my nine months of labor completed

[pettybird]

a tad wingless but I've been working on the reassembly since last summer.  i did TONS of research on the car and a lot of refinishing.













http://inventory.bestofshowautomotive.com/CarDetails.asp?VIN=131021



here's a video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i15RElvuWZM&feature=channel


we're doing videos for all of our new cars and all of our reshoots as we do them.  you have to listen to me, too...

[mikepmcs]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is unbelievable.  Very nice work indeed.   

You guys gotta click on the link and see the rest of the pictures.  Holy crap!

[Hemidog]

Holy s**t! that is a NICE GTX! 
Nice work pettybird.

[hotrod98]

Car looks perfect.  
There's probably hundreds of hours just in the research alone.
I know exactly how much work goes into one of these. I'm finishing up a matching numbers 67 hemi GTX 4-speed, Dana car. It's not much fun at this point. We're over restoring this one since the owner plans to keep it and drive it pretty regularly.

[tan top]

awesome car     awesome work    love looking at all them cars on the web site & videos       intresting stuff 

[JT01]

That is sweet

[Charger_Fan]

Man, that thing is a real beauty. Nice work!!

[69*F5*SE]

That is just awesome.   

[KS71owner]

man, talk about a solid foundation to work from! That car was nice to begin with, now it's perfect!

[hemi-hampton]

nice job   leon.

[bk72]

 

[magnum]

 

[FLG]

Amazing work 

I know some people will drive this car, while others wont want to get it dirty...to each his own but man id love to see those quarters coated with rubber 

Dont slap me 

Again, some very very nice work   

[Manfred318]

WOW!! Sweet Jeezus that is one nice GTX

[71_Charger_R/T]

WOW! Let me say that again backwards.....WOW!

[The70RT]

Amazing to say the least 

[1970Moparmann]

Great job

[oldcarnut]

Well done  and all that since last summer plus the other work you do.

[Ghoste]

Amazing work 

I know some people will drive this car, while others wont want to get it dirty...to each his own but man id love to see those quarters coated with rubber 

Completely agree with both statements.  I like to think that if I owned a car like that I'd beat it once in a while but I think the dollar signs would make me chicken out.

[devilgear]

Wow great job...I love the white body, tan interior combo...That HEMI looks just right in that car...What an inspiration....

[moparstuart]

great job doug ,   wow what a dream to get to do that and get paid

[Silver R/T]

nice GTX

[pettybird]

Thanks for the compliments.  the body shop got the car to me as a shell and it took a WHILE to finish the parts correctly and install them.

we moved facilities, and I got the car running and driving beforehand.  I wanted to show the boss (and a few others) the car was drivable but it was 11:30 at night and DARK.  I ended up going to McDonald's across the street and taking a cell phone pic of it next to the sign.  I took it through the drive through, too--I got some funny looks considering I was sitting on the floor of a car with no glass, interior, exterior lighting, etc etc etc. 

on the driveway apron of the parking lot there are a couple of mysterious 10' long black lines made by some pretty skinny little tires.  I know nothin' but I wiped the quarters off juuust to be sure 


we'll have this car at Carlisle in the for sale building to drum up restoration business.  we're taking one other car (probably a black on black 70 chally R/T we did) and we're taking two more cars for the A12 display.  those are the real stars--we're taking Project Six Pack which is currently being restored to 1974-75 specs when it set national records, and we're taking the very first A12 car built, an R4 road runner. 

[1969chargerrtse]

Holy smokes.  Absolutely fantastic. Wow.

[nh_mopar_fan]

That is awesome.

wow.