Finally got my 68 charger

[CRW-FK5]

Great thread, man.  And nice job.  Looking forward to seeing you progress.

[lukedukem]

Cool build. So this car is done? And your just taking us through the resto.

Luke

[qwick68]

Very
Cool

[68 charger freak]

Cool build. So this car is done? And your just taking us through the resto.

Luke

No unfortunately the car isn't finished yet

[68 charger freak]

then it sat for 4 years... until the spring of 2016 when I started to refine the door panel design. I then went to my buddy who owns a graphic design company,  we uploaded the designs to his computerized  router. 3 sheets of 1 " mdf later I had the 56 pieces that would make up the door Panel moulds .I then glued all the parts together to make 4 door panels

[hemi-hampton]

How are the gaps & fit of the new AMD Metal? Good or not so good? LEON.

[68 charger freak]

How are the gaps & fit of the new AMD Metal? Good or not so good? LEON.

The driver quarter had lots of stamping imperfections, wavy body lines and poor fitment along the rocker pinch weld. I Had to add 1/4 " of metal to the quarter to close the gap between the pinch welded and the quarter flange. also the contour of the new quarter was not the same as the original door. to fix the problem I had to use a shrinking and stretching tool along the door jam flange. Another problem with the quarter is with the door closed and flush with the quarter, The inner edge of quarter (along the side glass) is short of the door edge .I think this is going to cause the belt moulding to be misaligned

Passenger quarter has the same stamping imperfections and wavy body lines, but the main problem was the rear window flange. it was 3/8" to short to meet up with the pinch weld flange this was fixed by adding metal to the sail panel  

Passenger door, other then the door being slightly longer causing the gaps to be tighter, and the door scallops being longer then original, other then that they're great reproductions (so far)

The fender are also nice pieces  ,but will require some touching up to Match the gap at the top meeting the door

[keepat]

Very cool build! Awesome door panels!
Pat

[funknut]

Can't wait to see the door panels!  Please post pics of the process, if you have them.

[hemi-hampton]

How are the gaps & fit of the new AMD Metal? Good or not so good? LEON.

The driver quarter had lots of stamping imperfections, wavy body lines and poor fitment along the rocker pinch weld. I Had to add 1/4 " of metal to the quarter to close the gap between the pinch welded and the quarter flange. also the contour of the new quarter was not the same as the original door. to fix the problem I had to use a shrinking and stretching tool along the door jam flange. Another problem with the quarter is with the door closed and flush with the quarter, The inner edge of quarter (along the side glass) is short of the door edge .I think this is going to cause the belt moulding to be misaligned

Passenger quarter has the same stamping imperfections and wavy body lines, but the main problem was the rear window flange. it was 3/8" to short to meet up with the pinch weld flange this was fixed by adding metal to the sail panel  

Passenger door, other then the door being slightly longer causing the gaps to be tighter, and the door scallops being longer then original, other then that they're great reproductions (so far)

The fender are also nice pieces  ,but will require some touching up to Match the gap at the top meeting the door

OK, THANKS. LEON.

[6spd68]

Awesome job so far!  We'll have to go cruising once both our cars are done  ...  I messaged you re: the old dash pieces, and I'd probably take any other good interior pieces you don't need if the price is right 

[greenpigs]

Good stuff

[moparnation74]

Man you don't play around.....Great work!