Finally back from Paint!!!

[69Chrgr]

Well, here she is, 1 year of rotissierie and 1 year of paint and body. Paint brand is Sikkens black and has 3 coats of clear.

[jwilk01]

  Holy moly that looks straight as an arrow.  Great work!!  Now the fun begins putting it back together, That was my favorite part.

Later
Josh

[plum500]

Sweeeeet.

[Shakey]

Looks fantastic.

Keep us posted with lotsa pics.  

[BrianShaughnessy]

Beautious!   

[Old Moparz]

That looks incredible!  All of a sudden I'm leaning towards black again.

[Blown70]

 

NICE

[NYCMille]

Ahhhhh... black is beautiful!!!

[69 OUR/TEA]

Looks great,more pics please!!!I love seeing pics in progress as I do my own body and paint.After my B5 69 R/T,I am doing a friends,(is a member here),triple black R/T SE 69.I should be at your stage in a few weeks.

[Brock Samson]

 your kinda short huh?...   

nice man,.. Very Nice!

[73rallye440magnum]

That looks great, thanks for sharing the pics!

[Todd Wilson]

Looks great! Nice reflection!     How did you get it on and off the trailer with the car being hooked to the rolling frame?


Todd

[69Chrgr]

Thanks guys for all of the compliments. Just recently started posting. I wish more of ya'll lived closer by, but it seems like there just aren't many Mopars, much less Chargers down here in Texas. I'll also try to post some pic's of my Cuda too!! Damn I like it here!!

[69Chrgr]

I had two pieces of C-Channel that the Casters followed into. Oh yeah, that was my friend Perry in the reflection, not me. lol. Then I used a wench to just ease it down the C-channels ever so slightly. Here is a few more pic's.

[runningman]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[4402tuff4u]

Wow! nice mirror on wheels!! Awesome job, congratulations - keep up posted on the assembling of the charger!!

[Charger_Fan]

Great looking Charger, congrats!!
Keep us posted of your progress.

[69Chrgr]

Thanks again for all of the gracious compliments. Now I'm saving up for my Hemi. Probably from FHO seeing how a couple of you here have used them in your rides.

[RT/SE]

    Dang..........your Charger looks awesome!!!!!!  I have a fondness for Black Chargers.  Fellow member 69 Our/Tea will be doing the paint and body on mine once he finishes his Charger up. Love seeing the photos.  Keep them coming........TripleX9

[Mefirst]

 

[topduarte]

Thanks guys for all of the compliments. Just recently started posting. I wish more of ya'll lived closer by, but it seems like there just aren't many Mopars, much less Chargers down here in Texas. I'll also try to post some pic's of my Cuda too!! Damn I like it here!!

Sweet ride!!  You are right about not many chargers here in Texas!!

What part of Texas are you located and who did the paint work?

[69Chrgr]

I live in Midlothian, which is about 40 miles South of Dallas. MasterCraft in Ovilla Texas did all of the rotisseirie and fab work and Connossieur Restorations finished out the body and paint work in Justin. I'll try to post the before pics and after it was media blasted. Believe me, after it was media blasted I was very depressed! But MasterCraft and Connossieur Restorations bailed me out

[chargervert]

That looks sweet,nice work!

[BigBlockSam]

wow! nice

[greenpigs]

I'd have an ulcer the size of a coffee can till it was all assembled.

[DC_1]

great lookin!!!!.......makes me wanna work on my 69 instead of drivin the 68 now that the weather seems to have broke up here

[Brock Samson]

lookin again at that first pic. it looks like some kinda' charger dream levitating above the ground... 

[Big Lebowski]

Wow that looks good.

[Dave22443]

Very Nice!  I think its funny though, the VERY FIRST trim item he put on it was HEMI   

[Silver R/T]

soooo shinnneey arrgg

[BigBlackDodge]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.............................but those wheels look funny man!

4" Casters, yo!


BBD

[Telvis]

That's just plain purtty! Very nice! Congratulations!

[4402tuff4u]

That's just plain purtty! Very nice! Congratulations!

Telvis, did you get your Charger back?

[PocketThunder]

Original HEMI car?  with an A/C firewall cut in?

[69Chrgr]

No, it's originally a 383 White Hat Special car. I bought it off ebay back in 2003 from a guy in West Virginia. Brought it home, parked it next to the Cuda and started disassembling the car. It had about 3 different paint jobs but it was originally a Medium Metalic Blue I think.

[tan top]

wow looks awesome, now the fun part begins

[moparsons]

Where in WV was it? I live there and wondered if I knew them.

[Steve P.]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET.....

[moparfied]

Chargers look incredible in black. nice work. love the red stripe too.

[doctorpimp]

 
I love your car!!!

[Supercharged Riot]

How much did all that cost?

Restoration cost:

Paint:



Id like to know so I know what to expect if I did the same

[69Chrgr]

Well, moparsons, it was a guy named Tinker. He was selling a couple of Chargers, a Challenger, and a 68 or 69 Firebired. Looked like he had quite a few cars. Supercharged, I have about 26,000 total in rotisseirie, parts, labor, and paint. A place called Mastercraft performed the media blasting and sheetmetal work. Then a place in Justin Texas called Connossieur Restorations finished out the body work and paint. The paint is Sikkens black with 2 coats of clear, wet sanded twice, buffed, then glazed. The car was out of my posession for about 26 months. Now I just got to start putting back together. Trying to decide on place to build the Hemi, which I'm pretty sold on BEST Machine so far.

[Brock Samson]

lets just see that one more time...
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=12377.0;id=19061;image

[69Chrgr]

Let me ask you guys your opinion on something as I value it very much. Torque Thrust wheels or the chrome looking torque thrusts, I think Torque thrust II?

[mikepmcs]

I like the TTII's myself. If that is the only choice you are sticking too anyways.  I think a nice set of polished centerlines would look mint with that paint spread.
Nice friggin' car!!!

[Arthu®]

Not much a fan of the bling bling chrome look of the TTII's too much bling for me, but it also depends a lot on which size you are going with. The larger they get the more ugly they become in chrome in my opinion. There is just already that much chrome on these cars.

Arthur

Sorry almost forgot to tell you that the car looks beautiful, can't wait to see it complete. But I am sure you can't either. Great car and no matter what wheels you choose it will look awesome.

[Brock Samson]

the T.T. IIs are what i have, the polished ones... which are a good value but hard to maintain & some would say over-used...
Then there are what's  called just plain old "Torque Thrusts". the flat finished ones which were known back in the day as "Mags".
What about having those but maybe powder coating or  painting the spokes Gloss Black?..
Justa' thought.. I allways liked the way they looked on the Trans American Racing Cars. and there sure are alot of shiney Chromed wheels out there...

 check it out.

http://www.powdercoatingit.com/images/Torque1.jpg

 http://www.powdercoatingit.com/images/Torque1.jpg

 

[69Chrgr]

I agree. I won't go over 16 inch. In my opinion, musclecars, especially Mopars, do not look good with 18 inch and up wheels. Just my opinion. I have just always liked the nostalgic look of Torque thrust wheels.

[Arthu®]

I think the wheel in the pic that Strato posted is just gorgeous, but what about matching it the paint of the car?

Arthur

[mikepmcs]

i do like that powder coating/paint idea strat mentioned as well.  that would really set that car off.  I just didn't like the matte look of the regular torque thrust, that always looked cheesy to me.

[Steve P.]

The matte wheels on a car with matte hood or side trim looks great... INMO....  Also on many straight color cars.

             IT'S OLD SCHOOL BABY............

[Brock Samson]

as I recall the original American Mags spokes were kinda green gray tan,.. depending on their age... but pretty light.

[Steve P.]

These are the wheels I have been trying to find for my 65'.  I have a set of 14 X 6. I want a set of 15 X 7. They only made these  for 4 years and not any wider than 7". Parnelli Jones closed the company once he made it big with enough sponcering. THE JERK..

[69Chrgr]

If I run disc brakes out back, can I still get away with 16 inch wheels?

[JB94]

Hey D.B.-Guess who's here.Car looks great.

[JB94]

Stockton Wheel makes these in 16x7 and 16x8.I thought these always looked good on the 69's.The black and chrome would go really well with your car.

[nh_mopar_fan]

Stockton Wheel makes these in 16x7 and 16x8.I thought these always looked good on the 69's.The black and chrome would go really well with your car.

[JB94]

These would look good also.I had a set on my '68 back in the 80's in 14x8 and 14x7.I agree that the torque thrusts II's are like belly buttons now.These are a nice alternative to TTII'S.I don't think they are offered in a 16 inch But I think you could pull off the 17's very nicely.

[69Chrgr]

Thanks JB94. Great to see ya' here. Yes, I agree, those look very nice indeed.

[greenpigs]

One thing the movie F&F did is, when I see Daisies I thnk of the black 70 in it.