Clem's 68 Black Build

[tnthull]

This is my favorite build I've followed on here and probably the closest to what I'm trying to do. Awesome car man I can't wait to see what it looks like all finished up! Congrats on a beautiful car that'll outhandle 99% of muscle cars

[clemfor]

WOW!!!  I wish I had half your skills and knowledge.

hawkeye. Thanks, I can't take credit for all the body and paint. But from here on, it is all me.

And tnthull. I just read your post last nite, wow, you are a wild Young man for taking your project on, good job!

I got a sand blast cabinet in November, and started the reassembly. The e brake grommet for holding the long spring was long gone, bought a blister pack
of assorted rubber grommets, slid it on, works just fine. Now I see that a couple weeks ago Mega parts USA has these grommets in there E bay store.

[clemfor]

I can't believe how rusted everything from the interior was, but, sand blast, etch primer and some good rattle can paint, and a rebuild kit from DMT on E bay,
the wiper assembly looks like brand new.

[clemfor]

And then it was installed.

[clemfor]

The a/c heater box was a lot of fun. Got the rebuild kit from Detroit Muscle Technology.
Didn't sand blast, cleaned all the grime off , sand, prime & paint.

This is when, again, I have to    THANK ALL OF YOU      that have posted on this forum, with all the play by play pictorials.
This is my first attempt at doing any of this..What a blast.

[clemfor]

The linkage and vac pots were crusted with grime, cleaned and a little fine sand paper, elbow grease, just like new.
All painted, ready for reinstall.

[clemfor]

Found a new blower motor, blasted, primed & painted the metal fan cage.

[clemfor]

The dash cluster is still work in progress. Drilled out the rivets, painted & installed new decals on the gauges. There is something about that flat white paint on the housing , WoW.
I used the Premium Dash Decals. Still have to calibrate the gauges, and polishes the scratches out of the lens, hopefully !

[clemfor]

About 4 years ago I bought a repro Tach, a bit of a let down with the neon pink redline blurry paint ! The black & white matches the speedo though.
Maybe won't look too bad when it is in the dash.

[clemfor]

After very careful surgery on the Ammeter, it was too late, bought a new one.
And don't forget to paint the mounting holes Black.

[Charger-Bodie]

What is the cluster sitting on?

[clemfor]

That is the wife's 95 Z28 rag top LT1 475 hp, nice car.
Back in 2007 I asked her ? if I gave her the Z28, could I by a 68 Charger?
Yup, and here we are.

[clemfor]

A few weeks ago installed the brake pedal assembly.
Has anyone dealt with Wayne The Ram Man ? I have to buy a new booster and master cylinder. I talked to Wayne a few times, seems to know his stuff .

[clemfor]

After reading a lot of horror stories about the Metro Super Soft door seals being to fat, I bought mine 3 years ago.
I installed them, and no problem, the doors close perfectly. The only problem, the body shop welded the driver side skin on the door shell
too far ahead, so the drivers door shell hit the jamb striker and could not close. So I cut 3/16" off the striker, I think that's what they are called?
Then I realized I had them on the wrong side.

[JB400]

 
                 

[westcoastdodge]

 

[WHITE AND RED 69]

Progress looks amazing.     Love the look of the flat white in the cluster. Did the same to mine, it's a shame that it get covered up.