Thomas “Slick” Myers knew he was given up a good measure of cutting through air in switching race cars but the coolness factor made it a willing sacrifice.

Myers of Granbury, Texas, traded in his wedge-shaped 1963 Corvette Stingray for a much-bigger Plymouth Duster.

“We teamed up with Andy McCoy Race Cars and got one these new Dusters,” said Myers, who has yet to qualify the Mopar this season. “It’s a bad machine; we’ve just got to get it down the race track now. We’ve been out once with it, had a couple of wiring issues with it, got those straightened out.”

Thomas “Slick” Myers knew he was given up a good measure of cutting through air in switching race cars but the coolness factor made it a willing sacrifice.

Myers of Granbury, Texas, traded in his wedge-shaped 1963 Corvette Stingray for a much-bigger Plymouth Duster.

“We teamed up with Andy McCoy Race Cars and got one these new Dusters,” said Myers, who has yet to qualify the Mopar this season. “It’s a bad machine; we’ve just got to get it down the race track now. We’ve been out once with it, had a couple of wiring issues with it, got those straightened out.”

The lack of testing has been both a good and bad topic. The bad is his lack of seat time but the good has been precipitated by overwhelming business demands for his auto repair business.

Myers admittedly is still learning what the Duster wants a little over a month into the season. He’s convinced the new car will have its day in the sun.

“There’s another Duster out there and it’s run 240 already,” said Myers,” Myers said. “I really don’t see that there’s much of a disadvantage. Maybe it’s a little bigger but that shouldn’t hurt us any.”

The Duster is only the fourth Pro Mod Myers has ever owned, beginning with an ex-Larry Kopp Pro Stock truck updated with a 632-inch and Lenco transmission.

The Duster was love at first sight for Myers.

“It was one of the sweetest things I’ve ever seen,” Myers admitted. “I’m a Chevrolet man and when I saw this body it was a sweet deal.”