70 Challenger General questions ( restoration )

Posted By: 69CHARGERMD

70 Challenger General questions ( restoration ) - 04/26/15 10:27 PM

Car is finally painted. Hope to get it home in next few weeks after doors, fenders, and hood get mounted.

Questions:
Any images of front suspension detail ? ( not going to get crazy on every little detail ) but want it to look nice. I will be driving it on a regular basis. Looking for what is what color on the front suspension. Any tips on off the shelf paints I can use would be great, and any tips on painting the front suspension parts.

Rear leaf spring color for a RT ?? (grey ? black ? )

Egg crate ( front grill ) for a RT ( silver correct ??, not black ) ?

I will need some help as things go along, thanks for any input.
Doug

Posted By: 69CHARGERMD

Re: 70 Challenger General questions ( restoration ) - 04/26/15 10:29 PM

Pic of car after Soda Blasting was done.

Posted By: 69CHARGERMD

Re: 70 Challenger General questions ( restoration ) - 04/26/15 10:30 PM

During restoration

Posted By: 69CHARGERMD

Re: 70 Challenger General questions ( restoration ) - 04/26/15 10:31 PM

Engine bay

Posted By: 69CHARGERMD

Re: 70 Challenger General questions ( restoration ) - 04/26/15 10:33 PM

Restoration shop crew

Posted By: KISSAlien

Re: 70 Challenger General questions ( restoration ) - 04/26/15 11:52 PM

The egg crate should not be painted.

Posted By: 69CHARGERMD

Re: 70 Challenger General questions ( restoration ) - 04/27/15 03:38 AM

Thanks KISSAlien !!

Posted By: ratroaster

Re: 70 Challenger General questions ( restoration ) - 04/27/15 04:15 AM

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Posted By: RP's R/T's

Re: 70 Challenger General questions ( restoration ) - 04/28/15 02:28 AM

Eastwood Detail Grey, or Brandon Industries (they vend at Carlisle) has a Stainless Paint I like a lot both are good for raw metal look.
Lower and Upper control arms, tie rod ends and front sway are natural/raw. The LCA's would have been coated in cosmoline (honey appearing coating).
Sway bar mounts are natural as well. I usually just clear-coat them.
Drag link...some may disagree, but I paint them black.

Leaf springs. Some will say natural and others black. I think the prevailing theory is that black was likely on later 1970 model year cars.
I have tried to keep rear springs looking decent when painted natural, but if you are going to use the car paint them black (IMO). They will rust in-between the springs and you can't keep touching up the natural look. Far easier to touch up the black as needed.

Posted By: 69CHARGERMD

Re: 70 Challenger General questions ( restoration ) - 04/28/15 02:59 AM

RPs,,,,
THANK YOU,,,,,,,,!!
This is the info I needed,,,,,
I will be driving the car often,,,,so i will go with black on the rear springs,,,,,,
Thanks for the input on the front suspension. Very helpful.
Doug.

Posted By: Whitey Nocar

Re: 70 Challenger General questions ( restoration ) - 04/30/15 04:34 AM

Can't wait to see it done. Looks great so far