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Discussion starter · #21 ·
I am also on for B bodies only. I have a V Code 70 Charger and I will be using repop parts on the restoration. Some people might not like that but it's my car and I plan to keep it until I can't drive it.
Good to see you here also....I like the sounds of a '70 Charger. Good stuff! Hey, nothing wrong with repop parts in my book, it's good there is a lot available for your project. I wish there were even a couple parts available for my '62, really nothing out there. But I guess that is some of the fun, using what you can get.
 
Building a car lucky enough to have repopped parts available for is really nice! Sure makes it easier and often less expensive when someone decides there enough demand to build them! I recently finished the build of my '71 Camaro SS and it was nice to be able to order door panels, fenders, hood, etc. right on the phone, and not have to repair old stuff.
One of the drawbacks though is the fit on many sheetmetal pieces from repops. My interior door panels were great, but most the sheetmetal from OER was a lot of work to get it fitting correctly.
 
Discussion starter · #23 ·
I recently finished the build of my '71 Camaro SS
Small world! One of my high school cars was a '72 Camaro SS. Sold it in I think 1990-91. That is one I really wish I had kept. That car was so much fun. That was the first car I took completely apart and repaired/detailed everything I could. Back then there were some repop parts but not much - front air dam, emblems, rally caps, this-n-that. The car was black with metallic blue rally stripes- I don't remember too many specifics about the motor but I had swapped the cam, Dart heads, headers, 750 double pumper - TCI tranny. It was fairly quick but real driveable. Good stuff for a dumb 17 year old. Like I said, fun car...miss it..sold it too cheap
 
...miss it..sold it too cheap
Didn't we all. My worst is a '68 Camaro SS clone that I built when I was 19. 350/4-gear/posi Chevy II rear (narrower so wide tires fit in the wells - G-60s!). $1,200! I don't feel well, I'm going to go lay down now... :(
 
I'm really not that smart. My wife has always been the one who told me I'd be sorry if I sold it! Heck, I'd sell it today if she wasn't on the title and refusing to sign off if I sold it! :)
 
Oh man! Can we change this subject? I need a towel! I sold so many so cheap I can't even pick the one that hurts worst. I'm just glad I survived the "young and dumb" years.
 
I've had some real brain fades too! I sold my 1940 Chev coupe, with 413 Mopar, 727 trans, and Dana rearend for a whopping $350 in 1972. Sold my gorgeous 1957 Chev Suburban Carryall, with 389 Pontiac, and TH400 for $375 in 1976. I could go on, but I'm starting to cry too! :(
 
Now ya just ruined the rest of my day---just remembered the ones I let get away, sniff, sniff. I traded my 2 year old '72 Trans Am 455HO Lucerne Blue/white stripe (I bought new off the show room floor in '72) for a new '74 Vega wagon because of the gas crunch. I'd kick my own arse if I could ever get my foot back out of it. The sad thing was, we ordered the Vega in mid September. Because of GM strikes we did not receive the car until Christmas Eve. We kept being told that the car was lost in shipping, then it was stuck on a railroad side on the railroad car up in Canada somewhere. After the car finally came we learned about the strikes, and the sabatoge that the workers did to cars. After gettng the car we had a loud clunck and rattle in the car. The dealer finally cut open a side panel by the rear wheelwell and found a tin can full of nuts and bolts with th etop smashed together to close up the can. Plus loose nuts and bolts in other panels. I did like the basic car but all that stuff, plus the fact that it was rusting out in the fenders from the moment it was assembled killed all like for thecar. We go it Christmas Eve, by April I sold it off. Wht a loss. Mark L
 
Ouch, this thread took a turn for the worse. Now I am sad about my 03 Cobra.

Mopars unfortunately are just not as common for replacement parts. I am lucky with my charger as a lot of the stuff is similar to a 69 charger or any other B body from 68-70 so they have a wide selection of parts. (AMD will be my best friend in a few years) The only part they don't make, which a defunct scammer company called premiere plastics started but never finished is the 70 charger grille and bumper loop. Mine is missing a portion and they dented the bumper loop. It looks like they forgot the front deck is a mile long while parking and hit one of those poles they use to keep people away from objects in parking lots. I will try my hand a plastic repair and hammer and dolly for the bumper. I am seriously thinking of the spray on chrome process to re-chrome everything, although there is a place in Holyoke that does re-chroming and there is not a lot of detail on the bumper. I will have to price it.

Any updates on your car?
 
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Ouch, this thread took a turn for the worse

I am seriously thinking of the spray on chrome process to re-chrome everything
Any updates on your car?
Yeah this thread got gloomy quick! Here are some updates, I will keep them rolling in.

As far as the chrome, spraying the bumpers silver always looks pretty good, in my opinion. Think of any car with fiberglass bumpers - painted silver - looks tough. I was originally going to straighten and paint my bumpers but ended up finding a good front (two actually) and my brother found a killer deal on a rechromed rear so I am good to go on that. But painted was my original plan

Anyway, updates:
As the cowl repair progressed, I also got working on some other rust repair. There were a couple spots in the trunk, the lower corners and rear lip of the back window were rotten, and both quarters ahead of the rear wheel were rotted through. So all that was getting patched as well. Also dent repair on the roof and top of passenger quarter where years ago a tree fell on the car. Also a big crease by the tail light panel where some yahoo apparently pushed the car around with a forklift while it was in storage




Patching the quarters:



And done:

 
Discussion starter · #34 · (Edited)
Before the front end started coming apart for the straight axle, I installed frame connectors (still a greasy,dirty underside - but not for long) These frame connectors were made by Hammer, a guy on the 62-65 Mopar website and B bodies website. Nice piece and a great guy to deal with.





Notice how these connectors pass up through the floorpan so they can connect to the center of the rear frame member

 
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Notice how these connectors pass up through the floorpan so they can connect to the center of the rear frame member
Very nice.... I plan to do something similar.

Even though my car is setup with an OK-for-now ladder bar rear suspension it is lacking in "how" it was done. With the "mild 350" that is in it now the rear suspension is plenty strong...... at least for now.

With plans for a "500hp killer small block" on the list I plan to add 2x3 frame rails (Competition Engineering) I picked up @ a swap meet last Fall.

Even with all the changes that have been made over the years (sub frames, cross members, gussets, brackets, etc) the uni-body is still an integral part of both the rear & front suspensions. In time ALL that will be changed. It's not like I can't use what's there to make most of the changes I want to do (9" ford - move rear leaf springs inward - straight front axle - tilt front end)
 
This is some great work, invaluable information and a real inspiration. Keep it up. I will be diving head first into much of this soon with the Morris.
 
The more I read about this car the more I remember how much I love that body style. It's gunna rock. Mark L
 
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