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    Offline EB3-GranCoupe

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    Re: Rudy's B5 AAR Cuda resto update !
    « Reply #285 on: October 25, 2012 - 10:22:19 PM »
    ok, well i just dug up some photos of the disassembly process, and lo & behold, the passenger side flap is on the engine bay side (inside).  i stand corrected.  but man, what a cruddy piece of junk it was!
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    Offline sadil340

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    Re: Rudy's B5 AAR Cuda resto update !
    « Reply #286 on: October 26, 2012 - 03:56:28 PM »
    To support the theory that different plants or even shifts did things their way: my car never had a 'Cuda insignia on the tail panel. It's the only one I've ever seen that way.
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    Offline tx9aarcuda

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    Re: Rudy's B5 AAR Cuda resto update !
    « Reply #287 on: October 26, 2012 - 05:56:23 PM »
    Rudy your car looks great. I think that back in 60s and 70s quality control at Chrysler wasn't much of a priority so there is a lot of variation in the way the cars got assembled. My AAR has a console and the glove box does not have a lock. The date codes for the gauges in my car were from Oct of 69 and the car was built in April so they weren't following FIFO at all. I'm excitetd to see your car at the Muscle Car & Corvette Nat's in Rosemont  I'm not sure which day we will be there it sounds like a great show. 
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    Re: Rudy's B5 AAR Cuda resto update !
    « Reply #288 on: October 29, 2012 - 01:13:46 PM »
    my AAR had passenger inside and drivers side outside....http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=81238.15
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    Offline AARudy

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    Re: Rudy's B5 AAR Cuda resto update !
    « Reply #289 on: October 29, 2012 - 11:58:54 PM »
    Quote from: tx9aarcuda on October 26, 2012 - 05:56:23 PM
    Rudy your car looks great. I think that back in 60s and 70s quality control at Chrysler wasn't much of a priority so there is a lot of variation in the way the cars got assembled. My AAR has a console and the glove box does not have a lock. The date codes for the gauges in my car were from Oct of 69 and the car was built in April so they weren't following FIFO at all. I'm excitetd to see your car at the Muscle Car & Corvette Nat's in Rosemont  I'm not sure which day we will be there it sounds like a great show.

    Cool! I will be there all weekend, except for Sunday AM - I get back there Sunday around 4/5pm.
    I'm going to have to dig up old photos of my car when it was first tore down years ago.. maybe I have a shot of it somewhere..
    (thank you for posting Kielbasa)
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    Offline moparclown

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    Re: Rudy's B5 AAR Cuda resto update !
    « Reply #290 on: October 30, 2012 - 08:00:20 AM »
    Rudy
    The AAR looks fantastic,just awsome :jumping:
    You should call John Marshal and I would bet he remembers about the glove box lock and possibly about the splash shield.Plus he finished his 340 duster and he has been taking quite a few trophys around here and was pulled aside for a calander photo shoot a couple of weeks ago at a show on the Hudson.
    Doug
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    Offline AARudy

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    « Reply #291 on: November 02, 2012 - 09:13:14 PM »
    Quote from: moparclown on October 30, 2012 - 08:00:20 AM
    Rudy
    The AAR looks fantastic,just awsome :jumping:
    You should call John Marshal and I would bet he remembers about the glove box lock and possibly about the splash shield.Plus he finished his 340 duster and he has been taking quite a few trophys around here and was pulled aside for a calander photo shoot a couple of weeks ago at a show on the Hudson.
    Doug

    John is on my Facebook, we talk here and there, his car turned out great! I will ask him about the lock-
    as far as the splash shield.......


    GENTLEMEN... UHHHH... WELL.... haha.. check this out!

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    Offline tx9aarcuda

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    Re: Rudy's B5 AAR Cuda resto update !
    « Reply #292 on: November 04, 2012 - 11:25:07 AM »
    That splash shield should be an easy fix. The shields were missing on my car, I would have assumed they both went in the fenderwell.
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    Re: Rudy's B5 AAR Cuda resto update !
    « Reply #293 on: November 04, 2012 - 07:45:12 PM »
    Lookie there.......
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    « Reply #294 on: November 08, 2012 - 10:22:34 AM »
     :clueless:  :eek2:    :cheers:
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    « Reply #295 on: November 22, 2012 - 01:44:08 PM »
    Well, it was a very exciting weekend for many reasons!

    I got to meet Tx9! i am so sorry we did not get to talk more, it was a crazy moment dealing with the magazine shoot, but it was great to finally meet someone on the forums!!

    My car took a concourse gold award, scoring 997 / 1000 points at the Muscle Car Nat's in Chicago!!! Along with that I got a Celebrity Choice Award from MCG!

    In the same day, Mopar Collectors Guide shot the car for the March issue cover that will hit the news stands in JANUARY!! I am so excited about this.

    Then, Galen showed up with my packet.. I found out my car is a 1 of 1 ! and only 37 AAR's have blue interior! With my options it is a very rare thing to have a 1 of 1 TA car he said. I dont care how many people knock this guy, I have googled for eight years and never found out any of this stuff, so to me, it was worth every penny!

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    « Reply #296 on: November 22, 2012 - 02:06:59 PM »
    Here are a few show pics. When we pushed the car in front of the white curtains, it came alive! Thats the best I ever saw the look was right there.
























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    Offline dutch

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    Re: Rudy's B5 AAR Cuda resto update !
    « Reply #297 on: November 22, 2012 - 03:23:12 PM »
    congrats with the gold award  :2thumbs:  makes me wonder why you didn`t get the full 1000 points though....?  :popcorn:
    still can`t believe how totally amazing this car turned out.  #1 in  my top whatever....  :bigshades:
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    « Reply #298 on: November 22, 2012 - 04:27:34 PM »
    Thank you! Well.. my friend who restored the car was the only person in the shows history to get a full 1000 points on a car (last year with a 68 HEMI Charger)
    After that they said nobody will ever score 1000 again.. I am not sure if there was controversy over it or not, but they say now "there are no perfect cars" I guess.. (whatever)
    On my car, they had two judges spend over an hour on it who found nothing.. so they brought in other judges who found:
    1) a small scratch on my passenger side glass
    2) a tiny scratch on my steering wheel
    3) the steering shaft should be black and not natural metal finish

    I was overwhelmed, and happier then a pig in &*@# when I saw the score, and was ecstatic that those were the only things wrong. I cant say enough about what a great job
    The Finer Details did on my restoration. It is weird being afraid to touch your own car now or to be nervous to sit in it.. nuts I know, but the car looks that good to me.
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    Offline tx9aarcuda

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    Re: Rudy's B5 AAR Cuda resto update !
    « Reply #299 on: November 24, 2012 - 09:21:58 PM »
    Rudy congratulations on winning  Gold your car is beautiful. The pictures that have been posted don’t do it justice I was more impressed when I saw it in person. I wish we would have had time to talk more,  but you had a lot going on when we stopped by.  I was with 2 friends of mine and we were all going different direction the show was full of outstanding cars. I did talk with Ken what a great  guy, he took time out of his very busy day to talk to me about my AAR. What other plans do you have for the AAR?

         
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