SRT-8 Daytona Clone

[Stevearino]

Heres another 69 to 08 charger

http://www.chargerforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149892

Wow! Ole Rowdy Gowdy ain't scared.  I love the way he's doing it with a tractor , an electric grinder,and a stick welder in a car port with some tarps down the sides. Holy Moly!

I keep looking to see if he will finish his project but it seems to have petered out.

[Stevearino]

Still working on the driver side door. I figure I have about 80 hours in it already and I am not done. I ordered two polycarbonite side glasses from Pro-Glass. I just ordered two oversizeds 69 Camaro blanks. The arc of the window is pretty much a perfect match and I only needed about 2 " more in length. I will be waiting for those to finalize how my window tracking is set.
  I unwrapped the drivers door harness to lay it out to reach everything the way I have it now. I also cut out the front of the door and the door jamb to accept the rubber harness boot.

[Baldwinvette77]

 

[Mike DC]

I keep looking to see if he will finish his project but it seems to have petered out.

That guy annoyed some forum members a while back and some ruckus ensued.  I won't bother with the mud but he's been gone since then.  

[Stevearino]

For months I thought I had the side view mirror issue well in hand. Since the 06 Charger mirrors were integrated with the window frame there did not seem to be a way that I could use them. I purchased two 2010 Challenger side view mirrors because the way they mounted to the door seemed more appropriate and the wiring would be the same for the remote operation. Well I mocked them up and they looked ridiculous. Way out of scale for the car. They looked more like auxiliary fuel tank pods for a jet fighter than side view mirrors.  I had no plan  "B". I took the one 06 Charger side mirror (the other was wrecked off the car) and started whittling it down with an air saw until i just had the basic mirror with the harness and actuators left. I mocked it up as close to the car as possible and as low on the door as practical and then built a mount that would transition from the mirror to the door.

[Stevearino]

I keep looking to see if he will finish his project but it seems to have petered out.

That guy annoyed some forum members a while back and some ruckus ensued.  I won't bother with the mud but he's been gone since then. 

He has a YouTube channel and the only thing on that project is the stuff he posted on that thread. Probably went the way of the 4x4 DeLorean.

[Stevearino]

A number of trips in and out of the car and I got the angle where I wanted and finished up the cradle. There are 2  10-32 bolts welded into the base to attach it to the door and I made stand off pads from some 1/8 inch EDPM glass setting blocks.

[Stevearino]

 The door skin is just mocked up in place by the way so that I can settle some of these issues. It is not ready to go on yet.  Here are some pictures of the the way the mirror sits in its cradle and how it looks on the door. It is a lot farther forward that the 68 mirror would be but a lot lower because of it's size.

[Stevearino]

While the door skin was in place I went ahead and fit the outer door handle in as per the mock up pattern that I had made earlier.I bought 1970 Dodge Challenger window wiskers because of the vent window delete. They were only an inch too long which is perfect.
They curve up on either end so I carefully relief cut the stainless on the back side being careful not to cut through the top bead or the front whisker. After a few cuts I was able to hand shape it back out straight. I then had to drill out new oval holes for the clips to fit into. After marking out the locations I drilled two 3/16th holes about 1/2 inch apart and used a die grinder to connect the dots. Lastly I welded the two tabs for the door handle to bolt to on the back side of the skin.

[Stevearino]

In between things I was working on the inner door panels. It has been about 30 years since I did any auto upholstery and back then a door panel was a flat piece of masonite with some vinyl stretched over it and maybe a few pull buttons for style.  I am trying to reproduce the SRT style inner door panel with the 68 door proportions so this is more than unfamiliar territory.  I built the door panel out of .021 steel and I filled in the tight transitions with dense styrofoam. After that I smeared some bondo on to smooth the transitions. The first attempt at covering the lower panel was a bust so I had to strip it of all the glue and start over. The transitions were just a little to deep for  the vinyl so I am in the process of remodeling them.

[Stevearino]

I did manage to get the arm rest covered with only a few mishaps.   Kind of looks like a ship model

[Baldwinvette77]

Thats pretty Awesome  with all the modern trim youre putting on, What are you planing to do with things like the rear bumper for example? 

[Stevearino]

Thats pretty Awesome  with all the modern trim youre putting on, What are you planing to do with things like the rear bumper for example? 

The only thing I had planned for the rear bumper was to probably get it tighter to the body and paint it out. My original plan was something like the F&F Daytona but after looking at what they did I wasn't that crazy about how it looks.

[Baldwinvette77]

Thats pretty Awesome  with all the modern trim youre putting on, What are you planing to do with things like the rear bumper for example? 

The only thing I had planned for the rear bumper was to probably get it tighter to the body and paint it out. My original plan was something like the F&F Daytona but after looking at what they did I wasn't that crazy about how it looks.

Cool, Maybe Weld on the bumper studs from behind and shave off the heads too? i might be doing that to my rear bumper 

[Stevearino]

Thats pretty Awesome  with all the modern trim youre putting on, What are you planing to do with things like the rear bumper for example? 

The only thing I had planned for the rear bumper was to probably get it tighter to the body and paint it out. My original plan was something like the F&F Daytona but after looking at what they did I wasn't that crazy about how it looks.

Cool, Maybe Weld on the bumper studs from behind and shave off the heads too? i might be doing that to my rear bumper 

Yeah! I like that. That's a good look.

[ACUDANUT]

zzzzz

[Stevearino]

zzzzz

Well I guess this thread has found a more noble cause. It appears to be a cure for insomnia.

I finally got the rest of the panels covered with vinyl and I am pretty happy with the outcome. Only thing is, I have about 100 hours in this one door panel so at the rate I am getting after it I probably won't be done with the other side until the fall.

Also got my window blanks in from Pro-Glass. They look pretty good.

[Aero426]

Looks like the factory did it.   

[Baldwinvette77]

Looks like the factory did it.   

looks BETTER than if the factory did it... Far less plastic and "made in china" stampings 

[Stevearino]

Looks like the factory did it.   

looks BETTER than if the factory did it... Far less plastic and "made in china" stampings 

I wish I had some factory equipment to spit another one out for the right side.

[Baldwinvette77]

Looks like the factory did it.   

looks BETTER than if the factory did it... Far less plastic and "made in china" stampings 

I wish I had some factory equipment to spit another one out for the right side.

Just check amazon.com, They claim to have everything 

[tsmithae]

Looks like the factory did it.   

looks BETTER than if the factory did it... Far less plastic and "made in china" stampings 

Exactly what he said!

[dyslexic teddybear]

zzzzz

Well I guess this thread has found a more noble cause. It appears to be a cure for insomnia.

I like your style.




As usual......excellent work.  

[Daytona Guy]

How much did or will that door weigh? You work is amazing. This guy is more than a car builder, he is a freaking artist, and this is his masterpiece.

Dane

[41husk]

Wow.  Amazing work.  I can't wait to see the finished product.