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Re: Jake's Challenger/Rust [Re: jake71] #519425
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Jake, I've greatly enjoyed seeing your progress! Very impressive work and I look forward to seeing it evolve from a car most wouldn't touch to a true jewel! For the void, I would suggest something like fiberstrand or "Kitty Hair." They are a fiberglass reinforced filler, very strong and waterproof as apposed to regular plastic filler. Once again, great job!

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Jake, I've greatly enjoyed seeing your progress! Very impressive work and I look forward to seeing it evolve from a car most wouldn't touch to a true jewel! For the void, I would suggest something like fiberstrand or "Kitty Hair." They are a fiberglass reinforced filler, very strong and waterproof as apposed to regular plastic filler. Once again, great job!



I had thought about that, I'm just afraid something might go wrong down the road. I've seen where guys have said they've seen beautiful cars with lines that eventually show up there. The fiber hair stuff does seem to be pretty tuff and, like you said, won't hold moisture. I'm thinking about maybe making a piece to weld in there. In the grand scheme of things I guess it's really not that much work.
Thanks for the input and if you're ever in the neighborhood, stop by. I'm in Loveland.

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awsome,, i just finished a buddies 69 mustang,, same issues,, this is my latest: coming home tomorrow!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge-Cha...5fCarsQ5fTrucks

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awsome,, i just finished a buddies 69 mustang,, same issues,, this is my latest: coming home tomorrow!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge-Cha...5fCarsQ5fTrucks



That sure looks like an awesome car to build! Looks like a decent deal too! Good luck and keep us posted!

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If I'm ever up that way I would love to see it in person!

I believe it is Eastwood that makes a product that you use like regular plastic filler but has properties similar to lead once cured, not sure of the name. I have no experience with it though, but something you might check into?

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Re: Jake's Challenger/Rust [Re: jake71] #519431
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Well, I really haven't had much time to work on her lately but I did get the drivers door to quarter gap pretty well lined up. It took some time but it came out good and that's one less thing keeping me from the shiny stuff!
I started with stripping the door to get a better view of the gap. The door and quarter being all different colors gives some strange illusions.

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The paint comes off quickly but the factory primer takes a little more work. It actually seems to have stained the metal. Seems like it was pretty good stuff.

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After wiping it all down with laquer thinner and wax and grease remover, I hit it with 80 grit on the DA and it cleaned real nice. I had to go around with 50 grit Rolocs and clean up some pits but they weren't bad at all. The worst part was the huge amount of little dents all over it. It looked as if it played target for a BB gun at some point. There was also a 1 1/2 foot gouge down the side that was about 1/2 inch deep. I went through over a hundred pulling studs getting it all straightened out but it came out real nice.

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After lots of that it started to look like this.

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So now it was time for getting to the whole point of this work and get the gap straight. Here are some pics where I cut along the gap with a cut-off wheel and started manipulating the gap with a screwdriver. When I had each place looking good, I tacked it ther with the mig.

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After finishing the welding and grinding it back smooth, it looked pretty darn good I thought.

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I forgot to show ya the before gap so here it is. You can't see just how bad it looked from the picture but I couldn't stand looking at it.

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So once I got the gap straight, I figured I'd better get the metal protected from sweaty hands and the occasional "poster board spill". So I went on down to Ed's Auto paint and he turned me on to some really great stuff. In the past, I've used regular body filler to skim coat panels but I could never get it on thin enough so it took a LONG time to block it all back off. This stuff is not a heck of a lot thicker than primer so it's easier to put it on real thin. It also sands very easily and feathers out beautifully.
This stuff.

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So it went really well. After blocking the glaze, you could see through most of it. The thickest spot was only measurable with a straight edge and up to .008" feeler gauge. It never seemed to work out this way before, but then again I don't need it ready for Friday night this time either!

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Now to seal it up with some epoxy. This stuff dries to a pretty decent sheen which allows me to see if surfacer will finish it up. It will on this one. Hope the rest goes this smooth!
After a day of this, it's time for some liquid refreshments and some staring.

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So I'm not going to be working on her 'till I can kick this crappy cold but I was wondering if any of you might have a couple pictures I could see of what this area used to look like. It's one of the next areas I'd like to attack but I don't know how it's supposed to look. Thanks in advance!

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Jake - Still looking GREAT!!! I just remembered there is a Challenger shell over in a yard just north of Brighton. I believe the Name is Seven Sons or something like that. I know it starts with the word Seven. The car was cut up but there may be some good cowl pieces you could cut off of it.

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do you have any as brought home photos, trailer photos,, i just got mine home, i think i'm swimming in your pond.....jc

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Jake where did you get this car from ?what did it cost?

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