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Finally back from Paint!!!

Started by 69Chrgr, April 13, 2006, 09:11:08 AM

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DC_1

#25
April 13, 2006, 05:28:08 PM
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

#26
April 13, 2006, 06:02:02 PM
lookin again at that first pic. it looks like some kinda' charger dream levitating above the ground...  :icon_smile_wink:

Big Lebowski

#27
April 13, 2006, 08:45:16 PM
Wow that looks good. :thumbs:
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Dave22443

#28
April 13, 2006, 08:53:16 PM
Very Nice!  I think its funny though, the VERY FIRST trim item he put on it was HEMI   ;D

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
- Abraham Lincoln

Silver R/T

#29
April 13, 2006, 09:00:06 PM
soooo shinnneey arrgg
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1968 silver/black/red striped R/T
My Charger is hybrid, it runs on gas and on tears of ricers
2001 Ram 2500 CTD
1993 Mazda MX-3 GS SE
1995 Ford Cobra SVT#2722

BigBlackDodge

#30
April 13, 2006, 09:15:47 PM
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.............................but those wheels look funny man! :icon_smile_big:

4" Casters, yo!


BBD

Telvis

#31
April 14, 2006, 07:45:25 AM
That's just plain purtty! Very nice! Congratulations!

4402tuff4u

#32
April 14, 2006, 07:48:43 AM
Quote from: Telvis on April 14, 2006, 07:45:25 AM
That's just plain purtty! Very nice! Congratulations!

Telvis, did you get your Charger back?
"Mother should I trust the government?........... Pink Floyd "Mother"

PocketThunder

#33
April 14, 2006, 08:45:51 AM
Original HEMI car?  with an A/C firewall cut in?
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69Chrgr

#34
April 14, 2006, 09:04:43 AM
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

#35
May 06, 2006, 09:16:46 AM
wow looks awesome, now the fun part begins
Feel free to post any relevant picture you think we all might like to see in the threads below!

Charger Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,86777.0.html
Chargers in the background where you least expect them 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,97261.0.html
C500 & Daytonas & Superbirds
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,95432.0.html
Interesting pictures & Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,109484.925.html
Old Dodge dealer photos wanted
 http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,120850.0.html

moparsons

#36
May 06, 2006, 09:41:25 AM
Where in WV was it? I live there and wondered if I knew them.

Steve P.

#37
May 06, 2006, 03:28:43 PM
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET..... :drool5:
Steve P.
Holiday, Florida

moparfied

#38
May 07, 2006, 01:04:26 PM
Chargers look incredible in black. nice work. love the red stripe too.

doctorpimp

#39
May 07, 2006, 07:28:35 PM
 :yesnod:
I love your car!!!
'73 Coupe, 470, Keisler 5spd, 3.55 SG; Petty Blue; Hideaway Headlights.

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Supercharged Riot

#40
May 07, 2006, 11:59:34 PM
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

#41
May 08, 2006, 11:45:31 AM
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

#42
May 08, 2006, 11:55:11 AM

69Chrgr

#43
May 08, 2006, 11:59:21 AM
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

#44
May 08, 2006, 12:02:15 PM
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!!! :2thumbs:
Life isn't Father Knows Best anymore, it's a kick in the face on a saturday night with a steel toed grip kodiak work boot and a trip to the hospital all bloodied and bashed.....for reconstructive surgery. But, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger, right?

Arthu®

#45
May 08, 2006, 12:08:07 PM
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.
Striving for world domination since 1986

Brock Samson

#46
May 08, 2006, 12:12:51 PM
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

#47
May 08, 2006, 12:13:18 PM
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®

#48
May 08, 2006, 12:16:32 PM
I think the wheel in the pic that Strato posted is just gorgeous, but what about matching it the paint of the car?

Arthur
Striving for world domination since 1986

mikepmcs

#49
May 08, 2006, 12:17:07 PM
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.
Life isn't Father Knows Best anymore, it's a kick in the face on a saturday night with a steel toed grip kodiak work boot and a trip to the hospital all bloodied and bashed.....for reconstructive surgery. But, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger, right?
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