C500 resto

[C500]

Love the leaf springs, so many people just paint them black.

I like them too. I coated them in rust bullet. That stuff is super tough.

What colour were they from Hamtramck?

The car is going in for the trunk floor to be spot welded in today, will get the factory look.

[hemi68charger]

Love the leaf springs, so many people just paint them black.

I like them too. I coated them in rust bullet. That stuff is super tough.

What colour were they from Hamtramck?

The car is going in for the trunk floor to be spot welded in today, will get the factory look.

I do believe starting in '69, the norm on leaf springs was they were painted black. Before that, they were left natural.

Troy

[C500]

Love the leaf springs, so many people just paint them black.

I like them too. I coated them in rust bullet. That stuff is super tough.

What colour were they from Hamtramck?

The car is going in for the trunk floor to be spot welded in today, will get the factory look.

I do believe starting in '69, the norm on leaf springs was they were painted black. Before that, they were left natural.

Troy

Thanks Troy. I couldn't see any evidence of paint before they were blasted, just lots of surface rust. From that and what you say, I figure mine were natural as the car is a November 68 production.

[tan top]

SPD of november the 22nd 68   on my charger , were no signs off any black paint either ! on the leafs

[C500]

here's a few pictures of the new AMD one piece floor in - before and after.

[tan top]

here's a few pictures of the new AMD one piece floor in - before and after.

done some real nice work    awesome stuff 

[WINGR]

Keep up the good work Kiwi, can't wait to see her when she's done. 

Go Green

WINGR

[dpm68]

Wow, this thread made me cry just a little. Very nice work!

[C500]

The full quarters finally arrived after 3 months on a boat. I couldn't bring myself to put the Goodmark ones on this car and was worth the wait, the AMD products are awesome. Great for the hobby.

We cleaned up under the old quarters and sat the new ones in place. Still have a bit more clean up to do, and quarters will then get fitted properly and spot welded. The tail panel is just clamped for photos...

Cleaned up, before Brunox epoxy goes on:


After 3 coats of epoxy, ready for top coat (passengers)


Drivers:


Full quarters waiting:


Passengers sitting in place:


Drivers


Tail panel sitting in


Inside view:


Plug sitting on top, still a bit of trimming for better fit:

[BigBlockSam]

man! that's looking good. it's come a long way .

[tan top]

  nice work going on there ! , keep the pictures coming

[Bob T]

Great thread kiwi68, well done on the progress so far  
Come a fair way from ankle deep in garnet at Richards workshop

Looking forward to seeing this one on the blacktop mate   

[C500]

Great thread kiwi68, well done on the progress so far  
Come a fair way from ankle deep in garnet at Richards workshop

Looking forward to seeing this one on the blacktop mate  

Ankle deep in garnet and brown dust  

Thanks for the kind words you guys  

[hemi68charger]

Dunk..
Man, the car's coming along great !!!!!  How did those 1/4's fit? I'm going to eventually have to do what you did on my C500........ I've heard nothing but good things about the AMD products.....

[C500]

Dunk..
Man, the car's coming along great !!!!!  How did those 1/4's fit? I'm going to eventually have to do what you did on my C500........ I've heard nothing but good things about the AMD products.....

Hey Troy,
The passengers side fitted real well, the drivers was a bit tighter and needed a bit more massaging but nothing too drastic. I had a set of Goodmark ones I was going to put on the car. Sitting them side by side, there's just no comparison.

[Charger-Bodie]

Shes coming right along!! 

[xs29j8Bullitt]

The full quarters finally arrived after 3 months on a boat. I couldn't bring myself to put the Goodmark ones on this car and was worth the wait, the AMD products are awesome. Great for the hobby.

We cleaned up under the old quarters and sat the new ones in place. Still have a bit more clean up to do, and quarters will then get fitted properly and spot welded. The tail panel is just clamped for photos...

Looking good... great progress, and more on the way soon now that the AMD quarters have arrived.  Wise decision not to use the Goodmuck    stuff after the lesson that I and others learned using their "official restoration" parts... not that I would ever hold a grudge.

Great work... keep it up!

Allen

[C500]

A few new photos. We have stripped the interior back to bare steel and taken the glass out.

[Charger-Bodie]

Its going to be a thing of beauty when you get it finished up!! Looking great

[C500]

Its going to be a thing of beauty when you get it finished up!! Looking great

Thanks Brian. here's a couple more after the Brunox was applied and starting to set







And a couple of the cleaned area up under the parcel tray

[tan top]

more good  work going on   thanks for sharing the pictures , love looking at this kind of stuff 

[C500]

more good  work going on   thanks for sharing the pictures , love looking at this kind of stuff 

  Tan

Won't be too long now and we will lay some green down and start putting her back together

[moparchris]

Duncan,
The 500 is looking great   Can't wait to see it all done!

[Bob T]

Hey mate, the end of the tunnel just keeps getting closer . Keep it up   

Was down at a mates wkshop havin a few cold ones last night as the wkshops owner had just become a Dad, the ol 68 was parked to a mates 59 Caddy, he also has a 58 Fury with dual quads.
And then we were discussing the styling cues on the 500 , oh yeah 

[C500]

Some new photos. A huge amount of work has gone in to get her to this stage. Lucky to have old school panelbeating done here, all welding, hammering ,filing, shrinking....no body filler here.

The quarters are finally on. We will do spot welds around the outsides next and do the roof join and around the plug with lead like it was done at Creative Industries. Pretty happy with how it's turning out.