Don's 1969 Charger Restoration

[Glenwood]

looks great Don! How am I supposed to ignore mine now when you guys keep stepping it up a notch? lol

 

[mopar4don]

 

[mopar4don]

Firewall primed

I have been a little worried about flash rust forming on the firewall repair so I finally got that area primed!

Built a temporary spray booth

 

[Glenwood]

Looks good Don. I can hardly wait to get to that stage.
How did the tenting work out? I was thinking about doing the same thing.

 

[69 GTX]

Nice progress.

 

[mopar4don]

Looks good Don. I can hardly wait to get to that stage.
How did the tenting work out? I was thinking about doing the same thing.

It worked just fine. Just make sure you have a good mask!

Nice progress.

Thank you

 

[mopar4don]

Heater box restoration

Here are some pictures of my heater box restoration.
I had two boxes to get one good one.







Disassembly is pretty easy (just take lots of pics to refer to if need be)
And yes, it nasty if you had mice!







I had to do a little fiberglass repair in a couple of spots
sorry I didn't do a very good job of getting "in progress" pictures







I bought the kit from DMT Detroit Muscle Technology



Here are some pics of the heater box complete

 

[pat1969charger]

Looks good Don! I have also been picking at some smaller stuff. Picked up a DMT heater box kit and am making one out of two as well. I also grabbed a grille harwAre kit and have disassembled my gauge cluster. Keep up the hood work!

 

[69 GTX]

Very well done Don!

 

[BigBlock61]

Not bad at all Don. Mine is still tucked away in the rafters of my garage where it can stay right now. Keep the pics coming.

 

[747mopar]

Nice job Don, nice to see some primer flying.

 

[Riverdawg]

Looking good Don. Keep at it. It's going to be a fantastic charger.

 

[mopar4don]

Hey guys, I need a little help with my trunk floor....
If you have any advise, please post a reply at the link below
http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/charger-floor-pan-2-rear-valance-alignment.110139/

 

[747mopar]

I took some pics and will get them to you tonight regarding the trunk.

 

[747mopar]

I keep leaving my phone jack at the garage errrrr. Anyway the pics aren't that good seeing how it's tight back there but looking at it the trunk floor pan is about a 1/2" from the bend in the floor pan to where it's welded to the crossmember, looking at the other side the crossmember lip is only an 1/8" inset from the bent lip of the floor where it welds to the tail light panel. The trunk extension seam measures 5 5/16" from the front of the turn signal opening. Hope this helps, I'll post the pics as soon as I remember to bring my jack with me so I can upload them.

 

[747mopar]

Here's the pics, this one shows the 1/2" space between the bend and the crossmember.

This is a shot looking threw one of the holes in the crossmember where you can see the 1/8" gap between the end of the crossmember lip and the tail light panel.

And the trunk extension, because of the bedliner coating it's hard to pinpoint exactly but around 5 5/16" - 5 3/8".

 

[mopar4don]

Here's the pics, this one shows the 1/2" space between the bend and the crossmember.


This is a shot looking threw one of the holes in the crossmember where you can see the 1/8" gap between the end of the crossmember lip and the tail light panel.


And the trunk extension, because of the bedliner coating it's hard to pinpoint exactly but around 5 5/16" - 5 3/8".

Thanks Devin,
I still have a lot of checking to do and your dimensions will help.
Say did you put new quarters on your car?
I am having a hard time getting the bottom of the quarters with the trunk extensions to line up with the bottom of the valance and valance corners

 

[747mopar]

I put new quarters, valance, corners, trunk floor, tail light and Dutchman panels on mine. The corners and the Dutchman were the 2 biggest alignment issues. The valance needed the bend tightened up to pull the bottom of the panel up and the quarters can be manipulated up and down a bit.

 

[747mopar]

If I remember correctly the corners needed a bit of massaging too.

 

[mopar4don]

Got my e-brake restored

before..

after..