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Started by Big Lebowski, January 22, 2006, 04:11:54 AM

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Big Lebowski

#100
March 31, 2007, 02:07:31 AM
  Now for the radiator support. We widened the 22" support to the 26" size. This was fun...The first pic shows how much comes off of the pass. side, about 2 3/4". The drivers side only loses about 5/8"....
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#101
March 31, 2007, 02:12:42 AM
  A few more radiator support pics...
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#102
March 31, 2007, 02:17:46 AM
  Pass. side rad. support almost finished... :icon_smile_cool:
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#103
March 31, 2007, 02:26:01 AM
  It's good to have another '70 B body around for the 26" radiator measurements. Good luck reading my scribbled numbers...
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#104
March 31, 2007, 02:39:42 AM
   And waa-la, a 26" Radiator :D...
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#105
March 31, 2007, 03:03:47 AM
  That's all for this week, maybe more tommorow. This is a fun way to run up my post count :D The hard way.  :yesnod:
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

PocketThunder

#106
March 31, 2007, 10:22:04 AM
Damn Dude, i've never seen a radiator support widened before.  that was cool. :coolgleamA: :coolgleamA:
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Back N Black

#107
March 31, 2007, 10:34:43 AM
Excellent work, I Think 70 was the best year Roadrunner.

Big Lebowski

#108
May 08, 2007, 06:24:02 PM
  Ok it's update time. I've got some cool news, the metal shop part is done & the Roadrunner is at a high end musclecar paint shop. This place has some sweet cars getting painted...'70 Coronet R/T conv., '69 Roadrunner, lots of fastback Mustangs, Camaros, you name it.

  So here's the last pics of the metal shop finishing the qtrs...
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#109
May 08, 2007, 06:28:15 PM
  This Roadrunner is officially rust free. The very fine Satellite doors and fenders had their trim holes welded up...
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#110
May 08, 2007, 06:30:45 PM
  A few more of the trim holes...
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#111
May 08, 2007, 06:36:13 PM
  And last but not least, the dash frame was treated to a few coats of flat B-7 blue. The car is B-5 blue, but the dash/steering column are B-7.
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#112
May 08, 2007, 06:39:38 PM
  A few more dash pics...
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#113
May 08, 2007, 06:45:54 PM
  That's it for that shop, now it's at good paint shop. This Roadrunner is clean enough to be a Hemi clone now, with the torque boxes, skid plate, rear frame plate, and all. But it already has a dyno-shopped 512 HP 440-6 engine ready to go onto a new 18-spline, so that's hopefully next. This is getting $$$, I might have to sell my real Six-pack Charger to pay for this. :scratchchin:
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#114
May 09, 2007, 05:15:07 PM
  Last two pics of the widened radiator support all finished, from 22" to 26". Instead of buying a 26" rad. support, we wanted to keep all of the Roadrunners #'s on the body.
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

charge-it

#115
May 09, 2007, 06:38:20 PM
Quote from: NorwayCharger on January 22, 2006, 07:59:24 AM
Hey, nice project you have there.
70RR are one of my favorites ;)
Can enyone here tell me who sells the inner fender rubber patch that fills the two opening i have drawn on this pic?
what partnr.?
I do.
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Big Lebowski

#116
May 11, 2007, 07:49:42 PM
  The guys at So. Cal. Body & paint are quick, the cars in epoxy primer, next week they're doing some body work. Cool.
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Silver R/T

#117
May 11, 2007, 08:46:17 PM
nice work, youre way ahead of me
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Big Lebowski

#118
September 16, 2007, 03:25:40 PM
  Woo hoo, I know, it's about time. We finally got the Road runner back from the paint shop. The Road runner is now in rotisseried & "beyond rust free condition" with a fresh coat of B-5 blue. Here's some pics of the 383 4 speed, soon to be 440-6 clone...
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

69bronzeT5

#119
September 16, 2007, 03:29:34 PM
Looks amazing man! If you dont mind me asking, how long was it in the body shop for and how much did it cost? (Just trying to get some ideas of prices for when my 69 gets done) ;)
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1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
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Big Lebowski

#120
September 16, 2007, 03:30:46 PM
  A couple more pics... :popcrn:
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#121
September 16, 2007, 03:36:28 PM
  A few more pics... :popcrn:
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#122
September 16, 2007, 03:40:58 PM
  The inside pics... :popcrn:
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#123
September 16, 2007, 03:44:32 PM
  Last pic for now... :popcrn:
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#124
September 16, 2007, 04:04:43 PM
Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on September 16, 2007, 03:29:34 PM
Looks amazing man! If you dont mind me asking, how long was it in the body shop for and how much did it cost? (Just trying to get some ideas of prices for when my 69 gets done) ;)

   It was about $17k in metal work, bondo work, & paint, and another $2-3k for body parts, new qtrs., a set of perfect fenders, perfect doors off a Satellite, etc. That doesn't include any $$$ labor for me & my resto partner in cleaning and painting the bottom of the car back on pg.2-3. With a $3k 512 HP 440-6 & a new $2k 18 spline tranny, etc...You dont really want to know the $$$ cost. A gallon of frickken B-5 paint costs $400!!! Ouch, it's boo koo bucks because it's got pearl in it. :popcrn: 
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."
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