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    Offline dutch

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    Re: Resto started!
    « Reply #195 on: February 15, 2012 - 12:37:09 PM »
    welcome back Sean  :wave:
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    Offline mopar12372

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    Re: Resto started!
    « Reply #196 on: February 17, 2012 - 05:24:52 PM »
     :wavingflag: glad to see that your back!!!!!!
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    Offline MEK-Dangerfield

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    Re: Resto started!
    « Reply #197 on: February 17, 2012 - 05:52:13 PM »
    Times 3, at least.  Glad to have you back.   :ylsuper:
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    Offline Topcat

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    Re: Resto started!
    « Reply #198 on: February 17, 2012 - 08:01:44 PM »
    Welcome back Sean!
    Got Sand?

    Stay here on American soil. Not as many dust storms to breathe in.
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    Offline GranCuda1970

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    Re: Resto started!
    « Reply #199 on: February 17, 2012 - 09:39:35 PM »
    Welcome Home to your family and best wishes for great times !! Now go give your cuda a hug. :bigsmile:

     :wavingflag:
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    Offline Sean

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    « Reply #200 on: February 20, 2012 - 12:08:28 AM »
    Thanks for the warm welcome home guys!  It's great to home and be back on US soil!!!

    Talked to the guy who I'n going to have finish up the body work/paint and should be taking it over to his place this week.  Will keep ya posted!

    Sean 
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    Offline bb71challenger

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    « Reply #201 on: February 24, 2012 - 12:38:23 PM »
    whew! that pregnant pause in your thread after someone asked about you really made me nervous. So glad you are back and I hope you have tons of time to spend on your family and your car. Thanks for all you do for the rest of us Sean!!!!!     :ylsuper:    :wavingflag:     :ylsuper:
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    Offline brads70

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    Re: Resto started!
    « Reply #202 on: February 24, 2012 - 01:03:50 PM »
    Welcome back! You have my utmost respect!  Looking forward to seeing your dream become a reality! :2thumbs:
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    Offline Sean

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    « Reply #203 on: February 24, 2012 - 09:04:03 PM »
    I appreciate the happy returns!  Sorry for not checking in.  I tried not to think about the car too much to keep the homesickness at bay.  You guys and gals are one of the reasons why we do what we do!!!

    Thanks!
    Sean
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    Offline Sean

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    « Reply #204 on: March 28, 2012 - 08:12:59 PM »
    Found a really nice set of taillight buckets, chrome and bezels on eBay today. Picked them up for $156 (includes shipping). The plastic lenses look to be in really good shape. The bezels have a few small scratches and the chrome may need to be shown a little love. Since new bezels go for about $100, I think I made out pretty good!

    Also, I’ve been looking for the rear pieces of vinyl top trim for quite a while and finally found a set on eBay (once again). The price kinda stung at $249.99 plus $35.00 shipping but that’s one less thing I need to buy for the car!

    Sean

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    Offline Sean

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    « Reply #205 on: April 12, 2012 - 09:28:03 PM »
    Finally got the Cuda over to the body guys shop last weekend!  It's been a long time coming and I'm glad it's there.  My wife had the camera so I don't have any pics of when we dropped it off, but I will be stopping by in the next day or two to see who progress is going.  Good thing is, he's about 3/4 of a mile away and has been a friend for a few years now.

    Sean
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    Offline sadil340

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    « Reply #206 on: April 14, 2012 - 07:06:38 AM »
    Take lots of pics during the process, you'll be glad you did later! The first time I reviewed the video of my car being painted in the paintbooth I noticed for the first time that in the background on the shop's FM radio, Heart's "Barracuda" was playing!
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    Offline Sean

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    « Reply #207 on: April 14, 2012 - 09:41:41 AM »
    That I will!  Jim said that he is going ot try to get a friend of his to come over and take videos of his progress occasionally as well.  Will post those if/as they happen.
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    Offline Sean

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    « Reply #208 on: April 15, 2012 - 10:26:42 AM »
    Yesterday I sanded down the JB Weld (Kwik Weld) I put on the pitted pot metal taillight bezel. Come to find out that the JB Weld sands really good! It filled in pitted spots like a champ. I just need to go back and get a couple spots I missed and do the same thing to the other bezel.
     
    I also bought a ralley guage cluster that I found for sale on Craigslist. They came out of a Challenger that got stripped out some time ago. It included the bucket, all guages, the clear lens and the bezel. For a little extra coin, he threw in a really nice, original wire hareness.

    Sean
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    Offline Sean

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    « Reply #209 on: April 20, 2012 - 11:14:38 PM »
    Tonight I applied J.B. Weld Kwik to the other headlight bezel.  I also painted the other taillight bucket.  The paint I used was was silver Rust-oleum 'Hammered'.  I used many light coats while still wet.  If you apply it too thick, it will start to craze (if that's the right word) and give you the hammered effect that the paint was designed to do.  However, using the light mist coats prevented that.  It gives a nice, not too shiney silver look.  Exactly what I was going for.  Below is a before and after pic of the painted taillight buckets.  Before on the right and after on the left.

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