Have not been able to post in awhile due to nothing worthy of pictures, just grinding and hand stripping tiny little areas. But here is some of that stuff that we have been working on and some...


Had to make some wheel tub patches then sit them in and weld them up...





Pulled the rear out of the car(sits on a crate and two jack stands), hard to see it here but its so crammed in here that its the best shot i could get...



Got these bad boys all grinded and welded to the trunk floor...




Have worked hours on cleaning out the trunk drain area buy hand, this is why it would be nice to have a the car dipped


Need to update the price total on the car so here it is...

Expenses:
Car Cost - $1500
Deck lid (thanks to moparmarks) - $100
Front Grilles (thanks to moparmarks) - $50
Sidemarkers (4) - $60
383/727 combo - $300
Parts Car - $300
F/R Bumpers - $75
Trunk Extensions - $150.48
Complete Interior kit - $626.72
Shipping for above three - $79.35
Rear defrost unit - $20
Parts Car (second one) - $150
Dash Pad - $25
Dual Horns and Front Wiring Harness - $25
4 Speed Hump - $105.38
Shipping for above - $16
Rustbullet and accessories - $205.72
Shipping for above - $24.66


Total - $3582.46

Sold/unused items:
Front Frame Rails - $500
Front Frame Rails(second parts car set) - $500
Front Grilles - $126
Four Speed Console - $539.99
Misc. Parts in/on Parts car $76.57


Grand Total - $1769.90

Keep us posted as to where they're gonna put you in the show, I have a habit of getting glazed-over eyes by sat. afternoon and usually end up missing stuff. We definitely want to check out your work. Keep the updates coming!

Did you guys finish the driver's quarter patch (in front of the wheel)? Let's see a photo of that one if you got it done. I always envisioned that one on my Hemi car, but of course never got the chance.

Keep up the good work. (A rebody would have been much easier - this seems never ending).

-Eric

Its lookin good Steve, have you named the car yet? Something like BarrelCuda?

I hope you guys get a mad awesome article in Mopar Muscle or Hot Rod when this thing is done.

CBarge I am sure Ed will post something up saying where it will be, he will know long before me!

Sunroofcuda Eric, Yes we did, if you go to page 15-17 you can see all the work done to even place her in there! But I will also attach a pic of it here...

JonsGottaDemon No names yet, but the common phrase is "I hate this car" when working on it

what did you guys use to strip the undercoating off of the inner fenders?

juicedcuda - We used the aircraft remover. It works great, first coat takes the undercoating off then the second takes the paint

Been finishing off the welds and grinds and today scuffed the passenger quarter and laid the first batch of filler on. Kind of exciting knowing that the body is past metal work. Still have a couple of minor things to do plus anything on the panels removed which need attention(not much repair on those)...



Prior to that when i was cleaning out all the low spots i found this. I just though it was pits with filler in it, no just some big old holes...

Alright guys we got some more done today. First off Ryan finished stripping the back end of paint...


Then Greg finished stripping the door and we bolted it on for a full body mock up to check gaps. It still needs adjustment but we will wait till everything else is hung...

So today we got a nice present from member Ryan_340. A dual exhaust rear valance, beat up a little but nothing we cant fix. Here is The one he sent and the one we had from the parts car. We will be making one from the two...



The first step was to address the rust on the one we will ultimately be using. Drilled out the spot welds and switched the brackets...



Then mocked it up to make sure the angle of the bracket was correct...



Then cut out the exhaust cutouts and cleaned them up, as you can see they are pretty beat up too...




Then layed them in and tacked them up. The duals will look ten times better!




Thanks again to member Ryan_340! He helped us out big time by donating this piece!

Hey Steve, im glad you guys could get some use out of that valance. Keep up the excellent work!

Ryan_340 Thanks again Ryan that thing did do wonders for us. That was a huge help and has been put to some good use! Thanks again!

well we got all the stuff in bolted on (except the hood just laid on) and we are going to start checking out our gaps and go from there. Here is some pictures, this thing looks like a car

I'm in the middle of a project myself. Its definitely not as big as the one you guys are undertaking but it still gets frustrating at times.
Every time i look at this thread and see the work you have taken on, it gives me restored hope that i will in fact get this car finished one day and there is nothing that gets thrown at me that i can't overcome!
Thanks guys

I have a few names for it:


"PIECES"

"Patches"

"Daydream"

"Badbee"

"Vampire" (because it's sucking your social life right out of you!).


Keep up the good work.

Big Mike Thanks, we get frustrated a lot but then we just work on something else and when we get over it we just suck it up and do it!

migsBIG Believe it or not we still have a social life We still go out on weekends and have a good time I like the names too we should get a license plate made up with some