new to site, and my '68 Charger Project

[gb70]

Here are some recent pics of my '68 Charger I am currently restoring back (my way). It is one of 259 383 4 speed '68 Chargers.  Numbers matching.  I am going to save the engine and use a 472 strkoer for a while.

Before




during (body and metal work)





after paint






As you can see a donor drivers side rear 1/4 was needed,work to the same side rocker,

Here is the old 1/4 and I used a piece of it so I could do a patch on the other side lower 1/4

and a partial trunk pan was welded in.

after paint


That was the areas in serious need of metal work on the Charger.   I took a part the Charger and bagged, tagged, and took note of what I felt was needed to take notes of.  Original 383 and 4 speed trans.

Later, I stripped the paint using an aircraft stripper.   It took a long time.   I first stripped the car down and then removed fenders, doors, hoods, and did all those off the car inside out.
Later, I did the exterior and then the interior.   The guy that had the car before me used Dynomat on the floors, and I had to use a heat gun and scraper to remove it all from the floor pans.

Then I used the stripper to remove the factory paint.
Next came the metal work that required welding.  
new 1/4


Then it was on to the body and getting it ready to spray primer inside of my garage.   I made a half ass paint booth and went to it.





I worked on b blasting the rear end, k member, and a bunch of other parts.


I rebuilt the front end after the parts were finished coated.

BEFORE




I decided to use polyurethane bushings, hemi size torsion bars and and a hemi size sway bar to the front, while the back I added new hemi leaf springs,



new shocks, new gas tank, and 3/8" fuel lines to feed my new stroker.

I also changed the drums up front to Disk using PST parts.   New SST brake lines were installed, and I had to modify the steering shaft to make it the right size (shortened it up) to be used with a new power steering unit.   The car had a manual steering box (ick).   I bought and installed a new universal coupler, it needed a specific size in order to be used for power steering.

Down below the car I blew on some new chassis black paint to the factory undercoating.




First I had to make a big mess using my power sprayer to get all the dirt and grime off.   Later, I masked off this surface and primered, and painted the rails to match the color of the exterior.




I also had gotten Matt Delaney to build me a 472" stroker using a 400 block.     
I also sent out the rear end, and the tranny to get rebuilt.   I added posi to the rear and changed out the gears to 3:54's.   I also sent out the dash cluster to get rebuilt, calibrated, refaced, and the clock turned into quartz timed movement. The Charger has been through a whole lot to this point.
The car got out of my buddies paint shop where I chose a color that has a Mecedes Benz, Viper, combo silver, with deep metallic flakes.   It was shot with a pearl coat to give it a very deep look.



Now the fun begins building it all back together.   I have chosen to go with a red interior in place of the black.   I think that it will look real sharp inside of the silver outside paint.

[Brock Samson]

yikes!  the guys got his own coke machine! Now that's what i call a first post!
W E L C O M E  !  !  !   Nice Work!

[41husk]

Welcome to the site and good luck!

[PocketThunder]

 

Where is the bow down smiley!!!!

[Troy]

Very cool! 

Troy

[TheGhost]

Too..... many..... pics...... internet.... can't handle......






  Nice intro post, and, nice Charger.

[Recharger]

     It's right here, PT.

Wow      that's a lot of work.   Makes me feel like I've been doing nothing.   Can't wait to see it all back together!   and welcome!!

[Drache]

Anyone else notice the hood leaning up against the window in the first couple pics? That is one sweet looking car!

[Brock Samson]

 SHAKER for/from his hemi cuda no doubt...

we'll take some photos of that Cuda too GB.... 

 

[Drache]

Ok this needs to be posted in the Tech Archive if someone ever needs to know how to do a good restoration! 

[blackcharger]

welcome to the site. great job! keep the pics comming!

[Troy]

Ok this needs to be posted in the Tech Archive if someone ever needs to know how to do a good restoration!

Maybe you haven't noticed... but we don't have a Tech Archive.

Troy

[ChargerHound69]

That is a great looking car.  Welcome to the Site.

[694spdRT]

Ok this needs to be posted in the Tech Archive if someone ever needs to know how to do a good restoration!

Maybe you haven't noticed... but we don't have a Tech Archive.

Troy

Maybe we just don't have any good Tech to archive yet?   

Welcome to the Site! 

[ChargerRob]

Welcome to the site. 

[911bear]

  Verrrrry cooooool!!!!  and welcome ....hmmmmmmmm  by the way keep the pics flowing our way!!!!

[Troy]

Ok this needs to be posted in the Tech Archive if someone ever needs to know how to do a good restoration!

Maybe you haven't noticed... but we don't have a Tech Archive.

Troy

Maybe we just don't have any good Tech to archive yet?

Maybe not but I bet we've got more than enough already to fill up the "Useless Post Archive"...

Troy

[Starman417]

Very nice!  Very cool color also, can't wait to see that 400 in the car.

[694spdRT]

Ok this needs to be posted in the Tech Archive if someone ever needs to know how to do a good restoration!

Maybe you haven't noticed... but we don't have a Tech Archive.

Troy

Maybe we just don't have any good Tech to archive yet?

Maybe not but I bet we've got more than enough already to fill up the "Useless Post Archive"...

Troy

No arguments with you on that one.

BTW: Is this the secret to "flagrant" poster status. If you respond then I can respond back...neat how that works. JK

Sorry for the Hi-Jacked thread. I'm done now.   

[Silver R/T]

wow nice job on resto man, first post and so much information and pics, I just had to save them all for future reference. Welcome to the site, is that QQ1 paint code silver?

[bull]

Crimini! What a job you've done. There's no nook that hasn't been dealt with as far as I can tell. And that shop is nicer than my living room. You've got an Eagle lift, a Coke machine and a bathroom. There's nothing else a guy would need except maybe a 7-11 hot dog oven. I like how clean an organized you keep everything,

[4402tuff4u]

Wow!! very nice job and welcome aboard! I love that garage too! very neat and clean. Shelves for everything - easy to find and keep from being damaged. That's some lucky car.

[SuBLimE 69]

WoW, Thats some great quality work !  I can't wait to see her when she is finished.  The motor sounds like it going to be a beast too ! 

[rebby]

Very very nice... I'd like to go w/a silver on my car as well and from your pics, that's exactly what I want. Care to share a few more details about exactly how the paint was done, what colors, etc?

[NorwayCharger]

Here are some recent pics of my '68 Charger I am currently restoring back (my way).

GREAT JOB 
Silver paint is the THING