Well. The Charger is getting a new change. The new 360 motor has been sold and the car is getting ready to go Big Block

Ace and I tore the girl apart. It's going to get the right body work now and a new coat of paint. The engine compartment is going to get detailed and all wires and vacuum lines relocated.

The vinal top is coming off, and she will most likely stay a hard top.


here we go again

the ol girl was more solid then I thought it was.

more pics

What color are you gonna paint it ?

I know shit about cars but for something that old ...there ain't no rust on it

Khy, Losing the vinyl top would be a mistake IMHO. It's gonna be too bland without it, and I always liked the oem vinyl tops on musclecars.
Cheers, Lee S.

the plan is Citrus for the color.



as for the vinal. It will still have some looks. I have a 6 pack hood that i'm finishing. The black stripe. and i'll be leaving the vinal top check marks on it.

hard top is boring, unless you leave other visual aspects to the car.

and yes Derek. I agree, I was somewhat in shock over the lack of rust in this car.

That car has always deserved an RB motor. What is it going to be?

-Trevor

well, I was going to kind of keep it a secrate, but as the plans have not yet been finalized, lets just say it will be a 383 block, but that will be the only 383 part left in it

well, Progress is being made, the vinyl is off and the roof is good, some sail panel repair was needed and the rear window had to come out. I had to weld in a few small pieces of new metal for the area, but nothing bad, I've been working on keeping it nice and smooth back there. I do not have plans on putting a new top on it.

The engine compartment has been media blasted and stripped. there were several layers of paint and primer in there not to mention it was black. well, not anymore. it will be painted as a mopar should be, body color

here are some more progress pics

you should lay the hood on its side. So it wont bend the corners. Just my 2 cents. Jon

Thank. I'll do that. but thats not the hood going on the car I have a 6 pack hood now

Doesn't matter. It's a mint original hood and worth not damaging. Don't make me come up and bitch-slap you .
Cheers, Lee S.

More sanding and smoothing, basicly the whole drivers side is close. engine compartment is stripped, now for some more sanding...


and more sanding


and more sanding.

I sure would love to see the work in person.I am a fellow charger fan/owner.Do you have help with it?or are you doing it alone.

I've been going at it alone. Mainly I have been working at night. with the wife and kids I don't get as much daylight hours with the car

it's been awhile, so here goes. A lot has been removed and done, besides a few small spots, The car will be in primer soon, at least the backhalf of it. I haven't worked on the fenders yet
The engine compartment is pretty much striped and cleaned, Steering box removed and a few other items. All the harness holders have been cut, and the inner fenderwalls smoothened out. I'll be re-routing all wires and vacuum lines around the engine bay, I'm a sucker for a clean look.
The rest of the body seems straight, after a few coats of primer we'll find out. I found a few spots that the car needed some major help, both rear quarters needed some work. I removed some of the old filler, banged out some dents and used a lot less filler to skim coat. The roof is perfect, I ordered some filler for the lead sections and we'll be squared away with that