73 GB5 Cuda Restoration

[dutch]

    

great progress. must feel good to get rid of all bent crap 

[Surfmichaels]

great progress. must feel good to get rid of all bent crap 

It's very nice to see things all straight and clean! Hard to work on details when something so foundational was wrong.

[loco340cuda]

It's coming along nicely.

[Surfmichaels]

Father came out to help show me the ropes on a proper paint gun, well it was a harbor freight gun but it worked great, spent the weekend prepping masking and cleaning and then shot the interior white, this is the end result, we also re hung the doors to keep them from getting dinged up off the car. The paint I used is from a company called spi, and it's the pure white single stage, looks great! It's very nice to see something progress towards finished state....

[dutch]

looking good!  are going white on the entire car?   

[anlauto]

With the roll bar in place I take it you're not putting the rear 1/4 glass back in ? Or at least not functional ....

[Surfmichaels]

Current plan is full white, going to install the rear 1/4 glass but will either leave it up or use some custom solution, I think everything fit except the crank handle itself......

[Surfmichaels]

More interior progress, heater box rebuilt thanks to DMT kit, new firewall gasket kit  and mocked up the carpet layout I want....



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[Surfmichaels]

Test fit of the dash pad and frame, fit very nicely. Now I just need to find all the proper bolt clips for when it's ready to go in for good....


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[dodj]

Current plan is full white,

I'm a big fan of white   
Your car is progressing nicely. 

[cbrxxtreme]

Looking great!!!  There was a thread in the interior forum about putting speakers in the door panals, If you plan on going back to original, that guy might buy the ones you have?

[Surfmichaels]

No interior panels at all planned anymore.... Old panels are sitting around still but were trashed by prior owner covering them in vinyl. Big event today as a good friend helped me pick up a new 360 engine I bought off a local drag racer... 

Built up with good parts but never ran or installed... Isky cam and adjustable lifters, edelbrock heads and air gap, Holley 750, eagle rods, msd ignition, new water pump, alternator, starter, timing cover, wires, and a lot of machine work to ensure a clean zero decked block. Still a long way to go before it gets installed but so glad to have an engine....


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[dfrazz]

 

[hemiken]

I am liking the progress too, and also a fan of White on an E-body Mopar.

[Surfmichaels]

Picture update!