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Updated pictures of Hemi Charger 500 at Joeys place

Started by Magnumcharger, April 12, 2007, 08:45:18 PM

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Magnumcharger

Just got these pictures sent to me, and I figured I'd pass them along.
The paint is done, but by the looks of it it's being prepped for polishing.
The first couple of shots are "before" pictures.
It looked a lot more solid than it was.
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
2014 RAM Laramie 5.7 Hemi 8 speed

Magnumcharger

more pics
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
2014 RAM Laramie 5.7 Hemi 8 speed

Magnumcharger

more pics
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
2014 RAM Laramie 5.7 Hemi 8 speed

Magnumcharger

1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
2014 RAM Laramie 5.7 Hemi 8 speed

Fitz73Chrgr

'73 Charger - project                '70 Charger - driver                 '66 Charger - survivor

Resto thread:
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,89803.msg1019541.html#msg1019541

PocketThunder

"Liberalism is a disease that attacks one's ability to understand logic. Extreme manifestations include the willingness to continue down a path of self destruction, based solely on a delusional belief in a failed ideology."

41husk

1969 Dodge Charger 500 440/727
1970 Challenger convertible 340/727
1970 Plymouth Duster FM3
1974 Dodge Dart /6/904
1983 Plymouth Scamp GT 2.2 Auto
1950 Dodge Pilot house pick up

Aero426

The only clear coat is on the front suspension area.  The rest is just base so far.    The clear coated stuff looks a lot like F5 green to me, but I may be wrong.

Who is Joey?

Magnumcharger

'Joey' is Joey Steckler,
http://www.joeysplace.com

He is the owner and general manager of an award winning restoration shop located in Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
Many of the vehicles completed at his facility have been featured in numerous Mopar magazines, and won top honors at many Chrysler (and other) venues.

I've been informed the Hemi 500 is F8 in color, and after paint is complete, it will be handed over to Kori Alexander at Show and Go Resto for the final assembly and completion.
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
2014 RAM Laramie 5.7 Hemi 8 speed

69_500

Do you know the current owner of that car? Just curious? I know which 500 it is, but don't recall ever seeing any fender tag information for the car. Or does it have one?

I believe your right it is supposed to be an F5 green car though.

Aero426

The F5 color reminds me of my 1975 LTD Country Squire Wagon.    My "Family Truckster" was a similar 70's green called Dark Yellow Green Metallic.     Hard to believe, but I pulled the Superbird with that car for five years.   

I like the F5 better than the F8.   I think the car will look nice when striped up.   That color will have some nice "pop" in the late afternoon sun.   

hotrod98

That's a little different way to paint a car. I've been painting for over 30 years and I've never left basecoat open that long or even removed a car that has been based from the booth before applying clear. I'm assuming that's basecoat since it's so flat. Interesting. Obviously he's been doing this for a while, so I guess it works for him. Very nice looking car.


Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
Charles Addams

The70RT

Quote from: hotrod98 on April 13, 2007, 05:04:44 PM
That's a little different way to paint a car. I've been painting for over 30 years and I've never left basecoat open that long or even removed a car that has been based from the booth before applying clear. I'm assuming that's basecoat since it's so flat. Interesting. Obviously he's been doing this for a while, so I guess it works for him. Very nice looking car.


I always thought you needed the suspension on to paint it so it can set on it for everything will line up. I guess I was told wrong. Which is the norm??
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Aero426

Quote from: hotrod98 on April 13, 2007, 05:04:44 PM
That's a little different way to paint a car. I've been painting for over 30 years and I've never left basecoat open that long or even removed a car that has been based from the booth before applying clear. I'm assuming that's basecoat since it's so flat. Interesting. Obviously he's been doing this for a while, so I guess it works for him. Very nice looking car.


I have friend who I believe uses a Spies Hecker product that allows you to go back later and shoot the clear without sanding and reshooting the base.   Anyway, there is a paint system that works a little different than the norm.

hotrod98

Quote from: The70RT on April 13, 2007, 08:55:43 PM
Quote from: hotrod98 on April 13, 2007, 05:04:44 PM
That's a little different way to paint a car. I've been painting for over 30 years and I've never left basecoat open that long or even removed a car that has been based from the booth before applying clear. I'm assuming that's basecoat since it's so flat. Interesting. Obviously he's been doing this for a while, so I guess it works for him. Very nice looking car.


I always thought you needed the suspension on to paint it so it can set on it for everything will line up. I guess I was told wrong. Which is the norm??

That's a good point. I painted a matching numbers 67 GTX hemi 4 speed car last year and the guys motor wasn't ready to drop in. So, I sent the car home with him sans fenders and hood. Once the motor's finished, he'll install the entire driveline and trailer it back to me for final assembly. These unibodies tend to settle a little after that 800lb motor is dropped in. Ask me how I know.  ;D


Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
Charles Addams

Highbanked Hauler

Quote from: hotrod98 on April 13, 2007, 05:04:44 PM
That's a little different way to paint a car. I've been painting for over 30 years and I've never left basecoat open that long or even removed a car that has been based from the booth before applying clear. I'm assuming that's basecoat since it's so flat. Interesting. Obviously he's been doing this for a while, so I guess it works for him. Very nice looking car.

hotrod I don't see insurance companies ever giving us that kind of time to refinish a car. :rotz:
69 Charger 500, original owner  
68 Charger former parts car in process of rebuilding
92 Cummins Turbo Diesel
04 PT Cruiser

hotrod98

As long as they're not in a rental car, the insurance companies don't seem to care how long it takes as long as their insured or claimant is happy.
Fortunately, the insurance companies aren't involved in many of the old cars that we repair.


Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
Charles Addams

Magnumcharger

Some new shots.
The body gets cleared, and other body parts shortly thereafter. The color looks a bit deeper in shade now doesn't it?
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
2014 RAM Laramie 5.7 Hemi 8 speed

Fitz73Chrgr

'73 Charger - project                '70 Charger - driver                 '66 Charger - survivor

Resto thread:
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,89803.msg1019541.html#msg1019541

Just 6T9 CHGR

Awesome job!  It looks like F8 to me.  Do you know if its coded as such?   What color was it found in?  Sublime?
Chris' '69 Charger R/T


Charger_Fan


The Aquamax...yes, this bike spent 2 nights underwater one weekend. (Not my doing), but it gained the name, and has since become pseudo-famous. :)

CharlieCharger

Another car I would not mind owning  :icon_smile_big: It is looking good for sure. :yesnod:
Earth. Even the word sounded strange to me now... unfamiliar. How long had I been gone? How long had I been back? Did it matter? I tried to find the rhythm of the world where I used to live. I followed the current. I was silent, attentive, I made a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand, and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. I studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. But I was haunted by the idea that I remembered her wrong -Solaris

69_500

Your correct it was sublime when it was for sale on Ebay. I don't know what color its actually coded for, as I don't remember it having a fender tag. But for some reason I recall it being a green HEMI 500.

UFO

If I got my facts straight this was posted with the sublime pics.

mikepmcs

Wow, that is awesome, very close to the QQ code of my ex fiance's 68 firebird.  I love that color.

I like to call it Flight Suit Green.

v/r
Mike
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?