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Offline Gravewatter

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1972 Challenger restoration
« on: July 14, 2013 - 12:53:01 AM »
Some photos of my Challenger. Traded my 55 Chevy for her in 2007 straight up. Traditionally I think I'm supposed to post pictures as the restoration happens, however y'all get to view start to finish all at once. I know, I know it kills the anticipation of the completion, but what can I say. I'm a buzzkill. Anyway, hopefully I do this right and some pictures appear on the inter web. Enjoy




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Re: 1972 Challenger restoration
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2013 - 12:55:51 AM »
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Re: 1972 Challenger restoration
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2013 - 01:01:37 AM »
And this is what the end product ended up being. Mostly finished today 7/13/13. And yes, I know the engine compartment is supposed to be body color. I had the engine and tranny out earlier this winter and at the time had no intentions of painting it. So fast forward to May of this year when I decided to patch quarters and paint the car. Didn't feel like yarding out the engine again. I figure when I blow it up I'll mask off the engine compartment and paint her EV2 like the rest of the car

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Re: 1972 Challenger restoration
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2013 - 01:12:15 AM »
That is some awesome paint!
Way better in ev2 than in the blue. 

Thanks for sharing all the pics!

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Re: 1972 Challenger restoration
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2013 - 04:10:05 AM »
nice!    :bigshades: :2thumbs:
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Re: 1972 Challenger restoration
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2013 - 06:56:24 AM »
It does look very nice :2thumbs:
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Re: 1972 Challenger restoration
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2013 - 08:49:44 AM »
What paint did you use in the tail light cavities?
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Re: 1972 Challenger restoration
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2013 - 10:51:41 AM »
What paint did you use in the tail light cavities?

I think it was some high temp cast aluminum VHT engine paint I had on the shelf. It actually ended up looking really close to original argent silver color. Well I should say, close enough for me.