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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054405
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Driver's door, not bad, couple of small dings and a little damage from not having the door hinges do their job properly along the front edge of the door.



Passengers door, one little ding and a dent that's been there since the late 80's, soon to be gone.


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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054406
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Passenger fender, rust-free and nice shape.



Driver's fender has a few more dings:


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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054407
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The Hood  :2thumbs: looking good, just some minor work, there's my cars notebook, outlining what we have discussed about the car and kind of a record log.



Looking forward to this view as I have not been behind the wheel since 1992.


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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054408
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Interior shot, some pin holes on the drivers side floor, not bad at all, also my AMD front and rear valences sitting inside.



Have to figure how to treat the corner part that has had some rust damage near the bottom of the window.


Blasting cleaned this area up better than I did.



The three tape references say it all, not bad.


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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054410
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The repairs have started!



Common rust area, will be fixed right, passenger side lower windshield.



Area previously stripped:
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The extent to any cowl damage, just some pinholes, again on the passengers side:
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Passenger fender was a little thin, needed a fix:

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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054411
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Driver's side, glad they are uncovering this stuff:



Drivers side Dutchman panel repair:

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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054412
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Rear Quarter work:


Lower rear quarter on the drivers side:


Much needed rocker panel repair, drivers side:



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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054413
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Right rear trunk lip area:


After:

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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054414
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Been wondering what was behind this rocker panel.


Time to cut it out:


So this is what we have:


Cleaned up and primed:


Template made for new hand crafted part:


The new piece with 20 gauge metal:


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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054416
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Before shot:


Inside done:




Coming together:

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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054417
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Funny what gets uncovered, swore this was looking better (drivers side floor):


Another patch made and fitted, like the detail:





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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054419
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A few shots from my visit at the shop this past Saturday.







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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054420
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Some more progress today on the drivers side rocker panel:



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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054422
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Looks like the hood has it's final prep:









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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054424
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Getting the slapstik brackets welded in and shifter and console test-fitted:














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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054426
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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054428
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Smoothing out all those bumps created by stuff banging around in the trunk (well further toward the rear):









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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054429
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From my latest visit this past Saturday, some random pictures.








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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054430
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Getting mounted on the rotisserie:










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Re: 1972 Charger SE Project by CDN72SE [Re: CDN72SE] #2054432
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Turning my attention to the gauge cluster, my original had the clock and cut-out for some 80's cassette deck I had in there.



Installed a new tachometer from Charger Specialties in place of the clock, also changed the lens to one without the hole for the clock thingy.





Next I used a silver craft paint pen to go around the edges to make things look better.



Put back together:


Also went over the surrounding and the Charger SE emblem with the same pen.



Since I had the pen out I did the dash vent as well.



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