StuBBle has left the field.

[qkcuda]

Purists look away now. I have been trying to find a picture of a snorkel on one of these cars. No luck. Because it is sacrelig! But hey, I had to see it for myself. It is one of Mopar’s best scoops and one of the best bodies. There are similar curves. I have a snorkel and will likely never have the correct car to put under it. It does kinda blend with the body. I’m after a bird bath hood but I might pop some holes in this flat hood and mount it for fun. View attachment 1442859

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That is my favourite Mopar scoop. I ran one on my 69 cuda, and my buddy I raced with ran one on his 73 Roadrunner. I say go for it!

 

[RT68440]

Regarding the blank fender tag. I've always heard that they wired them up to hang from the rear view mirror mounting holes to get painted with the car. I wonder if they hung it and it fell down before the stamping and paint process...

 

[gdrill]

Now that would make sense as it had the wires and has a nice coat of paint on it.

 

[gdrill]

Well that was a pain I the ***. I am doing a roof skin on StuBBle and whoever put the windshield in knew how to do it properly. No big deal, other than it is still mint condition. So I had to save it. The black windshield adhesive is still sticky! But I got it out without cracking it. Hopefully the back is easier. The parts car has a broken windshield but an electric rear. I’ll have to save that.

 

[gdrill]

Way more easier. Silicone!
Love it. Less than 10 minutes.

 

[Islandkent]

Now tuck those away for safe keeping.
I went to a local glass shop and asked for a windshield box. It’s still in that dam box!

 

[gdrill]

That’s a good idea. I have quite a stack going upstairs!

 

[qkcuda]

Your build is even more impressive than I thought, because it seems the red parts car is a Nova!

 

[gdrill]

Ha! I’m not quite that ambitious!

 

[ct71rr]

Nice to see you got the windshield out without cracking it. I wasn’t so lucky.

 

[gdrill]

Yes. I was going to get the wife to help. Then I thought if I did that it would mean I was in a hurry and would probably try too hard. So I just plugged along slowly. I love how these old windshield have brown tint!

 

[gdrill]

A friend of mine told me the roof skin really isn’t that hard to do. I’m sure glad the parts car roof is good. These are not repopped. I decided to use an air die grinder to buzz the spot welds. Then I bent a screwdriver to be my wedge. One side is free. About a half hour to do this. I won’t get it all done today though. Priorities are gonna take over.

 

[gdrill]

Ok. It literally is about 1 1/2hr job to remove a skin! Ya. I couldn’t wait. StuBBle is now a Satellighter than he was before.

 

[gdrill]

I haven’t decided whether I will use the 74 Sebring roof or a 74 Charger I have available. I think the Charger will be less overall modification to fit the 71 Plymouth. At least my research implies that. So I figured I would make a little template for the wing mount holes. I don’t know that I will put a wing on, I do have a Go wing, but there is a chance and I have to weld up the holes somebody else drilled in.

 

[gdrill]

Tools of the trade!

The result. I drilled the corners so they would kinda look factory. Then I used a zip disc to cut a square section out. A carbide die grinder made the finishing touches. Perfect? No. Damn close? Yes.

 

[gdrill]

Time for the welder. These were crushed from the previous wing. I used a couple tricks and got them both pulled pretty straight. Now I gotta fill holes.

 

[gdrill]

A couple nail heads fill the majority of the hole up. Now the underneath is good enough for a skim of putty. That will do.

 

[gdrill]

Tomorrow’s task.

 

[Basket case]

Great project! The slots look great on that body.

 

[gdrill]

Mad Max style!