I have the time so I figured why not put the things back on it that were there when I tore it down. First time attempting it.
My 68 roadrunner restoration
- Thread starter Scott Kiger
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The Island of Misfit Mopars
I didn’t mean to single you out. Just in general on restorations and all the paint daubs. I’ve been buying and selling Mopars of late 60’s to early 70’s and saw many original paint and assembled cars. A lot of the A and B body cars had terrible panel fitment, especially the fenders to the door and hood gap. Many had orange peel on the lower doors and rockers. All the restored cars I see don’t look like that. And that’s what everyone sees. Not painted steering linkage studs and rear axle covers. Just an observation. 8^]
What did you use for engine paint? have you used it before? Looks great ....Thanks
I primed it and then used Duplicolor Chrysler Green engine paint with ceramic. The color seems a little off in the pics I posted but it has actually changed a bit since it has cured. Plus the LED lighting in the shop seems to give everything a different look in pictures anyway it seems like.What did you use for engine paint? have you used it before? Looks great ....Thanks
Looks great
Been waiting for a week for my pilot bearing to get here. Wanted a USA made piece. Finally came today so I got it installed and then got the clutch and pressure plate installed. Hopefully I will get the engine and transmission bolted together next week and on the K frame. Spring is coming and my shop time is about to be a whole lot less.
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It’s been since around 1981 since that engine sat on the K frame. Next up is mounting the transmission up.
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Picking up seats at the upholstery shop today. I didn’t take a pic of the front before I took the back off to make it easy to handle and unload by myself.
Looking good. Did you check the bellhousing runout since everything is out in the open at this point?
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t.flatt
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You have a awesome looking build going on, man!
Been a while but here are some updated pics. Back knocking the metal work out the last few weeks. She’s ready to hang the quarters on now. This car will end up being all original sheet metal except the quarters, trunk pan, and roof skin. Roof skin could have been saved probably but it was pretty rotten around the rear glass.
Had some small rust spots here and there that had to be worked on but Steven is an artist. When he repairs it you can’t tell what he repaired. Plus we are saving all the original metal we can instead of just throwing new metal at it.
It’s looking fantastic! Soon you’ll be in in the painting phase! Keep up the good work
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