My Hemi Daytona: Parts, Pieces, and Chunks...

[Daytona R/T SE]

Time for a new thread on my project.

Here, I'll post pictures of my car and parts as I begin the assembly.

Follow along as I try to figure out where the hell I stashed all this crap over eighteen years ago when

I disassembled this wreck.

Be amused as I try to figure out which piece of petrified masking tape with some sort of unintelligible

hieroglyphs scrawled on it belongs with which rusty, crusty unidentifiable part...


Thrill with delight when I discover that the brand new parts I just bought had already been

purchased by me a decade ago and had somehow been sucked into a vortex, magically reappearing

in the spare bedroom closet after the latest, more expensive versions arrive.

Learn new curse words.

Watch me break shit.

Watch me have to redo stuff several times because of my numerous brain farts.

Expect long pauses between updates, because I'm pissed and I've thrown the wrenches through the

drywall, stomped on the part, turned off the garage lights, slammed the door and haven't gone back

out there for weeks.

Expect longer pauses because I'm broke at the time, or a machine shop or parts vendor thinks that

months and years is an acceptable amount of time to do their thing.

Ultimately, hopefully not too many years from now...

If I live long enough...

I'll get this bitch together...

Turn the key...

and:

[moparstuart]

   done yet

[Daytona R/T SE]

To begin, I've set out, and attempted to organize the parts I need to begin the assembly.

I'm going to start with the backend of the car, beginning with the installation of the trunk lid and

hinges, so that I can then move on to the stripe and the wing.

Already, I can see that I need to order more parts .

[A383Wing]

  done yet

ha..ya beat me to it  

I'm gonna go get more popcorn

[Daytona R/T SE]

 done yet

Stuart, You've been sitting at the keyboard for weeks,

just waiting for me to start this thread, haven't ya ?

[A383Wing]

I'm still taking bets here that you will have yours done before Stu's green 'Bird is moving under it's own power again

Bryan

[Daytona R/T SE]

I'm still taking bets here that you will have yours done before Stu's green 'Bird is moving under it's own power again

Bryan

I dunno Bryan...

He's got a lot of stuff that I don't...


Stuff like...


An engine.


   

   

     

     

[Bob T]

I've got popcorn and beers, and I'm looking forward to this
Great colour
Now, on with the show 

[Stevearino]

 Do what you need to to the dry wall but whatever you do just don't scratch that beautiful  blue paint.

[A383Wing]

Stu ain't using his engine...just take his

[Baldwinvette77]

thats just the prettiest shade of blue 

[Lighthorseman]

Coooooooooooooooool.   

[tan top]

 done yet

Stuart, You've been sitting at the keyboard for weeks,

just waiting for me to start this thread, haven't ya ?

[JB400]

Anybody mind if I just raid the fridge?  I've been here almost a year and I've had enough popcorn.

                                                                       



Ok, now I'm ready for the show to begin.

[GOTWING]

    

[RTDaddy]

Took me 3 years to get mine together, (lots of "spare time"  ).  Word of advice on the engine, DO NOT LET STU SELL YOU A USED FUEL PUMP ROD.  (Could not resist Stu).  And popcorn does go stale after 3 years.  Good luck.

"IF YOU'RE UNDER CONTROL, YOU AIN'T GOING FAST ENOUGH."

[Daytona R/T SE]

  Word of advice on the engine, DO NOT LET STU SELL YOU A USED FUEL PUMP ROD. 

[cudaken]

Where do you live? I would love to help! 

Ken

[moparstuart]

Where do you live? I would love to help! 

Ken

Ken be very careful ,   watch out chris bites

[Daytona R/T SE]

Where do you live? I would love to help!  

Ken

Ken,

I'm maybe 20 miles away from you...


But...

There's a strict "One fat guy at a time" rule in my garage...


I'm that fat guy.

I've got too much junk in there...

No room for helpers.





Unless...



The prospective helper looks like this:

[earnie]

Where do you live? I would love to help!  

Ken

Ken,

I'm maybe 20 miles away from you...


But...

There's a strict "One fat guy at a time" rule in my garage...


I'm that fat guy.

I've got too much junk in there...

No room for helpers.





Unless...



The prospective helper looks like this:

aint much gunna get done if she were in the garage, well at least car stuff lol

[BigBlockSam]

ust waiting for me to start this thread, haven't ya ?

that's to take the attention away fro his never ending projects . 

thats why i stopped buying things i don't need now. cause when i need them i can't find them and have to buy them again . then they appear again .

lets see ................. i think  july 25, 2016, you be done . at 622 pm .

i'm real bad at assembling painted parts , won't do it any more .  Good luck .

ask Stu when he's gonna put the hemi motor in his hotrod . i think you'll be done first.

good luck 

[Daytona R/T SE]

just waiting for me to start this thread, haven't ya ?

I think  july 25, 2016, you be done . at 622 pm .



good luck  

Ya know sumthin...


I might be able to make that deadline...

[djcarguy]

Sure is looking good,love the color. thing yours is the first one i liked with those wheels.awsum looking now but will be tons better with wing an nose on it.. dj

[pandamarie]

Your first post sounds like what I am going threw with my Daytona project, After 10 years of collecting parts then having to move them because the kids have to move back in and one of them is an excessive compulsive cleaner so parts got moved again to places I would never put them, Then the good part, They move out,,,
Only to move back in this time with Grandkids only to go through it all over again,    10 years later as I am buying new parts for the ones that came up missing my son shows up and knows right where they are, after I already bought new ones.  These things get expensive with kids around.  That why I am moving into a two bedroom house with a 6 car garage as soon as this loan goes through.  No room for anyone but Grandkids.