Productive weekend

[projectanimal]

Parents visiting and everyone was excited to jump into a project, so the offer was made to tackel the Charger and all hands were on deck!!   
Seats out, carpet out, fuel tank dropped (hate those j-bolts   ) fuel filler tube and cap removed, and sanding begun on all floor pans and trunk!        so we have officially begun my wife's project with her IN the trunk to sand the floor.  the great news is it's all surfice rust and will be an easy clean before the painting begins.  going to work on the inside and then jump to under body before we tackle the new exhaust and shocks on all 4! 

SO - what are the recommendations for padding on the floor??  Dynomats??  researched on line, but your thoughts  are appreciated!   

another question....Ours is a 1970 and missing the black trim around the fron t bumper.   is that a rubber seal?? anything special??

a few pictures! 

[tan top]

been busy Dude    , did you find a broadcast sheet  in the rear seat back ??   

[projectanimal]

Thanks!     It was a busy day for sure.   I didn't see any build sheets and the seats were "re-done" by the PO.  I'll do some more diggin, but no fender tag and no build sheets so far....      Also took off the steering wheel and blinker rod and gave them a nice blast with the drumel tool!  blinker looks new again, and the steering wheel is almost ready for paint!!   
VIN has it as an original Slant 6 built early 70' in Michigan.... heard the PO painted it from a nice Maroon with a white bumble bee, to the Sub-lime... needs a new paint job though... 

[tan top]

 

original slant six car Eh    does the vin start with XP or XH  ?? 

[A383Wing]

I didn't see any pics of her inside the trunk actually working....I'm betting she was standing over you supervising

[bakerhillpins]

I didn't see any pics of her inside the trunk actually working....I'm betting she was standing over you supervising

      


Looks like you all were really busy though.

[projectanimal]

XP Vin.... 

I was about to post the picture of her in the trunk, but it's above my pay-grade and I got caught!!!   
    I'll work on the release though! 

[A383Wing]

yer on "work release"? 

[projectanimal]

I recieved clearance on one picture......   

[moparstuart]

I recieved clearance on one picture......   

[41husk]

Nice work! I got the 318 and 3 speed pulled out of the Duster.  Need to clean up the engine compartment and get ready to paint.  More than likely Plumb Crazy   I wish my wife wanted to help, she was on the " you need to decide what car you want to keep and sell the rest, no body needs  all those cars"  I keep telling her it has nothing to do with need!  Nobody needs ice cream and holloween candy but we sure seem to have a lot of it around here

[projectanimal]

That is a great comparison!!!  I "need" icecream, but some other toys "could" go!  LOL   

We were hoping to reuse the existing wiring harness, but the more we dig the more we are finding brakes in the lines.   I've looked into the Painless harness systems... Thoughts?? 

[A383Wing]

The Painless systems are a real "Pain-In-The_Ass"...stay away from them unless it's a last resort..

new harness's are available from most vendors

[projectanimal]

So what you're saying A383 is they need to change their name??      What makes them a PITA? 

will search other vendors for a wiring harness.  have a lot of other things on the list to complete first, so I have some time.    

[projectanimal]

Another good day in the garage!  Raining here in CT and my wife was out picking a wedding dress for her best friend.  I told her I'd get a jump on the trunk paint and see how it goes.    it went better than I thought, so I jumped to the floor pans as well and got all the heavy rust covered!     then I checked out the chrome pulleys the previous owner installed and gave them a nice shine!     little light headed from the paint, but off setting that with a few beers!!    
has an issue posting the latest pictures, but going to work on them now.   

[projectanimal]

 

[projectanimal]

 

[doctor4766]

So what you're saying A383 is they need to change their name??      What makes them a PITA? 

will search other vendors for a wiring harness.  have a lot of other things on the list to complete first, so I have some time.    

I used an EZWiring harness with a mini fuse box.
Not difficult to do, although I did have the advantage that the previous owner had also installed one too, but had made a messy job of it, enough for me to restart from scratch. I basically just copied what was already done but did a much tidier job IMO.
And I also not only crimped, but also soldered and shrink wrapped every connection so I don't need to worry about things going pear shaped after a few years of service.
I'd have liked to have had the bulkhead connector for looks but it's probably safer not having all those terminals that tend to burn out so all in all I'm quite happy that I went the way I did.

[projectanimal]

Thanks for the input Doctor!   
I'll look into the EZwire as we'd like to tackle this ourselves.   all the old wire is there, so we have a map to work with, but I've noticed the wires going to the trunk are in rough shape with some splits and exposed sections. 

[Chryco Psycho]

Painless is just a universal harness so you have to terminate every connection , nothing plugs in .
M&H through Year one have the most accurate harnesses , the use all the factory connectors & just plug in like an original harness

[Roger 68 charger]

Painless is just a universal harness so you have to terminate every connection , nothing plugs in .
M&H through Year one have the most accurate harnesses , the use all the factory connectors & just plug in like an original harness

I used MH front to back ---Really nice stuff

[b5blue]

Looking Good! I remember seeing the rubber fender to bumper fillers in a link recently so there made. I just can't remember who! (Mine is a 70 also.)

[b5blue]

www.penstar.net  Go to "body parts" then look under "bumpers" section for 70 fillers.  

[projectanimal]

Thanks Guys!  
Will check out the MH through Year one.  I have so many web links in my "favorites" link, I'm forgetting who sells what!! 

about to jump back in the garage and start prepin and painting under the car.  dropped the fuel tank so we can get a few coats under the trunk pan as well as paint the fuel tank.  need to order up new J-bolts and hunt down the trunk gasket & filler tube gasket which goes under the fender. 

Started a list of items we need to get her on the road and comfortable by next Spring.....    amazing how things add up and all the little things you find when you're hunting for one item.... I have another car project and was ready for the "while you're in there" items to pop up, but I believe the secondary parts list is almost longer than our original list!!      

Life will be good once she's on the road though!! 

[projectanimal]

While crawling under the car painting today I finally wrote down the Rear Differential number and found out it's out of a Duster...    I guess is could be worse, but I'll be on the hunt for a Dana 60 since we're running a 440 now!!       We knew this car was a non-matching numbers car, but hope we don't find too many back yard parts....

[b5blue]

8 3/4 is a very good axle for much less. A body 8 3/4 (If that's what you have) are bringing good money so it has value. You sure it's not the the 7 1/4 B body axle? (A body's are not as wide.)   

[A383Wing]

I didn't think they made a 7-1/4" rear housing for a "B" body....I do know they made a 8-1/4" for the Charger

[projectanimal]

I plugged the numbers in on line and it said it's a 8 1/4"   ..... says Duster mostly used them..    I would like to get 8 3/4", but we need to get her running and driving before we figure out that detail!  this will get us around town to show off the paint!   

[Cooter]

Yep, you got the "Low Perf" 8 1/4 B-Body rear in that '70 with the cover on the back..Definately upgrade to a minimum of 8 3/4 rear.

[projectanimal]

That's what I was thinking....
Plan to hit a sawp meet later in the month and may hunt for a new rear since we have time this winter to switch it out! 

[A383Wing]

any 66 to 70 "B" body should fit

[70 Charger RT]

I'd have liked to have had the bulkhead connector for looks

What I did was mount the bulkhead connector and drilled wire size diameter holes through where the wire would go through and just feed the wire through the hole.  No connectors were used and therefore no weakpoints.

[A383Wing]

I'd have liked to have had the bulkhead connector for looks

What I did was mount the bulkhead connector and drilled wire size diameter holes through where the wire would go through and just feed the wire through the hole.  No connectors were used and therefore no weakpoints.

only problem with that is if and when you have to take the bulkhead connector apart...now you got that wire through there

[freddyd02]

Painless is just a universal harness so you have to terminate every connection , nothing plugs in .
M&H through Year one have the most accurate harnesses , the use all the factory connectors & just plug in like an original harness

Do M&H sell a complete kit or do you have to buy separate areas like Engine, Dash rear??

[Roger 68 charger]

Painless is just a universal harness so you have to terminate every connection , nothing plugs in .
M&H through Year one have the most accurate harnesses , the use all the factory connectors & just plug in like an original harness

Do M&H sell a complete kit or do you have to buy separate areas like Engine, Dash rear??

Year One sells them in separate sections!

[projectanimal]

Another productive day with a nice Indian summer day here in CT!      
Painted the Headers, fuel filler tube, gas tank, mufflers, and font fan.   was able to remove the front grill, but found that it's broken in 3-4 spots (not by us)    Will be good to fix it and paint it new, or search for a nice used one which needs a little TLC. 

first picture - Redneck Wind Chimes!!    
2nd photo is our trusty supervisor, she doesn't miss anything!!    

now pictures!   

[projectanimal]

Another Productive weekend!!    
New plugs in, fan back on, fresh coolant, battery tray back in, exhuast fully tightened, gas tank in, and filler tube in!     Just need to tighten a few more things, throw the front tires back on, lower her down and fire it up!!   
It was 38 degrees in the garage but we kept busy so it wasn't bad.  my wife jumped on a few items in the engine bay!   

[GT]

Trunk turned out really nice looking! 

[PatrickPeeters]

Hey got more pics of the car? looks nice!!!

[projectanimal]

Thanks for the thumbs up!    Only have a few pictures of the car on a trailer from when we brought her home a few months ago.  Our goal is to have it running this week and out of the garage for a few pictures before it goes off for a re-spray!   We're keeping it the Sublime and turning the Hood to gloss strip and adding the proper bumble bee stripe on the tail (the PO hand painted it flat, thin, and in the wrong location).   
This has turned into a bigger project than expected, but all is good! 
it's actually my wifes project and shes been excited to learn how all the bits and pieces work!   we are REALLY excited to hear it run this week with proper exhaust!  the car came with open headers    

[PatrickPeeters]

Your wife is  men, a charger and tinkering on it!
She rules!

[projectanimal]

Thanks Patrick! 
It is cool that she loves the car and has serious interest in learning how it works while working on it!   will be awesome when she takes it to work with all the Executives seeing her step out and walk into the office!!!