Looks good man.

Lowes or Home depot sell humane traps..... Again you and I are on the same page somehow. Cats like Red/black Mopars and tan Eurothane floors

Man that car is impressive. Well done, man...

Thanks all!
I've got some extra parts sold...so my wing will be ordered next week!

My kids somewhat adopted a neighborhood stray cat thats been hanging around. One day while working on the Duster I came out from eating lunch to find Mr Meow sleeping in my car cover in the trunk of the Duster. So it may have been urine of fear escaping from the cat as the big guy ran at it screaming to get the F out of the garage..

Looking great man! Can't wait to see the final product all done and out in the sun

I WILL BE AT MATS!! Its my final goal.

VS29,

The reproductions are quite nice but I put one in a friends car and had some trouble getting all the holes to align for a good fit. It worked out in the end but not a simple screw in deal. The chrome on originals is vacuum metalized, reproductions are hard chromed (like a bumper) if you have them side by side you can tell them from originals, something to consider depending on how much small details count to you.

If you go with original the source I used and would reccomend is www.gcartrim.com. He did mine and it came out spectacular. If you look at the cost of a restoration vs reproductions you will find that the spread isn't that much if yours is in decent shape to start with. He bought some of CV Platers equipment and was trained by the owner years ago, he's VERY good at gauge and bezel restoration.

VS29, thanks!

The bezel is from BEA and I'd agree with everything Scott said and who he recommends. The cost to refurbish the originals is the same or a little higher than the BEA repops. Fitment on the repop is an issue, not major, but it is there. If your original is perfect but faded than have it redone.

Good eye Yes, the plate was off my 65 Shelby Mustang clone. I grew up playing and riding in my friends parents 67 GT350, so Shelbys are near and dear to me.

The wheels have been powdercoated, tires mounted, balanced, and center caps installed! More to come this weekend.

Brent, Did you have those road force balanced? While they look very correct on our cars they are are well known for manufacturing inconsistances such as excessive run out...they will balance out all day on the average balancer but when installed on the car & road tested you will experience lots of vibration if in fact you happen to have an out of round tire.

Go to www.hunter.com and click on balancers......

You are doing a fantastic job! That is going to be one beautiful car!

Thanks!


Dave, no I just had them normally balanced. Can't you just to get them round?? I plan on showing it more than driving it at first anyways. Then it will be time to start racking up miles after purchasing some 15" Wheel Vintques Ralleys & BFG's..

"Can't you just to get them round??" No but lots of fun would be had try'n!

You will see what I'm talk'n about on your maiden voyage......let me know...

Gonna hate to see this thread end...

Weekend update:
Kids were at the grandparents and the wife at work so I put on a pot of strong Sumantra coffee, cranked up some Rammstein and got busy!
Its partially alive!! I finished all the wiring connections and put 12 volts to her. Engine will crank! Dash lights & possibly gauges not working, along with one fender winkie.Thinking it may be a bad circut board as I had pin (dash feed) break and thought it I had it fixed, but maybe not. I was able to get the non functional cassette player mounted, after redoing the housing, what a pain in the ass that was. Wards tried to fix it, but they couldn't and subsequently stopped repairing them. Hoping for undercoating next weekend

Heres the dash and cassette player. The MP3 ad on works and the stereo sounds good. I added the tuff wheel which should help out with the manual steering. I may put the stock wheel back on for judged shows. I got a lot of things done in the last 2 days, but I'm not going to list them all. Once it gets undercoated the next thing on the list is engine break in, glass installation....and driving it!!!

Here is what a cassette player looks like all disassembled.

Looking good Brent! Does the cassette player bracket just screw to the hump?

Thanks Dave! Yes it uses (4) 3/4" long screws that go into the tunnel. Not exactly the standard of Engineering that Chryslers are known for. Its been out of the car once or twice cause theres a set of extra holes in there. Hard to screw down with new carpet and padding..

Looks great!, My fender winkie works when it wants too also!. I'd love to know how the tuff wheel works with manual steering, Ma Mopar would'nt let you order one unless you had power steering..