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Re: 2009 Mopar Nationals Pink T/A build
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02/01/10 03:09 PM
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Didn't have much time today with all the painting going on in the other building. Was able to get most of the bottom over spray done, we'll finish that tomorrow along with the wheel wells and cowl, core support and rocker black out.
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Re: 2009 Mopar Nationals Pink T/A build
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I have some good pictures of how that pinch weld was painted if you need. I think Barry has the paperwork explaining it as well.
....there is nothing like driving my 1968 Hemi Dart around town and having people looking at you like you're nuts!!
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Re: 2009 Mopar Nationals Pink T/A build
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02/03/10 09:45 AM
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Very nice, you are making great progress, coming from someone who took 7 years to do his T/A but hey, mine was burned!!!
Such a great restoration, make sure you put the 340 6pack fender decals on slanting forward!!!
Good luck
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Re: 2009 Mopar Nationals Pink T/A build
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02/04/10 01:30 AM
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....I wish I had a picture of the mark she made but here we are under the car. I had a splash of white paint on the parking brake cable adjusting nut and I was showing her where to paint...
....there is nothing like driving my 1968 Hemi Dart around town and having people looking at you like you're nuts!!
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Re: 2009 Mopar Nationals Pink T/A build
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02/04/10 07:02 AM
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....I wish I had a picture of the mark she made but here we are under the car. I had a splash of white paint on the parking brake cable adjusting nut and I was showing her where to paint...
I'll guarantee you Troy, that pretty little girl you have can duplicate those paint dabs way better than we can. Could you imagine inspecting the same stuff everyday? Especially after the old liquid lunch that was so socially tolerated back then. It might of resembled a matador fighting a bull, ha take that, wow there’s another one for you, woops missed one (I’ll get the next one twice). Could you imagine bending over after a tough night bowling with the guys to get the bottom of the rockers painted? Or the guy just got engaged and he has “happy feet” and doesn’t miss a thing?
We put to much into this stuff, if you have a general understanding of the angles of spray, the application of paint during the assembly line paint process and do it with your eyes closed it will be perfect factory. Don’t get so jammed up on existing survivors because everyone is different, the actual process of painting and assembly is far more important. When simulating paint over sprays, after studying proper angles and applications, paint it like you’re selling the car and can’t wait to get it out of your garage. When you’re done, your angles of spray are correct and you think it looks like crap then it’s perfect. 
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Re: 2009 Mopar Nationals Pink T/A build
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02/04/10 11:19 AM
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 It took me close to a full year for me to disassemble my car.....just to take it apart!! I have over 1500 pictures of disassembly just so I could try and "get it right" on reassembly. If I remember correctly there was a Lime Hemi Cuda that somebody restored several years ago. His goal was to make it just like it was back on the dealership floor.....but not in a good way. He had seam sealer everywhere.....overspray everywhere....trunk weatherstrip glue dripping, this car was perfect!! If I remember right the car was never accepted among the masses and when it went up for sale at Barret Jackson, it sold for far less that everybody thought. I personally like the car, I never saw it in real life but all the pictures I saw, it looked very authentic. OK, lets go back to the subject at hand. Mike, the car is looking real nice and I hope you keep us informed and updated.
....there is nothing like driving my 1968 Hemi Dart around town and having people looking at you like you're nuts!!
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Re: 2009 Mopar Nationals Pink T/A build
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02/04/10 08:55 PM
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If I remember correctly there was a Lime Hemi Cuda that somebody restored several years ago. His goal was to make it just like it was back on the dealership floor.....but not in a good way. He had seam sealer everywhere.....overspray everywhere....trunk weatherstrip glue dripping, this car was perfect!! If I remember right the car was never accepted among the masses.......it looked very authentic.
It wasn't accepted as a "dealership vehicle" that looked "new". Had you seen the car in person you would have had thought it was a survivor with 10,000 miles! Flash rust on a new car.....absolutely possible! Rust flaking from the underside(lip)trunk sheet metal, etc.....not a chance! Taking the "worst case scenario" for every aspect of a factory vehicle is not the best formula to adopt for any restoration. The problem with that particular vehicle was that it was restored to emulate the "survivors" that were used as a format during it's restoration. Had it been presented in that fashion it would have been a hit!
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Re: 2009 Mopar Nationals Pink T/A build
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02/06/10 04:01 AM
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Got some more work done yesterday. Inner fenders/quarters, cowl/core support and rockers.
I studied pictures of survivors I have as well as spending time on the 3,900 mile Cuda to come up with my spray patterns. They were all so different, however, you could see a common theme.
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Re: 2009 Mopar Nationals Pink T/A build
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02/06/10 04:04 AM
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Now that's a gem, a good job done on the wiper motor by a very good friend of mine in Canada. You might have heard of him, he goes by "You da Man" his real name is Jules.
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You are so correct!! No B.S. I have a picture of my 4 year old daughter applying inspection marks and there PERFECT!! I will post the picture later. 
