1970 Charger 500 Resto-Mod, Hoof Style

Bored, temporarily broke again and checking out everyones projects on Moparts, figured i'd load up a bunch of pics n progress / Before n Afters...

My Buddy owned this car for 23 years, a gift from his younger brother, with no fenders, hood, bumpers or grill he found parts, threw some FC7 over the original Lite Green, tossed on a vinyl top n drove it for years, then it sat for even more til I bought it from him earlier this year.

Some before n "Almost-After"s....

Pic one, in buddy's yard cocoon

Odd Quarter Panel curvature, yes?

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COOL! Score ! ! ! Wood grain Dash !!!

Oh wait, he PUT STICKERS OVER THE PEBBLE FINISH !

Nope, No Mouse Poop in heeya, no sir boss....

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Fine running '76 Vintage 440

Another Oddly shaped Lower Quarter...

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And Another angle (Saggy)

So. $8500 and She's mine; Delivered weeks later with a Truck Load of Parts... (See my ongoing Fire Sale on Moparts...)

nice in the dark, aye?

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Anyone notice the weird Straightness of the lower quarters?

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What is this please?

umm... Beg Pardon?

OK... Off with her Head!! (or Funky Wig)

ugh.

So This is where I began to consider changing my name to Roof Rotted...

Seriously? Make it stop...

But wait...

There's More!

Quick Poll question before you scroll down further: Am I even considering putting a Vinyl Top on a Mopar ever again?

That would be a No

These are for sale Ladies

On the Bright n Rusty side, the Trunk looks worse than it really is

Actually quite solid with just 3 tiny unstrategicly drilled holes

Outers were solid

Note how the Hint of Purple compliments the earthy Green and meshes ever so softly with the STANK OF RUST AND MOUSE CRAP !!!

So My body guy told me to Pi$$ off when I suggested $3000 would be a fair price to strip down, repair, straighten n paint this car for me...

We agreed on $2k more.

Oh yeah, Remember the "Weirdly Straight" lower quarters I referenced earlier?

Yeah, They weren't even ATTACHED at the bottom for almost 20 Years.

Nope.

Well you'll all be happy to know, the patients lower limb Has Been Reattached to the body

I told him No I Will Not Paint it Orange and put a large Zero Uno on it! (I did't know how to say Zero in spanish)

And Yeth I knooowwww the lower Quarterrrrr to Valenth extenthions linthes are suposthed to be thseeen

They're gone, live with it. Just like D.O.T. has to live with the shaved side marker lights(GASPth)

In Your Face Purists!!

Believe it or not, these guys Actually stayed on the car for more than 8 seconds......



OH COME ON! That Was Funny Damnit!


... and then the one guy said to the other guy "High CINQO!"

No Pictures Please.

so....

Gettin there

uh huh

P R I M E R

more day light...

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purdy

sexy lines

No, That's not Herbie in the background

No Mo Junk in my Trunk Baby

(Actually, yes they did remove the Growth in the trunk before paint)

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Someone stole my hood!

Just kidding

M E R C E D E S _ S I L B E R

Ya yeah

wet sandin n buffin baby

few more

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Nice

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Still, a hint of Purple remains

Home !

We don't need no Stinkin Badges

Painted Grill, Can't afford new bumper. Sniffle

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Looks good, great color choice

Great job on the progression from start to almost done!

Good looking car! It almost looks like it has a hint of blue.

Sweet 500. Awesome job. Love the step by step progess pictures. The silver looks great. Alot further along then my 500 project. This gives me hope.

Been awhile; Still on a tight budget

Home-Made Dash resto almost complete, still need center vents

Frame was completely sanded down, all faceplates and most small parts soaked in Brake Fluid for 24 hours, then thoroughly degreased n scrubbed, pepped n painted...

wee

Dash pad cheaply recovered ($7 material at fabric store, $12 can 3M Spray adhesive) Not that happy with pad, it's a 2 footer, but when you're sitting one foot away staring at it you know it's not quite factory issue, again done on the cheap

All paint used was Flat, found Satin in a can not consistent in spraying or drying

Chrome paint takes weeks to dry (You've been warned) Use a Hair dryer or the sun to bake dry

Not much to say except it's been a hell of a year finishing a car that took a backseat to more important issues in life.

Just got back from bodyshop a second time; The wetsanding and final buffing was put off til just last week. In hindsight I think the Mercedes Silver is Too Bright in the Direct Sunlight, but really nice in any other light.

Bunch of pics for the collectors.

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Sorry, gotta click on the "Attachment" linky spot - I think it's because they're labeled Image.Jpeg from my Iphone instead of a real camera

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Inside w/just xmas tree lights overhead

inside w/more light

Huge shade changes

All I can say is WOW

sweet. this car is the awesomesauce!!

I don't know how I missed the color shots but silver sure looks good with the charger lines.