Don's 69 Charger Rust Belt restoration

[oldgold69]

sorry for yours and your son and his wives loss  its hard for you to understand why  but just be there for your son and his wife  you and your family will be in my prayers   jim

[djcarguy]

So very sorry to hear of your family's big loss.sure a cute little angel girl .What Jim said above keep a good eye on all your family,son an wife have a lot to work thru.Seems couples that lose a child greive an deal with it at different times an heal at diff rate. Do they have other kids?

        All our hearts an prayers are with you all.God bless an keep you all .  david  DJ on here 

[Bronzedodge]

Sorry for your and your family's loss, Don.

[tan top]

 oh no ! sorry to hear this

[kent]

I'm so sorry for your families loss Don.

[VegasCharger]

OMG Don so sad. 

You take all the time you need for healing. Keep being there for your son & daughter-in-law.

Eventually you find your way back to your passion. And if your emotions get in the way, throw the tools down and go back to more healing.

My prayers go out to you, your son, your daughter-in-law and family.

Your grand daughter is an Angel 

[chargermick]

So sorry for your loss. What a beautiful little girl! You and your family will be in our prayers.

[Pat1973charger]

Oh wow, so very sorry to hear this. I can't imagine what your going through let alone your son and his wife. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Take the time needed to heal and help your son and his wife heal from this. As you once told me, family is the most important thing, these cars will be waiting for us when we're ready for them. Stay strong Don!

[mopar4don]

I would like to thank each and every one who expressed there sympathy and for your thoughts and prayers. It means a lot!

My family and I are doing well.
Don

[birdsandbees]

Thank you for checking in Don! Losing children isn't how life is supposed to work. It can be a dark road to go down for some. me included. Get back on that car!! 

[mopar4don]

Thank you for checking in Don! Losing children isn't how life is supposed to work. It can be a dark road to go down for some. me included. Get back on that car!! 

Thanks Wayne, I do know what you mean about that dark road, those 1st few weeks were not good!

And yes, I am back on the car, updates to come

[mopar4don]

Time to update this thread.
I got the foot wells and rear seat pan in

[mopar4don]

At this point, next would be the trunk floor, but before I welded it in I needed to find out why I had to put so much pressure on the rear of the quarter to pull it up to get it to align to the rear body panels.

What I found was the outer tub at the wheel arch lip was interfering and holding the back of the quarter from pulling up and aligning properly.
So because the wheel wells were already welded in, I decided to slice the outer lip off.

[mopar4don]

Once I was satisfied that the quarter would fit I prepped the trunk pan

[mopar4don]

and welded it in

[mopar4don]

then I ground the welds down and sprayed etch primer

[mopar4don]

Then I welded the inner wells to the floor

[mopar4don]

And welded in the spare tire brackets

[mopar4don]

My grandson and puppy approve!

[hemi-hampton]

I noticed in the past that it seems the aftermarket B Body rear wheel wells were all the same & one size fits all. Problem is not all quarter panels are the same so not all quarter panels will fit with out modifications. Considering all the welding your doing on this massive project I think a huge full size Industrial Spot Welder would be Perfect for your job & make the job much easier. I have one at work & had to use it on the Brand New zero miles Chrysler Cars I repaired that got Damaged in Transit before Delivery from Factory. From my experience this would of helped you greatly. So far good work, can't wait to see it done. LEON.

[mopar4don]

I noticed in the past that it seems the aftermarket B Body rear wheel wells were all the same & one size fits all. Problem is not all quarter panels are the same so not all quarter panels will fit with out modifications. Considering all the welding your doing on this massive project I think a huge full size Industrial Spot Welder would be Perfect for your job & make the job much easier. I have one at work & had to use it on the Brand New zero miles Chrysler Cars I repaired that got Damaged in Transit before Delivery from Factory. From my experience this would of helped you greatly. So far good work, can't wait to see it done. LEON.

Leon,
I looked at some of the cheaper spot welders but in the end just could not justify it. (I am not rich)
And If I had to do it over I would NOT have welded the wheel wells in! I should have put them in with screws untill all the body panels were fit!
O well, live and learn!

[hemi-hampton]

I know they are expensive, I wonder if you could buy a used one like ours cheap. if I ever quit where I'm at I'd like to buy theirs when I leave. I screw all my parts together before I weld. your doing so much of the car that you'd really have to screw the whole entire car together, not sure that's possible in your case. Anyways, good work so far LEON.

[mopar4don]

what do you have or use? (gonna make a mental note)

[Bronzedodge]

I can mention this - the Horrible Freight model would likely hit the frame rail, doing the welds in that one pic.  I bought one lightly used.  Haven't used it much - it is not tolerant of anything other than bare clean metal though.

What is the red spray - weld through primer?

[hemi-hampton]

what do you have or use? (gonna make a mental note)

I'll take a look & maybe a Picture Tomorrow when I'm at Work. LEON.