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Just a quick note. I sandblasted the heck out of most of the parts shown in my posts. The trick to not warping the part is to slow down the air speed. I did alot of experimenting with sand blasting due to the huge amount of posts claiming total destruction of panels from heat. It is not the heat! The speed at which the sand hits the metal has to be slowed to a point that ti does not "peen" it. Sand being thrown at metal at a high rate of speed has the same effect as a whole bunch of little dudes beating on the panel with little dude hammers! I saw first hand what happens with high velocity sand blasting on metal. It warps from the "hammer effect" not heat.Food for thought.

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The repop stuff is great when you don't have an option but if yours looks marginal, fix it.

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Those are wise words indeed!!

+ another request for info on your grinding (I think you said it was a Roloc disc earlier??). Really nice clean up

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I just noticed this thread.
WoW... I hope you didn't pay anything for that car.
Like I have said before,we have thrown away nicer cars than that.
I would not waste my time or money on anything that far gone.
Good Luck !

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It's an R/T Challenger, I WOULD spend my time and money on something that far gone. At least when you build something with your hands you have a sense of acomplishment. A lot better than writing a cheque at some musclecar dealer for a bondo bucket someone else flipped.

Sheldon

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I just noticed this thread.
WoW... I hope you didn't pay anything for that car.
Like I have said before,we have thrown away nicer cars than that.
I would not waste my time or money on anything that far gone.
Good Luck !

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That hurt a little, but I'm OK. Thanks for lookin'.

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Yeah, that was a bit uncalled for. I salute you for taking a car that most people wouldnt even look at twice and restoring it! So the he** what if its rusted and needs a whole new back end? You're saving a piece of mopar history and I personally think you're doing a great thing and so far, a great job!! Keep it up! People will say the same thing when they see me start my thread on my 70 R/T Charger which needs a whole new back end but so what, all that matters is that you're having fun and enjoying every second of it and if you ever need any help, i'm a part of the Southern Colorado Mopars Club - we're always willing to help out another mopar guy!

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I didn't say he was doing anything wrong.
Just don't understand why you would want to
start with such a rough car to begin with.
As far as it being an R/T, so what.
By the time he gets it finished, he will easily
have twice as much invested in it than it is worth.
There are still lot's of good deals out there,
just need to look a little harder.
Here is my $1500. Demon.
Take care, sorry if I offended you.

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I didn't say he was doing anything wrong.
Just don't understand why you would want to
start with such a rough car to begin with.
As far as it being an R/T, so what.
By the time he gets it finished, he will easily
have twice as much invested in it than it is worth.
There are still lot's of good deals out there,
just need to look a little harder.
Here is my $1500. Demon.
Take care, sorry if I offended you.

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No harm done. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I felt that what I paid for it might be a little high but it was the project I had been looking for. I paid in the range I had been seeing them go for in similar condition. As for the time and money I'll have in it, That's not really an issue as I'm planning to keep it. I tried fishing for many years and the money I put in that was only returned to me in fun value. One of my friends spends alot of money on sailing and he'll never get any of that money back but he's having fun. If I were in this for the money I'd be a fool but It's all about the pleasure of putting this one back on the road and knowing how it was done.

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Well said
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Like I have said before,we have thrown away nicer cars than that.
I would not waste my time or money on anything that far gone.
Good Luck !

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You seem to say this a lot on people's threads. I don't see what the point is .

To me, it looks like he is having fun learning how to weld a car together. There's a lot of satisfaction in that (cutting out rust and welding in new metal) that can't be measured in dollars.

There are very, very few cars left out there that make any financial sense to restore. You can almost always find something finished for less than what it would cost to purchase plus restore. So what?

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Here is my $1500. Demon.
Take care, sorry if I offended you.

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Looks like a great project, Jake. I thought I had a lot to do on mine but you have me beat However, if I had that much to do I would do it too. Its not about the time / money when you are doing it for the simple reason of enjoyment. Mine will never be worth what I have into it either but I don't care. I plan to make it nice and hopfully enjoy it for another 30 or so years. My grand kids can then repair my damages and mistakes if they so desire. If you want to take the time to look, here's my project: https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...e=0#Post4838122

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