69 Roadrunner restoration

[Deanfitz27]

Thanks guys hopefully I will get it on a rotisserie soon and clean the bottom up.

 

[HawkRod]

Dean - your car is ahead of mine, and it looks like a really solid car with very little rust. You should consider yourself really lucky.

While mine is a California car that is in relatively good shape, two years just sitting out in PA weather took its toll. The more I look, the more I find with my car that needs replacing. As someone told me "these cars eat metal". Boy is that ever true!

Looks great so far - good luck with the build as it progresses!

 

[chargin']

Looking good! how long have you had the car?

 

[Deanfitz27]

I got the car in September, and started to scrap it down on Boxing Day. How is yours coming?

 

[chargin']

Smart move not wasting any time! I'm building a couple,'71 Dart,and the Bee.Doing the bodywork on both now.Heard good things about the AMD fenders.

 

[Deanfitz27]

I've done a lot of bodywork over the years and a fair bit of salvage. The aftermarket panels for newer cars have been hit or miss. So I'm worried about trying an amd fender. But I think I will get one and make it work. I have a new amd hood the quality looks good but I have not fitted it yet. Do you have any finished cars?

 

[chargin']

Same here on the body side of things,I don't believe they compare to the usual junk! A friend of mine was down to their spot at sema last year,and had a good look.I'm sure lots of guys here can comment on the fit.I have turned out a few cars over the years,I have a '68 Charger,I don't know if they're ever finished? LOL.

 

[Deanfitz27]

Nice car, I never seen it around. Brian Murrary was planning on talking to amd at sema as he now a distributor and was going to work on pricing and shipping.

 

[Moparsmitty]

Project is coming along nicely Dean. I like the idea of the green with a black interior. I'm not a big vinyl top guy but everybody has their own opinion. I like the old Cragar SS wheels on these cars. Nice job.

 

[Deanfitz27]

Tks smitty . I'm having a hard time coming up with the color. There are a few orange ones in my area. Any very few if not none of rallye green

 

[Deanfitz27]

I got a little more time in at the car, or actually I guess the rotisserie. I built a rotisserie and now I should be able to clean up the bottom a little easier.

 

[440+6]

Nice work, subscribed.

 

[Deanfitz27]

Spent a little more time at the roadrunner, I got my hp manifolds blasted and painted, the seats re cushioned and re covered.

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I also installed the 4 speed hump and console brackets, hopefully I will get the underside of the floors epoxy primed within the next couple of days

 

[Budnicks]

she's come along nicely...

 

[Deanfitz27]

Floor bottom in epoxy

Got the frame rails and all other areas of original metal underneath the car media blasted and sanded out the new floor pans. Then I sprayed epoxy. I still have to do work on the wheel houses.

 

[Ron 73]

Looks great!

 

[Basket case]

very nice!

 

[Deanfitz27]

Blasted and painted manifolds

Blasted and painted my hp manifolds

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Just got my grille restored by 5.7 hemi, great job, thanks Zack.

 

[northerndave]

Wow, nice work!

 

[Deanfitz27]

Seat brackets blasted and painted, console and seats fitted

Got the seat brackets blasted and painted, then I test fit the seats and console to make sure the console brackets are in the right spot, so far so good.

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I decided to polish up my wheel and tires before they are out away, they had a lot of overspray from the previous owner.
295 45 18 in the rear and 235 45 17 up from , cragar ss wheels