Clem's 68 Black Build

[clemfor]

The roof sub structure turned out very nice, a lot of hours and $$. The mini tubs look very kool too ! ( I think ) Thanks for looking...

[VegasCharger]

Great Progress 

[gers1968rt]

Did you sandblast the roof structure? Looks good, very nice work.

[clemfor]

Did you sandblast the roof structure? Looks good, very nice work.

Thank you.. What I remember the body guy telling me was, he gently blasted, then used some kind of acid? primer of some sort that melds the rust with the good steel ?
I don't know much about it, I sure did learn how to PAY !

[clemfor]

After grinding the paint off the fenders, they were so mashed I bought new AMD. The doors were very bad as well, found good shells, 1 from a '69.
I bought the skins from a guy out of Michigan, his company was making them, I think in Taiwan, they fit real good. AMD was not stamping them yet.

[clemfor]

The floors I got locally from an auto body supplier, I think they were Goodmark ? They came in two pieces, kept the upper half of the tunnel and butt welded.
The small rear floor pans I got from AMD. The metal under the back seat and under the package tray to the trunk floor were still like new.

[clemfor]

The front and back doors jambs or pillars needed attention, cut out the rust and weld new metal in, no one was making them yet.

[clemfor]

The hood looked like a total piece of crap, once all the many layers of paint was off, it was mint.
The door skins lined up with the other panels not too bad.

[XH29N0G]

I see these types of threads here and find them impressive.  That almost doesn't even do enough to describe them.  Good on you to do this.

[clemfor]

A lot of you Charger people say, more pics ! so I hope this is not boring ? Now the fitting of all the body parts....

[clemfor]

Then there was some welding.

[clemfor]

a few more.

[clemfor]

Going back in time, after the Charger was painted flat black, I had to install the turn key 440 c/w 550hp I bought from the kid in Jacksonville !
The engine bay was still the Richard Petty blue,  it looked horrible, but I didn't care, I wanted the 440 in there, so I could drive it ! And I did for a short time.

[fy469rtse]

Great photo's clem keep them coming,
Love he progress on your car, great work going on here

[clemfor]

Thanks...floors ready for primer.

[fy469rtse]

Looks great , just like new, 
noticed its in the paint booth ? Colour

[westcoastdodge]

wow that car is lucky to have you,good job 

[clemfor]

Thanks guys.. It is Black on black on black.

[gers1968rt]

Looking real good, never get tired of pics.

[clemfor]

Cool. Here are some pics of the MagnumForce tubular front end with QA1 coil overs, Mustang II Rack and Willwood discs.
Here's an 11 minute video from MagnumForce website installing a front clip, the same one I bought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHpiU9QWmNw&feature=player_embedded

[clemfor]

A few more.

[don duick]

nice work you got my respect. Did you have to reinforce the inner fender to support the coil spring?

[clemfor]

I hired Dream Rides a Custom Hot Rod shop in Yorkton Saskatchewan, a small town 3 hours away. The owners son did all the fab and welding, took out the original front K member, installed the MagnumForce, reinforced the frame, did a triangulated 4 link rear He was I think 21 years old, totally fearless, and an awesome welder, he dove into my Charger, had it all done in a bout a week. He took lots a pics. Unfortunately I heard they closed there shop down about a year ago. Enjoy a lot of pics...

[clemfor]

More welding

[clemfor]

The first pic...He welded 1/4" plate to the frame, then all the brackets weld to that.