Ok guys and gals,
Here is the scoop on my 68 resto that i started in January. I had a couple snags along the way. one being a broken finger playing wally ball at work, and the second being a new half bath addition to the house for my spouse. (damn honey-do list never gets smaller) But, i'm back on track an moving ahead full steam. I'm scheduled for paint Aug 20th so we'll see if i can make that deadline. That gives me 4 nights and weekends to do my mud work and wet sanding.
I'll let the pictures do the talking so here we go!
Picture 1: bought it from a relative who had past away. $500.
Picture 2: trunk floor was totaly gone.
Picture 3: new pans welded in.
Picture 4: New quarter welded on, this is how it sat in March.
Picture 1: Then i ran out of money and so i picked up a side job building a garage addition for a friends Dad.
Picture 2: Then moma wanted her sh!t done also so i had to convert the old butlers pantry into a half bath. Look pretty good huh..
Picture 3: This is how the 500 sits. waiting. dont want it going anywhere so i better load it down with crap. I've cleaned this car off twice already and the crap keeps piling up.
Picture 4: After sand blasting the bottom side this past weekend i por-15'd the underside and its looking good....
Picture 1: Here is the H&H Trailer i went in on with my Dad for $3000 total. 22' long manual tiltbed.
Picture 2: We added a winch and man this is the only way to go, easy loading!
Picture 3: Then i sprayed the trunk floor with por-15 also.
Picture 4: This is how it look right now. I've got some more paint to scrape off and old mud work to remove, then its go time!
Hidden headlights are for dorks??????.... UMMM It looks like you joined the club ;D
Boy I remember when my blue 68 looked like that YIKES, but when your done look out.
Oh by the way great color ;D
Dan
nice project shots. thanks for sharing. Youll get done someday
Good things come to those who wait. ;D
Looking good :thumbs:
looks awesome pocket, keep us updated....Mine is heading to the body shop tomorrow to get re-did!! :thumbs:
Quote from: PocketThunder on July 20, 2005, 10:35:43 PM
Picture 3: This is how the 500 sits. waiting. dont want it going anywhere so i better load it down with crap. I've cleaned this car off twice already and the crap keeps piling up.
I know exactly what you mean. Mine is constantly being used as a trash collector, in & out. :-\
You're making nice progress, I can't wait to see it in paint!
Good luck!!
PS thats some garage you have there!
Keep up the good work Pocket. :thumbs:
It will all pay off when the first coat of shiny stuff goes on.
Quote from: 6T9_CHARGER_RT on July 22, 2005, 05:44:19 AM
Good luck!!
PS thats some garage you have there!
thanks. ya i've got a 40' wide lot and the city limit on garages is 1000 sf so i went 32 wide by 30 deep. Its still too small :icon_smile_big: I told my spouse we were gonna dig a ramp down to the basement of the house for and extra stall but she said................. NO.
Pic 1: the old garage from the early 1900's. It was a one car, then added on to for a 18x18 two car, but too small to get any Charger work done in so it came down. Pretty easily too...
Pic 2: had a crew of guys come over thinking they were getting free beer and bar-b-qued steaks, when they showed up I put them to work. We had all the walls up and trusses on in a day.
Pic 3: the second day only one guy came back so we were left to shingle the roof on our own.....
nice shop
the car is looking great! and i luv the garage. thats my dream. to build my dream garage. good luck. Rene
Keep em coming!!!!
Great work, stay motivated.
Hello my name is Gary and I have a couple of questions for you I was looking at your pics and I see that you have tackled and it looks like successfully mastered the trunk. I'm in the process now of doing a trunk in my 68 RT and am in the middle of using a spotweld remover to drill all of the spotwelds out and my question is along the sides of the trunk sections where they fit up against the wheelwells and around the flanges where the jack fit are is the trunk spot welded on the sides and in the wheelwells. This has been the most frustrating job I believe I have ever done also I had to cut the bumper braces out to get under them so I will be able to get the trunk out do you know where I can purchase new ones? I thank you for your time and hope that you can help me. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Gary
Quote from: gpnavar on July 24, 2005, 10:16:36 AM
Hello my name is Gary and I have a couple of questions for you I was looking at your pics and I see that you have tackled and it looks like successfully mastered the trunk. I'm in the process now of doing a trunk in my 68 RT and am in the middle of using a spotweld remover to drill all of the spotwelds out and my question is along the sides of the trunk sections where they fit up against the wheelwells and around the flanges where the jack fit are is the trunk spot welded on the sides and in the wheelwells. This has been the most frustrating job I believe I have ever done also I had to cut the bumper braces out to get under them so I will be able to get the trunk out do you know where I can purchase new ones? I thank you for your time and hope that you can help me. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Gary
Hey Gary,
Yes the trunk is spot welded along the wheel wells. my car was so rusted that there was nothig left to cut out though. :icon_smile_shock: Grinding out all the spot welds sounds like a tough job. I started doing that and after the 5th one i grabbed the grinder and just grinded out the spot welds. I avoided cutting into the frame rails. See the following picture for a patch i had to make to the inner wheel wells.
The bumper brackets i dont think are reproduced by anyone, so you'll have to reuse your old ones or ask around for a set. I tried to remove mine the best that i could. They went back in ok..
Here is where i learned how to do a trunk floor. www.69hemi.com His name is Jet and he is a member here on this message board.
Good luck, and just ask a question here anytime and you'll always get help.
PT
Looks like you have made great progess PT. Are you building this one for your wife? I think I recall something like that from back on the old board. What are your plans for it, stroker, stock restoration, etc? Good luck with the rest of the project :cheers: !
Can you show and tell me more about the winch you added on your trailer?
I have the exact same trailer, including color, except mine is a 20 footer. I have a winch to mount also. Show me a picture of how you mounted yours. I bought the winch mount form H&H but am not impressed with it. I want to mount mine similar to what you did.
I love the trailer too. Very easy to load and pulls very nice.
Looking good Pocket. :2thumbs: You ended up going two years without a car. :'( Oh well. Next year will be fun. Bring some pics to the picnic on Sunday. I should have the General with me.
Quote from: MoparYoungGun on July 25, 2005, 06:15:59 PM
Looks like you have made great progess PT. Are you building this one for your wife? I think I recall something like that from back on the old board. What are your plans for it, stroker, stock restoration, etc? Good luck with the rest of the project :cheers: !
Yes this is going to be for my spouse. (which i'll drive for a couple years while i restore the 500 ;D) Its gonna get a 440, .030" over, decked and balanced, maybe bigger valves if the stock ones need replacing. I cant afford to stick too much money into it though. Just looking to make it a nice driver with big balls....
Quote from: MGBRingo on July 25, 2005, 06:25:59 PM
Can you show and tell me more about the winch you added on your trailer?
I have the exact same trailer, including color, except mine is a 20 footer. I have a winch to mount also. Show me a picture of how you mounted yours. I bought the winch mount form H&H but am not impressed with it. I want to mount mine similar to what you did.
I love the trailer too. Very easy to load and pulls very nice.
It sure is very easy to load and pull. I ordered the winch mount plate with the trailer. i think it was a little over $100. The winch i had bolted right up to it and i think that was the best $100 i ever spent. it sure beats the hassle of fabbing up a plate when you're a guy with no free time. It was probably more expensive than what i could have built one for but in my case $100 was easier to come up with vs any free time to do it..
The trailer is at my Dads an hour away, i'll be there this weekend so i'll snap a couple close up pics for you.
-------------------------------------- :yesnod: (Mike D style)
Hey General, i called Tipopiola tonight and he will be there also. I'm bringing the whole fam damily so see you about noon. I'm bringing my weber grille this year so i dont have to eat raw brats this time......
Cool, sounds like it should a fun car. Good luck with with it and the 500 :cheers: !
Quote from: gpnavar on July 24, 2005, 10:16:36 AM
Hello my name is Gary and I have a couple of questions for you I was looking at your pics and I see that you have tackled and it looks like successfully mastered the trunk. I'm in the process now of doing a trunk in my 68 RT and am in the middle of using a spotweld remover to drill all of the spotwelds out and my question is along the sides of the trunk sections where they fit up against the wheelwells and around the flanges where the jack fit are is the trunk spot welded on the sides and in the wheelwells. This has been the most frustrating job I believe I have ever done also I had to cut the bumper braces out to get under them so I will be able to get the trunk out do you know where I can purchase new ones? I thank you for your time and hope that you can help me. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Gary
they have the bumper braces at Sherman :http://store.shermanparts.com/cgi-bin/sherman/product_list.html?img_num=171 :icon_smile_big:
I am looking forward to seeing the pictures. I will take some pictures of the H&H mount I will not be using also. Thanks
I am also interested in how you wired it. I am planning on mounting those quick release connections on the front and rear of my truck so I can just plug it in when I need to use it.
Wow, that's some progress! Lookin' good...and good work on that garage, I couldn't nail two boards together with a nailgun!
Quote from: MGBRingo on July 28, 2005, 10:08:46 PM
I am looking forward to seeing the pictures. I will take some pictures of the H&H mount I will not be using also. Thanks
I am also interested in how you wired it. I am planning on mounting those quick release connections on the front and rear of my truck so I can just plug it in when I need to use it.
Here are some pics.
Hello everyone. Well, disregard my 1st post where i said i was gonna have the car painted in August. I was dreaming, or well, actually i needed to take a break to get the family squared away and now i'm back. (We sold our house and bought down to allow my spouse to only work part time and stay home more with 'lil thunder...) (i still got a 3 car garage at this next place though!)
So i took the 68 to a couple body shops and got some quotes today. 1st shop, (Bob) that did a friends 69 pickup that turned out nice, said $5000 plus materials. And i can come work on it with him on weekends. So thats not too bad but there i'm looking at $7000 when he(we) are all done. And i dont have free weekends.
Next stop was at Maaco on the way home from work. $3600 painted base/clear with DuPonts Chromabase. Add $500 to cut and buff. So this is where i'm gonna go. I can cut and buff it myself. So for $3600 i'm going with Maaco. I'll drop it off next week and i will get it back in Jan/Feb. They are a production shop, so when they are slow they will work on my car. That is fine with me, i'll have time to get my K-frame done and ready to bolt back up.
So, anyways, just was excited to be back moving on this project again and wanted to tell everyone.
Paul
in St. Paul, MN
Pocket, is Maaco reliable? Don't they cut (very big) corners to prep and paint your car?
I do believe they were bad news,but could be wrong.
:icon_smile_big:
Quote from: CB on November 23, 2005, 05:48:55 PM
Pocket, is Maaco reliable? Don't they cut (very big) corners to prep and paint your car?
I do believe they were bad news,but could be wrong.
If you pay for the $259 ambassador special, then they arent gonna spend much time on your car. I am paying $4000 and they are doing a good job so far. I stop in once or twice a week to see how its going and i'm happy.
lookin good PT, so I'll see you at some local shows this summer?
Great progress! Car is looking good! Keep us updated with pics.
Great thread, love the pics.
The trailer I purchased has 4 feet stationary, and 18 feet that tilts via gravity (no jack). Has removable fenders and stake pockets for tieing down etc. I paid for extra steel at the front of the tilt portion to mount a winch, which I discovered threw my "neutral balance" off. But, I just throw a little weight on the other end to compensate. I carry a car battery with me, and some marine type terminals for quickly connecting/disconnecting to the winch cables. Would like to figure out a way to pemanently mount the battery to the trailer one day. You have to pay attention when you unload/load, as once you reach the point of tilt, it can happen in a hurry (right 01? Heh, heh).
Link to ebay auction, direct from manufacturer, built to my spec. at their Ozark, MO location: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-18-4-Tilt-Car-Hauler-Tandem-Lowboy-Utility-Trailer_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ80769QQitemZ4596203381QQrdZ1
Pic of unloading moparguy01's Charger at RD's house:
Nice Charger and all but...THAT GARAGE IS FANTASTIC!!! Nicely done (both the car AND the garage). :icon_smile_tongue:
Mike
That's way cool that your finally getting that baby in paint! :boogie:
Here is my $5000 Maaco paint job.... I'm very happy so far. they are gonna sand out some imperfections Monday and shoot a 4th coat of clear and then assemble the car. Then the detailer will cut and buff it during the week and i will get it back Saturday Feb. 4th.....
My Spouse was pretty excited to see her car moving along..... (hehe)
Paul
in St. Paul
;D
:boogie:
lookin' great, Pocket thunder!!!!!!!
Jason
dern that looks good, I'll bet your spouse is getting excited!!! I don't know how you're going to keep that away from her until you get your's done ;D
Mmmm...I can almost smell that fresh paint from here! :icon_smile_approve:
That looks fantastic, Man!! I bet your wife wasn't the only one wearing a big perma-grin. :icon_smile_big:
??? Yep still spinning from that new car/paint smell :icon_smile_big: looks great.
Maybe I did not see it in all of the posts, but what color is it PP1? good color, :thumbs:,
Dan
Looking great Pocket! I love red Charger's. :2thumbs:
P.S. That's what you are planning to drive down to Wisconsin this year isn't it?
Quote from: 8WHEELER on January 29, 2006, 12:34:01 AM
??? Yep still spinning from that new car/paint smell :icon_smile_big: looks great.
Maybe I did not see it in all of the posts, but what color is it PP1? good color, :thumbs:,
Dan
PP1 :yesnod:
Quote from: 694spdRT on January 29, 2006, 12:42:54 AM
Looking great Pocket! I love red Charger's. :2thumbs:
P.S. That's what you are planning to drive down to Wisconsin this year isn't it?
YES :yesnod:
Looks fantastic!! :thumbs:
Looks Great. Nothing like the smell of a freshly painted car.
You plan on driving that this year :o
I got my 71 back from the shop last week and I'm hoping that I have it ready for Carlisle 2007.
The car looks Great! I will have to park next to you this year so my car looks better. I can only wish for the day my car looks that good. Can't wait to see it in person. Awesome! :2thumbs:
Great looking job Paul! :cheers:
Looks awesome..I know the feeling, its awesome isn't it ;)
Quote from: MOPARHOUND! on December 14, 2005, 11:26:08 PM
Great thread, love the pics.
The trailer I purchased has 4 feet stationary, and 18 feet that tilts via gravity (no jack). Has removable fenders and stake pockets for tieing down etc. I paid for extra steel at the front of the tilt portion to mount a winch, which I discovered threw my "neutral balance" off. But, I just throw a little weight on the other end to compensate. I carry a car battery with me, and some marine type terminals for quickly connecting/disconnecting to the winch cables. Would like to figure out a way to pemanently mount the battery to the trailer one day. You have to pay attention when you unload/load, as once you reach the point of tilt, it can happen in a hurry (right 01? Heh, heh).
Link to ebay auction, direct from manufacturer, built to my spec. at their Ozark, MO location: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-18-4-Tilt-Car-Hauler-Tandem-Lowboy-Utility-Trailer_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ80769QQitemZ4596203381QQrdZ1
Pic of unloading moparguy01's Charger at RD's house:
you arent kidding. Im not loading another car on your trailer hound. ill let you do it. that thing scared the beejesus outta me. then i was dumb enough to let off the brakes and had to do it a second time. haha
i wonder how itll look after its cut and buffed. we need more pics!!
Thanks for all the mad props..
The car is an original PP1 car so that made the color choice easy. :yesnod: Although i did think about Black also, but Red is :thumbs:
I plan on a hard 3 months of reassembly, now all my friends want to come over, so with some help it should go together in time for the summer driving season.
I'll post more pics of it next weekend after i get it home and its put back together and the stripe is on..
Paul
in St. Paul
car is coming along great!
How much touch up body work did the Maaco guys do, if any?
Quote from: bull on January 30, 2006, 04:56:37 PM
How much touch up body work did the Maaco guys do, if any?
They did all the mud work. I took it in after i finished the metal work. They used mud on the fenders and the quarter panels to get the body lines nice and straight. The doors were nice to start with.
looks great PT. Can't wait to see it on the road this summer!
Congratulations!! dayum that looks good! you beat me to having the car painted first. I'm gonna have to put some heat on my body guy. Very nice job and price too!!! :2thumbs: Now the best part comes to putting the pieces together with lots of luv. :icon_smile_big:
I like trailer too, but its too far away from me to get one.
Hello everybody. Took some more pictures today after the cut and buff guy was finished. It sure is looking mighty fine now!!!
Paul
in St. Paul
:icon_smile_tongue: :icon_smile_tongue:
great looking charger, but why is it being pulled by a f*rd? :icon_smile_dead: lol
later :icon_smile_cool:
Quote from: Bandit72 on February 07, 2006, 11:06:39 PM
great looking charger, but why is it being pulled by a f*rd? :icon_smile_dead: lol
later :icon_smile_cool:
The Ford belongs to the body shop, its their truck and trailer that its on for now. You can see "Whitey" my '89 Ram in the distance on the right hand side of the Hood picture :icon_smile_big:
Paul. I noticed you did'nt pull the master cylinder and they painted right over it???? That's going to be hard to strip! Charger looks awesome!!
Quote from: 4402tuff4u on February 08, 2006, 07:01:32 AM
Paul. I noticed you did'nt pull the master cylinder and they painted right over it???? That's going to be hard to strip! Charger looks awesome!!
I know. I didnt make time to pull it off but I think its getting replaced anyways..
Man that thing looks sweet :yesnod: I'll bet you're so excited you could hardly contain yourslef (http://users.pandora.be/eforum/emoticons4u/crazy/282.gif)
Man that looks great, congrats!! :cheers:
You got the car from in-laws, right? They're gonna have skid marks on their chins when their jaws hit the ground this summer. :o ;D
Couple of six packs and a few friends and you should have her put back together by Sunday.
Those overhaulin guys do it all the time.
Paint Job looks great!
I'm jealous!
Your project is coming along great...I love the pics btw.
Quote from: ChgrSteve67 on February 08, 2006, 05:08:16 PM
Couple of six packs and a few friends and you should have her put back together by Sunday.
I don't know, I'm thinking - beer + friends + awesome paint job + sharp object (tools) = bad news for paint job :scared:
ITS HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :boogie: :boogie: :boogie: :boogie: :boogie: :boogie:
Damn!!! the "Red Dragon" is gonna look HOT with these 17" ARE Hopsters!
Great to see it back home again! Now the ball is in your court and I hope you make the 3 month deadline.
Looks like you could run the Burlington Northern line down from St. Paul to see me if you can't afford the tires for those Hopsters just yet. ;D
Quote from: 694spdRT on February 10, 2006, 11:23:11 PM
Great to see it back home again! Now the ball is in your court and I hope you make the 3 month deadline.
Looks like you could run the Burlington Northern line down from St. Paul to see me if you can't afford the tires for those Hopsters just yet. ;D
No kidding!!! $150 each for the rear. $100 each for the front in Goodyear RS-A's. I could buy KUMHO in two different brands for $99 each but then the treads would be different and it would look stupid.
whoah, very nice rims! love them! and cool paintjob too :D
I love the rims but the paint jobs look amazing in the first picture. :2thumbs:
Damn, I bet I could stuff 4 cars in that garage... :-\
Oh, nice lookin' Charger. ;D
I've got the same rims on my 67 Charger.
They are great looking rims.
Your paint job is incrediable.
Just wanted to tell everyone that I stopped at Paul's today and saw the car. Looks even better in person. What a boost to the "Mopar Fire within", as Ken would say. Hopefully Paul can get her going by summer. I know he wants too. I am thinking Katy wants it done too. Not only so she can drive it, but also so she can get in the garage. It's kinda stuffed with Chargers right now. :icon_smile_big:
I am psyched and it ain't even my car. Again, great job Paul. :2thumbs:
Hey Thunder as good as the first pics were, isn't it something how it looks so much better at home, that car is sharp in your garage, lol.
Can't wait to see the finished pics........ Pics like that keep all us guys in the middle of a resto going.
Take it easy,
Jason
Pocket, That car looks AWESOME! The taillight panel especially! ;D Keep up the good work!
I like the tail treatment with the white stripes! Very nice paint job. Keep posting on the progress so I can keep trying to catch up to ya!!! :2thumbs:
Just poping in with an updated picture from tonight. :icon_smile_cool:
Still haven't gotten those lugs off I see. :icon_smile_big:
car looks nice!
looks real nice, the good bit now ,and the part i like doing best putting it all back to gether :2thumbs:
Hey Paul, looks great - sharp and awesome color!! :drool5: :2thumbs: Did you install the glass before the roof liner?.....the liner installer is going to love you!! :nana: I was told by an interior installer not to put the glass (front & back windshield) in until the liner is in.....hmmm, wait a second, did you have the glass off anyway while you had the car painted? :scratchchin:
Can't wait to get mine home! Still not ready!! :icon_smile_sad:
I agree Paul - your car looks great.
Quote from: General_01 on April 03, 2006, 10:48:42 PM
Still haven't gotten those lugs off I see. :icon_smile_big:
No! I tried them again last night and no luck. I'm going to borrow an electric impact gun from work today so the should come off tonight. :yesnod:
Quote from: 4402tuff4u on April 04, 2006, 05:46:07 AM
Hey Paul, looks great - sharp and awesome color!! :drool5: :2thumbs: Did you install the glass before the roof liner?.....the liner installer is going to love you!! :nana: I was told by an interior installer not to put the glass (front & back windshield) in until the liner is in.....hmmm, wait a second, did you have the glass off anyway while you had the car painted? :scratchchin:
Can't wait to get mine home! Still not ready!! :icon_smile_sad:
My front and rear glass is not in the car yet. You are right, i need to put the headliner in first. thats gonna happen this weekend :boogie:
Quote from: PocketThunder on April 04, 2006, 08:16:39 AM
Quote from: General_01 on April 03, 2006, 10:48:42 PM
Still haven't gotten those lugs off I see. :icon_smile_big:
No! I tried them again last night and no luck. I'm going to borrow an electric impact gun from work today so the should come off tonight. :yesnod:
Quote from: 4402tuff4u on April 04, 2006, 05:46:07 AM
Hey Paul, looks great - sharp and awesome color!! :drool5: :2thumbs: Did you install the glass before the roof liner?.....the liner installer is going to love you!! :nana: I was told by an interior installer not to put the glass (front & back windshield) in until the liner is in.....hmmm, wait a second, did you have the glass off anyway while you had the car painted? :scratchchin:
Can't wait to get mine home! Still not ready!! :icon_smile_sad:
My front and rear glass is not in the car yet. You are right, i need to put the headliner in first. thats gonna happen this weekend :boogie:
Dayum! I got to get my eyes checked and lazered up like Lizard is doing! From the photo, it looks like the front windshield is installed! :icon_smile_cool:
Hey, don't forget to paint that grill. The car looks great!
ANY UPDATES? :scratchchin:
He finished it but ended up selling it not too long ago.....
Quote from: hemi-hampton on April 17, 2009, 02:25:08 PM
ANY UPDATES? :scratchchin:
Sold last summer to pay for baby #3 and a bigger house for 3 kids and a SAHM.... :-\
I still have my '69 though.. :yesnod:
I must of missed that Thread, Dont remember seeing it completed? LEON.