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Re: 74 Challenger rebuild pictures. Dialup Beware!
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10/13/07 08:54 PM
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wow thats a nice body  Be a great parts car for my vert  
Great work by the way and fast
Thanks,
Still have a long way to go. The bottem looked better than I thought it would. Lot's more hot water and dirt tomorrow. I changed shirts at least 5 times this afternoon and was filty when I got done, with a little muscle pump to go with it!  I would'nt want to do it in 40 degree weather, that's for sure. I've been telling people to go rent a steam cleaner from the tool rental when it comes time to do this. Here's evidence, second car I've done this way.
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Re: 74 Challenger rebuild pictures. Dialup Beware!
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10/15/07 10:13 PM
10/15/07 10:13 PM
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Nice, but I'll get my quarters cut off first! 
OKkkkk, we'll see. I have to make some room to work before I get to cutting quarters off.
I cleaned out the inside including all the seam sealer, well most of it. Don't worry, I took alot of pictures, of before. There was a ton of sealer all over and I still did'nt get it all out. But it is very clean right now, inside and out. I think I'm gonna go right to panel replacement before any media blasting.
It's supposed to rain tonite, man I hope soo....
Well you all know that I'm been working out behind my garage outside. This thing is bare steel in a bunch of places, so temporally I was given permission to store it here till I move my other two challengers to make room for this. When my GF looks out the back bedroom window she see's the bottem of my car!! You know what my backyard looks like, it quite a site.
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Re: 74 Challenger rebuild pictures. Dialup Beware!
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#45645
10/16/07 06:57 AM
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Making great progress!
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Re: 74 Challenger rebuild pictures. Dialup Beware!
#45647
10/19/07 04:45 PM
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Making great progress!
Thanks everyone for looking. TGIF!!!
Drilled few spotwelds while it's on the spit. I only drilled a few because the cars not supported yet. Lots easier now than later. IMO Cleaned out the lead top and bottem. Gonna move it tomorrow and put it on jack stands. Then off comes the quarter and the trunk pan, ect. I've been cleaning out seam sealer out of the trunk this week too. They use at least two different kinds and one of them sticks pretty good, nothing a little heat won't take care of. Same with weather stripping, apply a little heat under the steel gutter and the old weather strip will come off in one piece. Hopefully I'm gonna put time in this this weekend, even though tomorrow's... you know what.
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Re: 74 Challenger rebuild pictures. Dialup Beware!
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10/19/07 05:46 PM
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The steam cleaner thing is totally new to me. Had no idea it would blow off undercoating that way.  I know it didn't happen in a moment, but that and rotisserie look to make extremely short work of an otherwise nagging, on your back scraping and eating dirt and guck job. Really great!  Will you be soda blasting?
I’m listening.
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Re: 74 Challenger rebuild pictures. Dialup Beware!
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10/19/07 06:35 PM
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The steam cleaner thing is totally new to me. Had no idea it would blow off undercoating that way. I know it didn't happen in a moment, but that and rotisserie look to make extremely short work of an otherwise nagging, on your back scraping and eating dirt and guck job. Really great! Will you be soda blasting?
Yes it really works well, I plan on blasting the bottem and interior with coal slage and the outside with plastic media.
But I almost hate to refinsh the bottem because it is so clean.
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Re: 74 Challenger rebuild pictures. Dialup Beware!
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10/23/07 04:01 PM
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I have a deal with my mother inlaw to install a garage door operator on one of her two garage door. In exchange I get to use the other side of her two car garage! My GF bought the operator today and I might go get started installing it tonite. [image]
Sorry to hear about the rain, but I'd be more worried about your mother in law finding out about your GF!
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Re: 74 Challenger rebuild pictures. Dialup Beware!
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10/23/07 04:05 PM
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I have a deal with my mother inlaw to install a garage door operator on one of her two garage door. In exchange I get to use the other side of her two car garage! My GF bought the operator today and I might go get started installing it tonite. [image]
Sorry to hear about the rain, but I'd be more worried about your mother in law finding out about your GF!
I'm sorry, I must clarify. My GF is my X wife and her mother I still consider my motherinlaw.
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Re: 74 Challenger rebuild pictures. Dialup Beware!
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10/23/07 06:04 PM
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wow he has a wife and a GF and no one cares 
I don't even wish that.
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Re: 74 Challenger rebuild pictures. Dialup Beware!
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10/23/07 10:25 PM
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Excellent pictures.
It looks like you need the same part of the firewall I do, between the firewall electrical and the brake booster....
If you find 2 donor cars...LOL
Allen
'05 Quad cab hemi truck- Flame red- magnaflow exhaust
70-440 cuda-
74-360-4v Challenger- new driver car
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66 charger Drag car- 10.80 at 123 mph
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Re: 74 Challenger rebuild pictures. Dialup Beware!
[Re: hemiallen]
#45660
10/24/07 07:25 AM
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Excellent pictures.
It looks like you need the same part of the firewall I do, between the firewall electrical and the brake booster....
If you find 2 donor cars...LOL
Allen
Thanks,
Yes, there is some rot on the firewall. Not sure what I'm gonna do about it yet.  Seems like a doner car would be pretty expensive. I see Goodmark is going to repro that part but that will be big bucks too I'm sure. I just may weld some metal in there and be done with it. Can't really see it when the car is together anyway. I've been thinking about fiberglass and resin inside... no I don't want to do it that way?? Any suggestions???
Wait till tonite, I built something for the car last nite. Stay tuned.
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