'69 Charger Build - It moves!

[moparnation74]

I cannot get enough of this thread!  Awesome work

[Dino]

You know you just bumped me to second place in the finest '69 in Michigan category?  Well deserved though!        

[Mopar Nut]

Nice! 

[familymopar]

Chaos52 this car is amazing!  You are an artist sir!

[Dreamcar]

WOW is all I have to say!!!! 

[chaos52]

Chaos52 this car is amazing!  You are an artist sir!

Thanks! I guess that Bachelor of Fine Arts is paying off!

[chaos52]

Peeled the stripe yesterday. It's perfect except for a handful of bubbles. Much better than when we tried to peel it on Saturday.

I also made new swaybar mounts and welded them on. Even got the front brakes on, but discovered something was wrong when I couldn't turn the steering wheel. The calipers were hitting the new swaybar mounts.  Turns out I have the spindles switched side-to-side. - the calipers are on the front when they're supposed to be on the back. 

A fairly easy fix, but it still means I have to pull everything back apart. Oh well, live and learn.

[chaos52]

 

[chaos52]

Black beauty has a heart! 

[bigdsul]

Black beauty has a heart! 

Just got done reading the whole thread lol. I gotta say that the car is looking AMAZING!

I read that you had worked the majority of the time on the car while you were on school breaks which is impressive in of itself. Most guys don't focus on working on a project such as that when on break from college. Kudos to you to keeping the eye on the prize!

What sort of background did you have with cars prior to taking on this project?

[djcarguy]

       awsum   page 1 to now hard too beleive great good an awsum seeing it happen.  DJ 

[Charger-Bodie]

You could move to Iowa and work in my resto shop.....

[Cncguy]

Paint looks fantastic! Nice work

[SovereignZuul]

One of my favorite threads and some serious inspiration.  I love every update. 

[PtitRaisin]

Awesome

[chaos52]

You could move to Iowa and work in my resto shop.....

Haha, thanks, but no thanks. I have enough to keep me busy here. 

[TUFCAT]

One of my favorite threads and some serious inspiration.  I love every update. 

Like he said ^^^   

[chaos52]

Just got done reading the whole thread lol. I gotta say that the car is looking AMAZING!

I read that you had worked the majority of the time on the car while you were on school breaks which is impressive in of itself. Most guys don't focus on working on a project such as that when on break from college. Kudos to you to keeping the eye on the prize!

What sort of background did you have with cars prior to taking on this project?

Thanks!

I've been around cars my whole life, but I didn't get really involved until I bought the Eclipse (see page 1). It was smashed and the transmission was out of it. That was my first taste of car repair and the car enthusiast community. (DSMtuners.com - this site is way better   )

Of course, this project took things to another level. I really didn't have any idea what I was doing or what I was getting into when I bought the car. Looking back, that may have been a good thing: I didn't know what couldn't be done.

I realized something early on in the project that has helped a lot: It really doesn't matter how bad you screw something up. Just cut it out and reweld it. Sand it down and respray it. Take it apart and see what went wrong.

When I'm not screwing things up and redoing them, I read a lot and ask a lot of questions (thanks dad).  

[ProDartGTS]

You're welcome.   You've done one hell of a job on this car, and I could not be prouder.  :-)

[Charger-Bodie]

You could move to Iowa and work in my resto shop.....

Haha, thanks, but no thanks. I have enough to keep me busy here. 

This pays pretty well though.

[chaos52]

You could move to Iowa and work in my resto shop.....

Haha, thanks, but no thanks. I have enough to keep me busy here. 

This pays pretty well though.

A wise man once said that the fastest way to take all the fun out of something is to do it for a living.

And on that note: got the transmission in tonight. What kind of masochist does this for fun!? 

[Charger-Bodie]

Another wise man said " if you love what you do for a living you will never work a day in your life".

[chaos52]

Another wise man said " if you love what you do for a living you will never work a day in your life".

Touche.

I'm flattered by the offer, but I've just started a new job and am not in a position to be moving right now. Otherwise I would definitely consider it. Thanks again!

[Charger-Bodie]

Nah that's cool. I wish you the best of luck, and I hope you hone you talent even more as time goes on. Because its obvious that you have the skills to pay the bills.


Great job . You should be very proud of what you've accomplished.

[six-tee-nine]

I sometimes wonder about that.

I love restoring old cars, but I spend like 8 hrs a week on mine. I wonder if i would do it 8 hrs a day for the next 20 years if it would still be as fun as it is now?