5 days, lots of hours, and voila! a White Roadrunner!

[scotts74birds]

Congrats bud, great job! i'm doing the roof on my 74 RR now. One question though, I noticed the rust below the roof seam and it looked like the P.O. used bondo on the joint, hence the rust. How did you re-fill the roof to quarter joint?

 

[racedodge]

used fiberglass then filler

 

[racedodge]

update 9-5-10

update... got the spoiler wing on, got the new oil pan on, got the k member cleaned up, got the new headlight bezels on.

kinda messed up on the spoiler wing though.. tightened the four bolts down a little too tight and bowed in my decklid at the pedestal mounts a little bit. sux for me, but to hell with trying to fix it. its just going to have to stay that way.

why they bowed you may ask? my decklid was not made for a wing.. no cutouts on the bottom. I "should" have used my step bit and made cutouts and then mount the nuts/washers to the pedestal mounts right below on the top metal of the decklid.. BUT... I didnt... so I will chalk that up as a learning experience. looks pretty dang good though.

front spoilers look to be a pain though. I actually have to flatten out part of the plastic spoiler so that it will fit the curvature of my fender. My passenger side valance is pretty "not" straight, so I will have to fix that before I even think about mounting anything up front. I will save that for a later date. it is late and I am tired, so I will put up pics later.

 

[1badgtx]

Hey she looks pretty damn good!!!!I found some ugly body work on my gtx too...Old school lead filler and brazing..We got it easy nowadays with plazma cutters and wire feed welders!!!
Petty Blue 67 GTX

 

[racedodge]

thanks, its taking me a lot longer to put her together than i expected.. but i guess its worth the wait lol.

still lots to do.. i have to weld me together a exhaust system, put the roof and side stripe on, put on the front spoilers, and just tidying up all the loose ends. hopefully, i can have it done in 2-3 weeks.

 

[scotts74birds]

Great job once again! Two pieces of advice for you. First, from your first photos, put some foam "pipe wrap" around your floor jack handle before you have to learn "dent-pulling" too! Second, you may be able to shrink the metal around the pedestals by using the dry-ice method. Look it up on you tube!

 

[racedodge]

good points... i was going to take the wing off, use my step bit to enlarge the bottom decklid holes and then see if i can use a lil body english to push (ever so gently) the pedestal mount areas back up to where they need to belong (or close to it). but until then.. it will be the way it is lol. thanks.

 

[roadrunnerman]

nice looking roadrunner.

 

[skymynx]

She came together nicely. Love that your all about the final details. Thats what really helps a car stick out.

 

[WileE]

Nice, good job, looks good ! You gonna throw the roof stripe on it ?

 

[racedodge]

Nice, good job, looks good ! You gonna throw the roof stripe on it ?

yeah, just need to buff out the paint first. I got the kit, just need to put it on. I actually want to get it running before I do any more cosmetics. There is something about having a car "go" with the "show" aspect.

thank you for your kind replies.

 

[racedodge]

well its been a while so here is an update

 

[oneway71]

Looking sharp!

 

[72Satellite440]

sure looks great , good job!

 

[Dodge 330]

Awesome!

Got the ralleye wheels you bought from me bolted on that wagon yet?

Mark

 

[racedodge]

Awesome!

Got the ralleye wheels you bought from me bolted on that wagon yet?

Mark

sure did, got some new tires on them too.. they look great on the old girl. now to swap in the 360/727 on the wagon

 

[racedodge]

no pictures, but i went ahead and dropped the gas tank.. its toast.. rust inside.. got a new one coming in this week. had to relocate the electric fuel pump so that it will "push" better than what it 'was' doing. reworked my fuel lines to clean them up in the rear right quarter/framerail area. radiator has a leak.. pulled it.. picking up a brand new one tonight from oreilly's. i will try and get it running tomorrow from a gas can just to break in the camshaft. 98% done.. and i am going crazy waiting for the next 2%

 

[268RTs4ME]

roadrunner

nice heres mine same color.

 

[ozonedepletion]

well done, nothing like starting with an easy one.
Its amazing how you can suddenly develop welding and autobodie skills
when you jump in the deep end.

 

[racedodge]

nice heres mine same color.

you have no idea how close ours are in reality as mine was a full vinyl top car from the factory, but i chose not to go that route.

great looking car!!!

well done, nothing like starting with an easy one.
Its amazing how you can suddenly develop welding and autobodie skills
when you jump in the deep end.

i know.. it was amazing.. but necessity required me to learn. the car is not near perfect.. i call it a 20 footer.. but its a driver and that is all i need right now.