FC7 R/T SE

[RusTy/SE]

  Oh yeah, they're also repainting an Olds Omega among other things

[RusTy/SE]

  I went to the shop today to retrieve my data tag; they had pressure washed the engine bay so i took advantage an clicked these pics. The body had been painted in a bluish purple thick jel-coat with some glitter mixed in for good measure; the front wheel wells and inside the hood scoops were painted white at one time. Anyone remember this ummm...distinctive looking Challenger running around Woodward Avenue back in the 70's - 80's? I took another few shots of the front as well as on top of the cowl to try and show how the black was applied - at least on this particular car. Luckily nothing but surface oxidation behind the battery tray, phew
 
 

[RusTy/SE]

 

[RusTy/SE]

 

[71bigblock]

That rot makes me cringe.  I've seen too much of it on my truck.   

Otherwise it looks real solid!   

[RusTy/SE]

  Luckily nothing but surface oxidation behind the battery tray, phew
 
 

That rot makes me cringe.  I've seen too much of it on my truck.   

Otherwise it looks real solid!   

I promise for the duration of this Challenger's rebuild not to tempt Mr. Murphy as he has now thrown in this hilariously placed area of advanced surface oxidation to deal with   On the plus side it's now a spinning Challenger; here are some ugly shots of the bottom. Reminds me of Frankenstein in some spots

All pics now restored

[RusTy/SE]

 

The torque boxes are not pretty either...seriuosly, are Saf-T-Caps in order here??  I have no problem instructing the shop to order them but as my car will be 99% a driver when does 'better safe than sorry cross over into 'overkill' for a driver As always all opines welcome

[Chlngrcrzy]

Wow, lots of progress.

[Topcat]

Progress is looking great Russ. Keep us posted on it.   
Are you sending out to media blast?
Keep Mr. Murphy out of your mind and he'll go away?

[RusTy/SE]

Progress is looking great Russ. Keep us posted on it.   
Are you sending out to media blast?
Keep Mr. Murphy out of your mind and he'll go away?

Funny you should ask, going to the media blaster is, in fact, the next big move   

[RusTy/SE]

I picked up a 4738S Carter dated H9 (August 1969). A bit early for the scheduled production date of 109(70) but still...

 

[hezzel]

I like the work you have done so far ,keep the pics coming

[RusTy/SE]

Thanks hezzel. Here's several pics as motor assembly began. The pic of the piston/rod assembly shows a couple of pieces of flexible fuel hose to keep the rod bolts from accidentally nicking the crank when being inserted

 

Russ

[KZ]

ok, I am going to show my ignorance, and please, do NOT rip me a new a**hole with your answers to my inquiry. I'm only asking because if I can be so fortunate in the future, then I will have my 70 RT/SE 440-6 completely restored. It seems to me if a person is going to media blast/acid dip their car that that should be the first step so that you could see all bare metal. Following the blasting/dipping, THEN weld on your new donor metal. That way you could eliminate alot of rust scraping, old paint and primer removal, etc. and maybe alot of extra work.

[RusTy/SE]

No problem KZ. Every shop has it's own order of doing things, the shop doing my car just happened to do it in the media-blast-last order. If i'm fortunate enough to have another Mopar, I will do much, much more of the disassembling personally. It's a learning process full of much unanticipated drama  but i have no regrets. Once the car is in my driveway i'll post businesses, contacts, friends etc. that have contributed to the end product