'69 charger r/t-se: Building my dream car

[daytona kid]

Good looking goodies!

 

[Mr.SpeedFreak]

Well I know I said "no more bodywork for a while" but we had a day of gorgeous weather yesterday, and this ended up happening.. lol not expecting many days that nice for quite awhile so I took the opportunity to keep all the dust outside



Rolled frankenstein out into the sun and stripped the driver's side quarter. Not too many surprises, just the two big dents above the wheelwell and a small hole from someone screwing in a slidehammer. Can't really tell from the stripping wheel marks but the bodylines are really straight and there was hardly any bondo other than a couple dents. :icon_pray:

Laying some etch primer today and giving the front windshield channel the same treatment if the weather's that nice again. So here's some more "work in progress" **** haha
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[daytona kid]

Nice work SF. Won't be long for you!

 

[Mr.SpeedFreak]

Thanks snakeyes, definitely been keeping busy! Haha

MERRY CHRISTmas speedy.

Thanks Charlie and Merry Christmas to you and your family too!

Nice work SF. Won't be long for you!

Thanks Daytona and man I'm hoping it won't! Haha

Soon as this quarter and windshield shelf are clean and in primer it'll be back full steam ahead for a maiden fireup. Figured I have to do that shelf before the dash can go in and I can get this thing to make some joyful noises lol

 

[HYRDGOON]

Forgive me if they've been up but have you ever posted pics of your Chevelle?? would love to see it if you have a few!

 

[hunt2elk]

Looks great Speedy. You really got a nice solid car there. Wish I had been that lucky, but I have learned my lesson about restoring rustbelt cars :eusa_wall:.

 

[747mopar]

Yeah, let's see it Speedy. Good to hear you have a good quarter to work with, it sure looks good in the pic. One panel at a time "you'll get there". Good luck

 

[conv67bdere]

Looking great there Speedy . . . good thinking, take advantage of the nice weather ! ! !

That Quarter panel looks great . . . not much work needed on it ( wish mine looked that good ! ! ) Just means I get more welding practice ! ! ( smile )

Keep it up . . . it's coming right along ! !

 

[roadrunnerman]

Hope you get some more "unexpected" nice days so you can get some more great work on your car.

 

[tallhair]

Hope you get some more "unexpected" nice days so you can get some more great work on your car.

Concur! I love all the updates on Frankenstein.

Those are some sweet looking tips goon

 

[Mr.SpeedFreak]

Thanks guys! And conv67 don't feel too bad I'm right there with you on the welding practice haha, this was the quarter that was brazed on at some point quite a while ago, had to grind the braze out and reweld it almost all the way around and still have a bit to do down by where it meets the rocker :banghead: ah well, at least welding's pretty fun and an awesome feeling when you get to see the finished panel :icon_thumleft:

Been a pretty hectic past few days getting ready for Christmas. Thankfully avoided too much last minute shopping, but from what I did have to do it seemed like Walmart pretty much turned into Thunderdome. "Two men enter, one man leaves!" lol. Didn't have much time for Frankenstein, but I've made plans with my resto friend Mike to come help me get my dash in the car on Sunday. :icon_pray: So now it'll be full steam ahead getting ready for that; stripping and painting the windshield shelf, painting the brake pedal assembly, recovering the wiper linkage, installing everything, etc.

And to all you guys: I consider myself lucky to have found this forum and come to be friends with such a supportive, kind, knowledgeable, and generally outstanding group of people :icon_thumleft: Sending you all my best wishes for a safe, happy, healthy holiday for you and your families, Merry Christmas!!

Oh and here's some pics of the Chevelle, pre front end damage. Really miss driving it but once the Charger's generally wrapped up, old Blackie will be making a full recovery and be back on the road soon
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"Back to the 50's" cruise having some light-to-light fun with my crazy friend Tim and his '67, getting some finger waves from the officials lol. I always say half the fun of these cars is the people you meet along the way



:merrychristmas:

 

[tallhair]

That's a really cool looking Chevelle and funny for whatever reason I had always assumed it was 68/69 body style. The vette style hood-scoop looks really bad *** on it.

Merry Christmas!

 

[HYRDGOON]

Nice looking Chevelle Speedy! In the nicest way possible if I didn't hate you before I definitely do now! lol

I was with Tallhair too for some reason I thought your Chevelle was a 70!

Thanks for the pics and Merry Christmas!

 

[Mr.SpeedFreak]

Thanks fellas! I went through customer service hell to get that hood (note: don't ever buy anything from VFN fiberglass you need sooner than 6 months away) lol but it's got a 454 with a high rise intake so I really needed the scooped hood for clearance

Here's some Christmas tire smoke for everyone (taken back when the car was still just in primer)
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[video=youtube;BmKVqksY9bI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmKVqksY9bI&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]

Gonna try to sneak some work in on the Charger today between all the festivities, hope you guys are having a great Christmas :santa:

 

[roadrunnerman]

It's nice now that the Christmas holiday interruption is past, we can all get back to work on the important stuff now. LOL. Nice looking chevelle. Knew a gal that had one in my younger cruising days. One night we would take her car and then later we would take mine ('74 RR)

 

[Mr.SpeedFreak]

10-4 on that RRman! Got the rest of the week off work to get all my ducks in a row for the dash install on Sunday, rolling frankenstein back outside as we speak. More updates to come shortly :icon_thumleft:

 

[747mopar]

Awesome video and car, that's exactly what me and the kids are hoping to be doing when the Charger is done "built for fun not to look at"
LOL. Agree RR, now we can get back to work.

 

[tallhair]

Awesome video and car, that's exactly what me and the kids are hoping to be doing when the Charger is done "built for fun not to look at"
LOL. Agree RR, now we can get back to work.

Both of your cars are built to look at all right .. who wouldn't look at them. They both look great and they're not even done yet but that doesn't mean you can't and won't roast the hides and have a lot of fun with them too

 

[Mr.SpeedFreak]

Thanks fellas, and you better believe the Charger will be having every bit as much fun and then some once it's done. No trailer queens here lol :icon_thumleft:

Got off to a good start this morning, windshield shelf and cowl are all stripped down



The cowl will get hit with etch-primer, then the windshield shelf will get chassis saver and then jammed with single stage gloss black. But first I gotta grab some lunch haha

 

[kiwigtx]

Charger is taking shape real fast now :headbang: It won't be long until those wheels are spinning down the road.