1974 Roadrunner Re-Paint and Some Upgrades

[RR Fan Dan]

Got the Dakota Digital dash today. Pleased with the quality.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Underside coming along nicely. Body plugs everywhere. Counted 30. Sealing over all but 4. Will weld in 1/2” pipe fittings 304 SS

 

[YY1]

Custom gold stripe?

I know at least one of the major stripe suppliers will do custom colors.

 

[RSMS]

Underside coming along nicely. Body plugs everywhere. Counted 30. Sealing over all but 4. Will weld in 1/2” pipe fittings 304 SS

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floor looks pretty good in the pictures, are you DA'ing it with 80 grit or??

 

[YY1]

There's a whole thread about sand blasting it.

 

[RSMS]

There's a whole thread about sand blasting it.

I don't think the floors were sandblasted by looking at them.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

floor looks pretty good in the pictures, are you DA'ing it with 80 grit or??

Torch and scrape. Will sandblast to finish. 80 grit glass beads.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Custom gold stripe?

I know at least one of the major stripe suppliers will do custom colors.

Stripes will be painted. Looking at this now. Green body, orange stripes.

 

[71Beeper]

Dan, will you be installing frame connectors?

 

[DeltaV]

So Matt at Firm Feel wants to thank you guys for increasing his revenue stream today. He highly recommends the aluminum isolators, so they have been added to the invoice.
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For reference:

Post in thread '1973 Road Runner K Frame Body Mount/Bushing Swap' 1973 Road Runner K Frame Body Mount/Bushing Swap

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Dan, will you be installing frame connectors?

Yes.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

For reference:

Post in thread '1973 Road Runner K Frame Body Mount/Bushing Swap' 1973 Road Runner K Frame Body Mount/Bushing Swap

Thanks for that. Firm Feel ones I got look correct too.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

All the undercoating has been stripped.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Working on the dash parts all morning. I believe someone used tractor paint on it.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

A little excessive on the trunk seam seal. Will be torching this out and redoing it.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

After input from several members here I decided not to go with the Firm Feel steering gear box. I instead am going with the Borgason. I just got off the phone with Bergman auto craft. They are going to hook me up with everything I need to hook up to my flaming river tilt steering. No cutting required. I got the kit with the pump and hoses as well as a cooler. I also got the kevlar brake shoes and SS PTFE coated brake lines as well as a polished Leeds master cylinder and booster.

 

[DeltaV]

Where are you going to mount the power steering cooler?

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Where are you going to mount the power steering cooler?

Not sure yet. Probably in front of the radiator, as I have a manual transmission so no tranny cooler there.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Ordered paint samples today

 

[RR Fan Dan]

So front frame rails needed a little work. One side looks decent where the body mounts are the other side body mounts not so much. That got cut out and replaced.