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Hemi cuda restoration triple red car

Posted By: sawdust

Hemi cuda restoration triple red car - 02/08/10 02:11 AM

Have been meaning to post the restoration of our hemicuda for awhile so here goes.
Bought car as roller from one of the founders of NeHOA, he had quite an impressive collection.
Car before we started in 2006, only work done from 2006-Christmas 2008 was stripping the body down, blasting and priming, trunk floor and underseat pan. We had a lot of other things going on so the car sat until January 2009 when we started back on it, target was 2009 Carlisle................
This would not have been possible without the understanding of my wife, the help from members Pntastar69, DartVader69 and all the vendors/suppliers who worked with our schedule.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:20 AM

Pretty solid starting ground, seen a lot worse, though e-bodies do seem more rot prone, car had only 32,000 miles.
Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:22 AM

After blasting and etching primer, floors were pretty solid, though blasting reveals weak or perforated areas............

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:24 AM

Pretty solid floors, again.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:25 AM

Underseat pan replaced

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:27 AM

One piece trunk pan in.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:32 AM

Okay, Jan-2009 work begins again....quarters were patchable, but I could not see patching it together.
scatpacktom thought I should be sent to the asylum when I told him, Carlisle 09.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:33 AM

Passenger quarter fit perfect, drivers needed some work to window channel first.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:37 AM

priming pieces in booth

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:38 AM

Getting there 03/2009

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:39 AM

Almost ready for booth

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:41 AM

Back from paint booth 5/6/2009

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:44 AM

While waiting for paint, lots of other work, seats.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:45 AM

another

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:47 AM

One down

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:48 AM

Next column Ditzler suede finish lacquer.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:49 AM

Dash coming together, Mike Mancini's fine work on the cluster

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:50 AM

dash 2

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:50 AM

dash 3

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:51 AM

dash 4, original woodgrain from car cleaned up nice.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:54 AM

Engine is next, Doug Myers did machine work and balancing,

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:55 AM

Stage V heads, Bob K cam.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:55 AM

In paint

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:57 AM

I know, wrong WP pulley and such, corrected later

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 02:59 AM

DAR 9000 Black 20% flattened in booth

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 03:00 AM

Original shaker pcs painted

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 03:00 AM

Rear coming together

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 03:03 AM

5/25/09 about 6 weeks to go

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 03:05 AM

Hangers were replaced with correct hangers, after picture was taken

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 03:07 AM

rear is in, next the rest of the drivetrain

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 03:09 AM

Ready for engine...

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 03:10 AM

Prefer to use a lift for this, but the lift was down, literally.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 03:11 AM

It is in!!! 5/31/09

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 03:15 AM

That is about it for now, takes time to go through all the pictures, sort out, and post.
Updates coming, there was still lots to do before Carlisle.
Posted By: scatpacktom

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 03:52 AM

Pictures make it look easy Dave.
Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 12:23 PM

Quote:

Pictures make it look easy Dave.


Thanks Tom, but we just bought the Roger Gibson restoration videos, watched them, and, in little over an hour the car was done!!!

Here are some more pics; Mark the stripe professor.
I can see years of wisdom at work here.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 12:26 PM

Okay Mark, don't kill me but here is another.
Taken on 7-3-09, getting close...........

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 12:27 PM

Shaker bubble...........

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 12:28 PM

Tail lights....

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 12:29 PM

Just about done.....though missing those nipple lug nuts

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 12:30 PM

Anither dither,

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 12:32 PM

Detail of left side engine, was still waiting for my MC cover to come back...........

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 12:35 PM

fender tag, reason I bought the car, triple red, about my favorite combo ever. About the only options were just to look good and go fast.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 12:39 PM

Made it Carlisle, and that's about it for now, Thanks.

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Posted By: v8punch

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 03:51 PM

perfect!
Posted By: Pntastar69

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 03:52 PM

Quote:

Just about done.....though missing those nipple lug nuts



Which were installed on the car, in the trailer, Saturday morning in the overflow Carlisle parking lot, at 4am. How do I know, he woke me up from a deep sleep in the bed of his pickemup truck.

Drop dead gorgeous Dave
Posted By: 70shaker6pk

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/08/10 07:54 PM

Very Nice!!!
Posted By: MLR426

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/09/10 05:59 PM

Very nice job, it takes alot of hard work, blood sweat,determination and dead presidents to finish a car to show standards.

logan426
Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/10/10 01:22 AM

Quote:

Very nice job, it takes alot of hard work, blood sweat,determination and dead presidents to finish a car to show standards.

logan426


The wonderful Mrs. saw this and said "What about dead wives" in lieu of Presidents?
Thanks to all for the kind comments.
Thanks again,
Dave
Posted By: SRT6776

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/10/10 03:33 AM

Nice!
Posted By: Mike Mancini

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/21/10 10:14 PM

Dave, I love your car. What a quality job you did.

Mike
Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/21/10 11:32 PM

Forgot to mention one important major contributor to the restoration of the cuda was my dad. Without the 30 plus years of apprenticing under him this would not have been possible. A shame he is not a member here as he is one of the most knowledgeable and talented individuals about the 66-70 mopars out there, but at 75 years he rather dislikes to sit at a computer.
Some members may have had him as a shop teacher, Mr. Kriebel, at either Upper Perk in the 60's or at Southern Lehigh from 1970 to 1989.
He is one of the most influential people in my life, excluding the misses of course.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/22/10 12:40 AM

Quote:

Dave, I love your car. What a quality job you did.

Mike



Mike,

Would not have been possible without the excellent work that you provided on the cluster. BTW will be calling you soon.
Thanks to all,

Dave
Posted By: YYZ

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/22/10 12:44 AM

Outstanding!
Posted By: etek

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/22/10 12:46 AM

Quote:

Forgot to mention one important major contributor to the restoration of the cuda was my dad. Without the 30 plus years of apprenticing under him this would not have been possible. A shame he is not a member here as he is one of the most knowledgeable and talented individuals about the 66-70 mopars out there, but at 75 years he rather dislikes to sit at a computer.
Some members may have had him as a shop teacher, Mr. Kriebel, at either Upper Perk in the 60's or at Southern Lehigh from 1970 to 1989.
He is one of the most influential people in my life, excluding the misses of course.



AWESOME TRIBUTE TO YOUR DAD!!! You're a good son (and husband apparently!!)
Posted By: 69Cuda340S

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 02/24/10 03:12 AM

Beautiful car, wow, that is really something.
Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 03/27/10 09:45 PM

Recent picture from two weeks ago. Ready to hit the road once I do some tuning. My brother is coming in from Germany for Easter so he is begging for a ride.

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Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 04/02/10 01:43 AM

Who tried to give me information on my cuda? Thanks for the call but the phone number was a no-go.
Tried several different combination's, yet all came up as a dead phone #.
Must be from moparts as this is the only site they can acces my name and contact information.
If you are "Andy" who called please try again at the number for my business in my website, www.kriebeldesigns.com

Thanks,

Dave
Posted By: MonGoo$e

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 04/04/10 10:32 PM

nice car and nice work, love the color combo.
Posted By: 472 R/T SE

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 04/08/10 08:51 PM

Wow...just wow. Unbelievably fantastic job you've done sir.
I now have another favorite car. If I ever win the lottery I'm gonna buy Jerry J.'s purple '70 "Daytona" & make you an offer you can't refuse. Oh how I love the mono themed cars'. Plus it's a girlymatic so I can drive it.
I see you brushed the red on the rear drums, fantastic. So many restos go the fast route & just spray bomb them. Refreshing to see it done correctly for once.
Will this car be at Carlisle this year?

Someone please refresh my memory. The first Shaker cars off the line had body color bubble correct?
Was it only certain colors that received body colored bubbles ?
What month did they go with the silver colored bubble on all cars?

TIA.
Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 06/03/10 02:33 AM

Well, just found out today the hemicuda is going to be part of the retro dealer display next month at the Chrysler Carlisle show. Time for the patient Mrs. and I to book a B&B with a nice double jacuzzi tub for the show!
Thanks much to Ed at Carlisle events for the hard work he has put into the show.
Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 06/03/10 03:02 AM

Congrats! That's one beautiful car!
Posted By: Troy

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 06/03/10 05:46 AM

Very nice, good job!
Posted By: Race&Resto

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 07/12/10 07:01 PM

Do you have anymore updates on it, or can you post some more recent car show pics of it because that is one gorgeous red on red 70 Hemi Cuda !!!

Posted By: gtx6970

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 07/13/10 01:07 PM

Actually got to see it in person at the Carlisle dealership display.

trust me, pictures don't do it justice. and I'm a sucker for anything red interior.

Dave , it was good talking to ya. good luck on that other venture
Posted By: dmoore

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 07/14/10 01:16 AM

Beautiful car in person!
Posted By: mosweethemi

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 07/24/10 12:49 PM

Hello I would like to give you a A+ on your car. What a nice job!There was a lot of work to get your car done for Carlisle.Wished we could have had our car out front also but we did make into buliding T . Thanks mosweethemi 1970 sixpack Road Runner FY1
Posted By: Desmond

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 07/24/10 01:43 PM

I saw the car in the Beeney Motors Dealership display. If ever there was a car to refer to as "pictures don't do it justice" that's the one. Wow. Drool-inducing. Nice job.
Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 09/19/12 02:12 AM

Just a quick update as the cuda received a 1st at Maple Grove this summer and it is heading back there for the NHRA nationals with free tickets in October. The Mrs. is looking forward to watching some Top-Fuel cars running
Posted By: UCUDANT

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 09/19/12 12:08 PM

Posted By: wally426ci

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 09/19/12 02:05 PM

Quote:

Just a quick update as the cuda received a 1st at Maple Grove this summer and it is heading back there for the NHRA nationals with free tickets in October. The Mrs. is looking forward to watching some Top-Fuel cars running


Great looking car man.
Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 11/23/13 03:34 AM

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Do you have anymore updates on it, or can you post some more recent car show pics of it because that is one gorgeous red on red 70 Hemi Cuda !!!





Here is an update: Mopar Action at Maple Grove, 2013 Ray Barton's top pick. He Could not believe it was a real all red hemi'cuda so had to check the VIN! Pretty awesome time and event!

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Posted By: Pntastar69

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 11/23/13 05:15 PM

Quote:

Quote:

Do you have anymore updates on it, or can you post some more recent car show pics of it because that is one gorgeous red on red 70 Hemi Cuda !!!








Here is an update: Mopar Action at Maple Grove, 2013 Ray Barton's top pick. He Could not believe it was a real all red hemi'cuda so had to check the VIN! Pretty awesome time and event!



Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 11/23/13 06:03 PM

BEAUTIFUL highly detailed original car!
Posted By: fc7_plumcrazy

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 11/23/13 11:25 PM

very nice !!
Posted By: sawdust

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 01/15/14 03:52 AM

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BEAUTIFUL highly detailed original car!



Thanks Scott!! I need to spend more time on here and not be so "Johnny come lately".
BTW how do you like the voltage regulator?The Mrs. and I picked up some stuff from Jamie Passon and saw you got your 5 speed, awesome!
I was up to
Dave
Posted By: hemi68charger

Re: Hemi cuda restoration project - 01/15/14 02:43 PM

Beautiful E-body, Hemi or not !!!
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