Worst fixes you have seen on a charger?

[kab69440]

I heard there was a guy on here that (decades ago) converted a 69 to four speed using mostly cannibalized truck parts from the pedals, linkages and all. Apparently he posted a picture of his slightly "custom fitted" truck frame bracket that holds the outer Z-bar ball and it was the source of much consternation and hilarity.

[Chargen69]

one of my quarter panels had soo much bondo in it that the made a 1/4 ledge over the side marker

[cbrestorations]

i had a car with house carpet nailed to the floor, it looked like a Porcupine under the car. oh and it was hit in the right rear so they replaced the right rear quarter with a 69 cut off but the body was a 70 and they didnt fix the frame damage so one side was a 69 the other a 70. the wheel on the 70 side sat 1" farther forward in the wheel well than the 69 side.

[70B5Cuda]

It wasn't a Mopar, but my first car was a horribly rusty 66 mustang coupe. I got underneath the car to degrease it and realized that the PO had cut up a lawnmower deck and screwed it down as the "new" driver's floor pan.

[timmycharger]

I bought a parts car 68 Charger off of a friend a few years back who had the car since High School, he "repaired" the drivers floor with a confederate flag license plate (now on my wall on display) and an old intake valley pan. 

The best part is that he dropped the accelerator pedal somewhere on the road as there was nothing really holding it in other than the carpet that finally gave out.

The car had a really nice grille however that I still own and putting on my car soon.

[303 Mopar]

The trunk floor in my '71 Challenger had an aluminum flashing material laid down with undercoating over it.  I paid for a car inspection instead of going to see it in person.  The report stated it was a "solid car with only minor rust on the quarter panels."

[VegasCharger]

The trunk floor in my '71 Challenger had an aluminum flashing material laid down with undercoating over it.  I paid for a car inspection instead of going to see it in person.  The report stated it was a "solid car with only minor rust on the quarter panels."

WOW! You need to red flag that inspection service. Lazy MF'ers sounds like it. Probably didn't even get down on their hands & knees to inspect the under carriage. Or put the car on a lift. Probably just did a walk around with their stupid clipboard.

[JR]

I heard there was a guy on here that (decades ago) converted a 69 to four speed using mostly cannibalized truck parts from the pedals, linkages and all. Apparently he posted a picture of his slightly "custom fitted" truck frame bracket that holds the outer Z-bar ball and it was the source of much consternation and hilarity.

That sounds just like one of the General Lees that live down the road from me. One is pieced together with a 360 engine and a 3 speed tranny setup cobbled together from various trucks and vans. The auto car isnt much better off.

Im not saying all general lees are held together with duct tape and pop rivets, just 3 of the 4 that reside close to me.

No offense to the GL guys here.

[Baldwinvette77]

This old shop sign in my 68 covered in fiberglass 

although i was fully aware of it before i bought it.

[Kern Dog]

Where is that 69 or 69 Charger with the road sign riveted to the fender to hide the rust through? Red car... stock-ish wheels...

[XS29LA47V21]

On 69 Charger I had about 15 yrs ago had aluminum sheet metal riveted to the lower rear valance which with dis-similar metals and volumes of bondo did not hold up well.

A friends factory black 57-2 door 210 in my yard this week for temp storage... not that bad an old driving car he hopes to sell had some HVAC aluminum tape under thin bondo then painted.....  that is just straight trying to hide something...

[70 sublime]

I had this old 70

Trunk floor was just covered over top of what was left of the original floor with flat steel
They had welded 2X2 tubing in for frame connectors and used the same floor in the main cabin part of the car ( they seemed to think it was necessary to mold the floor down around the new connector)

Just a little bondo in the car also    

Car had been many colours started out orange then blue think there was a red next then sublime green then pink

[Derwud]

Are we talking my fixes when I was poor in the 80's, or the fixes that were done to the car by the P.O. in the 70's? Or the shit I am doing now?

[Kern Dog]

I've done some mediocre work on some cars. I'll admit it. I've used Bondo thicker than 1/8". I've used "off brand" oil filters, tune up parts and such. Sometimes I've used regular 87 octane gas as well.

[sccachallenger]

Remember seeing an AAR Cuda back in the '80s.
Could see sheet metal screw in the doorjamb and wheel opening on one side?
I guess a new 1/4 panel was installed, looked fine with the door closed

[Derwud]

My car was in an accident some time between 1970 and 1979, Right rear qtr was replaced POORLY and Bondo'd like a mad man..
My brother and I hacked a 69 Charger harness into the car after an engine compartment fire caused a melt down.
Used one of those Cool Glass fuel filter, well it broke and Woosh went my car..
Used a non factory Bungee cord for my battery, worked fine..