Well now that the cuda is at the body shop and almost painted.. I went to my dads house and picked up our 1973 challenger 340/4 speed car.it is an original fe5 red with white top white gut and white side pinstripe. I bought the car in 2002 from a guy that did foreclousres/cleanouts.He found it in a decrepid garage in newark nj area. When we got it it had a 360 that didnt run, buckets of nuts in bolts in the interior , a broken steering column, rotted floor pans, pictures of someones girlfriend ,and to top it off a kitchen spoon with a big ol' burnt spot on the underside
Brought it home, put a carb ,radiator,hoses,tune up. got it running.. We cleaned the interior up cheaply,and put in a new headliner. The floors were non exsistent so we put new floor pans in also. I actually drove it to school my whole high school year. After 2003 i took it off the road and pulled the driveline/interior.Thought i was going to start redoing the car... But by that time i had my blue challenger in my sig on the road and painted, so i foucsed on building that up and doing other things in life when your 17 years old.
So there the car sat outside so almost 7 years until this weeked, when i dragged it out and brought it over to my house. The car sports all original body panels.. the lower quaters need to be done, need new fenders,and the cowl...oooooo the cowl is so rusted. I cut it open maybe 3 years ago and got discouraged. So we evaluated the rust last week and just so happened to be coupman (Rene) on the site was selling a piece of firewall that will help me get rid of the rot.
Heres some pics from today.... I didnt get any tare down pics.. I painted the floors yesterday,and removed the windshield,dash,heater box,pedals,wiperlinakge etc. Just waiting on the firewall to get here so i can start patching...