new to site (Update of car)

[venom04]

Hello, you guys might have seen that i posted a few threads but i was waiting to introduce myself to you guys till i could get a pic of my car.  Well I've been wanting a 69 charger for a while now and i just picked one up.  Its not much to look at but its an H code with a numbers matching tranny but couldn't find the motor but i figured it was worth restoring.  Thanks for all your help thus far.  Its been great help and as you can see I've got alot of work ahead of me so just let me know if i start to get on some nerves, because im sure ill have alot of questions.
Nevermind the picture sorry its telling me error change the file name an existing one is already there.  After trying to get it to work i had to rename it a million times lol. theres the pic.

Thanks

[tan top]

                      hello   

[mikepmcs]

 

No way, ask away and welcome to the site.   exactly what it says, just change the file name and repost it(like hit a bunch of keys....eoiege).  tons of pictures on here and you will get that error occasionally.

or send it to me and i'll post it for you

rmdracing@adelphia.net

v/r
Mike

[4cruzin]

Welcome to the best charger site around!  Looks like you have a sweet project going there!  Cool!  So what drivetrain are you installing?? 

[venom04]

My uncle has a 440 4 barrel out of a 68 dodge so i figured i would use that along with the 727 auto and the 91/4 rear end but not sure about the rear end yet.

[mikepmcs]

go with an 8 3/4 rear or a dana 60.  stay away from that other one you mentioned.  I'm guessing it has an 8 3/4 in it right now.  show us a picture and we'll tell you if you are unsure.

v/r
Mike

[venom04]

Lol sorry i didn't mean 8 1/4 i meant 8 3/4

[Silver R/T]

welcome

[OttawaCharger]

 
welcome aboard

[41husk]

welcome aboard,  some 3rd gens had the 9 1/4 rear under the big blocks, kinda looks like a dana, but it aint, I would prefer the 8 3/4 to that.

[Charger_Fan]

Welcome aboard!

[PocketThunder]

Welcome to the site.   and i see you already have the most important part of restoring a car.... S--P--A--C--E to work in

[venom04]

O yea space tools and lots of help.  The only thing i really don't have is something like a rotisserie or a 2 post lift.

[mikepmcs]

We'll be expecting lots of pictures when you start tearing this beauty down, so don't forget about us.

v/r
Mike

[venom04]

Well i got most of it apart just not the suspension and k frame, also a couple of little things.  These are pictures of the problems with the body.  The first picture is of the tail panel I don't think it can be saved, hoping to find a used one or something.  Second picture is of the trunk pan.  Third picture is the sail panel kinda rusty.  Fourth is the back seat the far back of the drivers pan is rusty but i think for the rear most of it is surfice rust.

[venom04]

Some more. One of the wheel openings has a rust hole and the rear window frame has alot of rust damage.  Also looks like someone took their anger out on the hood with a pick or something.

[venom04]

I think something this month ill have everthing off the car and i can figure out what to do with the body work.  Not sure with lack of skill that i could take on a job like this.

[69bronzeT5]

My hood looks like that. Except it was a bunch of teenagers with car keys. It happened back when it was in the field.

[venom04]

yea thats what i figured happen it go beat up while sitting in a field or something

[69bronzeT5]

Oh and welcome to the site.

[venom04]

Well ive been here for awhile i was just using the old thread to post the update of the teardown and to show what lay underneath lol

[69bronzeT5]

Ah ok. Check out my site when you get a chance. www.forgotten-mopars.piczo.com. Please make sure to sign the guestbook

[LL1 1967 Coronet]

Welcome and good luck. I have LOTS of respect for people who tackle big projects like yours. Hey,  I couldn't do it, but without guys like you many of our beloved Mopars wouldn't be on the road.  By the way, you may know this already, but theres a lot of really good guys that respond to the body and paint section of this site with excellent suggestions. I learned a lot from reading those threads.   

[venom04]

Yea ive been picking peoples minds over there

[jackel440]

welcome to the site.good luck with your charger

[Back N Black]

Welcome ,Just a word of advice  get a couple of estimates of what the body work is going to cost. If your not skilled in this area and your going to farm the work out it will run you BIG bucks. Maybe post more pics of all the areas that need work in the BODYand PAINT section and the guys over there will give you a pretty accurate figure of what its going to cost.

[Charger_Fan]

Man, that right there is why I can't bear to part out my '70 parts car any more than it is...my parts car is in better shape than that.

I'm glad that car ended up with someone willing to restore it. You've definitely got your hands full there, but if you keep picking away at it, you'll have it looking sweet in the end.

[Hemidog]

Welcome! and good luck with your resto! 

[400/6/PAC]

My 69 looks a lot like yours, rusted in all the same places.
Keep us posted on your progress.