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    Offline Ifixmycarmyself

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    70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « on: February 22, 2015 - 04:58:41 PM »
    Recently bought this car. It's been in garage since end of 80's. It was rusted, repaired, crashed, repaired and rusted again. Some of the repairs were quite bad.... but no hard feelings. More work, more fun!
    Made some small videos while working on the car and uploaded to a youtubechannel.


    www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfRPjCmdQr4


    Here are some photos of a rusted and crashed wheelhouse and the repairs i had to do.

    A new wheelhouse edge is formed to fit the new panel.



    Welding and grinding and then welding some more and then.....

    The weld inside the wheelhouse is of course grinder too.


    The white stuff is not bondo but seam sealer applied after zinc primer.
    « Last Edit: December 27, 2015 - 12:38:17 PM by Ifixmycarmyself »
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    Offline 'Cuda Hunter

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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #1 on: February 22, 2015 - 05:36:43 PM »
    That's awesome!  Great lookin work!

    Keep us posted on the progress!  :2thumbs:
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    Offline Ifixmycarmyself

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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #2 on: February 22, 2015 - 06:00:22 PM »
    This is what the wheel house and inner structure looked like also on left side but I did not take any pictures at that point. This is before I started with the hammer and dolly, bigger hammer and so on. Crazy stuff or what?
    « Last Edit: February 24, 2015 - 05:05:33 PM by Ifixmycarmyself »
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    Offline jimynick

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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #3 on: February 22, 2015 - 10:18:07 PM »
    That's just plain fugly! Guys who did/do that kind of work give the whole trade a bad name. Just curious, why not just use a replacement outer wheel house rather than spend 2-3 days patching the old one? You're doing a hell of a job, but it sure looks time intensive. Just my  :2cents:
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    Offline Ifixmycarmyself

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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #4 on: February 23, 2015 - 05:56:36 PM »
    Quote from: jimynick on February 22, 2015 - 10:18:07 PM
    That's just plain fugly! Guys who did/do that kind of work give the whole trade a bad name. Just curious, why not just use a replacement outer wheel house rather than spend 2-3 days patching the old one? You're doing a hell of a job, but it sure looks time intensive. Just my  :2cents:
    Completely agree on that! The only excuse for these crimes can be that the repairs were done in beginning of 80's.
    The dark ages when the cars were not yet collectibles and their pure survival could depend on an 18 year old guy with very limited budget but still enthusiastic about getting the dream car back on the road. Perhaps I too are guilty of some bad bodywork back then  :-\ Different times...
    And yes, very time intensive....
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    Offline Ifixmycarmyself

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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #5 on: February 25, 2015 - 04:19:39 AM »
    A rusted and previousely repaired trunk extension must be replaced. So I made a new one. Had to make some Tools also.








    Test fitting the extension on the new 1/4 panel.

    Final result after a weld trough zinc primer on edges to be welded and a regular zinc primer on the rest, but i run out of primer and need to apply some more... by the way, I didn't forget the ventilation hole but they don't seem to work that well. perhaps a water drain hole is better...
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    Offline moprr

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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #6 on: February 25, 2015 - 08:46:03 AM »
    Nice work
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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #7 on: February 25, 2015 - 10:09:05 AM »
    You my friend are quite the metal worker!  :thumbsup:
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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #8 on: February 25, 2015 - 12:44:11 PM »
    Thanks for kind comments. Here is a youtube video on how I fabricated the extension.

    Anders

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bj1w_aNawQ#
    « Last Edit: February 26, 2015 - 08:45:24 PM by Ifixmycarmyself »
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    Offline renegade0131

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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #9 on: February 25, 2015 - 07:17:50 PM »
    Nice job Anders. I like that you are getting your boys involved in the project.
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    Offline Ifixmycarmyself

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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #10 on: February 26, 2015 - 04:24:53 AM »
    Quote from: renegade0131 on February 25, 2015 - 07:17:50 PM
    Nice job Anders. I like that you are getting your boys involved in the project.
    Thanks! Yes It's a family project and it's fun to drag them away from computers for an our or two. They are 13 years old and it was a tough job for them to remove the right 1/4 panel from the car in the last video. I'm making a new video of them stripping front fenders from paint  :)
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    Offline daaboots

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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #11 on: February 26, 2015 - 01:09:31 PM »
    Your metal working skills are amazing!

    For the embedded video, you need to remove the http:// and then past the link, like this.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfRPjCmdQr4
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    Offline Ifixmycarmyself

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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #12 on: February 26, 2015 - 08:51:56 PM »
    Quote from: daaboots on February 26, 2015 - 01:09:31 PM
    Your metal working skills are amazing!

    For the embedded video, you need to remove the http:// and then past the link, like this.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfRPjCmdQr4


    Thanks for kind words and thanks for helping me out with the embedded video, just couldn't get it right. Thanks again!
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    Offline Swedee

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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #13 on: February 27, 2015 - 03:27:45 AM »
    Now i know where to go if I need some metal work help! Borlänge! :)


    Check out my Challenger blog at http://blog.familjenjonsson.org/my72challenger/
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    Check out my blog at www.my72challenger.com

    Offline Ifixmycarmyself

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    Re: 70 base car with 383 four speed with some tail problem
    « Reply #14 on: March 15, 2015 - 07:42:43 PM »
    Quote from: Swedee on February 27, 2015 - 03:27:45 AM
    Now i know where to go if I need some metal work help! Borlänge! :)


    Check out my Challenger blog at http://blog.familjenjonsson.org/my72challenger/


    Yes you're welcome, and I know where to go with my cracked up dashboard :) nice job you're doing with that!
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