SRT-8 Daytona Clone

[cudaken]

 

Glad you moved the gas cap door. Makes for a much cleaner car.

Cuda Ken

[Stevearino]

Glad you moved the gas cap door. Makes for a much cleaner car.

Cuda Ken

When you spend a lot of time to do something it is hard to undo it even if you know in your heart it is not quite right. I painted one of my cars back in the early 80's and I thought that I had picked out a bright orange/red but when I was finished spraying it I thought " That's straight up orange" I must have taken 500 laps around that car trying to talk my way into it being more red than orange. Finally I went and got my then 4 year old son and brought him out to the shop and asked him " What color is that?" without hesitation he said "ORANGE".  I repainted the car.

[Stevearino]

Well I was wondering what new Challenger head lights would look like in a regular Charger.http://www.powerful-cars.com/php/dodge/1969-charger-gts-r-pro-touring.php


Nope.


Good thing about these pictures is that they show me what the rear view mirrors I bought will look like on my car. Not bad.

[Lighthorseman]

Mirrors look nice, but the rest of it?   

[djcarguy]

 

[ACUDANUT]

You can't clone something they never made. 

I would say it's one of none. 

[Stevearino]

You can't clone something they never made. 

I would say it's one of none. 

I guess you are right about that. It is not totally unauthentic to call it a clone because I am modifying a real 68 Charger and have it titled as such. 


Well I won't be working on this much for the next month or so. We are working a ton of overtime at the shop and I have some family matters to deal with back in New Jersey.

[Mopar John]

Steve,
I think you are already years ahead of where most of us would be at!
Your fabrication skills and assembly work are amazing! WOW!
MJ

[Stevearino]

Thanks for the compliment MJ.

[fy469rtse]

All I can say and think is holy crap, sorry baldwinvette stole your line , but geez fabrication skills thought process just amazing , Steve great build just went back through the hole thread two cups of coffee, hours have gone by , keep posting , great fab skills your patience is amazing, attention to detail fantastic,
Keep posting with updates,   

[Stevearino]

All I can say and think is holy crap, sorry baldwinvette stole your line , but geez fabrication skills thought process just amazing , Steve great build just went back through the hole thread two cups of coffee, hours have gone by , keep posting , great fab skills your patience is amazing, attention to detail fantastic,
Keep posting with updates,   

Thanks man. It's going to be a while. Between work this time of year and some intense family matters my little diversion will be sitting for a while.

[The70RT]

Nice job 

[Stevearino]

Nice job 

Thanks 70RT.  Well I slowly started back to work on the car this weekend with a bit of a heavy heart. I had gone back to New Jersey to see my dad who had just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just a couple of weeks into the new year. I got there and he passed in less than 24 hrs of my arrival. Everyone said he was waiting for me. God I hope not.  He was a great guy and I watched him build a lot of stuff when I was a kid and broke most of his tools trying to learn how to build stuff myself. I am going to miss him.

I decided to start off slowly removing and replacing the crash damaged items in the front of the car. They included the upper radiator support, lower radiator support ,the AC condenser, the radiator, radiator hoses,fan assembly,power steering reservoir, power steering pump, serpentine belt, transmission coolant lines, window washer fluid container and pump, right front steering knuckle, r s swaybar bushing and heat shield and some misc small stuff. When they say minor repairable crash damage it is a matter of subjective opinion what the word minor means. Nothing was bent on the frame so I guess that is where the term minor applies. 
While I have everything apart on the front suspension I am changing out the springs to some lowering springs that will drop the front 1.75" Hopefully that will give me a better stance front to rear.  I got some adjustable upper "A" arms from Jeggs so that I can bring the camber back in line when I am done. I made a small jig to copy the stock "A" arms for caster and a start point on the camber. Hopefully I will get it into the neighborhood of where it needs to go.

[moparstuart]

again so sorry for your loss 

[Stevearino]

Thanks Stu.

[cdr]

prayers sent your way.

[Charger-Bodie]

Sorry for the loss of your Dad.

[dyslexic teddybear]

Very sorry for the loss.

From the work you do.....he taught you well. Suspect you made him very proud. Even if you did break a tool or two.

[Stevearino]

prayers sent your way.

Sorry for the loss of your Dad.

Very sorry for the loss.

From the work you do.....he taught you well. Suspect you made him very proud. Even if you did break a tool or two.

Thanks guys. He was a good guy. And I am grateful for everything he did for me.

[70Sbird]

Sorry to hear that you  lost your Dad, I lost mine almost 15 years ago and it's tough at any age



More great progress on the Charger though, I always look forward to your updates and am in awe of your skills
Scott

[Baldwinvette77]

Also sorry to hear that,   I've never lost a close family member or friend yet, so i can't really relate, but i can imagine.  

[472 R/T SE]

Sorry 'bout your Pops. 


If mine waited for me to show up to pass, that means we were close.
I can only wish to have that sort of relationship with mine.  It's sad as I can't answer the phone if he calls towards the evening cause I know he's already 3 sheets into the wind.

[Indygenerallee]

Again Steve, Sorry about the loss of your father.. I thought about my Father a little more after you told me that day and I was thinking about how little time we really have to spend with our parents... We grow up and can't wait to get away from them as teens, then the next thing we know we are wishing we had all that time back...

[Stevearino]

Thank you again for all of the sincere prayers and thoughts. I was lucky to have my dad for so long. He was 87 and still got around pretty good without assistance.
472 R/T SE. I have seen your situation many times through out my life and that sometimes is more heartbreaking than loosing a person altogether.

[tan top]

 just been catching up on your thread !!  awww noo    sorry to hear about your dad !! .....