What is going on under this paint? I wonder.

There is a problem with closing the hood with my '72 Challenger where the hood stays up on on the right side and needs to be pressed down to make it sit right. I know the hood should get adjusted to a certain extent but upon closer look there is a difference between the two hinges where they don't mirror each other.

The right hinge has a longer plate connecting the upper and lower arms that mesh together with teeth. The left plate measures about 3-1/8" long while the right one measures 4". Why the difference and is there an explanation.

Here is the right.

You can also see that the bars do not even face the same direction when the hinge is extended.

Nice to see more '72 up Mopars being done! I'd love to see even more!!

I love the WHEELS!!

Finally able to work on the car since building and getting the car on the rotisserie. Just stripping paint and undercoating. Since this was an Arizona car there is only undercoating in the wheelwells. This car is going to be a driver but I want to get all the rust out first so it won't bite me in the a#* later on. Beginning to think about an undercoating for the car. I thought I would prime it with a good gripping primer and then use Rust-olem before I apply an undercoater. Any suggestions as to what is a good undercoater I could apply over the Rust-oleum?

Here is one of those things that burns my butt. The whole car was finish painted with rust bubbles and holes. This was done by a professional shop. This is why I don't trust the bodywork to continue the build when this kind of stuff lurks under the paint.

If you buy a car make sure you invest in one of the paint thickness gauges. It will alert you to exsessive body filler and repaints when considering a project. I did and knew I would find stuff like this on the rear wheelwell lip. Even knowing it still burns my butt.

Great work! I to have a 72 and cannot wait to start on it. Keep the pictures coming

Thanks, I really wish I had more time to work on it and post the results as so many others have in here. It really gives me a kick in my butt to quit making excuses and get busy.
I have decided to strip the bottom down to bare metal and spray POR15 to the entire bottom. The car is going to be black and this will just make the whole thing come together and match the bottom to the top.
Keep going with your project!!

Got to work on some of the problem areas before I committed to the four speed hump and then onto the frame stifening.

Rough patch from quarter panel skin I had.

Drivers side rear lip rust.

Another quarter panel skin patch fix.

This is the overlap trunk patch that the former owner fixed.

I cut it between the seam and butt welded and leaded it in place.

There was a rust hole under the drivers side rear window so I cut a patch panel from the quarter panel skin I had and welded it in at the body lines.

Sorry, I had only a picture of the hole cut out and where I used POR15 on the inner rocker. Here is the patch.

The former owner had done another lip patch on the drivers floor which I felt is a no no when a panel is exposed to the elements the same as the trunk. I cut out between the seams and butt welded the two pieces together. At the front of the patch the new piece he had welded in was so thin and blown apart from the welding I went ahead and welded a new piece in while I was at it. I also made the plunge and installed a four speed hump so I am committed to the manual transmission now. Here is the before.

Here is the results.