Charger escaped from garage

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Sun Feb 22, 09 7:04 pm

Each to his own, looks a terrific job you done there

, c`mon Blue congrats where its due lol

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Sun Feb 22, 09 7:06 pm

Looks nicly done in the photos, congrats on getting another Mopar back on the road.

GeneralWee · Post by **GeneralWee** » Sun Feb 22, 09 11:57 pm

Was like this when I bought it.

and this is a good pic.
Been in desert and off the road since 1991
Was 318 green white hat, but had been GL'd, then all the GL bits nicked.
Roof jumped on, rear wheels nicked and dropped on rear quarters.
Interior eaten by the local wildlife.
Full of desert sand!!
Notice the grill on the passenger side where it had melted!! and the drivers door looked like it had been bent backwards in the wind.

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Mon Feb 23, 09 12:34 am

nice job on the charger looks good from the picture

yeah i remember that coming up for sale ..it was over in essex i think , about 04 03

thought about buying it at the time , but had mind in bits & no room

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Apr 01, 09 9:25 pm

It's great to read through and see this restoration thread and then see how abandoned she looked originally. Good work soldier. A General must be a right hoot(er)

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Apr 01, 09 11:33 pm

Blimey, you have done well there

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Thu Apr 02, 09 5:11 pm

well done

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Thu Apr 02, 09 5:19 pm

I'm from the Blue school of General Lee enthusiasts, but I've got to say you've done a superb job there, it's a great save and a fine car...ask Kev if you can take a pound out of the till!

Jules · Post by **Jules** » Thu Apr 02, 09 5:53 pm

GeneralWee wrote:Was like this when I bought it.

and this is a good pic.

If my memory serves me correctly, I saw this on the USA ebag being sold along with another car (or at least it was a USA website). The other car was a brown 1 I think, or was it green? (not the 1 in the background of this pic) Seem to remember that this one was the better of the 2 cars for sale.

Looking good now though Tim

GeneralWee · Post by **GeneralWee** » Tue Apr 07, 09 10:58 pm

Thanks people for all the kind comments!! Hope you got your bits jules!
The unrestored pic was taken at California Connection, in Ashbourne , who imported the car, then it went to Essex - I bought it off a chap down there - must send him a pic or two.
Getting through some of the teething troubles now, but what a scream we've had - definately a crowd pleaser.
Just have to go sideways round roundabouts and do No.11's at every set of lights.
Got the hooter fixed as well.
Drives really nice though, much better than I imagined - probably thanks to all new bushes etc. and decent brakes.
Here's a couple more pics I took in daylight.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Apr 08, 09 12:49 am

Mate you can be very proud of that. It looks superb and sits just right. I love it. Nice one

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Apr 08, 09 1:43 am

top job! yours sounds almost as bad as mine was when I got it. I rebuilt mine from 2001 to about 2004

here's a pic, hope you dont mind it being on your thread. But just to show that i know what hard work you've put in as I empathise!

GeneralWee · Post by **GeneralWee** » Wed Apr 08, 09 10:27 am

I remember your old website/story Will.It was great.Spurred me on to finish mine.
Its when you fall out with the car, when you really struggle.
I have a car roller and I rolled the car to do the floors etc.
I boned them totally, then used POR 15 paint to finish them.I put the car in the shed for a few months , but when I bought it out, the paint had either flaked off or the floor pans had started to rust!!!!
By this time, I had fitted the engine and box etc.
So it took me about 6 months to get my head round getting under it again and sanding the floors back again, by hand, and that POR15 is rock hard (by the way, I think that POR15 is crap,Zinc primer and chassis black is better).
So keep going, thats the key.And if Duncan's reading this,I adjusted my Loka cable again, and kick down works now...yeah!!!! Very critical adjustment was needed - thanks for advice.

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Wed Apr 08, 09 1:47 pm

Thats a shame, I am POR15ing mine as we speak ....