As many already know, I now have another '69 Charger 500 (thanks Pete). I'm slowly, but surely making progress on getting her up and running. Got the motor going and verified the tranny works (from the standpoint of sitting up on jackstands). The next segment is the brake system.

Brake update.... Started tearing into it.. I just recieved me complete brake line kit from FineLines....... I'm in the process of removing the forward sections of the line system. The hard part will be the firewall line I'm sure. I had to cut the line at the valve, so it definitely will have to be replaced prior to restoration.. I'm going over to a friends tomorrow to use his air compressor so I can get the pistons out of the calipers and rebuild the assemblies. The booster and master cylinder seem fine... I'll attack the front to rear line and the Dana differential in the next day or two.... Slowly but surely....... The lines on the front were too far gone to trust not replacing it all...... I was able to find both side of the special brackets for the caliper's brake lines and caliper rebuild kits..

More progress to come.

Nice car! You're spoiled. You think those are rusty brake lines? Can I send you some from a typical MN car to show you what rusty is?

Good luck with the project!

More stuff.... Putting the driver's side caliper back together and mounted in the car. Fit's pretty good. Glad I did this for the Bendix system is pretty easy.... New calipers seals, new hoses and as seen before, new lines... I removed the old front-2-rear line and the Dana lines as well. I'll tackle the passenger side here in the coming week along with installing the new Dana lines, wheel cylinders and hardware kit... Rest of the car doesn't look all that pretty, but, I'll get to that later.. I just wanna get the car going down the road...

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nice build it looks very solid i will be following it, what options does the 500 have?

Well, things are wrapping up on the hydraulic brake system. I've replaced all the lines, cleaned out the valving and replaced the master cylinder. I attached it to the power brake booster and freshened up the unit with a fresh coat black. I'm going to see about turning the drums and getting hardware.... After I get the brakes all bleed and good to go, new fuel lines are next.............

Here's I'm getting ready to paint the power bracke booster/master cylinder unit. It cleaned up rather nicely and then reman M/C.

Almost done painting...

Temporarily installed. Waiting to get the harness clip/bracket that attaches to the backing plate...

Troy,nice looking car,can't go wrong with a32 axle pkg.Havent seen to many 500's what are the hoses from the firewall for?I thought they have fixed headlights!Scott.

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That makes sense,thank's for enlighting me.Scott

Update: Grille... I'm slowly getting the grille all squared away now. I have an NOS passenger side headlamp bucket and the attach brackets. What I was in need of was the inside vertical support brackets and driver's side headlamp bucket (which is IMPOSSIBLE) to find. I feel I'm extremely lucky to have found the NOS passenger side. Anywho, here's what I did/doing as of today...

Majority of what I have to start with...

Fitting the NOS bucket in.....

Grille fit with OEM brackets

Fitting the spacers in.... They were the same used on Coronets with length modifications.