At it again! 1970 Charger resurrection

[JB400]

                                       

                                                     

[tsmithae]

Well, I managed to get a bit done lately. 


Stripped paint at the rear pan lip and the adjoining area on the rear valence to get ready for panel adhesive.  I just realized today that I have used conventional resette welds, spot welding, and now panel adhesive, It's good to be well-rounded!  




And, she is all welded in and the panel adhesive is setting.



The passenger corner cap wasn't terrible but the Drivers side... UGH.  :hammer:





Then on to the trunk lid repairs and fortunately the missing blind nut was found in the deck lid!  :woot:

The latch area...




Now the hinge area... Why, why why???



I made a template from the un-abused side with a piece of lathe.





Completed repairs.  




I also got a phone call from Greyhound and I have a crossmember waiting for me (Thanks Avolow!!!  :beer:) And then when I got home I had a package waiting for me.  My reverse lights were shot so I jumped on these when I saw them.

[JB400]

Glad to see you managed to save your decklid.  Good job   Tail panel come out well too

[tan top]

    looking good  , nice work 

[bill440rt]

 

[Tilar]

Looking good!     

[tsmithae]

Thanks guys! 

And this decklid was actually one I just bought.  Mine was in good shape but the rear seam was a little rusty; I saw this one and the seams were perfect but someone had mangled it thinking that it was the problem on why things weren't lining up correctly.   

[nvrbdn]

doing awesome work. 

[tsmithae]

Thanks! 

I managed to obtain an original torsion crossmember to replace my roached one.  and spent the afternoon prepping it to hopefully get welded in tomorrow. 

[XS29L9B2]

whaou nice work

[tsmithae]

Well, I got it in and started working on eliminating rust and old collision issues.  The last picture is a before, I hope to have the after tomorrow. 

[tsmithae]

So, I lied and it wasn't tomorrow.  But, I have been busy.   

Despite the inevitable craziness that comes with the holidays, I have managed to get a decent amount done lately and should have a floor in before '14!

I replaced the old accident damaged firewall/door area.

From this:   



To this:   



I repaired the inner rocker and the splash shield over the passenger frame rail

From This:   


To this!   


Repaired the splash shield over the drivers frame rail. 



Then I started at the drivers side firewall seam and wound up with this. 

[tsmithae]

Floor, done. 

[fy469rtse]

     a hell of a lot of work done there in a short time, looks great

[Stevearino]

You must be feeling pretty good. Looks like you have cranked it up to light speed. Great progress.

[tnthull]

Learned some great stuff reading thru this! Keep it coming!

[tsmithae]

Thanks guys, I will definitely keep the work and information coming! 

[tsmithae]

Well, it has been a minute. I have had some things pop up with life... surgery, etc. and have been forced to take a minor break from the car.  Today, I managed to get back at it a bit.


Wait a minute... where did my car go?



How did this get out here?



Dreamin...



She sits on her own 4 wheels and saw the light of day for the first time in about a year and a half... ugh, where has the time gone?



I hope to be having more to post these days and I know I have been a bit absent lately.  I have had a lot going on in life that has kinda deterred from the Charger... I'm hoping to be able to squeeze in more Charger therapy these days, I need it.

[Baldwinvette77]

Awesome, Daydreaming is the best 

[hawkeye]

Looks like the hardest part is behind you Ted.  With the weather is warming, progress should be a lot easier.   Great job so far!   

[tsmithae]

Thanks guys, I hope to be ab;e to post more soon.   

[spoolinhard]

Every time I see that blue pass. fender, I think, hey, thats my fender.  I ended up with a good one so all is well

[ACUDANUT]

383 right ?

[tsmithae]

Every time I see that blue pass. fender, I think, hey, thats my fender.  I ended up with a good one so all is well

Haha, sorry! I still can't believe that I somehow wound up with it.

Yes, its the original 383, 40 over, and upgraded.

[Stevearino]

I was kind of wondering where you got off to. I keep forgetting that other people have real lives and do not live the life of a hermit as I do. You have to admit once  you had it back on its' wheels that you probably got a little excited. Once you can see those classic lines again it starts to feel like it is all worth while.
Springtime does'nt hurt either.