$500- 68 charger

[Ron 73]

X 2! That has to be tedious work and he makes it look easy.. Daytona, i would let you work on my stuff anytime, Im getting better at a few things but it takes me twice as long to do things, i guess slow and right is better then fast and bad though! Wont be long before all this takes you out on the road, Id love to see this at the track, i think it was 500 HP, sounds like some real fun coming! Keep it up!

 

[Ron 73]

Daytona, a little inspiration! We've seen it before but take a break and enjoy!

[video=youtube;DxhtbjYGrI4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxhtbjYGrI4[/video]

 

[daytona kid]

Daytona, a little inspiration! We've seen it before but take a break and enjoy!

THNX, That was good, I needed that. I've seen that clip before but totally forgot about the charger in it. I think I saw it before I got my charger and didn't take notice of it then. Sad to see them trash it tho.
And thanks for all the compliments guys, as I've said before I would never have thought about doing this project without this forum. Many thanks to all. The window is going pretty good, just taking one section at a time. A lot of the metal I have used was new metal cut from the wheel-house mod leftovers, some pieces were already angled to fit. I just put the curve in them with the shrinker.

 

[daytona kid]

This is the last corner, upper right outer. I'll save the grinding for tommorow. The top piece will join here and the other side. Hope to get the top piece on by the weekend or ready to go on. It will all be done after that one.

 

[Ron 73]

I imagine everyone here has seen that clip or the whole movie before but its a good one, Myself i would rather have the Charger then the Challenger, thats just me but I like the Charger much better! and your right, its a shame when they tear up good cars to make a movie, or a show, especially Mopars, at the least our b-body cars. Your fabricating looks real good!

 

[Mr.SpeedFreak]

Looking good daytona! You'll be on cloud 9 with that whole window shelf done, I know I was at least haha keep on keepin on!

 

[daytona kid]

Looking good daytona! You'll be on cloud 9 with that whole window shelf done, I know I was at least haha keep on keepin on!

Fer Sher, It has been a pain.
The trick for me was getting the welder set right, (way low) once I got that it was like "micro-welding made easy". About a 1" weld then let it cool, I use a wet rag to cool it.
A bunch of different grinding tools and attachments have been used a lot, even my little dremel tool.
Here is that last corner after cleaning up.

 

[Mr.SpeedFreak]

Yep that's the way to do it! It's a pain in the *** keeping it cool along the roofline to keep the roof skin from warping, too but looks like you got it well under control. Looks like you're getting your money's worth out of that shrinking/ stretching tool, too :icon_thumleft:

 

[daytona kid]

Yep, couldn't have made those corners without them.
Here's a piece I cut to make the long top patch. I will bend it tommorow with a sheet metal brake to get a good looking angle.

 

[Ron 73]

Has anyone tried that compressed air you can get at Wall-mart to spray or clean out computers where your welding after, real quick shot to cool the metal down, The air that comes out of the can is ice cold, maybe cool it quicker and make it easier..

 

[Mr.SpeedFreak]

Cool deal! Like I said be as careful as possible about keeping that roof skin cool when you get to welding, it warps really easily. But that's an interesting idea ron, it's co2 in those cans so they do get pretty cold :thinker: I just used a wet shop rag when me and my friend welded mine

 

[daytona kid]

When I need to I can barely pull the trigger on my welding gun and it shoots gas but no wire.
If I'm close to finishing a bead (1"beads) but the weld is getting to hot and trying to burn a hole, I let off the wire feed for a sec and cool it just enough to get thru with the spot.
Then hit it with my (basicly free + tight budget = wet rag. I know guys that use air from their air-compressors to cool welds, and to take warps out.

 

[747mopar]

When you weld that roof I wouldn't lay any beads at all "nothing but tacks until it's a solid weld" that's allot of metal. I put allot of new metal in my hood and it was a pain to keep flat even had to recut welds and re weld to get the warps out, it's a whole new ballgame when you don't have those tight bends around the weld area to keep it from warping. I used the wet towel trick a few times and it does help. Great job on your patches. Good Luck

 

[daytona kid]

Rgr tht on the spots , that is what I had planned. I remember how my side skins warped some. I've got the piece ready, really happy with the fit so far. Will drill and weld tommorow.

 

[747mopar]

That really looks good, nice job fabbing that up.

 

[Mr.SpeedFreak]

Looking good! And like 747 said, no beads just tacks. And on a long strip like that do one tack at one end, the next at the other end, back and forth etc. Spacing them out like that will help keep it from getting too hot. With thin sheet metal like this any kind of bead will probably cause some warping

 

[roadrunnerman]

I agree, that looks great. I can't even see where you put the metal in.

 

[cdr]

after i did that patch on mine it warped the roof some,going from left to right it was like high,low all across,i was able to tap on the welds at the low spots & it leveled out.

 

[mopar4don]

I was wondering about the lip that runs along the top edge of the window opening?
As I understand it, that lip is for the trim. I guess the trim fits in under the lip? (not really sure, I read it on someones thread) Maybe you don't need that lip?
Or is your patch going to be below that?

 

[barnfind]

Has anyone tried that compressed air you can get at Wall-mart to spray or clean out computers where your welding after, real quick shot to cool the metal down, The air that comes out of the can is ice cold, maybe cool it quicker and make it easier..

[video]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_duster[/video]

May not be such a good idea with red hot metal