Will´s 1968 Dodge Charger

Matt74 · Post by **Matt74** » Thu Jan 05, 12 9:56 pm

Great job you're doing there.
I'm thinking of doing my latest charger matt black aswell or give it the rat look to keep the cost down. At least then it won't matter too much if it gets marked.

John · Post by **John** » Thu Jan 05, 12 10:43 pm

autofetish wrote:not decided on color yet want it black but will show up every bump.

Does a matt black show up every little imperfection like a shinny black ??

Dark colours do tend to show more

But Matt finishes however, will always hide lots owing to them not being reflective

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Thu Jan 05, 12 11:48 pm

Yea that sand/media blasting is a mess

But it sure works well

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Fri Jan 06, 12 10:55 am

autofetish wrote:The more i think about it the more i want a tesco carpark door knocker.

But solid no rust can always later have a show winning paint job

like this ... http://www.evo.co.uk/features/features/ ... arger.html

sinny · Post by **sinny** » Fri Jan 06, 12 1:41 pm

Lookin' good Will.

My old man has his '69 Daimler in the paint shop at the moment. They removed all of the primer he had put on it (was a good job) & re-did it all plus installed a new rocker panel & some other minor parts for £2k all in. It's coming out brilliantly so far. So I'm not going to bother with the smoothing out etc & I'll leave it to the experts.

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Fri Jan 06, 12 3:43 pm

sinny wrote:Lookin' good Will.

My old man has his '69 Daimler in the paint shop at the moment. They removed all of the primer he had put on it (was a good job) & re-did it all plus installed a new rocker panel & some other minor parts for £2k all in. It's coming out brilliantly so far. So I'm not going to bother with the smoothing out etc & I'll leave it to the experts.

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Cool daddy

Great so around the 2k mark then thanks everyone

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Tue Jan 10, 12 9:58 pm

I final got the rear sail pannel on.

drilled holes

filled them with weld

some seam sealer stuff under to help with vibration

patched up other holes around rear window

201 days until moparnats must hurry up

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autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Tue Jan 10, 12 10:21 pm

Next up the front wings

Mr Fiber Dale doesn't have molds so looks like I'm stuck fixxing these

Loads of repairs needed.

Still quite a bit of under seal on so i scraped it off and dropped it in the sand blasting tank and got it back to metal.

Removed front inside part and sandblasted inside cavity and painted

I have order year one lower repair panels how would you fit these.

Butt weld or overlap ???

Advice needed

db · Post by db » Tue Jan 10, 12 10:33 pm

Great work, still really enjoying watching this Will.
Keep it up

sinny · Post by **sinny** » Wed Jan 11, 12 9:02 am

autofetish wrote:Next up the front wings

I have order year one lower repair panels how would fit these.

Butt weld or overlap ???

Advice needed

Cut out the old. The repair panels from yearone seem to be pretty good based on the ones I've used.

This may help you:
http://www.mopartech.net/showthread.php?t=3867

Nice work on the sail panel by the way.

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Wed Jan 11, 12 10:16 pm

Sinny thats links the one

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Wed Jan 11, 12 11:15 pm

great work
real good to see your havin a go, pat on the back

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Jan 12, 12 2:36 pm

autofetish wrote:I have order year one lower repair panels how would you fit these.

Butt weld or overlap ???

Advice needed

Oh. Tough one. I have done both in the past. Very hard to do on flat bodywork without distorting the steel.

If it was curved I would use Intergrip welding clamps which leave a gap in the butt edges. But I think for a fender repair panel I would overlap. The extra thickness will help stop the panel distorting.

But you need a lip on the edge of the repair panel so that the front surfaces are flush.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Jan 12, 12 2:49 pm

Tack weld both sides of the repair first. Don't weld from one side to the other. Alternate where you are welding.
Weld a tiny bit at a time and then quench. Stop the heat building up in the panel.

sinny · Post by **sinny** » Wed Feb 29, 12 6:36 pm

Come on Will where are the updates!