removed both doors, hinges, striped the passenger side door jam.

i made this handy rear end stand for my 8-3/4.

i got the driver s side door jam stripped. i also removed the rear window regulators and everything related.

i thought you guys might like to see my challenger with my new American Racing Torq-Thrust "D" wheels on it. i am digging it.

side shot.

I got the inside of the road runner primed top to bottom with PPG DP90LF black epoxy prime.

fancy 2

fancy 3

I will say it is more work than one would think spraying the inside.

here is the 8-3/4 rear on the stand i made. it has been disassembled.

well, disappointment again. When i bought the car, the guy i got it from had the quarters installed. When i looked at it they looked great. The door gaps were good, the welds were nice, trunk lids was on , etc. So I am at the point where I am stripping the rest of the car. I get to the tops on the quarters along where the rear side windows are. The car has the window trim that goes all the way around the window. Under that chrome the quarters are like Swiss cheese and the inside where the window felt goes is a brittle mess. Plus the driver side was hit high and filled with mudd. That should have been seen when the quarters were going on??????? I should have totally known that I was going to have to redo everything. So on the phone with Dantes parts to order 2 full quarters. The real disappointing part is they can't get them to me until late June. AMD is out of stock. So the breaks are on for now. I have other small stuff to do but i am at a stand still. I am a little miffed about the quarters but it is my fault and now i am into this thing to far and have a fortune invested. just a bummer!!!!!!!

primed the door jams and inner, inner fender wells. i also got all metal on the cowl seams where the factory leaded.

driver side.

the outside of the rad support.

here is the 8-3/4 rear disassembled, degrease d, cleaned, and glass beaded.

front of the blasted rear housing.

heres the housing epoxy primed with PPG DP90LF black primer.

i got the backing plates cleaned and bead blasted. epoxy primed and painted DCC single stage gloss black. installed new wheel cylinders. i had the drums cut and checked, bead blasted , epoxy primed and then painted with DBC base coat color with hardener added for durability.

Here is the rear end housing on the stand. I sprayed the stand with some spray can primer and silver to keep it from rusting. The T in the center is adjustable to hold the pinion. It slides from side to side and up and down. Works out nicely. The ends have pipe insulation to keep from scratching the housing. I plan at some point to sent the rear out to have the housing checked for straightness and will buy a new center section and aftermarket axles. I want 3:55's and guys a an crack with the prices for junk center sections that you don't know what you are getting.

Another of the stand w/ housing.