Finally painted my Superbird this weekend

[sunroofsuperbird]

Yes Finally painted my sunroof superbird clone this weekend. Maybe now it will go quicker and I can drive it too carslye next year. At least body work is done and now the fun begins. Heres some pics.

[sunroofsuperbird]

Heres a few more.

[sunroofsuperbird]

And A few more.

[hotrod98]

Man that's starting to look great. Can't wait to see this one together. Was surprised to see you on television today. That's the first time that I've watched that show.
BTW, how are you making the headlamps work?

[sunroofsuperbird]

Hi What was I on? Speed TV? as for the headlights I have no idea how to make them work. I should have got them working before I painted it but maybe it wont be hard? I got a 85 Trans Am in for junk the other day and have been looking at those headlight motors and think they may work good? If I can make some brackets some how?

[daytonalo]

Good luck , I spent one month engineering and making operational  on my stinger nose ! They are vacuum

[hotrod98]

Marty, it was called "The Cars of Carlisle", I think or something to that effect. The 4wd GL was behind you. The only time that I've been on national TV was American Sports Cavalcade back in the 80's. Interviewed by Steve Evans at the first event at the Motorplex at Ennis, Tx. Never did get to see the episode, and no one had video recorders back then. Oh, and in the background on Overhaulin' along with a couple of hundred other people at the SEMA show in 2004.

[dads_69]

Awesome work Marty. Can't wait to see it together. Looks like your gonna have a white int. in your Bird, very nice choice.
Mark

[hotrod98]

We studied a 3rd gen gm f-body headlamp motor setup, but couldn't quite figure out how to make it work without a lot of engineering. We're just buying the gto vacuum actuators from Year One and mounting them like the factory did. Larry (daytonalo) had a topic on it a few months back. Should work fine. We'll find out soon.

[tan top]

 looks good

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

SWEET CAR DUDE!!!!! -MATT

[62 Max]

Look at the 74/76 Imperial and New Yorker.The doors are shaft operated from a central motor but the pivot points where they attach to the door are almost identical to the Superbird including the springs and bushings.

[BigBlockSam]

 your car looks great. hey, i saw you on tv too, pretty cool. go vacuum, it's more forgiving on parts. electric is hard on fiberglass parts. Rene

[daytonalo]

Tried that , been there . The weight of those doors are not even close to what a fully loaded door on a bird or daytona . I tried the central motor and the shaft would flex and the doors could be easily pulled down . Go back and look at my post on this subject , the 68-69 gto actuators work , look and function as origanal !Call me if you have any questions , Larry @609-315-2230

[sunroofsuperbird]

I made all my parts out of steel except a set of repo doors, so electric should be okay Hate the sleepy eye of vacuum and switches. Heres a pic of the fender scoops I made out of metal also.

[jaak]

Looks great!......NOW COME PAINT MY CAR, lol.
The green looks awesome.

Jason

[41husk]

is that sublime or greengo?

[myrtle]

Looks great,.. Realy great. You didnt paint that where it sits did you? I mean it looks like you did, but for a garage/home paint job its looks to damn good.

If you did paint it there, did you set up and plastic tarps,.. or bug spray for a couple of days? Im really intrested in your setup prior to the spry if you did indeed paint there.

Looks great nonetheless.

[Silver R/T]

looks nice, nice color

[sunroofsuperbird]

Hi Yes it is 70 Sublime. Yes it was painted right there. There are about 3 Mosquitoes in the paint. Pesty Little things. I Got up early and painted it before the bugs got bad. no tarps or bug spray just open doors and turn the fans on.

[sunroofsuperbird]

This weekend I got the sunroof put back together. [Never take one apart if it works fine Thats a big job] Got the taillights and back bumper on and a few more small things.

[hotrod98]

My favorite part...seeing them go back together. Looking awesome. Would love to see this one in person some day.

[myrtle]

Hi Yes it is 70 Sublime. Yes it was painted right there. There are about 3 Mosquitoes in the paint. Pesty Little things. I Got up early and painted it before the bugs got bad. no tarps or bug spray just open doors and turn the fans on.

I admire that greatly.. I wish I had the guts to do that myself as well. The work looks incredable as well.
You have to have had past experience doing body work.

[sunroofsuperbird]

Self taught body work and paint. its not that hard just time consuming. and I am inpatient. I did work at a body shop when I was 16 after school for 3 months. but all I did was clean up the floor and blow dust around so i quit. Wish I would have stuck it out Who Knows I may have been good.

[Old Moparz]

Looks like some very nice work, keep it up.   

The nose looks great, btw.

[BigBlockSam]

The nose looks great, btw 

what paint did you use ? single stage poly or base coat , clear coat. Rene

[sunroofsuperbird]

It is Base coat Clear coat.  Got my rear end put in in the last few days after work. Still like some work but may have rear wheels on it within a few weeks after 5+ years with no wheels.  This is A dana 60 I made and only have $65.00 in it not bad for a dana. Everyone said it wouldn't work But it will. it is out of a 86 Ford F-250 truck I just cut ends off axle tubes and welded the 8 3/4 axle tube ends on the exact leanth of my B Body 8 3/4 axles. it worked out great it is 3/4 narrower but that shouldn't hurt anything. Now if it was only a posi. I will have to buy a posi unit. but has a great Gear I think in it. It is a 331 should do good on the hwy with my 4sp

[daytonalo]

Can you please give more details on exactly how you modified that rear to fit ?

[sunroofsuperbird]

It Wasn't that hard. I wanted to do one for a while but everyone said I have tried it and it wont work. So I never tried. I have plenty of rears in junked trucks and vans but never had one out to try. then one day a guy at work gave me this one out of a 86 ford F-250 truck that the hub bearing went bad on and ruined the end of axle tube. so I had nothing to lose but a 8 3/4 housing. so I cut end off axle tube on the dana and stuck my 8 3/4 axle in and it worked perfect in the ford center splines. then I cut both ends off and cut ends off 8 3/4. I then slid my axles up in dana with ends off and put them where they needed to be length wise and made sure they would work. then cut dana to right length I needed and 8 3/4 ends and went to put 8 3/4 ends up in dana and they were too big so I had to have a machine shop make me 2 sleeves to put over ends and welded them on and it works perfect. not the pettiest job there but I can live with it [see far right of pic before it was painted] but after its in the car and brakes and all in you should not see it very good anyway. this was my first attempt anyway. I plan on doing at least 2 more for my Challenger Conv and superbird Conv. I have a rear in the shop now to start on soon. This time I am going to try to take axle tubes out and just put the complete tube length out of 8 3/4 into the center. that way it should look factory

[Shakey]

Car looks great - well done!   

[daytonalo]

Maybe one could purchase the proper tube from one of the many company's who make rears ?

[tan top]

It is Base coat Clear coat.  Got my rear end put in in the last few days after work. Still like some work but may have rear wheels on it within a few weeks after 5+ years with no wheels.  This is A dana 60 I made and only have $65.00 in it not bad for a dana. Everyone said it wouldn't work But it will. it is out of a 86 Ford F-250 truck I just cut ends off axle tubes and welded the 8 3/4 axle tube ends on the exact leanth of my B Body 8 3/4 axles. it worked out great it is 3/4 narrower but that shouldn't hurt anything. Now if it was only a posi. I will have to buy a posi unit. but has a great Gear I think in it. It is a 331 should do good on the hwy with my 4sp

              looking good  , cleaver idea with modifying the  dana     

[RIDELIKEHELL]

All I can say is WOW! That is one mean Bird

[sunroofsuperbird]

Didnt get much done this weekend. Got the sunroof in. the gas tank in. and painted the wing.

[hotrod98]

Wish I was that far along on my clone. 

[Ghoste]

I like the little Road Runner somebody drew on your primer. 

[daytonalo]

how much for the bigwheel in the background ?

[Shakey]

Didnt get much done this weekend. Got the sunroof in. the gas tank in. and painted the wing.

That sounds like a pretty good weekend to me.  Sounds like you got lots done.   

[sunroofsuperbird]

heres what I got done this weekend. got the wing and trunk lid on. got stripe on trunk. started getting motor ready to put in and all front suspension pieces cleaned and ready to paint. made skid plate for K member. all rear brake part ready to put on.

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

im not here 2 nitpick or anything,but from that pic that ''plymouth'' decal seems a litle 2 small 2 be for a superbird-MATT

[Brock Samson]

i didnt know there were different sizes.

[hotrod98]

im not here 2 nitpick or anything,but from that pic that ''plymouth'' decal seems a litle 2 small 2 be for a superbird-MATT

Is that the first thing that you noticed that was a little different from an original superbird? 

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

dont get me wrong i love that car and would die 2 own it but that plymout decal looks like a paddock one that i have in my possesion that a correct sized one from year one or other places. etc. p.s. im not here 2 diss the car just to point out wut i see, still looks cool-MATT

[hotrod98]

Matt,
I don't think anyone thought you were dissing marty's car. I know that I didn't think so.
As for the decal, I haven't decided whether to use one on my bird clone or not. I need to start thinking about it though since I'm getting ready to mount the car to the rotisserie as soon as I get my son's racecar out of my personal bay here at the dealership. I think I have most of the parts to build the car now.
Hotrod

[sunroofsuperbird]

Yes they look a Little small? I bought them off ebay suppose to be orig?. They were in mopar boxes and sealed? I may change them haven't decided

[Ghoste]

I think you could get the Plymouth and the Dodge decals over the counter at your Chrysler dealer.  Could it be a set of those?
Not that it matters.

[hotrod98]

Personally, I think they should have used this size on the original birds. It's the large original decals that don't look right to me.

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

they sure do look good in any size 2 me, i would like 2 make an identical replica 2 sun roofs car cept plum crazy purple with a black decals and convert it to RHD with console auto,and torque thrust d rims on bfg T/A's-MATT