Scow-now in shiny

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some first pix of the almost done shiny version....will reassemble tommorrow and then do the final polish....

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its kinda freakin me out man

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who woulda thunk it.

[Dans 68]

Are you sure you're going to want to drive it?    It looks fantastic. Kudos the your crew!  

Dan

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Rolfe is a genius and killed himself on this. I am blown away. no bondo. its insane.

[68X426]

Looks great, congrats! 

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can't wait to put the stripe on it.

[jaak]

I know you had your heart set on Flat black...but that looks awesome  . I'm sure it will grow on you! Flawless black Chargers are just bad-ass!!

Jason

[twodko]

What jaak said and

Holy shitomatic that's going to be a stunning car. Good on you!

Tom

[Ryan]

what color stripe you doing? Flat black ??

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white

[Ryan]

white

That will also look great.

[Dans 68]

white

Frank, that combination will be "astonishing, awe-inspiring, beautiful, breathtaking, daunting, exalted, fearsome, formidable,  frightening, grand, imposing, impressive, intimidating, magnificent, majestic, mean, mind-blowing, moving, overwhelming, real gone, shocking, something else, striking, stunning, stupefying, terrifying, wonderful, wondrous, and zero cool."  I think I have it covered.    

Dan

[Tilar]

white

Frank, that combination will be "astonishing, awe-inspiring, beautiful, breathtaking, daunting, exalted, fearsome, formidable,  frightening, grand, imposing, impressive, intimidating, magnificent, majestic, mean, mind-blowing, moving, overwhelming, real gone, shocking, something else, striking, stunning, stupefying, terrifying, wonderful, wondrous, and zero cool."  I think I have it covered.    

Dan

I bet it will look good too. 

[The70RT]

Awesome 

[Silver R/T]

good job on Charger

[71green go]

Awesome Job.......looks sweet, I love Black Chargers...

[tan top]

    looks real  good      

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nade good progress yesterday

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gaps are looking good

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old reliable. this motor has been rock solid for a year and half

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more pix in a couple of days. gonna do more reassembley wednesday

[Hemidog]

That thing is gorgeous! 

[tan top]

That thing is gorgeous! 

  wow thats awesome , 

[Brock Samson]

looks good Frank - you did have to remove all your sound proofing too.. did it just peel off and re-stick?..  
and were their anymore little tweaks or improvements to the mechanical sub-assemblys?..

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subassembly: the subframe connectors and torque boxes are welded in. in a few weeks i am going to go to a 1/2" fuel line and a electric helper pump and also re-route the battery line to the trunk...and re-detail the underside of the car. i did have to remove some of the dynamat and replace it...luckily the stereo store by my house sells it by the foot, so I didnt have to buy a ton of it that shit is expensive.

yesterday we also took out the headliner and instlled the dome light assembly which had been missing. big pain in the ass.

we are having a Chiselers run Sunday ( you should come) and I am hoping to have the car finished by then. so I am going to do like a 48 hour grind wednesday and thursday to get the car totally reassembled. then next week I will need to tweak a few things to get all the alignments on the bumpers and so on perfect.

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artistic shot by Dirty Donny

[Brock Samson]

"we are having a Chiselers run Sunday"  do tell,.. 

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we are going to meet at Ocean beach/the safeway on lincoln midday , cruise through town and head south. everyones welcome. when Sharon does the map I will post it in the cruises section.

[WHITE AND RED 69]

The paint looks perfect! Nice work. 

[Wicked72]

lookin soooooo gooood!

[Ryan]

your making me want to put steelies and hubcaps on my car..... that looks great

[mopar73]

Fantastic

[Patronus]

ahhhhhh 

[Bob T]

wow, that would make the Dodge Brothers sit up and stare  .      , hope your 48hr hit gets you on the road for the run. 

[firefighter3931]

Very Nice Frank, looks Fantastic with the glossy paint !   



Ron

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thanks guys..never thought it would ever look this nice, im pretty happy.

as far as steelies...only way to go. looks tough as hell that way.

[Patronus]

I was gonna say, Im not a hub-cap fan but that car looks great. Im thinking gloss black with a red stripe and those dog dishes.... man, sick

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the glass guy insatlled the new windhsield, new backlight and new trim today

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[Ryan]

Is that the new reproduction AMD trim? If so how did it fit?

[FlatbackFanatic]

I thought your car looked bad ass before,,, Now I'm just speechless!!!!!!! Great job!!

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it is repro trim and it fits well. not quite as perfect as the old stuff but acceptable. my old trim was trashed.

[twodko]

I have to say it again Frank, that is very gorgeous car, good job buddy.

Now that I've seen a shot of your grille is all the trim original? If so, did you restore it yourself? Lastly, assuming the above, did you clear cost it and with what? Pardon all the questions but I'm just now polishing all my trim after extensive use of EasyOff and sanding and I want to protect my hard work. Thanks.

Tom

[Charger-Bodie]

I have to say it again Frank, that is very gorgeous car, good job buddy.

Now that I've seen a shot of your grille is all the trim original? If so, did you restore it yourself? Lastly, assuming the above, did you clear cost it and with what? Pardon all the questions but I'm just now polishing all my trim after extensive use of EasyOff and sanding and I want to protect my hard work. Thanks.

Tom

When I sanded all the anodizing off of the grille trim from my 68 I simply kept a coat of polish on it for protection. It still looked new when I sold the car 3 years later.

[twodko]

I see 3 choices:

1. SEM gloss clear coat

2. Clear gloss powder coat

3. Carefully polish with alum polish and avoid getting it on the plastic....PITA.

Someone here mentioned making sure every bit of buffing compound os gone before applying a rattle can clear.

Powder coating seems like it would be the best choice but there are more important things I need to spend money on. Its a delimma.

Tom

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grille trim is original cherry picked from several grilles I bought . I polished it all with Wizard's, the pink floss stuff. I keep ot c;ean all the time, rarely re-polish I usually wipe it down with Wizards detail spray every couple of days.

[Brock Samson]

 ..with such a cool project you've essentially rebuilt twice from scratch in less then two years i think it would have to be an obsession to get done... congrats and hope to get good pics outside soon... 

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saturday 8 am.......all thats left is the stripe, a couple of lightbulbs and adjusting the windows.........fired the car last night runs purrrrrrfect.....

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the business end....

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shop supervisor:

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keep those parts SORTED

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flight controls

[Dans 68]

That is splendid, Frank.    What is the red switch at the right rear end?

Dan

[chargd72]

That thing looks brilliant!   
Keep 'em coming 

[Ryan]

That is splendid, Frank.    What is the red switch at the right rear end?

Dan

Looks like a kill switch for the drag strip.

Frank, I am amazed how fast you got that thing together Looks great

[tan top]

  that look well mean with the black wheels & dog dishes       

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allright..turned the last bolt at 11pm, tookm a 25 mile shake down cruise, hammered a bit...nothing fell off..drove it home.

I'll debut the new party dress tommorrow at noon down at Ocean Beach.

any sf bay area peoples join the Chiselers for a cruiise food n bowling day tommorrow. meety up at Ocean Beach at the cliff house end at NOON.....saturday the 27th..

[68RRFlyer]

That is  fan-freakin'-tastic!!!   I don't think there is enough smiley's to post how nice that paint is!  EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT JOB!!!!

Cheers 

[Brock Samson]

planning on going crazy takin pics today... i'm off to hose off my POS... BYE KIDS!   

[mikepmcs]

Holy Shitballs. AMAZING!!

[lexxman]

That looks great and it's going together fast.

[bakerhillpins]

The dog dishes look awesome on that car.   

Great job indeed.    Wish I could come down and check it out in person but I am 9hrs and 3k miles late. 

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white stripe came out good. damn nervewracking to put it on though it took forever.........