Re: My 70 cuda convert
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03/17/15 06:49 PM
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Now that looks good. I just got another great idea from you. They will jump around when doing the welding: it minimizes the warping. Weld a 1/4 of an inch, stop, move a few feet away, do it again and again until it's all joined. Tedious, but it has to be done.
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Re: My 70 cuda convert
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04/10/15 09:29 PM
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67 hemi GTX silver 4spd, 70 cuda convert 340 4spd, 71 cuda 340 4spd (Curious Yellow, white billboards/interior), 70 Mr Norm's Challenger 440 4spd
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Re: My 70 cuda convert
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04/15/15 07:45 PM
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Very pround of what was fixed on the leading edge of the quarter. Had to put in a 2.5" replacement piece to overcome a previous repair. The gap is perfect. Saving original metal is not easy!!!! The risk to damaging the original quarters is actually pretty high, so dodged a bullet on this repair! The seam is smooth inside and out. Could have spent $10K on NOS hardtop quarters and had them reformed into convertible quarters (another $$$$ investment on top of the 10K), but still its not the original DNA of the car. Very happy so far (mainly just the lower quarters behind the wheel wells have been replaced into super clean metal just below the center body line). Lots of dents though (no rust) everywhere else.
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67 hemi GTX silver 4spd, 70 cuda convert 340 4spd, 71 cuda 340 4spd (Curious Yellow, white billboards/interior), 70 Mr Norm's Challenger 440 4spd
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Re: My 70 cuda convert
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05/28/15 01:37 AM
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Those rollers from summit (auto twirler) worked out great. Price was great too, free shipping. They got the Gene Gregory bumper on. Fits perfect.
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Re: My 70 cuda convert
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08/25/15 12:34 PM
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It is a great feeling getting back something looking so good. I could not leave the garage yesterday for hours! If the paint wasn't still outgasing, I would have slept in it last night.
I got a lot of money in doing the one inner fender correctly. We used a NOS 71-74 one I had, and patched in a very small portion of a new AMD one to remove the notch that would not be correct for 70 (a one yr only inner fender). Turned out nice. They also replicated some of the punches that the 70 had which the 71 did not.
I like the AMD sheet metal and consider it the best, but when compared side by side, the NOS metal is nicer and stiffer. I put an NOS trunk extension in (kept original trunk floor which was fine). Same for the inner fender, less flex, plus it felt heavier.
I now got to scramble to find a person to help me rebuild the rear end, the body shop decided not to rebuild and handed back to me in pieces. That sucks. There has to be someone decent in the chicago area, so the search begins.
67 hemi GTX silver 4spd, 70 cuda convert 340 4spd, 71 cuda 340 4spd (Curious Yellow, white billboards/interior), 70 Mr Norm's Challenger 440 4spd
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