interesting pictures , & stuff ! -*** UPDATE *** 25 th september 2024

[Kern Dog]

Look at the perfect hood to fender alignment on the Challenger...stuff we obsess about nowadays wasn't perfect when these cars were new!

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Look at the perfect hood to fender alignment on the Challenger...stuff we obsess about nowadays wasn't perfect when these cars were new!


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yeah your right KD    poor panel alignment back in the day, 

my charger had never been in a front end wreck & had  all its original assembly line  fitted  panels, & the gaps alignment was crap , when i first got my charger in 89 , i was still a mechanic at the time , knew the gaps were not same  but not bad imo no biggie so i thought at the time !, was not till i changed  jobs & become a paint &  body guy , how wrong i was anything less than perfect or as good as you can get it  . it drives ya nutts when you see panels out of alignment after being in body & paint for 20+ years (not now) & painting about 28 cars a week out of two spray booths every other week one  or 2 weeks paint other week in the panel body / metal shop getting covered in metal grinding  dust mig splatters & filler dust    , talk about OCD i no longer look at  what the car is at a show or driving down the street... my eyes are drawn to panel fit / alignment,  can i see any body filler & any panels off color  ie  angle lighter or darker if been painted off the car or patchy for metallic paint etc etc . turns ya crazy  forget what car i'm looking at its the  quality of the  paint & body i see first.  i'm nuts i know , especially if its supposedly had a 100 grand resto  & up forsale for some stupid price               

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[Kern Dog]

Look at how much THINNER that everyone was back then!

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Look at how much THINNER that everyone was back then!

yes ive noticed that too , out side of medical problems & or genetics , may be its down to people pre 80s were more active in their jobs / recreation etc along come computers sitting down & fast food  & or all the additives that are used in food production could be the problem or just natural human progression evolution for some folks 


       

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  last picture , the Dave Schenk Dodge dealership , the back in the day picture of the blue 68 in charger struff thread has the licence plate frame from this dealer




       

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[Old Moparz]

 

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good picture thanks for sharing   

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[Old Moparz]

good picture thanks for sharing   

It was something on a facebook group based on the 1970's.

[Kern Dog]

Facebook wasn't around in the 70s, man.....

 

[Old Moparz]

Facebook wasn't around in the 70s, man.....

 

Let me help you to understand....

[Kern Dog]

I made a joke. To me it was obvious.   

[Old Moparz]

I made a joke. To me it was obvious.   

I wasn't sure since some folks prove to me otherwise on a daily basis. 

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guess we  all know about  cha cha Muldowney   heard the storys & seen the film also there are a few other stories of her on youtube  , thought  this recent one was good & flim / photo footage ive never seen before

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COCQGlnHck0

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   i know first picture is a ford  , but thought it was a good one none the less