Restoring my 68 charger.

[kole32]

Hey everyone, been a member for a little while now. I've grown up being around mopars my whole life. My dad is addicted to them and it's passed on to me lol. My dad has a 69 super bee 383 4 speed, a 69 satellite convertible a few old dodge trucks 1968, 1985 and a 1938. Also my brother has a 71 demon he just recently purchased. Anyway I've had this car for a few years and was honestly kinda scared to tackle the project, until I decided to just dive into it. I'm a huge gear head. My first big project was restoring a 1993 w250 12 valve cummins that made 1157hp at the crank. It's a riot to drive. Here's a pic of the charger when I got it.

[kole32]

383 car pp1 exterior red interior

[Lennard]

Welcome Kole. Good luck with your project. 

[kole32]

Had to replace the torsion bar crossmember

[kole32]

Both front frame rails needed replaced as well

[kole32]

Found a very clean original I bought off eBay, then bought an amd one for the driver side.

[BIGBLCK11]

Welcome to the forum!  Looks like you have things under way.  

Any plans for the build yet?  Stock, modified, pro-touring, etc...

[kole32]

Welcome to the forum!  Looks like you have things under way.  

Any plans for the build yet?  Stock, modified, pro-touring, etc...

Planning on a stock interior, original color. With a Dana 60 4 link and I've got a 400 block I'm planning on a 451 stroker.

[kole32]

Amd full floor welded in

[kole32]

Qa1 control arms and shocks

[kole32]

Rear frame rail needed some work

[kole32]

Sectioned In a new piece for the rear frame rail

[kole32]

New trunk pan half and trunk extension welded in

[kole32]

Quarter removed and new outer wheelhosue welded on and that pretty much catches up to where I'm at today. I

[tan top]

 hello & welcome  K32  , looks a good project !  keep the pictures & updates coming 

[BrugeeRT]

Looks good!!!  What method did you use to stabilize the car and keep the dimensions straight when you replaced the frame rails?

[kole32]

Looks good!!!  What method did you use to stabilize the car and keep the dimensions straight when you replaced the frame rails?

Well before anything made about a million measurements and recorded them, looked up the factory chassis measurements to make sure they were correct, then welded in a couple bars from inner rocker to inner rocker. And screwed the frame rails in with self tappers, checked the measurements then welded them in with the k member bolted in.

[VegasCharger]

Hello, kole32 Welcome 

Great 68 

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for original RH front frame rail?

The reason I'm asking is that I have two RH front frame rails, rust free and I'm trying to gauge the market on them. The LH front frame rails always go quicker due to them rusting faster because of the battery tray area.

Thanks for sharing and good luck moving forward. Plenty of helpful resources in here.

[JB400]

Looks like pretty good progress.  Welcome to the group

[kole32]

Hello, kole32 Welcome 

Great 68 

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for original RH front frame rail?

The reason I'm asking is that I have two RH front frame rails, rust free and I'm trying to gauge the market on them. The LH front frame rails always go quicker due to them rusting faster because of the battery tray area.

Thanks for sharing and good luck moving forward. Plenty of helpful resources in here.

I believe it was around 275. Thanks everyone hoping to get the car in paint this year and the rear suspension done.

[Dino]

I'm looking forward to the rest of this build. Welcome to DC.com!   

[Charger-Bodie]

Welcome !

[VegasCharger]

.....I believe it was around 275.

Thanks.....

[TPR]

Red on Red, very nice.
Good luck with the project Kole, 
TPR

[kole32]

Gonna have to replace the deck filler, got one ordered. What kind of job is it replacing this.

[kole32]

Outer wheel well almost cut all the way off. Rearcframe rail cut back into solid metal. 8 3/4 removed. Going to buy a Dana 60 out of a truck to cut down and install hopefully next week.

[200MPH]

welcome ! looks Great!