Don's 69 Charger Rust Belt restoration

[Baldwinvette77]

Looks good Don! I wish I had a solid grille support lol......baldwinvette 

huh?...... OH CRAP!

[green69rt]

notice all the tape (even the yellow tape on the driver side front frame rail), this was to cover the holes so the coating would not run out

I did the same thing.  I also sprayed it inside the folds of the trunk lid, hood and the bottom of the doors.  But, I didn't think about the A pillars.  All places you can't really clean up very well, sometimes you can't even see what's in there!  And, yes, that stuff is runny and you can't keep it from seeping out any little hole but I guess that's what makes it a good sealant.

It does clean up with Lacquer thinner, maybe even mineral spirits if it hasn't cured.

You say you sprayed it inside the trunk lid and hood. Hmmm
It's kinda weird you mentioned that as I was just looking at my trunk lid, and wondering what to do about all the rust inside. When I roll the trunk around, I get a lot of rust falling out. (I was thinking about seperating the inner from the outer) But I think spraying that inside should help a lot!
Thanks Green

On the trunk, I just sprayed a lot till I could see a small puddle then moved the lid around to let the liquid run down into all the corners.  It dries quick so you have to be quicker.  Hood was just sprayed as well as I could.  Too big to move around much besides it's a new AMD hood so no rust yet.  The edges are where the seams are so maybe it'll help.  

[mopar4don]

I got my front suspension parts back from the powder coater and WOW! I am impressed!
They really did a nice job!
The parts I powder coated are the k-frame, strut bars, sway bar, and boxed LCA's.
My upper control arms were toast so I purchased a set from a fellow DC.com member. They were already painted, and had the ball joints and bushings installed. I also upgraded to the .960 mopar preformance torsion bars. So these two items were not powder coated  

[mopar4don]

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[keepat]

Great job grinding down and finishing the weld on your K member! All the reinforcement look original!
Pat

[mopar4don]

Great job grinding down and finishing the weld on your K member! All the reinforcement look original!
Pat

Thanks Pat, I'm kinda glad someone noticed, as I spent a LOT of time grinding the welds smooth! Not to mention my dremel died because of it.

[charger chris]

Nice job. I am watching you to see how rocker and floor and some thing go together 

[mopar4don]

Nice job. I am watching you to see how rocker and floor and some thing go together 

Waiting on the weather to get warmer, as I have to have the overhead door open to get around the back side of the car.
Until then I have plenty of other thing to restore.

[charger chris]

Oh I under stand that lol. You did job on that tail panel to. I tryed to get that off Dave. I found up north of me.

[mopar4don]

I have been a little worried about flash rust forming on the firewall repair so I finally got that area primed!

1st I had to build a temporary spray booth

[mopar4don]

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[keepat]

 Your conversion to a non-AC firewall looks great, nice job!!
Pat

[VegasCharger]

Nice work 

[gers1968rt]

Looking good, Don.

[Charger_Fan]

Looking good, Don.

Great progress!

[mopar4don]

Thanks everyone.
I sure would like it to go faster..........

[Pat1973charger]

Thanks everyone.
I sure would like it to go faster..........

We all would Don but from way I see you have done more to your car in three years than most do in ten. Keep after it and someday in the not so distant future you'll be remembering the work while driving that cool car!

[mopar4don]

Thanks everyone.
I sure would like it to go faster..........

We all would Don but from way I see you have done more to your car in three years than most do in ten. Keep after it and someday in the not so distant future you'll be remembering the work while driving that cool car!

Thanks for the encouragement Pat

[Pat1973charger]

Your welcome Don, as you know I am in the same boat so I know how it can help. At least your over the jump of fighting the rust, that's a big hurtle to overcome.

[mopar4don]

Your welcome Don, as you know I am in the same boat so I know how it can help. At least your over the jump of fighting the rust, that's a big hurtle to overcome.

You are right about that!
I remember it felt real good when I didnt have to look at crusty rusty panels.

[mopar4don]

Here are some pictures of my heater box resto
I started out with 2 boxes, I will pick and choose the better parts and will end up with one.

[mopar4don]

Disassembly is pretty easy (just take lots of pics to refer to if need be)
And yes, it nasty if you had mice!

[mopar4don]

I had to do a little fiberglass repair in a couple of spots.
Sorry I didn't do a very good job of getting "in progress" pictures

[mopar4don]

I bought the kit from DMT Detroit Muscle Technology

[cdr]

great work Don !!!!!