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For the Love for my Father, My 69 GTX Restoration

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Yeah it was pretty busy. I left about 2. I'll bring my X out to see ya when it's done.
Are ya rested up yet?
Looking forward to that Tim!

Glad you had a safe trip home....no rest yet...me, Nat and Mom went out last night and closed the night well.....we are about to head to the airport.....

This weekend will be my catch up

Justin
 
Congrats Justin, that’s an incredible score! I’m looking forward to hearing all about the remaining 5 points!
 
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Long time no see my friend and thank you!

How’s the charger coming?.....

Justin
Hey Justin, I've been around, still picking away on the Charger. I got side tracked this past summer and ended up doing an engine swap and engine compartment restoration on my uncle's 76 Corvette. He's been wanting to do a crate motor since I was a kid and I finally convinced him this spring to buy the engine and I would take care of the rest. He's 75 and hasn't touched the car since 2009 when my aunt passed away, so the Charger got put on the back burner for a little.
 
Congrats Justin, that’s an incredible score! I’m looking forward to hearing all about the remaining 5 points!
HR

Thank you for the compliments.....it was actually supposed to be 4.5....one area the judged said he only took a .5 of a point but when I got the score sheets it stayed 1 pt.....it didn’t matter to me at that point because I had the trophy in my hand......

Justin
 
Hey Justin, I've been around, still picking away on the Charger. I got side tracked this past summer and ended up doing an engine swap and engine compartment restoration on my uncle's 76 Corvette. He's been wanting to do a crate motor since I was a kid and I finally convinced him this spring to buy the engine and I would take care of the rest. He's 75 and hasn't touched the car since 2009 when my aunt passed away, so the Charger got put on the back burner for a little.
Mark

That is wonderful! Now get on that charger!
 
STILL patiently waiting for 5point story, lol! ( not a seeping t-stat gasket?)
 
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The judging sheets comprise of seven pages and each page are about two feet long. One for engine bay, interior etc etc......You can get deducted from dust on a part to a blemish on a piece of trim and anything and everything in between. My car has three judges on it and it took roughly an hour and a half.....

To score above 990 is a phenomenal feat....the average scoring was in the 970’s and that’s still gold btw....

When the judges got done and they were all Mopar’s guys we chatted for about 45 minutes about Mopar’s and hearing about their cars and the Chicago club they are a part of. Very professional, knowledgeable and down to earth guys. Two of them swung by again the next day.

Per the words of one judge about my car he is what he said, “It was a personal pleasure for me to judge your car which was a wonderful example of an original car, thank you personally for bringing this car here and retaining true history.”

This is why I chose MCACN, a show for die Hard car enthusiasts....

Now for the deductions:

1. Passenger side rear sail panel was not as tight as the driver side(was supposed to be .5)
2. Reproduction washer jar but original cap. This totally blew by me and others....it was on the car originally and the car had no reproduction parts on it. It was yellowed and had a stain plus was correctly dated on the back. I didn’t even question it. Oh well, I told him would the two nos ones at home suffice, lol...the tip off was the direction of the cap, cores ones face the radiator. Newer reproductions face the correct way but will still get dinged because they are an obvious reproduction....
3. A slight blemish on a windlace mounding on the passenger side. Just needs to be polished.
4. Rear passenger window molding the lower rear corner on the passenger side sit slightly higher than the driver side. No fix it is tight on the glass and the down trim. They always fit crappy and I nudged then a bit in that but no go.....
5. Two holes on the left and right frames rails had a bend and this was due to a previous owner strapping the car down. The body shop fixed the rear two but forgot the front two...this was noticed when I got the car but it was painted at that point. Fixable but wasn’t a priority....

Now do see you just how picky of a process that is!
 
4. Rear passenger window molding the lower rear corner on the passenger side sit slightly higher than the driver side. No fix it is tight on the glass and the down trim. They always fit crappy and I nudged then a bit in that but no go.....

This is the part that irked me the most. It's either tight, or it's not. :mad:
 
This is the part that irked me the most. It's either tight, or it's not. :mad:
They all fit like snot and I told them the channel and trim were original to the car. So changing that to make it fit the same or shaving the trim is butchering what the factory placed when it rolled out. That makes it an “over” restored car and is a different class...

I tried....
 
That’s is what makes all the long hours, hard work and searching for the perfect part worth while. Congrats again. Your car is amazing!!!! Safe travels.
JW

Coming from you and the help you provided...

I truly thank both you and Angela......

Justin
 
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