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!
`70 road runner, FC7, 383, 727 It`s waited long enough, finally time to get it done.
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Good Work!
torredcuda
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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
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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.
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.
torredcuda
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Ok so I understand the other areas on the frame rails being caved in as they are commen jacking points but why here behind the axle? Stupid previous owners or mechanic! I guess I should have inspected them better before I welded in the trunk pan as it would have been easier to beat out, oh well - back to pulling.
torredcuda
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It probably doesn't look like there's been any progress but between old man winter coming to visit this month with single digit temps and plenty of snow which brought his friend Arthur Itis and a cold/flu/sickness that lasted 3 weeks it's been slow. The floor is pretty much done so I'm now working on the front frame rail/inner fender areas.
torredcuda
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Getting close so decided to do a spray out of my sample of Tamco FC7 today, not at all happy with the match. The middle stripe is Tamco, the rest is factory original.
Virg464
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Looks like they missed the mark on that one.
torredcuda
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Ya, just a bit! I am expecting a phone call today about it and I`ll post the outcome.
torredcuda
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I talked to someone at Tamco this morning and it didn`t sound like they were willing to try and adjust their formula for a better match which is dissapointing. The woman did say she would send me another sample jar to try and it is already on it`s way free of charge so that is cool. I sprayed out he first sample with my small jam gun at around 25 psi but she recommended 29 psi, I don`t think that will will change how it lays out very much but it`s wort a shot. If it still doesn`t match I guess my best option is to have it mixed by the local store I have been using for years but the only down side it will be PPG which is a lot more expensive. 
t.flatt
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Thanks for showing me all the fun I missed out on with my '70 GTX! I hired out the body and paintwork. I'm slowly working through the rest myself, though. Keep up the great work!
torredcuda
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Not sure I call scraping the underside and the future bodywork and block sanding "fun"
but the end result will be worth it. Do you have a thread on here for your GTX?
t.flatt
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I commend you for taking on the project! I wouldn't take to the hours and hours of sanding very well! And, yeah, it is Rebirth of my 1970 GTX!Not sure I call scraping the underside and the future bodywork and block sanding "fun"
Not sure I call scraping the underside and the future bodywork and block sanding "fun"
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