My Charger Restoration - Update

[Skull-1]

Some of you from the old site remember my poor beat up Charger.   The guys sandblasted it into the Stone Age:

http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/214%20-%202005-7-20%20-%20Dodge%20Charger%20Sand%20Blast%20sm.JPG
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/193%20-%202005-7-20%20-%20Dodge%20Charger%20Sandblast%20sm.jpg
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/194%20-%202005-7-20%20-%20Dodge%20Charger%20Sandblast%20sm.jpg
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/203%20-%202005-7-20%20-%20Dodge%20Charger%20Sandblast%20sm.jpg



Then they primered it in a most awful fashion....

http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/429%20-%202005-04-06%20-%20Jim's%20Body%20Shop%20Day%20One.JPG
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/430%20-%202005-04-06%20-%20Jim's%20Body%20Shop%20Day%20One.JPG
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/431%20-%202005-04-06%20-%20Jim's%20Body%20Shop%20Day%20One.JPG




Thanks to the miracle workers at Jim's Body Shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma...      The Ol' Yeller Dodge started to look like a car again...


http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-10-15%20Charger%20590.jpg
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-10-15%20Charger%20591.jpg
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-10-15%20Charger%20596.jpg
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-10-15%20Charger%20597.jpg





When I saw the car in November I didn't recognize it....

http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-11-11%20Charger%2001.jpg
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-11-11%20Charger%2002.jpg
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-11-11%20Charger%2003.jpg
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-11-11%20Charger%2004.jpg
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-11-11%20Charger%2005.jpg




And here she is now.....95% complete....   Awaiting some glass and interior parts....a few minor details...and insurance to drive her again.

http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-11-23%20Charger%2001.jpg
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-11-23%20Charger%2002.jpg
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-11-23%20Charger%2003.jpg
http://www.robotech-aod.com/Charger/2005-11-23%20Charger%2004.jpg


We're not done yet.     A few tweaks need to be completed, but this is a far cry from what it was when we started...

I thought I would never see this car look good again.     I am glad to see I was wrong.

[Skull-1]

Wow....

[CB]

 

always nice to see 'before andafter' pics 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Great job!
And if you havent registered yet........

[beenaround]

awesome job they did!thats something to be pround of!!

[Skull-1]

Great job!
And if you havent registered yet........

Should be registered from the Boerne, Texas Charger Meet about fifteen years ago.....

XP29F9G154XXX

Thanks all for the comments.  

This has been in our family since new.   It's only a 318 but it is 100% numbers matching so I figure what the heck.   I'll keep the 318 until I can't fix it any more.

[cudaken]

 Man Skull, that is a good Charger compaired to what most of us start with. I could see in the trunk from the out side the day I picked up my 69 Rusted/Trash.

              Cuda Ken.

PS, I think the side reflactor I am sendin you has rust Only thing on my Charger that did not rust was the glass.

[Shakey]

Looks pretty good to me!

[Skull-1]

LOL!

I thought it was a total rust bucket.

Actually it has been "restored" two other times.    They were chop shoppers though and did me no favors.    They didn't do a thing right.    This body shop had to undo all the screwups the other places caused.

I am hoping this is the last time I have to do this for another 20 years.    The roof keeps rusting back out no matter what we do to it.    I am hoping these guys got it right finally.

I think the trunk floor is totally non-standard (from a previous resto).    The car sat in a hangar for four years and rotted.    I figured there was no sense going for a totally factory trunk floor when I am just going to throw a floor mat over the whole thing.

Thanks for the reflector, BTW.    I'll see what I can do in return.

[Mikesmopars01]

The charger is looking good.

[Silver R/T]

looks nice, great work

[4402tuff4u]

Sweet transformation from a caterpillar to a butterfly!! Keep up the good work! Nice Charger and color tone

[ChargerRob]

Very Nice. Looks Great! 

[Troy]

  Glad to see another one done the right way!

Troy

[TylerCharger69]

I agree......mine looked like something dredged up off of the stern section of the Titanic

[terrible one]

So what happened to the back windshield?

[mopar_madman]

BEAUTIFUL! nice color

[Skull-1]

So what happened to the back windshield?

Sorry I never responded to this.   The back window got blown out when the idiots sand blasted it.   Then I sent a guy some money for one and it never showed up.   Internet scam artist.   Finally got one in it and it looks great.

I'm down to cluster rebuild and a/c panel replacement then we are done.    Can't wait to finally bring it home.

[twodko]

That's a damn fine Charger right there

[tan top]

That's a damn fine Charger right there

  nice looking 69 

[Skull-1]

A new photo.  Reflectors on!

[Skull-1]

More...

[tan top]

   ........    love the color   

   looking good 

[Skull-1]

She's a Y2 Y2...   Just like yours.  


This car is 100% original with the exception of:

- Holley Street Dominator Intake
- Electronic Ignition
- Headers
- Slight Cam
- Mopar Performance Valve Covers
- 4 BBL Carb
- 340-Style Air Filter Cover
- R/T Leaf Springs

I did save all the factory parts.

With the hood closed it is basically stock looking except for the stance the leaf springs give it.

The 318 has been rebuilt, sleeved, etc. and it will rip the tires right off.   I haven't put it on a dyno but for a 318 it is quite healthy.

It came from the factory with a/c, the yellow paint, and the green vinyl top.  It has been in my family since 1970.

[terrible one]

So what happened to the back windshield?

Sorry I never responded to this.   The back window got blown out when the idiots sand blasted it.   Then I sent a guy some money for one and it never showed up.   Internet scam artist.   Finally got one in it and it looks great.

I'm down to cluster rebuild and a/c panel replacement then we are done.    Can't wait to finally bring it home.

Hey cool. After 5 years I had forgotten about this thread! Bummer about the back glass, but that's obviously way in the past now! The car turned out GREAT  

[Skull-1]

Thanks, bro!!!!!!!


Lots to go yet.  My A/C panel is absolutely wrecked.  I have some spare parts out of another car....but maybe I should just do an under-the-dash aftermarket retrofit...

I also need to redo the seat belts.  They look faded.

I left the center console original but everything else is reproduction factory-style.   Looks good but you can tell the difference...   My dad was a Border Patrol Agent (Pilot).  He was killed in 1979 on duty in a plane crash.  The car sat in the hangar for years, rotting, after he died.   I left the armrest as it was, same with the steering wheel.  He spent a lot of time touching those parts...figured I would leave them alone even if they didn't match.   Weird huh?

[tan top]

She's a Y2 Y2...   Just like yours.  


This car is 100% original with the exception of:

- Holley Street Dominator Intake
- Electronic Ignition
- Headers
- Slight Cam
- Mopar Performance Valve Covers
- 4 BBL Carb
- 340-Style Air Filter Cover
- R/T Leaf Springs

I did save all the factory parts.

With the hood closed it is basically stock looking except for the stance the leaf springs give it.

The 318 has been rebuilt, sleeved, etc. and it will rip the tires right off.   I haven't put it on a dyno but for a 318 it is quite healthy.

It came from the factory with a/c, the yellow paint, and the green vinyl top.  It has been in my family since 1970.

been in the family since 1970  

i know long time ago ! but sorry to hear about your dad !

 Y2 with a green top eh  ,
 not seen many that combo, maybe 3 & only seen one in real life , when i was looking for a charger  back in 88 , one car show i was at , i pestered a guy to sell me his  69 charger R/T  was  Y2 green top & interior ,  needed restoration ,thought to my self , would be an awesome color combo if it was restored !!  
he would not sell  though  

[Skull-1]

Thanks.  Long ago but the wounds still leave scars.  But at least they are healed and I try to be a good dad for my kids through example.

I'm chomping to get this car home.  It has been so long...

I just hate that the only guy I trust to work on it is in Tulsa when I live in the Houston area now...  Grrr.

[Skull-1]

My Charger is in my garage for the first time since 2005. 

Pictures to follow.

[JB400]

 

[fy469rtse]

Skull1
Looking at your firewall wall set up, missing the heater tap set up, which stops the hot water flow though heater box radiator, if I have that right ? Someone on here will correct me, it will severely affect the air cons cooling effect,
I heater hose loops into it and then to engine , they repopped these and are reasonable in cost, but great result with the car looks beautiful

[Skull-1]

Skull1
Looking at your firewall wall set up, missing the heater tap set up, which stops the hot water flow though heater box radiator, if I have that right ? Someone on here will correct me, it will severely affect the air cons cooling effect,
I heater hose loops into it and then to engine , they repopped these and are reasonable in cost, but great result with the car looks beautiful

I think that got removed and I can't say why.  It may have been rotted.  We were using a manual heater control valve as a stop gap as I recall.    Any pictures of what it looks like when installed correctly?  

I will add your suggestion to my list of things it needs.  Will send an updated engine bay shot if I can figure out how to shrink the files down to fit.

Thanks for the help. 

[Skull-1]

Here you go folks.   You have been on this journey with me for a long long time.   Very grateful to the encouragement and support to get the car this far...

Sorry the pictures aren't the best.  My camera sucks, had to shrink them to upload, and the engine bay is a little dusty.  LOL  I assure you it is not multiple shades of yellow nor is it quite that dark.   For some reason the lighting makes the camera think so...

[Skull-1]

[tan top]

       looks good ,   

[Skull-1]

      looks good ,   

Thanks.  Still a long way to go, but considering where it was in '05.....