I'm well into my Roadrunner project and thought I would start a thread about my project, so here goes....
What I started with...(I'm going to edit in a better "what I started with pic")

Cool , thanks for sharing. What are the plans for your road runner?

don't forget to share these on the road runner site...

And this is what looks like after disassembly.

I have the car back on jackstands now, cause I'm replacing both 1/4 panels, interior patch panels, trunk floor & extensions, dutchman panel, package tray, and roof skin. The car is a 383/auto, b5 blue, black vinyl top, and blue interior. The plan is to paint the exterior black and change the interior to black also or leave it blue (haven't made my mind up on the interior yet). It will stay an auto and I already have that finished. I just haven't bought a torque convetor yet. I bought a 3.91 third member and its ready to install. The motor will be a 451 stroker. The short block is finished with a 509 MP cam and will be purchasing a set of aluminum heads from 440 Source or Eldebrock next. The car will be mini-tubbed with aftermarket wheels. I would like a set of Bogart wheels, but I don't think they're street legal if not probably a set from Centerline, the convo(sp?) pros? Anyway it will look stock other than the wheels and motor. Also I do have the original motor and trans from the car shoved up in the corner of my garage.
I will try and post some more pics later cause I have made a little progress, I'm just a little slow on the car and this computer.
I will try and post my progress on 69 Roadrunner.net also, but It seems I always have to resize my pics when I do and like I said I'm not real fast on this computer stuff.
Thanks, Bobby

Just wanted to post a pic of why I have to replace the package tray. Apparently someone installed 10" speakers at one time and used a can opener for the task.

Oh and here's a pic on moving day into the new garage.

Looking forward for more updates from You!!!!!


Keep Up!

Here are a few pics of the front floor repair:

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When you finish it you can take it to Mopar Madness!

Has philbates crushed out yet?

I had to remove the roof skin, because of the rust under the vinyl top. Roof had surface rust all over it and holes here and there, so it wasn't salvagable. I don't plan on putting another vinyl top back on.

A couple of pics of the 1/4 panel removed.

another

Here is a pic of the driver side 1/4 panel installed and new roof skin.

Passenger side.

And now I have the package tray and dutchman panel removed.

Trunk floor is gone. So now my pics have caught up with me and it will seem like I'm slowing down on the car. Problem is, I am slow. Oh well, next job will be to do the mini-tubs.

LOOKING GOOD



ricks_RR

looking great,, cant wait for more progress,, how d those AMD? quarters fit?, make sure you fit the rear window trim, etc,, and window,, jc

You have your passenger side and driver side mixed up. Nice project and great looking work. Keep the pics coming.

I borrowed an idea I saw Jake(Jake is working on a Challenger in projects section)do where the 1/4 meets the roof. Instead of lead or bondo I'm welding in a strip of sheetmetal so it will be more metal than bondo. Thanks Jake.

Well, I was able to get the inner wheel tubs out this weekend, which was my goal and got them out well before the Super Bowl starts.

Another shot

" are you ready for some F tball!!!"

jc

Well its been a while, but I finally got my mini-tubs installed. Next will be the package tray which shouldn't take too long. I'm going to start on it today when I get off this computer.

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I like where this is going Your white car looks sweet too

Well I got off the computer and went out to the garage and finished up the package tray. I guess next will be the dutchman panel and then the trunk floor.

rear view

Nice work looking good! Keep the pictures coming

i laughed at the pic of you pushing the car,, "by yourself" and thought,, well there could be 12 inches of snow!! in JAN/ FEB!!!

been there bought the T-shirt,, looks great!!

great work glad mine was not that bad


ricks_RR

Ok, I finally got the dutchman panel in. I guess since it will be visable unlike the package tray it took me a little longer.

This is a small part of the resto, but I thought it was kinda neat. This is the brace thats in the trunk that goes from the floor to the edge of the trunk opening. The bottom was rusted where it meets the floor and needed to be fixed.

I cut off the bottom of the brace to get a clean edge and took the cut off piece to work. We have a sheetmetal shop at work and I have friend that works in there. I asked him if he could copy it and he said to leave it and he'll give it a try. This is what I got, pretty neat I thought.

You gotta admit that's pretty impressive sheetmetal work.

Geez, I can't believe I haven't posted in here since april. This time of year you get kinda busy doing other things. Anyway I finished the trunk floor and have a few pics. Can you tell its been mini-tubbed?

side view

and a few of my brace repair

last one

Ok thats it until I start on the the next part, which will be the spring relocation kit. Hope it won't take to long.

lookin good Bobby

looks good one step at a time




ricks_RR

Great metal work there. Car looks excellent.

Thanks for the comments it keeps me motivated. I finally got around to notching my frame for the spring relocation kit. I guess a little part of me didn't want to cut the frame. There's no turning back now. Here are a few pics.

Here's the other side. These are just rough cuts, I still need to go back to clean and trim it to fit the box steel piece that goes into the notched frame.

Boxes installed

more

Rocker panel repair

Rust is cut out.

New metal welded in.

And now for some Bondo!

Front drivers side inner fender

Inner fender after being cleaned and painted.

Looks good-I love B5 blue! The next project I get will be a B5 Blue roadrunner...

I have some pics of the rear mount for the leaf springs. I didn't like the way they had it done in the instructions, because it would have made the shackels alot lower. So I did it different and I think it will be stronger. Here goes...

I notched the frame for shackle movement and I wanted the shackle at factory height.

I welded in the sleeve and welded washers on both sides. I also boxed in the frame where I notched it.

And now the Intermission ...........

Wow you did a lot on that car

Very nice work. Talented guys like you make it look easy!

Where did you get the stuff for the mini tub and leaf spring relocation mods?

I bought the spring relocation kit from Mancini's and the only thing I needed for the inner fenders was some sheet metal and I bought that at Lowe's.

I finished up the bottom of the car other than painting it. Its mostly rust encapsulator and primer.

I'm leaving undercoating in the wheel wells.

I'm going to start on the engine compartment next, fixing holes, and make it look a little smoother than factory.

I finished up some minor things on the car, but its still progress. I cleaned and sanded the engine bay and will sand it two more times before paint.

The interior is cleaned and sanded and I will prime and sand one more time before paint, but I'm not gonna get it too pretty since it will all be covered up.

I'm ready to move on to the next "phase" of my project. The main body is repaired as far as rust is concerned. I'm ready to start sanding the main body and repair and sand the body panels. Here is the shell ready for some sanding.

Here's what I have to deal with on both doors. Someone installed upholestery on the upper door panels and drilled ALOT of holes to secure the fabric to the panels.

Checkout these seat covers. All those buttons are going to be a pain to remove.

Thats all for now, maybe next time I'll have a little color on something.

Rolled the car outside yesterday and gave it its first coat of primer on the new roof and 1/4's.

2nd pic

lookin good Bobby

Great to see another one being saved...great work! Any pics of that White 68?? Hmmmm

Here's some more pics of the progress. I'm kinda in the boring part of the resto.....sanding. I've need to sand 2 more times and maybe paint it before winter.

another...

small parts

More small parts

Finally got some paint on some stuff.

bottom of trunk lid

Hood

Also painted bottom of car

gotta be a great feeling to get some color on it.

Trunk's painted

Hood inserts

Took a day off work to take advantage of the weather. Painted the engine bay....

I would post more pics, but it keeps telling me "posts already exists", but its not. Anybody know WTH is going on?

I'll try again

Outstanding work!!

Excellent work, keep posting pics.

Looks great, what type paint are you using?

Car is painted.

more pics

That's awesome!

another pic

Wanna do a Super Bee!?!

did you weld the sub frame connectors in while the car was on the rotisserie? what brand were they?