Wanna see my Taiwan Cuda ?????

[lilwendal]

Knowing how you guys like pics I thoght I'd throw some out of the Cuda I'm working.  This thing could be an add for AMD.  If its black EDP then its fresh off the boat replacement metal.  Almost wrapped up.  Just waiting on the roof drip edges so I can tack the roof skin in. I sure do like metal work   3 other cars here that need very minimal metal work and I pick this one.  The next will be the 68 RT.
I'll post more pics when I get some paint thrown on.

[lilwendal]

Couple more.  Notice the high tech jigs

[lilwendal]

And a few others

[tan top]

      your doing some real nice work there    ....        who would ever imagined  5 years ago sheet metal like that would be repoped ... no  matter where its made ...........

[lilwendal]

Couple more

[suntech]

Looks great!!! Happy with quality and fit??

[lilwendal]

And last the cowl.  Tip... Notice I painted the top of the lower cowl before placing the top cowl on. This area is always a pain to paint and usually is dry overspray looking on even the nicest cars.  Of course this only works if your pulling the cowl.

[HKCharger]

what is taiwan?

[hemi-hampton]

Looks like some Major Surgery, Nice work LEON.

[twenty mike mike]

So THAT is how you do a frame-off restoration on a unibody! 

[Charger1973]

Nice work man...

[lilwendal]

I've been very happy with the fit so far.  The fenders and doors have been on and off a hundred times during the assy of the metal and everything looks really  good. My only remark would be to stay  with the same distributer of metal all the way. The dutchman is from company X and the quarters from comapny Z and there is a noticable difference in were they meet.  They are physically shapped differently at the window lip. I would suspect if they were both from the same company there would be better allignment.
The deck lid lines up nicely. There will be less allignment issues to work then I've had with original metal cars.   Over all I give the repop stuff

[lilwendal]

what is taiwan?

A repuplic of China.  Where 90% of all your repop parts are made by 9 and 10 year olds working 16 hour days 7 days a week for .35 cents an hour.

[The70RT]

Nice work 

[hotrod98]

Very nice work.
I sold a slightly rusty barracuda convertible a few years agao because I truly believed that we would never see this stuff repro'd. 

[1969chargerrtse]

Those kids do great work.  Fantastic job.  You are an amazing metal worker.  Wow.

[Finn]

 

[dpm68]

lord god almighty...nice work!

[keepat]

I have a good friend who is doing the same thing to his 70 Cuda, panel for panel. Please post some before pictures.
Great job on your Cuda!
Pat

[NMike]

what is taiwan?

A repuplic of China.  Where 90% of all your repop parts are made by 9 and 10 year olds working 16 hour days 7 days a week for .35 cents an hour.

can those kids get work Visa's to work on my car for that much?

[69*F5*SE]

Very nice work indeed. 

[KMPX2]

How long have you been working on it?

[Back N Black]

Top notch work!  I wish i had that skill. 

[moparstuart]

new car when he's done

[Mike DC]

Our hobby considers this more appropriate & original than swapping a VIN tag.