1970 Challenger SE

[BAM]

the greatest thing would be to have AMD expanding their business in Europe also. for us, it gets even more expensive to buy body panels if they are stamping them somewhere in Asia, ship them over to USA, pay import taxes, send to Europe, pay import taxes, etc.

anyway, as soon as the roof skin arrives, i will get the car sandblasted and ready for the bodyshop. will see then how everything will fit.

my only concern about all this is that the roof skin was repackaged because the package from AMD  was damaged as per Ed at themoparshop.com. so, i really hope it will actually be a real AMD skin

[BAM]

And finally, a roof skin arrived. I don`t think it`s an AMD but at this point, anything is good. I hope it will fit well because otherwise, i have a 1700$ piece of metal...

[anlauto]

It's from Dynacorn, the company that makes the complete shells. You shouldn't have any problems

[mopardave]

you will be able to tell by the label on the part.

[BAM]

thanks guys, i opened the box slightly and seen an AMD sticker on the skin so i`m guessing it`s an AMD after all...

will see when the time will come to install it.

For the moment, i will send the car out to the body shop without sandblasting the whole thing. The plan is to get whatever i have installed, so i can clear up some space in my tiny shed and the, start getting the rear parts.

Now, I want to get on it the roof, together with the 3 new roof braces i have, the upper cowl section that is rotten out completely, the rotten section of the rear floor and other smaller stuff. At a later stage, i will get the car sandblasted com a rotisserie, see what else needs to be repaired or replaced and order everything altogether. I was hoping to get the body work done by the end of this year but it`s not possible due to budget issues.

I`m hoping that body wise, only the trunk floor and maybe extensions will still have to be acquired for finishing the body work but with this rust bucket...you never know.

I`m having the engine and transmission on the way due to the kindness of a fellow mopar enthusiast here on the forum and this will be completely overhauled during this winter as a home project.

All this said...I hope to see some work done on my car so it will motivate me to keep going

[YellowThumper]

Seeing things finally going on instead of coming off is a big motivator.
Thanks for posting.

[BAM]

So, finally i had the people from the body shop coming over to see the car again and the parts i got. They are ready to start working on the car as soon as i get it sandblasted AND get the below piece (both sides). I`m 99% sure i cannot buy a new repair panel and i don`t really want to spend $2000 on getting new quarter panels in order to cut this little piece from it.

So, if someone is changing their quarters or changed them and planing to throw the old ones, please do a nice thing for me

[Challenger in NC]

So, finally i had the people from the body shop coming over to see the car again and the parts i got. They are ready to start working on the car as soon as i get it sandblasted AND get the below piece (both sides). I`m 99% sure i cannot buy a new repair panel and i don`t really want to spend $2000 on getting new quarter panels in order to cut this little piece from it.

So, if someone is changing their quarters or changed them and planing to throw the old ones, please do a nice thing for me

Are you sure the rest of your quarter panes are in good shape? Not only did I have a partially rotted rear window channel, but the bottom portion that meets up with the drop off was filled with bondo and I could sight down the side and see the main body line curved slightly inward. I ended up replacing the quarters on my car. If you have not had them stripped yet, just know that there could be more issues than just the sail panel, but hopefully they are still basically solid on your car.

[BAM]

Are you sure the rest of your quarter panes are in good shape? Not only did I have a partially rotted rear window channel, but the bottom portion that meets up with the drop off was filled with bondo and I could sight down the side and see the main body line curved slightly inward. I ended up replacing the quarters on my car. If you have not had them stripped yet, just know that there could be more issues than just the sail panel, but hopefully they are still basically solid on your car.

i will not actually do anything with the back of the car for the moment. I need this piece in order to have a clue where the roof should go. I really need this piece to be in good condition because if the quarters will need more patches (lower part for example) i will get get the patches or the whole lower part of the panels.

The biggest problems are the shipping and import taxes in here because otherwise i would have bought all the body panels including fenders and bonnet. I need to have in mind that this car will not worth too much when it will be ready and i don`t want to do a really really bad investment. The quarters alone would set me back approx. 2k USD which is ridiculous considering that the shipping and taxes are more than the actual panels. Just to point out an example, i got the roof skin for about 600USD and i paid another 1100EUR in shipping and tax...that`s more than double the purchase price

[brads70]

Wow I thought we had it bad here in Canada .......

[BAM]

And it`s finally here after a very long struggle with the custom clearance...

Thank you Dough!

[YellowThumper]

Very good for you.

Definately some serious dedication with what you have to deal with.

[BAM]

Well, toys have to be taken care of. Now, I will have to put away the whole project for a while and I would like to know how it`s the best way to store the engine. Should I fill it up with oil considering that it`s drained completely or just a bit of oil into the spark plug holes?

Also, should i put a battery on it and try to turn it over?

[BAM]

OK, so I`m getting ready to restart my build. I already started working on some of the existing parts such as bumper brackets and stuff like that. Also, I decided that I will try to do most of the metal work under the direct supervision of a qualified person I want to do this for my own satisfaction (and to brag about it later to my friends )
 Will get back with some photos as soon as i have any significant progress

STILL LOOKING FOR those quarter panel patches if anyone can help

Also, can someone tell me if this piece is supposed to be here? I`m thinking that it`s a later addition:

[1 Wild R/T]

you need to take that photo again with a light somewhere in the building..