What did you do to your Mopar today?

[themechanic]

Getting quotes to restore my trunk finish panel. I can have it chromed at Advance Plating for $1800 to $2200. But they don't do paint. So, I would have to do it myself.

I called Leanna (Cudachick) and she told me about Dana Price in Oregon who worked on her Cuda tail panel. Waiting for the quote to work the dents out and polish and paint.

 

[5.7 hemi]

Post a pic of that tail panel.

 

[1967coronet440]

Got my new dana ordered yesterday

 

[khryslerkid]

Tranny is in!

Hey, you know that the word "tranny" comes up on the spell check!

 

[68 HEMI GTS]

Always nice when new parts show up

 

[themechanic]

Post a pic of that tail panel.

 

[Fran Blacker]

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OUCH!

 

[Richard Cranium]

I scored a pair of replated door latches off of Moparts last week & just installed them. Got the water control vale in, the heater hoses connected & the a/c drier. All I need now is the radiator & a/c compressor.

 

[mmissile]

Got the column back in. Mocked up the motor-plate/waterpump, and installed the new steering wheel. I gonna do something new for the end of the column....just haven't figured what, yet.

 

[5.7 hemi]

Trunk lid is in primer. Good thing I'll be sanding most of it off cause it looks like a blind guy set the gun up!

 

[GTX.JCW]

Didn't work on it, but we drove it!!

Put 130 mi on it going up to March AFB to their museum with 40 + members of our MOPAR Club.

Outstanding day at the museum. If you are in the area and like all types of military aircraft, this is a must see. It is the largest AF museum west of the Mississippi...


Jeff

 

[mmissile]

I scored a pair of replated door latches off of Moparts last week & just installed them. Got the water control vale in, the heater hoses connected & the a/c drier. All I need now is the radiator & a/c compressor.

Looks like new. I'd have a hard time driving something that freakin' clean. Nah, I'd drive the hell out of it. LOL
I'll check, but I had a NOS thumper-compressor. Gotta dig and see if I still have it.

 

[conv67bdere]

Not my Mopar, but my daily driver, so that I can have the fund to work on my Mopar . . .

Out with the old and in with the new . . . transmission is almost all buttoned up - on to the new exhaust . . .

 

[Chargered]

I hear you. I hope the dash was out. It is a pain in the *** installing it by yourself even without a dash. I am praying the evaporator does not leak. I had the heater core redone by Glen-ray and a NOS "h" valve...

I had my heater core done at Glen-ray as well. I like those guys, they do a great job. Did you notice your heater core got thicker though? I asked them about it and apparently they can't get 1.5 inch thick material anymore so they use 1.75. Makes it a bit challenging getting it all back together again in the case. I'm mostly worried about the O-rings leaking........can't believe mopar designed it that way.

 

[JimKueneman]

I had my heater core done at Glen-ray as well. I like those guys, they do a great job. Did you notice your heater core got thicker though? I asked them about it and apparently they can't get 1.5 inch thick material anymore so they use 1.75. Makes it a bit challenging getting it all back together again in the case. I'm mostly worried about the O-rings leaking........can't believe mopar designed it that way.

I did not notice the thickness. I am also worried about the O-rings because the pipes did not line up perfectly and I had to put a bit of pressure on them to get the 4 bolts back in the mounting plate for the extension pipes.

And yes I like those guys too. Bob is great to talk to. I ordered a reproduction radiator for my Coronet yesterday. I wanted to get mine rebuilt but I am ready to start my car and I figured he slowed down in the winter, not so. He has at least few months backlog all the time. Decided to jut get the report from them since he is Chrysler authorized it will have all the correct markings and look original. When figuring shipping mine up and the free shipping from the special he is running at the Indy show it is a wash in cost between rebuild and new for the small block radiator.

 

[themechanic]

I scored a pair of replated door latches off of Moparts last week & just installed them. Got the water control vale in, the heater hoses connected & the a/c drier. All I need now is the radiator & a/c compressor.



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Those look like 24k gold. Are those bolts on the left black oxide or rusty? It's hard to tell in the photo.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Those look like 24k gold. Are those bolts on the left black oxide or rusty? It's hard to tell in the photo.

Black oxide, and...........

 

[themechanic]

Black oxide, and...........

Did you buy the latches or have yours plated? Also, were you referring to MrMoparts or the Moparts forum?

 

[usaroadrunner]

Got some courtesy lights for the hot rod to see your getting in a pure mopar...lol

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Black oxide, and...........
Some of those Grille resto's can get pricey,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LMOL