There goes my baby! UPDATE:She came home Friday 9/27/13.

[FJ5WING]

I picked up my Greenie on Friday and quickly discovered its VERY stressful to load a fresh car on a trailer with squirrely casters under the body.

FIRST, we found the car was too tall to fit in the box on the inflated body wheels. I had to deflate the tires most of the way to get her in. On the off load it was WAY more stressful with a less than level driveway. Everything went well and shes all tucked away and Ive spent hours plotting my course and transporting parts from home to the garage i'll use for re-assembly.

[69charger2002]

The bird is looking GREAT! I bet that was a hairy offloading of the car.. 

[FJ5WING]

tough crowd.   

[Mopar Nut]

Looks good!

[Charger-Bodie]

She looks awesome naked. I Cannot wait to see her with her Clothes and jewelry on.

[ACUDANUT]

Nice, but did it really take 4 years ?

[moparstuart]

tough crowd.   

My car looks great , so glad your taking such good care of it   

[FJ5WING]

Nice, but did it really take 4 years ?

YEP! Not because it needed four years worth of work either! the first place kept it hostage for 15 months and my total bill was less than $400.00.
The final shop was balls deep in a turn key restoration when I was snuck into the shop. Its a small shop with two guys who take care of the cars like their own.

Im happy so thats it I guess.

[tan top]

  looks awesome  , looking forward to progress pictures 

[FJ5WING]

A quick shot of some Monday work.

Brake/fuel lines along with the trunk vent line, the rear axel bumpers and the brake valves up front. I also took a minute to attach the right side vent cable under the dash....just because!

[wingcarenvy]

Looks awesome!!! 

[FJ5WING]

I forgot to load this pic from the delivery day. Ive been eyeing this shirt for about three years and bought it a few weeks ago when I knew I was getting the car back.

[Mopar Nut]

I forgot to load this pic from the delivery day. Ive been eyeing this shirt for about three years and bought it a few weeks ago when I knew I was getting the car back.

I want one, but I don't own a bird.

[hemi68charger]

Looking great !!!   

[BigBlockSam]

 

[FlatbackFanatic]

Wow!!! Looking good!!

[Stevearino]

Nuts and bolts now. Must feel good to have it home and safe. All down hill from here. That's already a beauty.

[FJ5WING]

worked on the fuel tank today but couldn't wrap it up with wanting to get to sleep before heading into work. Super THANKS to Mike for the tutorial!

Thanks for the  guys!

[FJ5WING]

Ive got a mini update for anyone wanting to follow along. Sorry its not up to par with the heavy hitter resto threads but these pockets are short and the home shop is small.

Ive got the front spring hangers in place but heres the rest of the rear components getting ready to go in. I'll try to get some hands to help with the Dana next weekend but I'll have the springs in before than waiting.
I also got all four side markers in with all the lenses being NOS.

[FJ5WING]

I got all four corners undercoated and Im pretty happy with the results. Ive seen some recent restos where the coating was very thin maybe too thin? I had to take a lot of liberties with the application because I had no reference with my car thanks to the previous owners brilliant idea to spray his own version on.

[70Sbird]

Looks Awesome!

[Mopar Nut]

Looks Awesome!

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[green69rt]

So, what'd you use for undercoating and how did you apply it??  Just the wheel wells?

[FJ5WING]

I did just the wheel wells.

I used Resto Ricks and should have applied twice as much to a better thickness/appearance.

Im not going OE Gold level but Im trying the best I can to get a "GOOD" restoration.

[Charger-Bodie]

She is looking really nice!