Thanks DynoDave.
I really don't know how many hours I have in it. I had it off and on many times to trim it somewhere or some other prep work to either the quarter panel of the body.
I am glad that I don't have to rush this , and that's good thing, because I am moving a lot slower these days.
Somewhere I have a copy of the Crash Estimating Guide page for 1969 Road Runners and it lists the hours for R&I but that wasn't for 50 year old examples . IIRC it was like 17 Hours for just the quarter. I will see if I still have it.


Mark

Some years back, 2012 to be exact. I was repairing a show quality 69 Road Runner that had been hit and run on the side. It was an insurance claim and I needed a guide for estimating. Another member here on Moparts, helped out with this page from an old crash manual. Dig those part prices !

Mark

Very cool seeing the old labor time guide Mark. 15.5 per quarter. And yes, I love the prices!

The good Ol Days when Mom would drive out to my shop to visit.

There are two decals on the car that bring back the memories. The windshield sticker for my high school parking permit is one. My sister and I both graduated from this school and Mom was a substitute teacher there too. Is is no longer a high school these days but rather a middle school. The other is an ISCA decal from when we put the car in the Carl Casper show in Louisville Ky 1983 I think in this picture. It was a family deal. That is my little sister in the picture. She painted the sign, Dad made the spindles , Mom sat with her car and talked with folks about her car. We called the car"Grandma's Grocery Getter ". I am thinking on reusing the windshield to save the parking permit.



Mark

So cool and neat......

Thanks Greendart !

Mark

great pics! I'd reuse that windshield without a doubt!

Thanks Dave !
It's not too bad. It has some slight wiper marks. They may polish out. At least that is my plan right now.


Mark

In the fall of 1979 I quit my job as a residential electrician . My job was primarily wiring new construction. I really hated working outside in the winter and I was desperate to have an indoor job. My best friend was a stone mason and he felt the same way. We were racing my old Allstate as partners ( his engine) and we didn't have a garage ! We rented this old building for cheap and started The Shop. We did anything we could to make money as we were both married with kids. Brakes , tune ups , engine overhaul, and body work in the same little building! Prior to opening this business, the rust was coming through on the RR and I paid a shop to weld in new metal in the quarter panels a few years before. That shop also jacked the left rear out with a porta power after the car was rear ended at a stop light. All he had done for the rust work was hammer in the rust and fill it with bondo! This first picture is what it looked like when I started working on it in 1981 grinding out the "mud".
We built a folding , drop down wall for painting and hung lights on it. It was hinged and on pulleys from the ceiling . The rear light was just hung on a saw horse. The exhaust fan was a window unit from my grand mother's house. It actually worked pretty well! LOL

In 1985 or so, I pulled the 383 and overhauled it . Had it bored and gave it a purple shaft cam.

love the history!

Thanks Dave !


Mark

Looks like your mom is expecting a blizzard, the way she is dressed! Great looking Road Runner...love the green.

Thanks RoadRunner Luva
I am sure that it was cold that day. Mom had lost all hearing in one ear and a large part of it in the other due to infections . She was very careful to preserve what was left. Whenever it was windy or cold she would cover up like that.

Mark

Love the pics and the story about the car. I'd def save the windshield! Very cool!

Thanks Chip !
You guys have been a big help in deciding what to do about the windshield, and I appreciate the input very much. I will be reusing it!

Mark

A few progress pictures.
I removed the pass. door , rebuilt the hinges, and went after the rust. Then filled, primed and blocked it a couple times , and rehung it after weighing the glass and other components and matching that weight .

I have stripped the roof to original primer and I decided to leave that as flash rust protection until I am ready to prime it , then I will sand that primer off, and epoxy prime the roof . I am going to get the quarters ready to prime, and move the car into the paint booth for that .I am going to drive it into the booth, so I will need to put the shackles back on etc. to move it. The booth is in the next bay so I wont have far to go.

Mark

A couple more .