opinions on this 73 rustorama with some good metal somewhere and good title

[justonemorething]

okay. so i have this 73 super mega rusty shell. theres definately some good inner structure there but so much rust and rot. give me some ideas and pricing if you could. should i part the good structure out? sell the tail panel? sell it as is for $how much$. any ideas are welcomed. it has a good title for what thats worth. thanks everyone.

[jimynick]

I don't want to rain on your parade, but there's virtually nothing usable on that poor old girl. The frame rails are rotted, the cowl has been hacked and the inner aprons already crudely repaired. None of the external sheet metal is in good shape with the possible exception of the lower trunk panel and you'd likely want to look at that hard, too. Almost every piece of sheet metal for this car is re-popped and the cost of cutting something out of this car and shipping/repairing/trimming/installing it would vastly exceed the cost of the a/m part which is new and in perfect shape. This is all just my  and who knows, maybe someone out there can see something they need. Good luck

[justonemorething]

its all good. no parade to rain on. i'm just trying to find something to do with this thing besides the scrap yard.

[turbostang7]

It would make some cool yard art!

[brads70]

If the vapor separator is still good , member Katfish is looking for one?
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=117528.msg1153080#new

[70chall440]

one idea is to cut up anything not completely rusted out and offer them as patch panels.

[soundcontrol]

If you wanna sell some parts, I might be interested in the L-R quarter window crank mechanisms, the parking brake pedal assembly, the inside trim that hold the headliner (if you have both sides), sunvisors (I see one?) and the DODGE letters in the back.

[BIGSHCLUNK]

Those are really the only "parts" to offer. The rest is shredder food.

[GoodysGotaCuda]

Anything that unbolts easily may be worth trying to sell, everything else is not worth your time. Scrap.

[anlauto]

Wasn't there a guy looking for the upper top of the quarter B pillar pieces ?

[AARTA340]

Wasn't there a guy looking for the upper top of the quarter B pillar pieces ?

You are right Alan, Bam was looking for them. I have one and we did some checking on shipping, and it was astronomical!! Like $3-4 Hundred, shipped to cypress. Did some more checking on the shipping, and getting the part trimmed down to fit in a USPS large flat rate is still $100. Just crazy.

I do see some parts that should be salvaged. In particular, any parts that AMD does not supply and the two diagonal package shelf braces along with the inner rear quarter panels. The roof frames under the skin are sometimes needed as well.The D O D G E letters are always in demand. There are many parts I have not mentioned, just having the space and time to do it is always a factor. Hope this helps. 

[RCCDrew]

Rat Rod!!
Reminds me of this.

[70chall440]

Rat Rod!!

about the same shape as that Challenger on Road Kill .... LOL

[jimynick]

You're lucky you can get away with putting a car like that on the road. Here, in the Peoples Republic of Ontario, the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) would take one, maybe half, a look at that thing and pull it off the road along with it's plates. AND lay enough charges that you'd be working for the next month or two to pay the fines! Ain't it great? NOT 

[1 Wild R/T]

You're lucky you can get away with putting a car like that on the road. Here, in the Peoples Republic of Ontario, the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) would take one, maybe half, a look at that thing and pull it off the road along with it's plates. AND lay enough charges that you'd be working for the next month or two to pay the fines! Ain't it great? NOT 

Somewhere in the middle lies the truth... I've seen enough of that sort of junk & honestly it shouldn't be on the road....  Some are well engineered & made to look like a rat, many are poorly cobbled together & are a danger even as a fairgrounds cruiser which honestly is the only place where allot of them get driven....