MOPARmaniac Posted August 8, 2015 Posted August 8, 2015 well this charger was the first one I ever built. And because of that didn't turn out very well. It has been sitting next to my dads awesome looking cars all these years and decided to make mine better. I figured it would be a good time killer because the other day I ordered a 68 dart model of ebay. So that will be my next project here it is all taken apart. the desired engine is a 426 engine. Ive decided to make my version of my dads car. his is painted in nothing but primer and has a torn up interior. The only thing that will be different is the engine
MOPARmaniac Posted August 8, 2015 Author Posted August 8, 2015 Final coat of primer for the day, getting dark enough to where this coat barely dried. Next thing to do tonight is to cut out the trunk
MOPARmaniac Posted August 9, 2015 Author Posted August 9, 2015 ok primer finished. Trunk almost cut out, cut off door trim and also got rid of thr R/T emblems on the grille because his is not a R/T. The painted the light covers flat black
MOPARmaniac Posted August 9, 2015 Author Posted August 9, 2015 Originally when my Dad got his car it was green. When he restored it and primered it he did't do the undersides of the hood or trunk lid, and of course he didn't do the engine bay either. So far I have the trunk lid and top of rear panel painted green. o
MOPARmaniac Posted August 9, 2015 Author Posted August 9, 2015 I painted the holes where the trim is supposed to clip on
MOPARmaniac Posted August 9, 2015 Author Posted August 9, 2015 painted the engine bay green, but since he never restored the green paint its probably mostly black and rusty. I will have to ask him.
MOPARmaniac Posted August 10, 2015 Author Posted August 10, 2015 I painted the remaining trim on o I asked my dad about the engine bay and he said he didn't know. He can't get it out either because its buried in parts and junk. So I get to put however much rust and black stuff in there I want
MOPARmaniac Posted August 10, 2015 Author Posted August 10, 2015 Well today I did a lot of work and Im gonna call it a day. But heres pics of the stuff I did making trunk hinges with coffee stiring straws and paper clips o measuring where the hinges are going to go on the trunk lid I put them in with epoxy Here it is glued on with epoxy putting the hinges in the car The trunk lid is on now I test fitted the interior and the back piece was too long and messing with the hinges. So I drew a line to cut off After the cut Fits grreat! o
dragzz Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 u thot weathering the primer just a bit might look cool as well just a thot . looking good u are off to a good start
MOPARmaniac Posted August 11, 2015 Author Posted August 11, 2015 Ok I painted the firewall and epoxy that I put on the trunk lid Green to match the rest
MOPARmaniac Posted August 12, 2015 Author Posted August 12, 2015 I painted the interior with sray paint and it turned out better than hand painting it. So from now on im going to spray my interior unless im doing a multicolored job. Made my own shifter and Automatic Letters (Park, Neutral, Drive, 2,1 also Reverse). And am currently making seat covers for the front seats
MOPARmaniac Posted August 12, 2015 Author Posted August 12, 2015 I got the seat covers on. Don't judge too badly because I used glove fingers to slip over the seats for the seaat covers. Id say they look pretty good for glove fingers
MOPARmaniac Posted August 12, 2015 Author Posted August 12, 2015 ok the interiior is now finished. Here are a few pics of the interior
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