70 Road runner Convertible, long time waiting

[70Fish]

Hey jag_mopar, yeah, I get a total FAIL on the pics as I seem to spend every spare min, when I'm not working, wrenching on it. I should have my summer project done in the next two weeks and will post that car and what I did to it then.

 

[moparstuart]

Hey jag_mopar, yeah, I get a total FAIL on the pics as I seem to spend every spare min, when I'm not working, wrenching on it. I should have my summer project done in the next two weeks and will post that car and what I did to it then.

yes pictures please :laughing1:

 

[jag_mopar]

interoir panels

Here are some pictures of the repair\modifications I made to the rear interior panels. All you purists beware these pictures are not for the timid. Considering these panels were modified (hacked UP) many years before I purchased the car. I feel that I saved them from the trash man. I started by gluing the cracks with epoxy panel adhesive and reinforcing the back of the panel with fiberglass around the perimeter. 6x9 speakers did not fit very well below the armrest, so I then built up the area with duraglass and placed a piece of 3/4 plywood on top. That gave me a stable and flat area for the speaker to mount. I then fiberglassed to cover the whole area that I shaped. I will be blending it in tonight to prepare it for final filling to blend it to the rest of the panel. I will be loosing the texture to this area, so if anyone has a suggestion on a way to put some texture back it would be great.

 

[moparstuart]

nice save

 

[65DODGE]

i like black on these also heres a friend of mines 70

 

[jag_mopar]

I love black cars and your friend's 70 looks great with the black steels. Unfortunately, I live in South Florida when it comes to black cars. You cannot touch a black car after 5 minutes in the sun without putting burn cream on.

The other night I found some original paint from the car. It was hiding under the marker light lens. I was able to compare the two colors from under the lens to the lip of the housing. I know why I hated the color. the repaint on the lip of the housing is way off. It was dark and did not seem to have as much metallic content. That is why I hated the color, it just was not right.

Attached is a picture of my buddy 70 RR convertible in B5. It is a great looking car with a hemi stuffed under the hood and white\black interior. Sorry for the bad picture.

 

[Donny]

Nice looking car indeed! I see the TX plates, did you get the car from TX and bring it up north? I gotta say, did you not think about getting the car media blasted before you are where you are now? I must tell you that getting it media blasted is the best money you can spend on the car, the few areas of rust you found and fixed -- I promise you there are more just waiting to come out and ruin the new paint job you are fixxin' to put on it. Yeah, this is what I do for my living now; media blast, but, I too have an overriding theme; my passion for doing the job correctly the first time around; it's always cheaper this way! Send me the car, with doors, hood, deck lid and fenders, I'll do it all for $2,250.00 including a coat of epoxy primer in either black or gray with a sealer in it so you can truck it in the open and rain can get on/in it with no problem. The cost you will incur is shipping the car to me in San Antonio and back.

 

[jag_mopar]

Nice looking car indeed! I see the TX plates, did you get the car from TX and bring it up north?

Donny, which post are you referring to? The Blue one on the flat bed from Hemi-itis?

JAG

 

[jag_mopar]

some updates

I am working on my quarter panels to get the last bits of rust out of the car. Here are some pictures to bring everyone up to date. I should be working on the final sanding this weekend and put the quarters in prime.

 

[70Fish]

Good show! Keep up the good work and pics coming.

 

[moparstuart]

awesome

 

[Propwash]

Looking good Jag. Nice work!

 

[Ron 73]

Great work your doing Jag! Looking good...

 

[finoke]

Beautiful metal work. It wont be long now! :hello2:

 

[jag_mopar]

I want to thank all for the encouragement. It has been so long coming to this point. I wish I could work on it more often.

 

[BuckNeccid]

Jag, I'm really impressed, that's looking good! Isn't there some ridiculously low number of 70 B-body convertibles made, like was less than 1,000 total?

Getting your texture back: When I was doing my 71, the seat backs I had were both all chalked up and powdering off. Since they were wasted anyway, I decided to try to save them. What I ended up doing was wire brushing every bit of the chalked up areas till there was none left. Wiped it down with acetone, THEN grabbed a can of wrinkle finish paint, remember that? I put two or three even coats on them, laid them out in the sun, and then put them on the seats, in the car. Be forewarned... that paint will smell for a couple months, you want to get it on as soon as possible. I also found that the lighter you can get the paint applied, the smaller and more grain like texture. I sure hope your interior is either black or red, that's the only colors I've ever seen that paint come in. This is the only pic I have left of how they turned out, and it was unintentional.

Do I see a 70-71 Cuda hiding in the background in your shop? ArrrrrgggggI NEED that car desperatly as a wedding gift to my GF. She loves em, and while I don't love them, I sure like em a lot lol. Think I could talk them into a swap for a 70 vette convertible, both tops even.

 

[jag_mopar]

Jag, I'm really impressed, that's looking good! Isn't there some ridiculously low number of 70 B-body convertibles made, like was less than 1,000 total?

Getting your texture back: When I was doing my 71, the seat backs I had were both all chalked up and powdering off. Since they were wasted anyway, I decided to try to save them. What I ended up doing was wire brushing every bit of the chalked up areas till there was none left. Wiped it down with acetone, THEN grabbed a can of wrinkle finish paint, remember that? I put two or three even coats on them, laid them out in the sun, and then put them on the seats, in the car. Be forewarned... that paint will smell for a couple months, you want to get it on as soon as possible. I also found that the lighter you can get the paint applied, the smaller and more grain like texture. I sure hope your interior is either black or red, that's the only colors I've ever seen that paint come in. This is the only pic I have left of how they turned out, and it was unintentional.

Do I see a 70-71 Cuda hiding in the background in your shop? ArrrrrgggggI NEED that car desperatly as a wedding gift to my GF. She loves em, and while I don't love them, I sure like em a lot lol. Think I could talk them into a swap for a 70 vette convertible, both tops even.

Buc, thank you for the praise and tips I will try it on another surface to check the grain and to see if I could cover it with the color of the panels which is called burnt orange in this case. I will also try the seat backs which are bad also.

I have heard different figures on the production from 684 to 7something. It is low, but if you are looking into options this one is lower because of the 4spd and a/c in a convertible. I have not seen another yet. Unfortunatly I do not have the fender tag or the build sheet for the car to determine the true options that came with the car. Only the old pictures of when I received it from the 3rd owner shows what it came with.

Trade, That is my buddy's car that we are also doing. Chevy, I would not even bring up the consideration to him. He is dyed in the wool MOPAR Lover with a few in his stable.

If you like the 70 road runner convertibles he is going to sell his very shortly. He is taking the hemi out of it and installing a 440 so he can sell it for less. You can see a pic of it in this thread. The clean blue one will have a fresh 440 air grabber, auto console and factory power windows. It is a nice car. I wish he would keep it to show them together :angryfire: but, that is the way it goes.

thanks again,
JAG

 

[jag_mopar]

Just an update on what I have been up to. I have been busy but have started back again over the weekend, Here are some pictures. I have painted the parts using satin Imron industrial and should hold up for a long time. This coming weekend the rear housing will be painted. It had a lot of pits in it and I filled them with All Metal filler. When Dry it will be wrapped in bubbles and stashed until the time it gets installed. I have been doing the painting and stashing everytime I come across a part that needs it. Since the car has been apart for 20+ years, I am hoping to find and gather everything I am missing.

Later Mopar Buds,

JAG

 

[jag_mopar]

More parts painted this weekend. I also found a retro radio for my car. This is a NOS Cobra 40 channel CB AM FM 8 Track. This one will be going in the Dash and connected to a custom two speaker bracket replacing the single center speaker. The real sound system will be mounted in the glove box and connected to other speakers in the car. This should get a lot of finger pointing at the car shows.

Time to get back to body work on the 1/4s.

 

[roadrunnerman]

i like the work you did on the rear corners on the deck panel.I remember those radios with a built in cb.My mom had one in her car years ago.