your winter projects?

[70charginglizard]

Lets here um.

I just got my front lighting harness put in. Next comes the rear lighting harness.

Then Im replacing the front suspension and finally getting my front drum to front disk conversion done.

Also thinking about getting a new tic toc tach.


next...
 

[dads_69]

Non mopar, 66' Cadillac Coupe De Ville. Trying to score a 60' Coupe De Ville later this week also.

[lexxman]

My winter project is to get my 69 charger ready for the paint shop.I hope to start in w few weeks,just need to finish some other things first.

[BrianShaughnessy]

Ripping and tearing Sinnamon apart...  and buying parts.  Got no clue what or if anything I'll do with Black Betty this year.

[268RTs4ME]

Here is some one a good winter project, 1964 cadillac sedan deville, I have owned for 30 some years and dad own before me.

[Rolling_Thunder]

Work for the Charger
- Finish Wiring
- Make and install fuel system
- Mark seat brackets to mount new buckets
- Finish install of A/C and lines

At that point the Charger should be Road worthy

Work on brother's Chevelle
- Remove and rebuild TH350
- Reinstall TH350
- Minor wiring gremlins

MISC Free Time
- Make new disc brake kits front / rear
13" front and 12.6" rear w/ parking brake

[268RTs4ME]

Heres my other winter project, 1968 Dodge Coronet RT 440 Auto primered in brown, will get total restoration, next project will be gray primered 68 RT 440 4 speed.

[Charger440RDN]

I had a 1969 Cadillac coupe deville project last winter. I bought it because it was cheap and I was bored, I gave up on it and sold it. My project this winter is finding a solid, running 68 charger.

[Dans 68]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,51332.msg561077.html#msg561077   

Dan

[Khyron]

hmmm, get teh Chebby up and running, body mounted, figuring out what direction to go with it.


Charger:
Rewire Engine compartment
New Carb
Sub Frame Connectors
Stainless steel coolent hoses

maybe Interior.

[The70RT]

Mine? Well............. http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,62505.0.html

[troutstreamnm]

Might be better to call it my fall project that is already in progress on my 70 Charger 500

Complete rewire w/M&H harnesses
Front drum to disc brake conversion
New gas tank
Wiper seal kit
Deep transmission pan w/drain
Replacement tail light lenses
Set of horns
Rebuild steering colunm
Clean, detail and paint parts before re-install

That should keep me busy for a while and empty my wallet  

[Finn]

Presuming the Charger is done, Ill be working out the kinks in that then starting on these:

[The70RT]

Might be better to call it my fall project that is already in progress on my 70 Charger 500

Complete rewire w/M&H harnesses
Front drum to disc brake conversion
New gas tank
Wiper seal kit
Deep transmission pan w/drain
Replacement tail light lenses
Set of horns
Rebuild steering colunm
Clean, detail and paint parts before re-install

That should keep me busy for a while and empty my wallet  

Where did you get your rotors / brand?

[jaak]

Finish my bodywork

Jason

[TexasStroker]

Hope to get started on the Stroker   and maybe build a cluster for some AutoMeter gauges...

[troutstreamnm]

Where did you get your rotors / brand?

That set up is part of the MP Power Brake kit.  You need to fabricate the plumbing to connect up to the combination valve, but otherwise it appears to be plug and chug

[Cooter]

Workin' on my Big Block stroker Dart with my boy...Gotta put the '68 Front clip back on it...

[The70RT]

Where did you get your rotors / brand?

That set up is part of the MP Power Brake kit.  You need to fabricate the plumbing to connect up to the combination valve, but otherwise it appears to be plug and chug

Thanks.

[Hemidog]

-replace the bushings in the front suspension.
-rebuild the rear axle.
-weld in torque boxes.
-fix some issues with the engine.

[1969chargerrtse]

Not a thing.  I already did 3 years of work in one year.  It's turn key, looks nice and I'm taking a winter break.  I normally drive them once a month for a short run in the dead of winter.  

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Trying to find the parts to possibly put back the factory ac set up.... Anyone have a set of 69 only big block a/c lines? 

[70charginglizard]

Where did you get your rotors / brand?

That set up is part of the MP Power Brake kit.  You need to fabricate the plumbing to connect up to the combination valve, but otherwise it appears to be plug and chug

Thanks.

Im getting my from performance suspension. They put together a complete front end kit and disk brake conversion kit together for me a couple days ago.
Getting real excited. It's going to be like Christmas in October again...lol

[nelson_audet]

probably install on the general lee

new door handle
new window crank handle

and probably LEE1 rocker panel mouldings...

and its all.... i will take it easy this winter....

[ChargerST]

Im getting my from performance suspension. They put together a complete front end kit and disk brake conversion kit together for me a couple days ago.
Getting real excited. It's going to be like Christmas in October again...lol

Nice! I ordered the Performance Suspension kit last Friday and I wanna get their front disc brake kit as well - which one did you order?
Also on the agenda: convert the car back from manual to power steering but with a firm feel box.

[dodgecharger-fan]

I MIGHT see the Charger shell back in my garage soon.
If so, get started on some assembly - mainly the underside stuff: lines, suspension, etc..

In the meantime, I've got new leaf springs for the New Yorker that need to get installed.
I'd like to put in a dual exhaust setup, but I haven't really done any planning on that yet.
I've got most of the parts to put the A/C back in to working order, so that's an option.
I've got some grille trim and sill plates to put on as well.

[Charger-Bodie]

Build a Daytona clone.

[Hemidog]

Build a Daytona clone.

Simple enough 

[Steelshanks]

My winter project is to prep my 66 Charger for the media shop. Then Start the body work 

[six-tee-nine]

I'm finally at the point that I'm moving forward with the 69.....got the car in 06 so that alone is great....
I have it stored dry again, the body is almost bare except for some small stuff and the suspension
Bought for over $1500 of sheetmetal and torque boxes and stuff (still need to order the XV body stiffening stuff...).
Hope to manage the replacing of the sheetmetal this winter, so that by summer 2010 i can have it media blasted and can get along with getting it straight.....

slightly more than a winter prject....

[FlatbackFanatic]

Do some more body work (I still won't be able to get it painted). Try to find a left side tail light, and clean up and replace the tail light unit. And just other odds and ends.

[Dodgecharger74]

Pull my 318 & drop in a 360 /408 stroker and afew other parts  727  8  3/4  3:73 gear with a locker

[Texas Charger]

Not sure how much I'll finish in the time allotted, but I'm looking at:

New front suspension
Disc Brake conversion
front and rear sway bars
headers
new dual exhaust
holley intake
new carb

... and the list goes on

[Mefirst]

Rebuild the 727. Have the converter flushed. New trans cooler + lines + thermostat controlled fan.
Dana 60 + rear discbrakes. New driveshaft.
Pull the interior and weld together a rollbar, put the interior back in
Weld the subframe connectors
Some electrical work, new generator
Fix an oil leak...

...and probably a million other things....

[Khyron]

Fix an oil leak...

don't do it, if it's small, leave it. When you fix one, another appears, then you fix it and another appears, pick the lesser evil

[HeavyFuel]

The wife wants to remodel the upstairs bathroom, plus we need.........oops, wrong list. 

[bear]

Well considering I get my engine finished this week.

Charger:
rebuild wiring harness
finish the grille

Belvedere:
rebuild P/S pump and gear box
replace master cylinder and a brake line
maybe rebuild the front end

[squeakfinder]

 
Drink Beer, lay around, watch T.V....

[greenpigs]

Got my seatbelts in now I just need to hookup some stuff and fix power booster and power steering pump.

[bill440rt]

Install engine, trans, exhaust, etc in Project '69.
Then wiring, A/C, bumpers, grille, interior, sound system, and on... and on.. and on... 

[firefighter3931]

Lots of winter upgrades and work to do ;

-Install the new 572ci engine
-New caltrac suspension and shocks on all 4 corners
-Install the new Willwood master cylinder
-upgrade the entire fuel system : Mallory 250gpm electric fuel pump and supply/return lines
-install sump in spare fuel tank
-new torque converter
-new driveshaft with 1350 yokes & u-joints
-Detroit locker for the Dana 60 to replace the clutch SG unit

* That should keep me busy for awhile 



Ron

[70charginglizard]

Drink Beer, lay around, watch T.V....

now thats the spirit. 

[richRTSE]

Hopefully this year I can actually work on my winter project, the last two winters I've spent finishing our basement. I'd like to get my Charger 500 clone project moving in the right direction. Hopefully this winter I can get started on some of the metal work...it needs both quarters, interior floors, trunk floor, and driver side inner fender. I already have a solid-cammed 440, hemi 4-speed, and 4.10 Dana for it. Hoping to have have a fun, low 11-sec street/strip car.

and the sooner I get done with the clone, the sooner I can get the resto started on my 2nd project...

[Hemidog]

Hopefully this year I can actually work on my winter project, the last two winters I've spent finishing our basement. I'd like to get my Charger 500 clone project moving in the right direction. Hopefully this winter I can get started on some of the metal work...it needs both quarters, interior floors, trunk floor, and driver side inner fender. I already have a solid-cammed 440, hemi 4-speed, and 4.10 Dana for it. Hoping to have have a fun, low 11-sec street/strip car.

and the sooner I get done with the clone, the sooner I can get the resto started on my 2nd project...

how is your 500 grille fastened? original brackets? and where did you get the coronet headlight bezels?(the ones the headlight attaches to, not the front bezel).

[magnum]

Here is mine if it don't sell first . Hope to get the motor done for the 69 .

[richRTSE]

how is your 500 grille fastened? original brackets? and where did you get the coronet headlight bezels?(the ones the headlight attaches to, not the front bezel).

On the clone, I was lucky enough to find a pair of correct C500 headlight panels on ebay probably 5-6 years ago (i've been planning this project for a long time, hopefully this willl be the year it gets rolling) . One even has the part number on it still. The brackets for the grill and the filler pieces that fit between the headlight trim and the fender I bought from Mike at Dayclona. My real 500 project I found this year. Someone on this board posted the Craigslist ad and it was just 2 hrs from my house. It came with everything, including the original engine so I was pretty lucky there. Now I have a model to work off of too.

[Hemidog]

how is your 500 grille fastened? original brackets? and where did you get the coronet headlight bezels?(the ones the headlight attaches to, not the front bezel).

On the clone, I was lucky enough to find a pair of correct C500 headlight panels on ebay probably 5-6 years ago (i've been planning this project for a long time, hopefully this willl be the year it gets rolling) . One even has the part number on it still. The brackets for the grill and the filler pieces that fit between the headlight trim and the fender I bought from Mike at Dayclona. My real 500 project I found this year. Someone on this board posted the Craigslist ad and it was just 2 hrs from my house. It came with everything, including the original engine so I was pretty lucky there. Now I have a model to work off of too.

Nice. I'm definitely keeping my eye out for your thread!
Those bezels are welded to the coronet fenders right? So my only chance is a pair of NOS c500 bezels?

[ZSmithersCharges]

Heres my other winter project, 1968 Dodge Coronet RT 440 Auto primered in brown, will get total restoration, next project will be gray primered 68 RT 440 4 speed.

Hi, you might not know me I am your long lost cousin larry filbert, I will be arriving at your house tomorrow and driving every single one of those bad boys, given they run