gb70
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« on: August 09, 2005, 09:30:51 PM » |
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Here are some recent pics of my '68 Charger I am currently restoring back (my way). It is one of 259 383 4 speed '68 Chargers. Numbers matching. I am going to save the engine and use a 472 strkoer for a while. Before  during (body and metal work)     after paint    As you can see a donor drivers side rear 1/4 was needed,work to the same side rocker,  Here is the old 1/4 and I used a piece of it so I could do a patch on the other side lower 1/4 and a partial trunk pan was welded in. after paint That was the areas in serious need of metal work on the Charger. I took a part the Charger and bagged, tagged, and took note of what I felt was needed to take notes of. Original 383 and 4 speed trans.  Later, I stripped the paint using an aircraft stripper. It took a long time. I first stripped the car down and then removed fenders, doors, hoods, and did all those off the car inside out. Later, I did the exterior and then the interior. The guy that had the car before me used Dynomat on the floors, and I had to use a heat gun and scraper to remove it all from the floor pans.
Then I used the stripper to remove the factory paint. Next came the metal work that required welding. new 1/4 Then it was on to the body and getting it ready to spray primer inside of my garage. I made a half ass paint booth and went to it.   I worked on b blasting the rear end, k member, and a bunch of other parts. I rebuilt the front end after the parts were finished coated. BEFORE  I decided to use polyurethane bushings, hemi size torsion bars and and a hemi size sway bar to the front, while the back I added new hemi leaf springs, new shocks, new gas tank, and 3/8" fuel lines to feed my new stroker. I also changed the drums up front to Disk using PST parts. New SST brake lines were installed, and I had to modify the steering shaft to make it the right size (shortened it up) to be used with a new power steering unit. The car had a manual steering box (ick). I bought and installed a new universal coupler, it needed a specific size in order to be used for power steering.  Down below the car I blew on some new chassis black paint to the factory undercoating.  First I had to make a big mess using my power sprayer to get all the dirt and grime off. Later, I masked off this surface and primered, and painted the rails to match the color of the exterior. I also had gotten Matt Delaney to build me a 472" stroker using a 400 block. I also sent out the rear end, and the tranny to get rebuilt. I added posi to the rear and changed out the gears to 3:54's. I also sent out the dash cluster to get rebuilt, calibrated, refaced, and the clock turned into quartz timed movement. The Charger has been through a whole lot to this point. The car got out of my buddies paint shop where I chose a color that has a Mecedes Benz, Viper, combo silver, with deep metallic flakes. It was shot with a pearl coat to give it a very deep look. Now the fun begins building it all back together. I have chosen to go with a red interior in place of the black. I think that it will look real sharp inside of the silver outside paint. |
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Brock Samson
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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2005, 09:37:06 PM » |
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yikes!  the guys got his own coke machine! Now that's what i call a first post! W E L C O M E ! ! ! Nice Work! |
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41husk
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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2005, 09:52:23 PM » |
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Welcome to the site and good luck!
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1968 Charger 383/727
1970 Challenger convertible 340/727
1973 Charger Rallye 440/727
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PocketThunder
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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2005, 10:05:15 PM » |
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Troy
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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2005, 10:16:57 PM » |
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Very cool!  Troy |
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Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.
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TheGhost
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« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2005, 10:18:27 PM » |
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Too..... many..... pics...... internet.... can't handle......  Nice intro post, and, nice Charger. |
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I Pledge Allegiance to the Blue "M" of Mother Mopar, and to the awesomeness for which it stands,
one nation under Chrysler, indivisible, and with torque and horsepower for all.
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Recharger
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« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2005, 10:18:45 PM » |
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 It's right here, PT. Wow  that's a lot of work. Makes me feel like I've been doing nothing. Can't wait to see it all back together! and welcome!!
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Drache
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« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2005, 10:32:42 PM » |
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Anyone else notice the hood leaning up against the window in the first couple pics? That is one sweet looking car!
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Brock Samson
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« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2005, 10:37:22 PM » |
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SHAKER for/from his hemi cuda no doubt... we'll take some photos of that Cuda too GB....  |
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Drache
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« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2005, 10:42:15 PM » |
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Ok this needs to be posted in the Tech Archive if someone ever needs to know how to do a good restoration! |
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blackcharger
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« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2005, 10:43:50 PM » |
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welcome to the site. great job! keep the pics comming! |
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Troy
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« Reply #11 on: August 09, 2005, 10:56:25 PM » |
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Ok this needs to be posted in the Tech Archive if someone ever needs to know how to do a good restoration! Maybe you haven't noticed... but we don't have a Tech Archive.  Troy |
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Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.
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ChargerHound69
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« Reply #12 on: August 09, 2005, 11:07:04 PM » |
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That is a great looking car. Welcome to the Site. |
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694spdRT
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« Reply #13 on: August 09, 2005, 11:15:59 PM » |
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Ok this needs to be posted in the Tech Archive if someone ever needs to know how to do a good restoration! Maybe you haven't noticed... but we don't have a Tech Archive. Troy Maybe we just don't have any good Tech to archive yet?  Welcome to the Site!  |
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1969 Charger R/T 440 4 speed
1968 Charger 383 auto
1972 Challenger 318 (soon to be 360 Mag & 833OD)
1976 W250 Club Cab 4x4 400 auto
2005 Ram 2500 4x4 Big Horn Cummins Diesel 6 speed
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ChargerRob
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« Reply #14 on: August 09, 2005, 11:33:40 PM » |
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Welcome to the site. |
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Mighty Mean Mexican Mopar
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911bear
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« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2005, 11:40:04 PM » |
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1974 DODGE CHARGER SE BROUGHAM - CURRENTLY
CARS I HAVE OWNED :
4 - 1969 DODGE CHARGERS
1 - 1970 PLYMOUTH GRAN FURY W/ COVER UP HEADLIGHTS 2 DOOR
1 - 1970 PLYMOUTH ROADRUNNER
2 - 1973 DODGE CHARGERS
1 - CHRYSLER CORDOBA
1 - 1984 DODGE RAM TRUCK
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Troy
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« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2005, 11:44:02 PM » |
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Ok this needs to be posted in the Tech Archive if someone ever needs to know how to do a good restoration! Maybe you haven't noticed... but we don't have a Tech Archive. Troy Maybe we just don't have any good Tech to archive yet? Maybe not but I bet we've got more than enough already to fill up the "Useless Post Archive"...  Troy |
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Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.
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Starman417
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« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2005, 11:51:31 PM » |
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Very nice! Very cool color also, can't wait to see that 400 in the car.
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694spdRT
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« Reply #18 on: August 09, 2005, 11:54:38 PM » |
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Ok this needs to be posted in the Tech Archive if someone ever needs to know how to do a good restoration! Maybe you haven't noticed... but we don't have a Tech Archive. Troy Maybe we just don't have any good Tech to archive yet? Maybe not but I bet we've got more than enough already to fill up the "Useless Post Archive"... Troy No arguments with you on that one. BTW: Is this the secret to "flagrant" poster status. If you respond then I can respond back...neat how that works. JK Sorry for the Hi-Jacked thread. I'm done now.  |
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1969 Charger R/T 440 4 speed
1968 Charger 383 auto
1972 Challenger 318 (soon to be 360 Mag & 833OD)
1976 W250 Club Cab 4x4 400 auto
2005 Ram 2500 4x4 Big Horn Cummins Diesel 6 speed
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Silver R/T
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« Reply #19 on: August 10, 2005, 12:36:48 AM » |
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wow nice job on resto man, first post and so much information and pics, I just had to save them all for future reference. Welcome to the site, is that QQ1 paint code silver?
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http://www.cardomain.com/id/mitmaks  1968 silver/black/red striped R/T Like the tiger, you can see his stripes but you know he's clean... 2001 Ram 2500 CTD 1993 Mazda MX-3 GS SE 1995 Ford Cobra SVT#2722 If you don't have the best-you're just running with the rest
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