Will´s 1968 Dodge Charger

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Tue Jul 03, 12 8:04 pm

Nick wrote:
Pete wrote:
Ivor wrote:Dead right Pete, I can feel it coming already...
Good to know the tablets are working at last, must be that time of the year

I'm Not frigging German.

Actually I am more Scots than anything else; but Yorkshire by marriage......
That'll explain the reluctance to get to the bar.

Coming together nicely mate
Brake Adapters are being made, as ive not heard thet cant do it

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Wed Jul 04, 12 3:55 pm

So next up is that dirty gearbox in the corner
Brought as a super box with all the fancy bits.

Can anyone see anything fancy i know nout about gearboxes???

Got carryed away with the cleaning

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Wed Jul 04, 12 3:56 pm

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Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Jul 04, 12 4:35 pm

You can't tell a lot just by looking at the bottom of the valve body.

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Wed Jul 04, 12 5:13 pm

looks like a stock everythin cept for the deep pickup/pan

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Wed Jul 04, 12 6:36 pm

All I can tell you from those pictures is it has a deep pan and an early front servo. You'd have to strip it down to see what else it has. 9.5 times out 10, when you pull an unknown Torqueflite apart that is supposed to have "all the best bits" in it, you'll find nothing but a shift kit, a four clutch front drum and a decent ratio front servo lever, the best of the cheap stock parts in other words. Aftermarket parts are very expensive and unnecessary in a lot of cases. A billet front drum alone is 500 quid, you'd be looking at over 2 grand in parts alone if you start chucking race parts in there...

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Thu Jul 05, 12 7:33 am

Thanks guys i put in in car and give it a go

Also now i have polished it should i paint it with a clear coat so it keeps its shiney ?? Wax ?? WD40 ??

Dont want to polish is every again never

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Jul 05, 12 8:46 am

Clear coat and then wax. You can't keep them clean if you use the car.

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Thu Jul 05, 12 1:17 pm

autofetish wrote:Thanks guys i put in in car and give it a go

Also now i have polished it should i paint it with a clear coat so it keeps its shiney ?? Wax ?? WD40 ??

Dont want to polish is every again never

I'd paint it!

VGVIP · Post by **VGVIP** » Thu Jul 05, 12 1:26 pm

autofetish wrote:Thanks guys i put in in car and give it a go

Also now i have polished it should i paint it with a clear coat so it keeps its shiney ?? Wax ?? WD40 ??

Dont want to polish is every again never

I'd just paint it with clear as already said by others.... would have never polished it, paint mine if anything.... But then again I will never manage to own a car as good as yours will turn out for that very reason!

Love the work you are doing and this thread.
Keep it going!

74challenger318 · Post by **74challenger318** » Thu Jul 05, 12 1:55 pm

eastwoods do a good diamond clear, 2k clear will lift if not done with a etch, you use to be ablecan get a clear etch primer for glass, but this looks to be the stuff for polished ali

http://www.eastwood.com/ew-diamond-clea ... quart.html

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Tue Jul 10, 12 9:07 pm

74challenger318 wrote:eastwoods do a good diamond clear, 2k clear will lift if not done with a etch, you use to be ablecan get a clear etch primer for glass, but this looks to be the stuff for polished ali

http://www.eastwood.com/ew-diamond-clea ... quart.html

Great link

I cant get any luiquid into germany due to de customs so i found a german clear lack metal paint. When i painted it on it was like i have painted it with milk was gutted. Went back today and its clear and perfect.
Changed filter fitted a magnet in the sump from old 6x9. Went to fit new rear seal (thanks for the lesson John R) could not find a socket to fit but found some sort of snuff box my gradad gave me
Had one sump bolt that was srewed so fitted a heli coil. First one for me brought kit and followed instruction all good

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Tue Jul 10, 12 9:29 pm

so yellow zinc plating got my more parts back from the platers

some where great and some not. Seams that a part that was heaily pitted with rust looks matt plated if you know what i mean. On my rear and front axle where i cleaned with a grinder it looks great. So i grinded the whole front and rear axle and took them back to be plated again. Also one tiny hole in my brace welding made the brace fill with water and cause problems with the zincing so i welded it up. 2steps back one step forward

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Wed Jul 11, 12 12:27 pm

How have you managed to Zinc plate the heater motor impeller. Its made of plastic?

Yes, any thing that is pitted prior to plating will look even worse after plating.

Its just like painting - its all in the prep.

74challenger318 · Post by **74challenger318** » Wed Jul 11, 12 12:54 pm

Roger wrote:How have you managed to Zinc plate the heater motor impeller. Its made of plastic?.

but the fag packet plated ok