Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again

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Offline moparelwood

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Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« on: February 28, 2013 - 12:56:38 AM »
My project has been sitting in the garage for way to long. 6 months ago I sold my infinity, took the cash and started putting the old girl back together. I have had the car since 87’ been through it once (quick and cheap like) then in 94’ got run off the road by a drunk or someone who was asleep. Lucky the guy didn't stop because one of was going to die.   Here is where I am at now.




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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2013 - 01:13:09 AM »
That looks great! Thanks for sharing.
Mike, Fremont, CA.


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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2013 - 02:07:52 AM »
Keep at it and she'll be done!

Now for those mirrors and 1970 rear wing...

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Offline Jesus H Chrysler

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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2013 - 08:15:28 AM »
2 words.  Bad Ass
Yes I own a 1972 Dodge Challenger Convertible T/A S/E with a 440 Six Pak. Can it get any more wrong?

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1972 Dodge Challenger convertible 440 5 speed.
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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2013 - 09:25:05 AM »
2 words.  Bad Ass

 :iagree:  Black cars are just cool....  8)
1972 Dodge Challenger Rallye 340, AT, Code TB3=Super Blue, SBD=8/17/1971.  Yes, a Rallye without the fender louvers from the factory because of the body side molding option.

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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2013 - 12:17:40 AM »
Keep at it and she'll be done!

Now for those mirrors and 1970 rear wing...

 :grinno:
The mirrors and the wing where both part of the cheap/quick build in the early 90s. This time around it is going to be rolling resto. The goal is to get it back on the road first. Money goes to the rolling components first. Then hit the details later on except where it makes sense to keep from having to do things twice. And there are just many things that have to be done right or not at all.   

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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2013 - 12:46:30 AM »
Lately a lot of time has been going into the interior. I tore it apart many years ago to convert it to a 4 speed. I stripped the entire floor welded in the new hump and the covered the entire thing with POR15. I just built a console mounting bracket from pieces of the old automatic one. I just finished covering everything in Dynamat. Now I am in the middle of building seat brackets to mount my Recoro’s to the original sliders. The old brackets where aluminum and not done well. Back then I didn’t have the tools or brains to do it right.   

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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2013 - 12:55:38 AM »
Here is a mockup getting the seats in the right spot and the brackets to adapt them.

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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2013 - 06:48:17 AM »
Nice ride! Looks great! Nice and solid to start with! Your a lucky guy! :2thumbs:
Brad
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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2013 - 12:32:25 PM »
Sweet Ride!  It's cool to see that people who've owned their projects for that long don't just throw in the towel all the time.  Ballsy move to get rid of your infiniti and use the dough for the cuda (where it belongs imo).  Good work!  Looking forward to seeing your progress, keep us posted! :2thumbs:

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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2013 - 10:43:04 PM »
Mind me asking where you got the inner dust shields fir your doors? If my old eyes don't deceive me, they look clear with a sealing strip. By the way, nice car!

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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2013 - 11:29:37 AM »
I don't mind anyone asking questions The dust shields/Vapor barrier are made out of clear vinyl from wall mart. You get it from their fabric department.  The vinyl is a much better material than the original plastic and will last a long time when not exposed UV light.  The stuff I used was probably a little too thick but worked fine. Next time I will use thinner stuff. I will find the thickness and repost later.   The sealing strip is butyl tape used for sealing the panels of metal buildings. I am not 100% sold on the butyl tape. I think it is going to work fine but I had a few areas where it didn't stick as nicely as I thought it should. My guess is that I didn't get those areas as clean as I should have. I recommend making sure that you have both metal and the vinyl really clean before applying the tape.  I used simple green then isopropyl  alcohol.   I f you want I can give more detail.     

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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2013 - 11:54:12 AM »
I'm not familiar with Dynomat. Is it just for sound insulation and where do you get it?
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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2013 - 12:19:47 AM »
The Dynamat (labeled my pics wrong) is sound insulation as well as thermal insulation. A lot of people swear by it and I know a few professional builders that use it on all of their builds (non-concourse that is) that are to be driven. The stuff is kind of spendy $300 to do the entire cabin minus the roof. I had the headliner done before I decided to put the dyamate down. I will do the trunk some day after I get the car on the road again.  I bought mine from Amazon best price by far. I like to buy local but at half the price, on the web, I just couldn’t justify it this time around. Read the reviews there lots of good information on what to do and what not to do. I did a lot of research before doing this and from what I can tell it is worth it. Most of the people that were unhappy from their results didn’t seem to spend the time to do it right. This is my first experience with it and I have no proof of a benefit yet, maybe by late June when the car gets on the road.

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Re: Elwoods 1971 Cuda project moving again
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2013 - 01:11:45 AM »
Nice car, welcome. 

P.S.  I am a fan of Dynamat, it worked in my car.
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