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[d_saum]

Looks like a great start.  Does the engine turn over?  Clean her up and post more pics please!

Thanks!  And I don't know for sure yet, but the old man said it should turn over. Since it's been sitting so long, I'm going to pull the plugs and squirt some magic juice in the cylinders and let them sit for a day or two before trying to spin the thing.

I finally got over to the old mans house today and was going to take the wheels off and go get some used meats on them just to get it rolling so I could haul it home. To my surprise, the guy said he had a set of wheels and tires that'd fit it that I could borrow until I get my new wheels. So in the broiling NC sun (even though most of the car was is the shade), I jacked it up and put the other wheels on it. A nice surprise was finding that the brakes were not locked up at all.  And man, oh man.. she looks even meaner sitting up on inflated tires as opposed to 3 flats and one rim!  Woot!!! 

I should have her towed home tomorrow, but I have a meeting in the middle of the afternoon. If not tomorrow, then definitely no later than Thursday. 

[VegasCharger]

Thanks... and YES.. Black is exactly the color I was thinking. And also, I am planning on losing the vinyl and the opera windows. Do you happen to know what's involved in that conversion? Is it not just removing the opera panels?

Yes, if you want the standard roll down windows (non SE Chargers, see 1st pic below) you would need the assemblies and trim from a non SE Charger (2 door hardtop). SE opera windows are in a fixed position (don't roll down). For removal besides tearing off the vinyl and removing the louver panels, you would have to dig out the factory filler smoothed over the fiberglass window plug of the rear quarter window cutout area they used on the SEs (see 2nd and 3rd pic below). Also you would have to cutout a section of the door jambs to enable the quarter glass to roll up and down. And also you would either need to extend the roof drip rail or shave off the drip rail because the SE roof drip rail is a shorter run length than the hardtop one.

My suggestion is do one or the other (SE treatment or roll down hardtop) and NOT do what some others have attempted by removing the vinyl top but keeping the opera windows intact and then smoothed over with body filler. They rarely come out looking good with this plan (see 4th pic).

I know that there is a thread on this conversion somewhere in here but I couldn't find it. Someone might weigh in on this topic. I have more detail pics on the SE window plug removal procedure if you want them, there's actually hidden screws underneath the filler that attach the plug to the body.

Like others have said, you have more important priorities prior to tackle before taking this on first.