here's my progress.....

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Offline challenger71

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here's my progress.....
« on: April 10, 2008 - 08:57:43 AM »
It looks like a car again....  the drivers door went on well along with the front fender. The passenger side went on on the first try, but then came the passenger fender.  It took me forever to get the fender to line up.  I bought these fenders from New Mexico and did not realize that the fender brace was bent. The fender was inside the door by 3 inches!!!!  I ended up bolting the fender on and using my 10 ton port-a-power and bending it back out.  Of course doing some damage to the outer skin, which I will be leading to fix.  But there it is after 2 years.
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Re: here's my progress.....
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2008 - 10:14:20 AM »
Hey, the body line runs all the way from front to back again. :woohoo:  Keep going  :2thumbs:
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« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2008 - 10:19:42 AM »
Looking good. I like the magnums installed on Challengers.  :2thumbs:

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Re: here's my progress.....
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2008 - 10:21:15 AM »
Awesome progress!! :cheers:  That should look very crisp and clean when the new paint is applied. :drool:
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« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2008 - 10:21:30 AM »
Hey Alan,

I think those wheels are Keystones buddy. :grinyes:
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« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2008 - 10:23:57 AM »
Told ya I gotta wake up a bit and finish coffee .  :bricks1:  I still like magnums when installed on Challengers. :cooldancing:

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« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2008 - 10:28:16 AM »
Hey Alan,

No biggy mate.  I have a 21" flat screen monitor and i had to put my face against the screen to make sure first. :roflsmiley:
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Re: here's my progress.....
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2008 - 02:06:57 PM »
Looking good  :2thumbs:
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Re: here's my progress.....
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2008 - 03:09:39 PM »
Great job, I haven't had a chance to use those fender patches yet.LOL

Keep up the good work!

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Re: here's my progress.....
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2008 - 06:38:47 PM »
Yep, those are Keystones. I will be selling those though when I get my new rims and tires. The tires on the Keystone are new but the fronts are 14 inch and the backs are 15. I just put my new sure grip  in yesterday and filled it up today and ran the rearend for about 10 minutes. It looks awesome seeing both rear tires turning the same direction.  :woohoo:
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« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2008 - 07:37:55 AM »
Keystones, back in the day  :2thumbs:
more pictures lets see that new stuff working.  :picture:
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« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2008 - 09:29:35 PM »
It should be working later this summer. For now I will have ot settle for driving up and down my driveway on a milk crate. :droolingbounce:
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