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Offline stsom

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Cuda with hemi
« on: November 02, 2011 - 04:46:58 PM »
After playing with Mustangs for some years it was time for a mopar. Imported this one from LA area to Norway one year ago.
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But still lots of work waiting..Forums like this is of great value for us newbies  :bigsmile:

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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2011 - 05:25:41 PM »
welcome to the site   :wave:   nice car and interesting trunkfloor...  :biggrin:
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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2011 - 05:50:37 PM »
Hi,

nice project I would say. Congrats and welcome here, I just landed here too. My CA-Car has a custom trunk floor pan too, done by the previous owner. I would have used a reproduction one from AMD. But I have a repo trunk mat in now, and almost nobody sees the plain trunk floor.

Good luck with the Cuda. If I could, I would have one too... and a B-body or two.

CU

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Offline brads70

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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2011 - 07:25:12 PM »
Welcome! :wave:  My car is from CA and it could use a trunk floor too. I'll be going with AMD when the time comes.
Brad
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Offline jimynick

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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2011 - 07:39:33 PM »
Stein, don't tell us you tore it out! That was the rare "vinyl trunk" option and was usually limited to the northeast North American areas! Seriously, don't feel too bad; as Brad says, there's lots of us who are putting in trunk floors and I'm one of them as well. The AMD panel fits and looks pretty good. Good luck with your car and welcome to the site!  :wave:

Offline stsom

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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2011 - 01:29:55 PM »
I tore it out. But I think this is a  rare southwest option with materials I dont even know how to translate. So now I have room for an extra suitcase... And the happy owner of a large box of screws which held it all together. Footwells had the same options installed. Flintstone options...
And AMD floors are excellent according to the guy who helps me with the welding.
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Offline stsom

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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2011 - 01:34:30 PM »
AMD in place...
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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2011 - 03:07:42 AM »
 :wave: Welcome! Nice project you have! I'm looking forward to seeing your progress! Did you get your gas tank braces on your new trunk floor yet?
Mike    Yakima, Washington

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Offline brads70

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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2011 - 07:41:23 AM »
Brad
1970 Challenger 451stroker/4L60 auto OD
Barrie,Ontario,Canada
Proud to own one of the best cars ever made!!!!!

My restoration thread 
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=59072.0
 My handling upgrade post
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Offline stsom

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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2011 - 03:20:23 PM »
Gas tank braces are in place. Some collision damage in the rear right corner needs fixing. Then on to the rest of the floors. But now temperatures are creeping down, and snow is falling heavy. So a break in the process....
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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2011 - 05:26:50 PM »
But now temperatures are creeping down, and snow is falling heavy. So a break in the process....


Almost the same here. No snow yet but the Challenger is waiting for the spring in the garage...

CU

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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2011 - 04:48:04 AM »
Welcome to the site! :wave:  That's a bummer the car didn't turn out to be as nice as it was made out to be, but it looks like it's getting the attention it deserved now! :2thumbs:  It's good to see another MoPar being built overseas. :cheers:
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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2011 - 02:37:28 AM »
Welcome to the site! Looks like you have your hands full. No worry, the good thing about making it right yourself is knowing its right. Congrates on joining the club and i hope you enjoy the process.

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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2011 - 04:06:25 PM »
Welcome to the site.

Michele
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Re: Cuda with hemi
« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2011 - 09:01:44 PM »
Welcome!  Keep us posted with your build progress!   :2thumbs:
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"usraptr" = United States raptor - bird of prey = United States Bald Eagle.  FYI, somebody else thought of it first so I had to drop the "O" in raptor.