is it in????
Author:  macho4x4warlock [ Sun Mar 21, 2010 1:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '74 RC doors/converttop junkyard find!
Nice find and good prices!!! Roll bar was option LP6 on trucks. I have yet to find the ramcharger option code and price. Photo below shows the early Plymouth TrailDuster with the 1/2 doors & roll bar.
Author:  macho4x4warlock [ Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '74 RC doors/converttop junkyard find!
Photo below shows the early Plymouth TrailDuster with the 1/2 doors & roll bar.
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Author:  jimbob [ Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '74 RC doors/converttop junkyard find!
Thanks for the rollbar info and pic!. Do you know if the '80s RC rollbar is the same as the 70s style? I know the 80s type if a 3 pc. or something like that.

Ya, the tailgate was shot/dented, missing the SE trim on it, and just had the brackets bolted on the truck for the spare.. The hatch for the top was good too it seems, I think I saw a small crack somewhere, I think those hinges were prone to break eh?

-Jim
Author:  macho4x4warlock [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: '74 RC doors/converttop junkyard find!
81-93 Ramcharger Roll bar is a 5 piece bolt together unit. It will not fit the 74-80 RamCharger/TrailDuster. I can be altered by removing 3" inches from the bottom mounting foot area & rewelded back together. Also the Roll Bar side mounts at the upper inside quarter panel are not there on the later RB. They will have to be made up along with the upper inside quarter panel mounting area on the body structure. If you have a MIG these will be simple modifications.
The later Roll bar is larger in diameter than the earler version. Photos are of my '74 TrailDuster with the above modifications preformed on the later RB.
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Author:  jimbob [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '74 RC doors/converttop junkyard find!
Hey thanks for that info, I have an 80s RC bar which I may mod up someday. Now I'm kicking myself for not getting a '77 macho TD that had a factory rollbar in it awhile back.. : ) Oh well, live and learn. Thanks!
-jim
Author:  RumbleFish [ Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: '74 RC doors/converttop junkyard find!
i have a 70's rollbar i would gladly trade for your 80's piece.
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