Newbie from Australia

[emanuel]

Hi, I am new to this site, My name is Emanuel, and I live in Darwin Australia. I recently imported a 68 charger from California which had been resprayed and was basicly a rolling shell. I am planning on doing  full rotisserie resto. As this is the first American car i am restoring, i was just after some information. The car is completly stripped and siting on jack stands and needs some rust repairs (rear valance,rear crossmember,trunk gutters,deck filler,outer wheel arches, lower quarters and front floor pan). Would be interested in opinions about which part to tackle first and in which order would be the easiest. Also where would be the best place to support the body from as i have read that the body can sag when doing these repairs. Any info would be greatly appreciated

[elacruze]

Welcome, you're definitely in the right place!

Here's about a jillion hours of reading;

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,44041.100.html

Plus my resto thread which is mostly photos, may give you some idea how to mount and brace;

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,66411.msg744819.html#msg744819

There are quite a few Australian members in here somewhere.

[NorwayCharger]

Do you come from a land down under? 
Welcome to the board, greatings from the land up north...

[Aussiemadonmopars]

Hi, I am new to this site, My name is Emanuel, and I live in Darwin Australia. I recently imported a 68 charger from California which had been resprayed and was basicly a rolling shell. I am planning on doing  full rotisserie resto. As this is the first American car i am restoring, i was just after some information. The car is completly stripped and siting on jack stands and needs some rust repairs (rear valance,rear crossmember,trunk gutters,deck filler,outer wheel arches, lower quarters and front floor pan). Would be interested in opinions about which part to tackle first and in which order would be the easiest. Also where would be the best place to support the body from as i have read that the body can sag when doing these repairs. Any info would be greatly appreciated

Hey Man, I'm in Perth. Welcome to the forum. Heaps of other crew from all over Auz here, you'll love it. Heaps and heaps of info and usually plenty of help on most problems you'll find with your ride. I recommend using the search feature first before posting a thread because the problem may have been covered a zillion times already. Good luck with it, post some progress pics, sing out if ya get stuck and we'll hope to hear from ya again soon.
Regards,
Philbo in Perth.

[tan top]

hello & welcome     any pictures 

[TexasStroker]

AMD would be my choice for the replacement panels:

www.autometaldirect.com

Oh, and welcome aboard!

[charger Downunder]

Welcome you have come to the right place.

[71 Bee Man]

Hi, I am new to this site, My name is Emanuel, and I live in Darwin Australia. I recently imported a 68 charger from California which had been resprayed and was basicly a rolling shell. I am planning on doing  full rotisserie resto. As this is the first American car i am restoring, i was just after some information. The car is completly stripped and siting on jack stands and needs some rust repairs (rear valance,rear crossmember,trunk gutters,deck filler,outer wheel arches, lower quarters and front floor pan). Would be interested in opinions about which part to tackle first and in which order would be the easiest. Also where would be the best place to support the body from as i have read that the body can sag when doing these repairs. Any info would be greatly appreciated

How's it goin' up there ?

Are you making the big trip to Albury this week ?

Peter
Sydney.NSW

[b5blue]

  Welcome!

[twodko]

Emanuel,

Welcome to the site! This place is mopar Nirvana!

Tom

[dodgey68]

Hey Man, I'm in Perth. Welcome to the forum. Heaps of other crew from all over Auz here, you'll love it. Heaps and heaps of info and usually plenty of help on most problems you'll find with your ride. I recommend using the search feature first before posting a thread because the problem may have been covered a zillion times already. Good luck with it, post some progress pics, sing out if ya get stuck and we'll hope to hear from ya again soon.
Regards,
Philbo in Perth.
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yer what he said
another charger fan/owner from Vic Aus

[4cruzin]

Welcome to the site . . great place here!   

[41husk]

Welcome! I recently sold my 68 to be headed down under soon.  Best of luck!

[chargerman67]

Just slap some vegemite in those trunk gutters that will take care of that problem 
jk... welcome to the site. best info on the internet right here. 

[chargergirl]

Pics??? or did I miss it? Welcome! Great group of people on here...some on here...quite a few are walkin, talkin, Mopar Encyclopedias...again...welcome home!