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    Offline 74 340 4speed

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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #30 on: January 01, 2008 - 08:52:12 PM »
    Nice looking cars!!!  Be sure to post pictures of your progess.  Your the man.  You have a superbird and a daytona.  :worshippy
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    Offline xs29j8

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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #31 on: January 30, 2008 - 09:36:23 PM »
    Quote from: 74 340 4speed on January 01, 2008 - 08:52:12 PM
    Nice looking cars!!!  Be sure to post pictures of your progess.  Your the man.  You have a superbird and a daytona.  :worshippy


    Thanks... progress is being made...

    Here are a few recent pictures... more in the Aero Car Forum on DC.Com:

    http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,33799.0.html

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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #32 on: January 30, 2008 - 10:16:31 PM »
    Thats on nice 500 And I thought all the known 500s were restored already. its good to have a stash.  :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

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    Offline Topcat

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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #33 on: January 31, 2008 - 01:51:21 AM »
    A very rare and unique car. You're very lucky to have one is such good condition to restore. Good progress you're making.  :2thumbs:
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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #34 on: January 31, 2008 - 06:09:46 AM »
    Quote from: Topcat on January 31, 2008 - 01:51:21 AM
    A very rare and unique car. You're very lucky to have one is such good condition to restore. Good progress you're making.  :2thumbs:

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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #35 on: January 31, 2008 - 06:28:56 AM »
     :clapping: Good to see some progress happening Allen.

    It is looking great,  :2thumbs: good idea to shoot color to seal the underside of the quarters, a little bit of paint will burn when welded but it can be blended again with some more color once finished.   :grinyes:  More people should do this to eleminate rusting in the future. :biggrin:

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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #36 on: January 31, 2008 - 11:35:21 AM »
    make sure you spray the tar on the inside of the quarter panel. don't make the trunk so shiny...should be dull.
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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #37 on: January 31, 2008 - 02:10:18 PM »
    That's going to one very cool car when it's finished! :cheers:  Keep up the awesome work! :2thumbs:
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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #38 on: January 31, 2008 - 02:50:18 PM »
    looking great, xs!!!!  :2thumbs:
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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #39 on: February 02, 2008 - 06:13:59 AM »
    Your car looks like it started off in remarkable condition,how did you find it and in what state,  was it born and driven?A little history if you know thank-you.  :wow:
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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #40 on: February 02, 2008 - 01:30:41 PM »
    Quote from: dmk67 on February 02, 2008 - 06:13:59 AM
    Your car looks like it started off in remarkable condition,how did you find it and in what state,  was it born and driven?A little history if you know thank-you.  :wow:

    I bought the car at a Mopar car show / swap meet in 1986 sight-unseen based on some pictures for $600.  I stored the C500 for 21 years before starting the restoration, so I am trying to make up for lost time...

    The car came to Texas from Missouri in the late 1970s and was parked at an apartment complex where the owner lived.  One of the local Mopar enthusiasts contacted the owner, but it was not for sale.  He left his phone number, and the guy later called to offer it for sale.  Athough the local guy no longer wanted it, he bought the car and "flipped" it to another guy the next day.  The new buyer & his son owned the car until shortly before I bought it when they sold it to the guy I bought it from.  The guy I got it from only owned it for a short time before selling it due to an illness in the family.  In fact, the guy I bought it from never moved the car from the previous owner's house.

    I have been tol the car was last driveable in 1982...

    Pictures from when I bought the car & other old pictures:

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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #41 on: February 02, 2008 - 01:43:00 PM »
    Quote from: thedodgeboys on January 30, 2008 - 10:16:31 PM
    Thats on nice 500 And I thought all the known 500s were restored already. its good to have a stash.  :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

    There are quite a few un-restored rare cars still around in the hands of folks that saved them from the crusher when no one else wanted them.  Counting my three Aero cars, I know of a dozen or more original Aero cars locally that are yet to be restored...

    At least all of them have been stored inside for these many years...

    XS
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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #42 on: February 02, 2008 - 01:45:14 PM »
    Quote from: hezzel on January 31, 2008 - 06:09:46 AM
    :iagree:

    Thanks guys... its become a second job!

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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #43 on: February 02, 2008 - 01:51:49 PM »
    Quote from: hemiken on January 31, 2008 - 06:28:56 AM
    :clapping: Good to see some progress happening Allen.

    It is looking great,  :2thumbs: good idea to shoot color to seal the underside of the quarters, a little bit of paint will burn when welded but it can be blended again with some more color once finished.   :grinyes:  More people should do this to eleminate rusting in the future. :biggrin:

    Kenny.

    Prior to installing the quarter panels, a 2-3 inch band around the edges to be welded will be sanded down and weldable primer applied.  The color coat will then be touched up & blended as you said after installation of the quarter panels.  The C500 will be much better protected from corrosion than when it left the factory in December of 1968...

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    Re: Token B-Body Restoration Project... 1969 Charger 500 B5 Blue 4Spd
    « Reply #44 on: February 02, 2008 - 01:58:27 PM »
    Quote from: crycho on January 31, 2008 - 11:35:21 AM
    make sure you spray the tar on the inside of the quarter panel. don't make the trunk so shiny...should be dull.

    Sound deadener is already applied to the insides of the quarters, but I am considering having the painter apply more and only "overspray" the second coat of sound deadner with blue paint...  not sure if I'll have it changed or not.  This will not be a concours correct restoration tho...

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