68 Charger dream car

[alecb]

I recently picked up my dream car, a 1968 Dodge Charger, I’ll post updates on this thread and my instagram page @alecs_automotive_adventures.

To start, I towed the car home yesterday from Anderson CA.
As I said in my Welcome Wagon post, this car is a 383 2 barrel automatic, GG1 racing green, with green vinyl interior and green vinyl top.

 

[bcOH67]

Congrats!

 

[6872n73]

Nice!

 

[Sixpactogo]

Nice choice and the same colors as mine was. By the way, welcome to the site.

 

[ct71rr]

Very nice, one of my dream cars too. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll ever see that one.

 

[Llamaback]

Looks like an awesome project! Looking forward to more posts.

 

[Bighouse]

Peel off the skin we want to see it’s guts!

 

[Don67Satellite]

Nice score! Triple pickle too, will look great. Look forward to seeing the project progress.

 

[Hilljack68]

I'm GREEN with envy. I'm sure you paid too much, but I would too! Congratulations!

 

[MWbirdLOVER70]

Welcome aboard and a lotta great people and info here

 

[ckessel]

At least you don't have to worry about putting a dent in the front end.

 

[Twalker]

Congrats!

 

[Mopar Hunter]

 

[alecb]

I haven’t done much to my Charger since I bought it. Other projects have gotten my attention lately, but I want to start on the Charger at some point this summer. I did pick up a few pieces of sheet metal, I cut out all the carpet and pulled out as much interior as I could. The floors are totally gone. I would like some advice on how I can start fixing the damaged front. Should I just take it to a frame shop?

 

[alecb]

Firewall is tweaked, buckled and separated from the floor on the drivers side. Inner fender is badly bent, the cowl has a nice crease. Fender is a wall hanger now. No idea if the K frame is bad or not.

 

[ckessel]

Starting to sound like a parts car to salvage useable parts from. Firewall/cowl damage is pretty major.

 

[Llamaback]

You can fix it! Looks like doing a whole front clip swap would be your best choice. I have a pretty decent whole front clip on a 70 coronet 4 door I would potentially sell if you are interested. Look up build threads by Kern Dog on his Jigsaw charger, he goes into good detail and fixed similar issues to yours I believe.

 

[Budnicks]

A lot of work, good luck

welcome to FBBO from NorCal Sierras

 

[alecb]

You can fix it! Looks like doing a whole front clip swap would be your best choice. I have a pretty decent whole front clip on a 70 coronet 4 door I would potentially sell if you are interested. Look up build threads by Kern Dog on his Jigsaw charger, he goes into good detail and fixed similar issues to yours I believe.

Kern Dog actually lives near me. I don’t know why I didn’t think of him before. I should have him him come take a look

 

[super-bee_ski]

Wow, do you have a "Good Roller" parts car for that project?
You are going to need one .
Good luck.