keepat
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Looks great! The small projects are nice as you can start and finished them in one day for instant gratification ;-)
Pat
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Don's 1969 Charger Restoration
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showard
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mopar4don
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I found a rubber grommet that was close. All I had to do was drill out the hole so it was a touch bigger than the rod. Was a little scary holding onto that grommet and drilling with a hand drill. But no problems! It basically rubbed it.
showard
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Thank you, I will look for one.
mopar4don
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It's been a while since I have updated you all. Been really busy with that thing called life.
I did manage to get a vacation in. To me it was the vacation of a lifetime....
My wife and I had the opportunity to take a cruise to Alaska,and all I can say is WOW,
Its not every day you get to see such pure magnificent beauty!
Here are are few pics..
The 4th and 6th pic's are some of my favorites...
They are perfect examples of "purple mountain majesty" I've never seen puple mountains before!
The 5th pic is the Dawes Glacier, The ship stopped 1 mile from from it. (Notice the double decker excursion boat)
I was overwhelmed by the sheer size of everything!
I did manage to get a vacation in. To me it was the vacation of a lifetime....
My wife and I had the opportunity to take a cruise to Alaska,and all I can say is WOW,
Its not every day you get to see such pure magnificent beauty!
Here are are few pics..
The 4th and 6th pic's are some of my favorites...
They are perfect examples of "purple mountain majesty" I've never seen puple mountains before!
The 5th pic is the Dawes Glacier, The ship stopped 1 mile from from it. (Notice the double decker excursion boat)
I was overwhelmed by the sheer size of everything!
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I went in 2007, best vacation ever! Well except for my Bear hunt on Kodiak Island in 2011. Amazing how good you feel after 11 days of no TV, radio, phone, or stress.
joseph p.
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its your passion,you have always wanted to do a project like this from within yourself,i praise you,,and that beautiful project your working on,keep up the good work,shes gonna be 
rewarding.
rewarding.
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Submit & I booked an Alaska cruise for September 2017 with three other couples and we are REALLY looking forward to it. Thanks for the teaser pictures.
cdr
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RC you'll love it!
very beautiful, sounds like u had a good time, I just got to work on mine, last week thanks for the rubber gromet tip on the parking brake cable retainer, I'm just finishing mine up.
mopar4don
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You are welcome.
mopar4don
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Car update
I cant believe it's been 3+ months since I started foolin around with
the back end of this car!
Basically with the help and advise from some of the members here and over at
dodgecharger.com I was able to get it together. A BIG thank-you to ALL who helped!
The biggest problem I had was getting the quarter panel
(with the corner cap mounted) to line up with the rear crossmember.
Either the quarter is not far enough back, or the crossmember is not right.
I know some have addressed this problem by slicing the quarters and
welding in a pie shaped piece.
But after advise from our members I got my BIG OL HAMMER out and bent the end
of the crossmember back, far enough, so I could attach the corner cap.
Once I got that close (on both sides) I fit the rear valance and tail panel
and got everything to go together with clamps and screws.
Once I was satisfied with the fitment of those parts, I started over and fit
the trunk drop-offs in. this took a lot of work, as the crossmember, corner
cap with quarter panel, and the trunk drop-off all come together and have to
fit and look right! (WOW I'M TIRED JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT WORK)
Here she is with the back half all put together (temporarily)
I even have the deck filler panel and trunk gutters in.
I set the trunk lid in and I was pleased with the fitment and gaps!
I have a little bit of work to do to the deck filler panel.
Need to work the right and left sides to get a better fit to the quarters.
I also got my dash and the other buckskin tan colored parts painted.
I am extremely happy with the results!
(A huge THANKYOU to my friend Rafael who did the painting)
I had our local PPG paint distributor color match the glove box door hinge.
In the picture it looks a little darker than the real thing which turned out
REALLY CLOSE! The parts even have the correct suede finish!
So now that I am happy with the fitment of the sheet metal on the rear of the
car, It's time to get serious and start welding her up!
Here I have the sheet metal removed again (I must have done this a 100 times)
And I have the inner rockers welded to the front cross member and rear frame
rails.
I cant believe it's been 3+ months since I started foolin around with
the back end of this car!
Basically with the help and advise from some of the members here and over at
dodgecharger.com I was able to get it together. A BIG thank-you to ALL who helped!
The biggest problem I had was getting the quarter panel
(with the corner cap mounted) to line up with the rear crossmember.
Either the quarter is not far enough back, or the crossmember is not right.
I know some have addressed this problem by slicing the quarters and
welding in a pie shaped piece.
But after advise from our members I got my BIG OL HAMMER out and bent the end
of the crossmember back, far enough, so I could attach the corner cap.
Once I got that close (on both sides) I fit the rear valance and tail panel
and got everything to go together with clamps and screws.
Once I was satisfied with the fitment of those parts, I started over and fit
the trunk drop-offs in. this took a lot of work, as the crossmember, corner
cap with quarter panel, and the trunk drop-off all come together and have to
fit and look right! (WOW I'M TIRED JUST THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT WORK)
Here she is with the back half all put together (temporarily)
I even have the deck filler panel and trunk gutters in.
I set the trunk lid in and I was pleased with the fitment and gaps!
I have a little bit of work to do to the deck filler panel.
Need to work the right and left sides to get a better fit to the quarters.
I also got my dash and the other buckskin tan colored parts painted.
I am extremely happy with the results!
(A huge THANKYOU to my friend Rafael who did the painting)
I had our local PPG paint distributor color match the glove box door hinge.
In the picture it looks a little darker than the real thing which turned out
REALLY CLOSE! The parts even have the correct suede finish!
So now that I am happy with the fitment of the sheet metal on the rear of the
car, It's time to get serious and start welding her up!
Here I have the sheet metal removed again (I must have done this a 100 times)
And I have the inner rockers welded to the front cross member and rear frame
rails.
cdr
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hey Don, here is a link to how I did the 1/4 caps
http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/500-68-charger.46289/page-76#post-910438758
http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/500-68-charger.46289/page-76#post-910438758
pat1969charger
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Awesome work Don! Very inspiring thread! Glad to see your making good progress. Must feel great to be fitting that much together and make it look like a car again?
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