The one year challenge
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Well a good friend of mine told me tonight that a group of locals are planning on going to the 2018 Monster Mopar Weekend at Norwalk. He is giving me notice, that I have to finish my Road Runner and I have to drag it the 750 miles to Norwalk for the event. It gives me 53 weeks to get the car painted, assembled, tested, and ready to go. Guess I have to get serious about working on it now...
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Re: The one year challenge
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Time to get serious! The car already looks serious! Can't wait to see it at Norwalk, I promise to have my car there too.
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Re: The one year challenge
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Sweet ride. It looks bad [censored] now
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Re: The one year challenge
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No sweat, you have plenty of time. You better put a heater in the garage. Good luck, I'll buy you dinner at Texas Roadhouse if you make it. 🍖🍗🍛
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Re: The one year challenge
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No sweat, you have plenty of time. You better put a heater in the garage. Good luck, I'll buy you dinner at Texas Roadhouse if you make it. 🍖🍗🍛 Do they serve these at Texas Roadhouse? Why do you think it's my favorite place to eat? And Joel, what car are YOU going to bring to Norwalk??? I'm making a list of things to do, and most importantly things I can paint over the winter at Jay's using his paint booth.
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Re: The one year challenge
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If your painting it flat black yourself, no problem...Having someone else paint it....Problem I'll be doing all the body work, and painting. No flat black though... Going to look just like it did in 1979. On the plus side I have 99.999% of all the parts I need to put the car together, and all the little parts are cleaned up, painted/powder coated, and ready to install. The biggest job is doing all the body work, and I'm not going to compromise quality just to get it done. I'll keep this thread up to date on the progress.
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Re: The one year challenge
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see ya there??? Sounds good!!! Drag 4 speed Johnny with ya!
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Re: The one year challenge
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Awesome, can't wait to see this bad boy when it's done!
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Re: The one year challenge
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I'll keep this thread up to date on the progress. Please do keep us posted, the car looks great so far. Bill
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Re: The one year challenge
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Ya got a year, better get on that body work. Takes time to get done correctly and leave time for solvent evaporation. Not something that should be rushed, one of the hardest things to convince a customer of. Best of luck looks killer already. But I think the stance has changed a bit since '79
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Re: The one year challenge
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Ya got a year, better get on that body work. Takes time to get done correctly and leave time for solvent evaporation. Not something that should be rushed, one of the hardest things to convince a customer of. Best of luck looks killer already. But I think the stance has changed a bit since '79 I'm hoping to get the car on the rotisserie, and get the car into first coat of primer before winter sets in, and it's too cold to work on the car. In the spring, I'll block it out a couple more times, and it should be ready to paint by the end of May. I'm going to try and have it race ready by the 4th of July so I can make some test runs, at the local 1/8th mile track. And yes, the stance is just a little different today.
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Re: The one year challenge
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No doubt in my mind...You will get it done Jeff! It will either be a miracle, or epic failure... but the car will get done. I almost have the transmission cross member done now. Been a busy last couple days.
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Re: The one year challenge
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Stay at it and I am sure you will have it done and ready.
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