Here is what $5000 buys you.

[WHITE AND RED 69]

The build is coming along nicely. Great work!

I'm with you on not painting it but I think it needs some brand new flashy wheels. Something about ratty paint but fresh rims always looks good to me.

[Kern Dog]

Thanks.
The tires are old! I will need to buy something before taking it very far from home.

[Kern Dog]

It has been awhile since I updated this thread.
In April, I brought Jigsaw to an indoor car shown at Cal Expo in Sacramento along with my red car. The display was a "Before and after" sort of thing. I was amazed at the positive responses I got with Jigsaw. That car got more attention than the finished car.

It overheated on the freeway on the way to the venue. I never figured out what exactly was the cause. It may have been something as simple as a radiator half full. It always ran normal around the neighborhood. I ended up changing to a different radiator, added a shroud and topped off the coolant. No problems since but I still intend to do a "torture test" of freeway driving in summer heat.

[Kern Dog]

I'm often amazed when I see how much time passes when I get distracted.
The car still runs and drives fine. I had it on the back burner for awhile while I helped a buddy swap a Tremec 5 speed in his 69 Coronet. I also did a Vintage Air kit in a '68 Plymouth Satellite. I have the other Charger that I had to get ready for the trip south for Spring Fling....A/C work, distributor tuning, etc.
I'm back to it though.
The speedometer was stuck at 145. I had it gone through at a local speedometer shop.



 



I found a guy that had a glove box door hinge.





I decided to pull the crappy seat and make the moves to install the bucket seats originally from my red car:





I had to weld on the AMD floor support brackets.



       

[Kern Dog]

The seats are in for mock up.





I pulled them back out to lay down the sound deadener mat on the floor pans. I have the carpet I pulled from the red car in 2021 when I swapped in the 5 speed. The carpet isn't perfect but it is better than bare steel!