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Re: After 8 years my 71 340 Duster is off for paint & body!
[Re: UCUDANT]
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10/14/12 08:45 PM
10/14/12 08:45 PM
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Warrenton, VA
RoadRunnerJD
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Heres the Drivers side innder wheel lip termination point.
What is the dimension of the rocket moulding clip from tip to tip? How is it attached to the rocker?
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Re: After 8 years my 71 340 Duster is off for paint & body!
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
#1068130
10/15/12 06:47 PM
10/15/12 06:47 PM
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Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 15,134
Kelowna, B.C. Canada
DPelletier
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Yes it's a fun deal doing one for myself, it's been a long time coming for sure.
I can tell you one thing, this deal isn't cheap! A thousand bucks every time I turn around! Seat covers, upholstry shop labor, misc. machine shop labor, suspension parts, clutch, presure plate, flywheel, tires, center caps, seat belts, weather stripping, carpeting, head liner, door panels, cat wiskers, bumper rechroming, brake work, drive shaft, center section, leaf spring kits, lug nuts, etc, etc, etc.!
Whadya talkin' about Scott?? You can get a "frame off" resto for $25k any day of the week! If you don't believe me, just start a thread on resto costs! 
Car is looking great; I hope to see it sometime... 
Dave
1970 Super Bee 440 Six Pack
1974 'Cuda
2008 Ram 3500 Diesel
2006 Ram 3500 Diesel
2004.5 Ram 2500 Diesel
2003 Ram 3500 Diesel
2006 Durango Limited
[url] http://1970superbee.piczo.com [/url]
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Re: After 8 years my 71 340 Duster is off for paint & body!
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
#1068132
10/16/12 02:39 PM
10/16/12 02:39 PM
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Kelowna, B.C. Canada
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C'mon Scott, surely that stuff can't be more than a couple hundred bucks!  The nice thing is that you are knowledgeable enough to avoid many mistakes during the resto and also you know who to deal with and what stuff to avoid. My Superbee was part of my "Mopar education" and though I tried hard to make the right decisions, I did make many mistakes...luckily (?) most of them were solved by just shovelling more cash at the car! I have more repop stuff in storage than I do on the car; it became commonplace for me to order a repop part, look at it, toss it in the storage room and search ebay for a good or rebuildable original.  Also, some stuff just wasn't available; I sure wish that RPM stuff was out then and I wouldn't have used all that "simulated cast grey" paint on parts....oh well. With your knowledge and contacts, I bet you can do a truly top drawer resto for not much more than most of us spend for something that, while nice, isn't anywhere near as correct. Dave
1970 Super Bee 440 Six Pack
1974 'Cuda
2008 Ram 3500 Diesel
2006 Ram 3500 Diesel
2004.5 Ram 2500 Diesel
2003 Ram 3500 Diesel
2006 Durango Limited
[url] http://1970superbee.piczo.com [/url]
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Re: After 8 years my 71 340 Duster is off for paint & body!
[Re: cdp]
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10/26/12 11:40 PM
10/26/12 11:40 PM
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Spokane Washington
ScottSmith_Harms
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Mr Wizzard
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Spokane Washington
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I painted my 340 swinger Lemon Twist, and during the spring and fall shows, the bugs loved the car. It was a bug magnet!
Hope you don't have the same problem
None to worry, we don't have NEARLY the insects that you'll have in the south, been there done that in Florida (Love Bugs)!
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