`70 road runner, FC7, 383, 727 It`s waited long enough, finally time to get it done.

[HawkRod]

I know most of us have limited budgets for our Mopars whether buying done or building, mine probably being smaller than most. I take pride in doing all the work myself especially the metal, body work and paint as that is one of first things people see when checking out a classic car and for the most part enjoy it. But - one of things I would have liked to have paid to have done was to have everything sand blasted as doing it all by hand is time consuming and not at all fun.

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I hear you - not fun at all. But it is a good testament how these cars can be brought back without 6 figure budgets.

Good Work!

 

[torredcuda]

Exactly! I see so many posts about how it will cost $80-100k or more to restore some rusted Mopar and how it`s not worth it and people don`t believe me when I say mine will be done for around $30-35k . Even if you can`t or don`t want to do the finish body and paint there is a lot of work most anybody can do to save paying someone else. Fortunately since I replaced the trunk pan, extensions and full front floor pan there isn`t a lot of original undercarriage to strip and clean and on the rotisserie is much better than lying on a creeper with the car on jack stands which is how I did my Barracuda.

 

[torredcuda]

Third and last caved in frame rail repaired, somehow the passenger front escaped the wrath of all the previous owners floor jacks. On to zapping up the holes from the self tapping screws used to hold the floor pan down tight and continue cleaning up the rest of the original floor and rails.