sdyer233
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Hello there, I am new to the site and already find myself like a kid in a candy store with all of its insightful contents! I'm going into my senior year and i've just purchased this 73 charger 318. It's my first classic, and man after driving it for about a month now, I feel great about all of the work that i had (and will still) have to do to keep this beauty. Ive got 3 years at a trade school to support me but as far a car restoration I am pretty much lost.
Everyone I have talked to has told me to keep the car all original for when I go to sell it down the road, but I can already tell I do not plan on it. So therefore I want to put what I like into it, and not necessarily all original parts and such. I would like to start working on it, I was thinking of starting at the interior, and maybe working from the top, down, then going to the exterior with paint and finding any missing chrome and throwing in a few little performance toys (intake, headers, starter) along the way for some fun. But having be my first classic I figured i'd like to hear some advice from some veterans at what a good plan might be. The cars in great overall shape, a bit of rust here and there, and an oil leak that looks like a blown head gasket, but overall runs and drives great. Opinions are welcomed, and i thank you all for creating such an informative site:toothy5:
Everyone I have talked to has told me to keep the car all original for when I go to sell it down the road, but I can already tell I do not plan on it. So therefore I want to put what I like into it, and not necessarily all original parts and such. I would like to start working on it, I was thinking of starting at the interior, and maybe working from the top, down, then going to the exterior with paint and finding any missing chrome and throwing in a few little performance toys (intake, headers, starter) along the way for some fun. But having be my first classic I figured i'd like to hear some advice from some veterans at what a good plan might be. The cars in great overall shape, a bit of rust here and there, and an oil leak that looks like a blown head gasket, but overall runs and drives great. Opinions are welcomed, and i thank you all for creating such an informative site:toothy5:
car is going into the shop tomorrow morning to get the leak checked as well as a good look at everything else! As for the lights bumper and wheels, I did know that they were painted and changed for whatever reason but wasn't even thinking about that, so thanks for pointing that out! And the interior is going to get a full new look, that will stay ultimately original (but different color scheme) with the adddition of perhaps a hidden more modern radio. The first body work I plan on doing is removing the vinal top to see what the roof looks like, and the vinal will be replaced with a mock two tone paint job to replicate the vinal look with paint that I prefer much more. I'll keep updating! Thanks all
