Great work and coming a long quickly.

Man, first your Super Bee now this Challenger? You really have some skill and a promising future in restorations, thats for sure.

Its really great all the parts are available for that car, It will be like a new car when its done.Keep up the good work.

Thanks Guys

Some more updates...

I had to replace the pitted studs on firewall...


Frame repair Pics...









I Then Proceeded to clamp the cowl up...





Then Weld the cowl in along with shock towers...



Next up was the inner fenders...

Then Welded up the inner fender brackets/ braces...









Then I had to repair the mangled rad support...

Before...



After...





Then mocked up the rad support/ inner fender approns. So far everything is lining up great





Thats all for now...

very, very impressive.

Nice work! you put a lot of effort in and it shows. you are saving a cool car that a lot of folks would walk away from. good stuff

Hi there,
I see that you have been working very hard on your 71 Challenger. I have one too, but it is not as rusty as yours.

You are helping me so much with all of the pic's of your progress. My Challenger is not a numbers matching car either, with lots of small holes all over it. New fire wall, all floors, roof, a pillars, just to tell you the condition of it.

Looking forward to more of your progress and thanks for all of the time you have put into this thread.

Steve

"Restore the car back to its original options but making some performance upgrades"

VERY impressive work Stephen!!!
Since you're modding the car to 4-speed and disc brakes are you thinking of MAYBE going with a 440 instead of a 383?

Great work Steve,your becoming one helluva auto "reviver", someone who brings cars back from the dead! Hat's off to you!
Scott

WOW, I am way too lazy to do something like that.....good thing there are guys like you out there. Great job!

I love following this thread! Great work on your car! The pics are as good as the welding.

Thanks Guys!

Sorry i haven't updated in awhile i have been very busy with work and getting things ready for Carlisle. The Super Bee was in building T this year i wanted to do some last minute things to make it look its best

Pacnorthcuda I believe it will go to a 440, many things are up in the air as of now but i am thinking that the build with be based off how it was from the factory with a modern twist (maybe an extra gear, 4 wheel discs, and upgraded factory stuff like a 440, dana, etc)

Ill update whats been going on lately...

I mocked up the radiator before i welded the front back together. You can never be sure too much!!!



Welded and Removed...



Then i proceeded to mount the fenders for the first time to keep everything in line as i proceeds through the resto....




Now that the front end is basically done, i moved into the middle of the car which is by for the worst area due to the degree of rust. I Removed the roof...

What i found after removing the roof was a little discouraging, it was extremely bad, not only rusted, but wrecked on the drivers side...







So i proceeded to to repair this area piece by piece because reproduction parts are not available and had no luck finding roof structures that were decent here in PA...





After repairing the roof areas i proceeded into making a jig for the back half of the vehicle...





I did basically the same as i did in the front using a "cup" design to cradle the frame rails in their original position...

I mocked the roof skin and drip rail areas then, not being comfortably with just welding away and causing problems down i the road i wanted to mock up critical panels (quarters and deck lid) to make sure that everything is roughly in place...





Things roughly came together extremely well. The rear gaps i was impressed with from the start(minor tweaking needed)...





I also mocked up the trim to make sure it would go on well due to the large amount of fabrication in the original roof structure....







That is all for now...Stay tuned for more updates!

Man you have been hard at it.Awesome work!

you are a talented, hard working and patient dude!

Dave

Hey Guys,

Its been awhile since an update, I have had a lot of stuff going. But anyways here we go...

I removed the drivers side rocker to find some serious damage...




Some patches required...





Mocking things up for fit...





Fabrication of Patch Panels



Installed...





Final results after install...




Now moving to the Passenger side...





The rocker Panel is not correct. It appears that they took the dimensions from the drivers side and just flipped them for the passenger side, which is just a bit longer (short on driver due to the floor/firewall difference by the high beam switch). I will have to stretch the part before installing...



Difference in original and repop...



Stay tuned...

what repo rocker did you buy? AMD? or goodmark? or other?