1968 Charger, Ray Barton 528 Hemi, Pro-touring.

[Jarven1977]

Finished the driver side seat brackets.
Did some measuring and I'll keep the center console. It seems the highest point on the front section lines up pretty good with the lowest point of the original -68 dash. It might look good but we'll see when the dash is in.

 

[Jarven1977]

Passenger side completed incl sectioning of the frame itself.
Next task is spraying the engine bay with "My" version of Bright red, R4, and the under carriage with raptor bedliner. Hope to have this done this weekend.

 

[493 Mike]

When do you sleep?
Mike

 

[Jarven1977]

When do you sleep?
Mike

Dude, this project has been asleep for years, I'm determined to have this car, maybe not completed, but atleast on its wheels and moving by itself this Summer.
We have like 2-3 hrs of dark in Sweden this time of year so its I guess its not impossible?

 

[Jarven1977]

While I'm waiting for my brother finish sanding the enginebay I cleaned, glassblasted and painted the Brembo calipers. Purple wasn't really my colour..
I also painted the rear calipers to match.
Bought a couple of Brembo stickers a while ago and slapped them in and painted again with clear to keep the stickers from falling off.

 

[Jarven1977]

Hasn't gone exactly according to plan. After spraying the primer I was hoping to spray the Bright red but there was more work to be done with sanding unfortunately. Continuing with other misc items to refurb.

 

[Jarven1977]

Nice feeling, spraying clear tomorrow morning before work.

 

[Jarven1977]

Clear sprayed, decent result. Now on to masking off the bay and spray the radiator support black and the undercarriage with bedliner. Not far from assembly now.

 

[Jarven1977]

Bedliner done, note to self: wear gloves next time dumbass.

 

[493 Mike]

Bedliner done, note to self: wear gloves next time dumbass.

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I'm jealous! I've been humping to get mine ready to spray tomorrow. Man that masking is a pain. I'm tinting my Raptor gray. Did you do the fenders?
Mike

 

[Jarven1977]

I'm jealous! I've been humping to get mine ready to spray tomorrow. Man that masking is a pain. I'm tinting my Raptor gray. Did you do the fenders?
Mike

Not yet, I have 2/3 of a bottle left so I'll wait until I have my inner fender guards ready as well.
And yes, the masking was a pain!

 

[493 Mike]

Well, I got mine "Raptored" today!
Mike

 

[Jarven1977]

Blacked out the tailpanel and radiator support today. Used a semigloss black. I also resprayed the interior with a slightly glossier black. The first one I used was flat black and I wasn't really pleased with how it looked.
Couldn't stop myself from removing all masking! Very satisfying seeing it again. Now it's actually time for assembly! I'll start with plumbing, brake and fuel lines while I can work on it with the car in the rotisserie.

 

[493 Mike]

Blacked out the tailpanel and radiator support today. Used a semigloss black. I also resprayed the interior with a slightly glossier black. The first one I used was flat black and I wasn't really pleased with how it looked.
Couldn't stop myself from removing all masking! Very satisfying seeing it again. Now it's actually time for assembly! I'll start with plumbing, brake and fuel lines while I can work on it with the car in the rotisserie.

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Ahh! The fun begins.
Mike

 

[watermelon]

sprayed before work? musta made for an easy day at work

nice


watermelon

 

[Jarven1977]

Started to fiddle around with brake lines. Inherited parts from a stainless kit that I'll try and get use of.
The passenger and driver side line fit pretty well.
But the threads into the proportion valve wasn't correct. The valves female threads were 7/16" and the lines were 3/8"?
Well, anyhow. Since I'm using a mix of components.. Main cylinder from SSBC(also inherited) big Brembos upfront and an SSBC kit on the dana I decided to follow KISS. Keep it simple stupid.
I will tee the front brake line from the main cylinder and fit an adjustable pressurevalve on the rear line.
One funny thing, the brake line fittings into the main cylinder was swapped? The rear outlet(closest to the firewall) had the fitting and line that was meant to go to the rear inlet port on the proportion valve and vice versa.
Could this be why so many have had issues with this SSBC main cylinder and poor brakes?
Trial fitted the cylinder and pedals, need to do some cutting and welding to get it all aligned Good. I Guess this is common with "bolt on" stuff.

 

[Jarven1977]

Finally got something done again.
Fished up the lower control arms from the strip-all bath. Cleaned and removed the bump stops, fitted the poly bushings and tacked the reinforcement plates.
Finished the brake cylinder assembly. I'm hesitant to fitting this SSBC master cylinder, many over att Dodge Charger.com who has had issues with poor braking power with these cylinders. I checked and mine has a 1-1/8" Piston. They usually swap them for Corvette C4 cylinders since they are 7/8" bore and fit the bolt pattern. Time will tell...
Cleaned up the gas pedal assembly and couldn't stop myself from starting up the zink-bath again for the small bits and pieces.
Managed to zink-plate the park brake cable also.
My son (12 years) helped me fit the brake assembly in the car! I could use a helper.. Guess I need to bring him more often to the shop.

 

[Jarven1977]

Had a nice vacation and haven't touched a screw on the Charger but now I'm at it again.
Cleaned, reinforced, pressed on new poly bushings and painted the lower control arms.
Got hold of a 3-speed wiper motor and linkage in poor condition. Cleaned, blasted, painted ,zincplated and finished with some yellow chromate on some parts. Gonna let it rest some days before reassembling. The wiring is shot so that will have to be swapped out.

 

[Jarven1977]

While waiting for the yellow chromate to cure I continued with the brake lines. Installed the line lock on the front line and the pressure reducing valve for the rear brake line. Reducer is easily adjusted from the outside. Can finally turn the body and start on the brake and fuel lines underneath.

 

[747mopar]

Man you've been on a mission since I last looked, it looks amazing!!! Way to go, now the fun begins.

How did the Raptor spray, nice texture, did you use the supplied throw away gun? I'm almost ready to paint my dad's truck and will be doing the underside in bed liner as well, been looking at Raptor.