1970 Cuda convertible

[CudamanTom]

I got pictures set up on photo bucket but my tablet won't let me send them here .

That's strange. You should be able to click in the "IMG" field to copy the Photobucket pic and simply paste in the thread here.
That's how I do it. Copy and paste IMG link.

[70cudageorge]

Hi guys, I need to get my car shipped from Chatham Ontario to fort McMurray Alberta. The car does not run right now. Any good careful shippers out there?

[AARuFAST]

No help on shipping.  Or maybe FedEX transport.
U will enjoy the ragtop when it is completed.

[CudamanTom]

Hi guys, I need to get my car shipped from Chatham Ontario to fort McMurray Alberta. The car does not run right now. Any good careful shippers out there?

I used Domestic Auto Transport for my cuda convert in 2013. It didn't run at the time of shipping either.
I also used them in 2011 for my cuda hardtop, again... not running.
Both times I had great results. 
I will refer them and use them anytime in the future. 
Very compatible quotes, excellent tracking and customer service.   
Here is their web site: www.domesticautotransport.com

Hope that helps and good luck.
Tom

[70cudageorge]

A little up date, after three no shows with the shippers, finally got the car and the engine shipped. Finally got to see the car in person. The car on the outside looks not bad, a few scratches here and there, but the inside of the car needs to be sand blasted and primed. The car is undecorated which probably saved the car, I looked from underneath while the car was on the transport truck, only a few spots on the lower quarters. The inside is gutted and in pieces,  The car looks solid. I got some questions on media or sand blasting, Can sand blasting remove too much metal? The seats don't look like 70 seats , maybe 73? Can I re foam  73 seats to 70 's look? Also want leather . Who makes them? Also who rebuilds six pack carburetors?  Thanks for the help. I will post some pictures soon. Thanks George

[70cudageorge]

Sorry no fender tag , the seats don't look original so probably no build sheet either.     

[Topcat]

Also who rebuilds six pack carburetors?  Thanks George

Send the carbs out to www.harmsauto.com

You will be thankful that's where they were restored.

[CudamanTom]

The seats don't look like 70 seats , maybe 73? Can I re foam  73 seats to 70 's look? Also want leather . Who makes them? Also who rebuilds six pack carburetors?  Thanks for the help. I will post some pictures soon. Thanks George

I used Legendary Auto for my seat covers and love it. They have leather as well. They have or can make any style you need. They also sell the foam so you might ask them about the difference in 70 and 73.
Check out their website. Lots of info there.

http://www.legendaryautointeriors.com/

They currently have a sale going on too.

[70cudageorge]

Thanks Tom for all your help. Nice to have good advice .I'll defiantly check them out. George

[Chryco Psycho]

Welcome , I was working in Ft Mc just before I moved down here !
70 / 71 seats have full plastic back panels , the later seats do not so you would need different seat frame to fit the plastic panels that a 70 came with , Legendary is the soruce for new cover for the seats .
everything has a +/- you can sand blast but it is hard on the steel but will take care of the rust , you can soda blast but you need to get the car 100% clean after , or you can plasti blast , this is the least harmful , it will remove all the paint & will not warp panels  but will not touch rust . in every case removing all the media is fun .
 I would use an epoxy primer so nothing penetrates through .

[70cudageorge]

Thanks for the info on the different options on sand, plasti ,and soda blasting. I met a guy just the other day up here who has a 1970 challenger . The car is brown and he has had it since 1973. The car looks great , he smiled and said it has a 451 stroker in it. Another guy up here has a 1971 cuda hard top, I haven't seen that one yet, my co worker neighbor owns that one. Where are you living now?

[70cudageorge]

A little update. My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of fort Mc Murray to those who lost their homes, and to the deputy fire chief who lost his daughter in a highway accident leaving fort Mac. A lot of nice people all across Alberta opened up their homes to help out a lot of people in need. A big thank you . The evacuation left no time to make arrangements to get my dismantled convertible out of the garage.Before I left all i could see through the trees was a wall of red. I have been feeling ill for days not knowing if it had burned. My co worker with a restricted pass went to check out the company house. He called me on the way there, saying that the hill and forest was badly burnt. But would call me when he got to the house.  I just found out that the house and garage survived and feel very fortunate. I feel bad worrying about my car when people have lost their homes. I managed to see a vitamin C cuda on a trailer on the highway, also know of another 70 black 383 cuda that got evacuated in a enclosed trailer but he owners house burned down. I would also like to say thank you to all of the police who evacuated the city, all of the firefighters fighting the blaze and volunteers. George

[1 Wild R/T]

I've kept the people affected by the fire in my thoughts but this brings it allot closer, glad your home & Cuda survived, sorry to hear of those that didn'