rescuediver1982
Well-Known Member
My Gen 3 swap thread… Its been a journey that isn’t quite over yet!
*Get through the primer and it will quickly get to the meat and potatoes!*
I started with a 1973 Plymouth Satellite. It is a factory A/C car with a factory 318. It ran and drove (albeit not well) I am pretty sure the main bearings on the engine were out and the valve guides as well… it smoked more than a 1970’s nascar fan… But it was a long time California car with perfect floors and what I thought was a great body!
73 roadrunner project by rescuediver1982, on Flickr
73 roadrunner project by rescuediver1982, on Flickr
73 roadrunner project by rescuediver1982, on Flickr
So off I went, first I decided to tackle the body because I knew my Gen 3 swap was gonna be costly and I wasn’t sure how exactly the best way to do it was…
I had the body dustless blasted after I found some nasty looking filler in the rear quarters. For what it is worth, I like the simple, quick, nondestructive process of the dustless blasting but be warned. That crap get everywhere! You will find caked on glass sand in every nook and cranny ever created by those ma mopar engineers!
73 roadrunner project by rescuediver1982, on Flickr
73 roadrunner project by rescuediver1982, on Flickr
I found out the rear quarters had been wrecked pretty good, but they don’t make swap quarters or patch panels for the sections I needed… So off to pull out some metal, massage steel, and bump them back into shape. With some filler, some primer, some more filler, and finally more primer. In the process I deleted the radio antenna and the fender mounted turn signals. (some people may not like that idea but I didn’t like the square turn signals on the nice rounded body...)
73 roadrunner project by rescuediver1982, on Flickr
73 roadrunner project by rescuediver1982, on Flickr
73 roadrunner project by rescuediver1982, on Flickr
Ohh… and this cool OE RR hood from a swap forum on FB! It was in pretty good shape!
73 roadrunner project by rescuediver1982, on Flickr
73 roadrunner project by rescuediver1982, on Flickr
73 roadrunner project by rescuediver1982, on Flickr
*Get through the primer and it will quickly get to the meat and potatoes!*
I started with a 1973 Plymouth Satellite. It is a factory A/C car with a factory 318. It ran and drove (albeit not well) I am pretty sure the main bearings on the engine were out and the valve guides as well… it smoked more than a 1970’s nascar fan… But it was a long time California car with perfect floors and what I thought was a great body!
So off I went, first I decided to tackle the body because I knew my Gen 3 swap was gonna be costly and I wasn’t sure how exactly the best way to do it was…
I had the body dustless blasted after I found some nasty looking filler in the rear quarters. For what it is worth, I like the simple, quick, nondestructive process of the dustless blasting but be warned. That crap get everywhere! You will find caked on glass sand in every nook and cranny ever created by those ma mopar engineers!
I found out the rear quarters had been wrecked pretty good, but they don’t make swap quarters or patch panels for the sections I needed… So off to pull out some metal, massage steel, and bump them back into shape. With some filler, some primer, some more filler, and finally more primer. In the process I deleted the radio antenna and the fender mounted turn signals. (some people may not like that idea but I didn’t like the square turn signals on the nice rounded body...)
Ohh… and this cool OE RR hood from a swap forum on FB! It was in pretty good shape!