restomod challenger

74challenger318 · Post by **74challenger318** » Wed Mar 03, 10 1:14 am

i do do cars for a living but had a few to many projects on the go at once, heres a few of them,
sold eveything now just got the challenger, never knew there was still so many people doing this era of car as at most shows now there tends to be mostly later cars there,

74challenger318 · Post by **74challenger318** » Wed Mar 03, 10 1:26 am

march 2009

panels finally arrived from tamaraz in the states, amd and goodmark now do quite a few repair panels, some of which were not avaiable at the time hence the repairs to the lower a posts,

these panels are all godmark except the corner cowl sections wich were amd, the fit ofthe panels was fairly good.

74challenger318 · Post by **74challenger318** » Wed Mar 03, 10 1:27 am

more pics

74challenger318 · Post by **74challenger318** » Wed Mar 03, 10 1:35 am

rear chassis rails rotted through from inside, these were not available at time so i had to fabricate them,

74challenger318 · Post by **74challenger318** » Wed Mar 03, 10 1:44 am

december 2009

not really done anything on car since april due to work, have panelled up most of the inner body fitted drivers floorpan rear outer arches, etc
ought some 70 wings of budge had them chemically dipped to remove old paint rust etc, hope to do a bit over christmas.

74challenger318 · Post by **74challenger318** » Wed Mar 03, 10 2:00 am

january 2010,

have decided to build car as a modified restoration , pickedup a 68 440 motor from woolhouse`s yard been sat in back of a pickup for over 20yrs,

can belive it if anyone has ever been up there, its not changed much since the 70`s apart from the cars have rusted away to nothing,

will be running it with twin turbos hopefully, suspension independent, with coilovers all round , usuing a btr hydratrac diff, aluminium uprights front and rear, with chrysler hubs

Trigger_Andy · Post by **Trigger_Andy** » Wed Mar 03, 10 5:42 am

Great posts! Totally loving your work by the way!

Keep the posts coming. Sounds like its gonna be a beaut!

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Wed Mar 03, 10 6:55 am

Thread of the decade, so far

Keep it up!

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Wed Mar 03, 10 9:16 am

................BLEEDIN'L, WELL DONE SON, BIG RESPECT

Remember I have a complete mint 70 grill also if you need one

I'm gonna give Liz a call to arrange a nighthood for ya son

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Wed Mar 03, 10 9:29 am

Now if anyone thinks their car is a lost cause, think again!

It makes Roger's '70 Road Runner look like a walk in the park by comparison, all credit to you sir, that is going to be one very special E body.

Post by **MattH** » Wed Mar 03, 10 10:22 am

Kev wrote:Thread of the decade, so far
Keep it up!

Completely agree, this is the inspiration needed in my garage.

Love that firewall panel, what a terrific way to do it properly.

MrNorm · Post by **MrNorm** » Wed Mar 03, 10 5:23 pm

74challenger318 wrote:these panels are all godmark except the corner cowl sections wich were amd, the fit ofthe panels was fairly good.

Outstanding

gets better and better. BTW, AMD panels are generally reckoned to be excellent, Goodmark get very mixed reviews so glad yours were good.

Your thread really reminds me of this one which I think you'd find interesting in your spare (HA!) time http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/sho ... t=all&vc=1
A similar level of rust and fabrication skills, bringing back from the dead something that many would have written off as too far gone

Look at some of the remedial action he needed to take with his Goodmark panels!

TW71 · Post by **TW71** » Wed Mar 03, 10 6:33 pm

Very impressed, fantastic work, thanks for sharing this !

sinny · Post by **sinny** » Wed Mar 10, 10 4:12 pm

I can see this one gracing the cover of Classic American when finished! Top stuff, keep the photos coming.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Mar 10, 10 4:41 pm

Watch out for the filler cap area not being deep enough on the replacement quarter panel. The body line at the far end of the panels can be wrong too. Always best if you can find a car with original panels to check against if possible.