CDN72SE's Restoration Thread

[CDN72SE]

First day of spring, thought I'd take a trip out to the shop.

Here she is sitting next to a rare Ford.



Primered inside and out, bottom stripped of all undercoating (what was left) and primered.

[CDN72SE]

Just two little pin holes on the drivers side rear lower quarter.



Well you can see the mistake from my youth, 5 spoiler leg support holes instead of 4.   Will be welded instead of electrical tape being there.

[CDN72SE]

Driver's door, not bad, couple of small dings and a little damage from not having the door hinges do their job properly along the front edge of the door.



Passengers door, one little ding and a dent that's been there since the late 80's, soon to be gone.

[CDN72SE]

Passenger fender, rust-free and nice shape.



Driver's fender has a few more dings:

[CDN72SE]

The Hood   looking good, just some minor work, there's my cars notebook, outlining what we have discussed about the car and kind of a record log.



Looking forward to this view as I have not been behind the wheel since 1992.

[CDN72SE]

Interior shot, some pin holes on the drivers side floor, not bad at all, also my AMD front and rear valences sitting inside.



Have to figure how to treat the corner part that has had some rust damage near the bottom of the window.


Blasting cleaned this area up better than I did.



The three tape references say it all, not bad.

[VegasCharger]

Very nice 

[charger chris]

Very nice. I can't wait for my car to get to this point.

[CDN72SE]

Thanks guys. Chris I have seen a few of your posts, do you have a thread dedicated to your resto?

[charger chris]

Thanks guys. Chris I have seen a few of your posts, do you have a thread dedicated to your resto?

yes it the same one I been posting pics on. I have to fix my house roof first. Then I am going to start working my cars. First it needs to stop raining and I need get my Heath in good shape been sick the last 3 mouths. Me and the doc trying to find out what's going on.

[CDN72SE]

Sounds like you got your priorities right, hopefully the doctor has news for you soon.

[CDN72SE]

The repairs have started!



Common rust area, will be fixed right, passenger side lower windshield.



Area previously stripped:
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The extent to any cowl damage, just some pinholes, again on the passengers side:
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Passenger fender was a little thin, needed a fix:

[birdsandbees]

Making progress! What shop is she in?

[CDN72SE]

It's at C.A.R.S. (Canadian Automotive Restoration Specialists) located in southern Ontario Canada. They are just celebrating their second anniversary.

[birdsandbees]

So just down the road from me... LOL (I'm in Penetang)

Looked like you had it at the Guild at one point...

[CDN72SE]

Paul Taylor Sr., used to be at The Guild, that's how I found him from watching the show. I couldn't find anyone in my home town Milton who had the time so I got it transported out to Shelbourne. I haven't been in the Penetang area in a loooong time.

Just found your Bee resto, I'll be following along.

[birdsandbees]

Milton eh.. I was one of the plant engineers at Consumers Glass 1982 to '85. Lived at the end of Graham Bell Crt.

Looked through come of CARS pictures, looks like they do some nice work and hopefully we both have some nice shiny shells to put back together soon!

[CDN72SE]

Back then I was a teen and I would take frequent trips to Milton from Mississauga to buy parts at the auto wreckers out there. If I only new then what I know now, rows and rows of Mopars.

Yes, looking forward to the re-assembly.

[birdsandbees]

LOL.. I was 20 when I started there. Already married and a kid.. two of them when I left Milton in '85.

And yes if we'd only known... I hung out in a junk yard in Jasper as a teen... fields and fields of 68/69/70 Chargers, Coronets, Satelites, Darts etc.

[CDN72SE]

[brad mcintyre]

it is comeing nicely. its nice to know some of you guys are not that far me being in london

[CDN72SE]

Thanks Brad.

[CDN72SE]

Driver's side, glad they are uncovering this stuff:



Drivers side Dutchman panel repair:

[400sforever]

Have you bought any wheel lip trim for the car yet? I'm looking for correct shiny trim that also fits right for my 72 se

[CDN72SE]

Actually I bought a set new from the dealer back in 1986, special order and never put them on. My originals at the time were still in good shape, this is one receipt for two pieces, each $18.75 Canadian, that day I spent a grand total of $40.13. Times that by two and that's a grand total of $80.26.