Re-skin a 2008 Challenger with AMD 68 Charger panels

[OSMojo]

Dear all.
The Overhaulin team spent $376.8 Billion US dollars on re-skinning a hellcat challenger with carbon fibre 68 charger panels.
I have sold my 68' charger, but I wanted a cheap basher for desert blasting so I don't care if the car is 100% blended, or perfect. Here's my question, if I bought a cheap manual 2008+ challenger, and then bought the AMD 68 panels and placed them on, would it be a reasonable look? I checked the wheelbase, a 2008 challenger is 116" and a 68 Charger 117". Would it be a big job? I'm hoping it's just weld those panels on.
I don't care if it does not withstand inspection from a general look? as long as the lines are pretty much ok, I like the 'roadkill' version, so as I said, the panels would not need to be perfect as it's a rat desert look.

 

[flypaper]

I think besides the roadkill guys
you are going where nobody has gone before
you probably won't get a real answer until you try
good luck

 

[BeepBeepRR]

The roadkill car is actually a real 68 with a hellcat engine. Its not a skinned charger. Now there is a post here somewhere with a reskinned challenger that is done with carbon fiber panels. I dont think off the shelf panels are going to work for what you have in mind.

 

[wish4hemi]

That's exactly what Cleveland Power & Performance did with their '69 Charger which now goes by "Reverence." It does not look cheap or easy. They chronicled the entire process here: https://www.clevelandpap.com/69-dodge-charger-hellcat-gallery/

 

[OSMojo]

The roadkill car is actually a real 68 with a hellcat engine. Its not a skinned charger. Now there is a post here somewhere with a reskinned challenger that is done with carbon fiber panels. I dont think off the shelf panels are going to work for what you have in mind.

Hi yeah, 'overhaulin' are the team that made the carbon fibre one.

 

[OSMojo]

That's exactly what Cleveland Power & Performance did with their '69 Charger which now goes by "Reverence." It does not look cheap or easy. They chronicled the entire process here: https://www.clevelandpap.com/69-dodge-charger-hellcat-gallery/

Hai caramba! wow, that's a lot of engineering.
I'm just hoping I can brutally weld on the panels, and maybe have it panel beaten into shape.

 

[OSMojo]

I think besides the roadkill guys
you are going where nobody has gone before
you probably won't get a real answer until you try
good luck

True, my reasoning is, 1" difference in wheelbase, not too dissimilar in general shape and the fact that I want a rat desert look so flush perfection isn't necessary for me.

 

[Lefty71]

Should work out better than askin' your wife if she'll cosign for a $376.8 billion dollar 2nd mortgage on the house so you can work on your Mopar, lol

 

[OSMojo]

Should work out better than askin' your wife if she'll cosign for a $376.8 billion dollar 2nd mortgage on the house so you can work on your Mopar, lol

 

[dvw]

To be totally honest. If you have to ask "is this a big Job" Don't try it.
Doug

 

[Brandy]

I think you mean $376,000 not billion.

 

[OSMojo]

To be totally honest. If you have to ask "is this a big Job" Don't try it.
Doug

Well it might not be, that's why the question, if I have to re-shape the shell of the challenger etc to accept the amd panels then yes, but if those AMD panels pretty much fit on the shell once it's stripped of its challenger panels, then it wouldn't be, just weld 'em on like the A Team.

 

[chargervert]

There is a member on Dodge Charger.com that bought a 68 Charger shell from a junkyard, and a cheap Chrysler 300 with a 5.7 Hemi engine, and put the two together, and within a few weeks, he had a running driving car,on the cheap. Getting a used Charger or Chrysler 300,is far cheaper than buying a Challenger to cut up. I believe the members screen name was 77 Baldwin Vette, or something like that.

 

[OSMojo]

There is a member on Dodge Charger.com that bought a 68 Charger shell from a junkyard, and a cheap Chrysler 300 with a 5.7 Hemi engine, and put the two together, and within a few weeks, he had a running driving car,on the cheap. Getting a used Charger or Chrysler 300,is far cheaper than buying a Challenger to cut up.

Awesome info thanks! I thought there might be a cheaper donor, but had no idea what it could be , I found a link http://www.amcarguide.com/custom/conversion-300c-srt8-to-68-charger/

 

[chargervert]

I have seen that one too,it is not the same one on Dodge Charger.com. I did see a build thread on the orange one you posted, and he had to do a lot of panel sectioning to achieve the proportions that you see in the photos. It was way more involved than just welding on AMD panels right out of the box. There is also another member who built a Daytona Charger, with Charger SRT 8 underpinnings. He goes by the screen name Stevearino, and if I remember correctly he is a Nascar fabricator by trade. His build shows that he is a very talented fabricator.

 

[OSMojo]

Thanks to all for the replies. I think after seeing the skills necessary it's too big a job. There seems to be no car with the same general dimensions.

 

[Brandy]

Thanks to all for the replies. I think after seeing the skills necessary it's too big a job. There seems to be no car with the same general dimensions.

Hmmm...I don't know about that. It seems like a early 1970's Charger, 1972.3.or 4.would be a good starting place. Long-Coke bottle shape-big ***, long flat front end. Length and width should be similar. Worth checking out. Examples of these cars in various condition can be had fairly cheaply too.

 

[OSMojo]

Hmmm...I don't know about that. It seems like a early 1970's Charger, 1972.3.or 4.would be a good starting place. Long-Coke bottle shape-big ***, long flat front end. Length and width should be similar. Worth checking out. Examples of these cars in various condition can be had fairly cheaply too.

Good point, it could be an option as the reality is I don't want to spend bug bucks as I will leave it our in Almeria in Spain, and roast it through the desert areas and towns. I had a beautiful 68 but sold it, and anyway it was too nice for blasting.

 

[SureGrip]

I've watched Ian Roussel (car builder in the US with a TV show "Full Custom Garage") kitbash a car together from whatever he has lying around.

Watching him work is frustrating and awe-inspiring. The way he works is just like you describe. He whacks the panels off, roughly fits the new panel, then adds whatever bracing or patches to make it work. He doesn't over-think it. If it doesn't work out, her just chops it off and tries something else.

I think he could do what you're asking in about a week. Lol.

 

[OSMojo]

I've watched Ian Roussel (car builder in the US with a TV show "Full Custom Garage") kitbash a car together from whatever he has lying around.

Watching him work is frustrating and awe-inspiring. The way he works is just like you describe. He whacks the panels off, roughly fits the new panel, then adds whatever bracing or patches to make it work. He doesn't over-think it. If it doesn't work out, her just chops it off and tries something else.

I think he could do what you're asking in about a week. Lol.

I'll check that out, sounds like precisely what I am thinking.