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Offline josh7965

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1973 pro touring challenger build
« on: May 04, 2016 - 12:25:46 PM »
hi, i am new to the forum. i figured i would share my project. in June of 2000. me and my dad bought a father son project on eBay. a 1973 challenger basket case. the rear quarters were gone. firewall was rotted. holes in the drivers floor. the car needed a lot of love. i had went to school for auto body and was working at a shop at the time. so we got to work sand blasting the whole car. installed new rear quarters and rear inner fenders. shaved the door handles. then life started to get in the way. i got married.we had a son. A few years later we got a divorce. then the custody battle..... the car sat and sat. so finally it was around 2010 the dust had settled. i had some money to start working on the car again just no time. i sent it to one of the shops i had worked at to have them finish the body work and get it in paint. that was a bigger mistake than my first wife. 7k later the wasn't ready for paint and the work that they did do was total crap. disgusted with the whole thing i almost traded it for a rockcrawler. i am glad that fell through and it has sparked my desire to finish the car. in Dec of 2015 i pulled it out of the shop and brought it home. since then i have replaced the firewall, inner fenders welded in a us body source inner fender braces. started sand blasting the car again. i have ordered a control freak front suspension kit with wilwood brakes.




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Re: 1973 pro touring challenger build
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2016 - 12:59:29 PM »
Inner fenders and braces are installed. Then more sandblasting.

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Re: 1973 pro touring challenger build
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2016 - 01:04:24 PM »
Control freak stuff came in.

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Re: 1973 pro touring challenger build
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2016 - 01:07:33 PM »
Filling some holes I won't be needing anymore.

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Re: 1973 pro touring challenger build
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2016 - 01:14:34 PM »
More sandblasting. And found a crack around a k frame bolt. Glad I found that now. And apparently they couldn't get that bolt off of the tranny mount.

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Re: 1973 pro touring challenger build
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2016 - 01:18:37 PM »
It's going to be a long 4 years. Good thing I have my jeep play with till this is done.

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Re: 1973 pro touring challenger build
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2016 - 01:46:26 PM »
The good and the bad on these projects is that they will wait as long as life needs.

Big undertaking there.

Good luck
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Re: 1973 pro touring challenger build
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2016 - 08:52:07 PM »
Great progress to date and nice work.  I know the feeling of wanting someone to jump start the project but shops just don't seem reliable.   I'm at the stage of final metal and preparation for paint but challenged with getting a shop nearby for an affordable price.  Keep at it.  You seem to have the good training and an awesome man's cave!

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Re: 1973 pro touring challenger build
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2016 - 11:29:02 PM »

The good and the bad on these projects is that they will wait as long as life needs.

Big undertaking there.

Good luck

I have learned all about that. if I can drive it in June of 2020 I will be happy. Cause I bought it in June of 2000. I wanna take her somewhere nice for our 20th lol

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Re: 1973 pro touring challenger build
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2016 - 11:39:58 PM »

Great progress to date and nice work.  I know the feeling of wanting someone to jump start the project but shops just don't seem reliable.   I'm at the stage of final metal and preparation for paint but challenged with getting a shop nearby for an affordable price.  Keep at it.  You seem to have the good training and an awesome man's cave!

Thanks I love my man cave sometimes I miss the pool table. But the challenger is nicer to look at. Good luck finding a shop. Good ones are out there. But they always have a long wait or high price. It sucks.

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Re: 1973 pro touring challenger build
« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2016 - 08:08:42 PM »
I have learned all about that. if I can drive it in June of 2020 I will be happy. Cause I bought it in June of 2000. I wanna take her somewhere nice for our 20th lol

Have had mime since 83 and it is still not done. Lol
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