Don's 1969 Charger Restoration

[hunt2elk]

All I can say is WOW. I have never seen or heard of anyone doing this before. You truly are an inspiration to us all Don. Keep up the outstanding work.

 

[mopar4don]

All I can say is WOW. I have never seen or heard of anyone doing this before. You truly are an inspiration to us all Don. Keep up the outstanding work.

Thanks H2E, but I have to give credit to those that gave me my insperation, guys like Propwash, SGTPaul, and detmatt1 (and many others).
If you take a look at detmatt1's thread he pretty much did the same thing. He left his front rails and torsion cross member on, and because I had a front clip from another car, I removed the entire unit.

 

[SGTPaul]

Don I think you need to lock your garage at night since someone stole your car... :icon_clown: Seriously you are doing a great job and going way farther than I did at one time. :notworthy: Keep up the good work!

 

[ct71rr]

Now you see it.....

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Now you don't....
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:icon_pray: ...Holy Crap!! You are an inspiration to many!!!!

 

[BigBlock61]

That's crazy, there's no car left. Just bits and pieces with a lot of bracing. I guess from here there is no place to go but back together lol. You really are doing a hell of a job Don. Pull this off and you really will be the Mopar God!

 

[tallhair]

Guys,

This is very humbling - the work that you're putting into these cars, or should I say, the pile of parts that you are going to make into a car - this is awesome!
When I look at my R/T sitting in the garage, with the list of little things that needs done, that I'll do and think how I worked on it - what a joke!

You guys are a real inspiration, not only about rebuilding/building a car from the ground up, but the motivation that it takes to even want to do a job like this.mThe hours of work and effort, the money, the sweat and aggravations, and the well earned pride when that completed vehicle fires up for the first time, I can't imagine how that will feel - thank you for posting those pictures and the stories that go with them!

X2 BB threads like this are such an inspiration!

Great work Don and better look next year with your Tigers. Sorry Leyland retired but maybe it's for the best. Hope so anyway he was a class act IMHO.

 

[mopar4don]

That's crazy, there's no car left. Just bits and pieces with a lot of bracing. I guess from here there is no place to go but back together lol. You really are doing a hell of a job Don. Pull this off and you really will be the Mopar God!

Thanks BigBlock, mopar GOD.... NOT!
I'm just a normal guy, that needed something to do in his spare time.

Because of the donor car that I had, I thought it would be much easier to replace the entire front clip. I only had minor rust areas to fix. (door hinge pillar) Rather than mess around repairing frame rails, lower cowl, door hinge pillar, and the torsion bar crossmember from the original front clip.

And I am a ways away from "pulling this off"
But with the help of the members on here, I think we'll get there.

X2 BB threads like this are such an inspiration!

Great work Don and better look next year with your Tigers. Sorry Leyland retired but maybe it's for the best. Hope so anyway he was a class act IMHO.

Thanks tallhair, and I'm looking forward to the Tigers next year.
And your right, Leyland was a class act! Just like Sparky!

 

[theman440]

You've got BIG BALLS dude!

 

[CharGer]

Wow Don, that is quite the job you're doing. Looking good.

 

[BigBlock61]

Thanks BigBlock, mopar GOD.... NOT!
I'm just a normal guy, that needed something to do in his spare time.

Because of the donor car that I had, I thought it would be much easier to replace the entire front clip. I only had minor rust areas to fix. (door hinge pillar) Rather than mess around repairing frame rails, lower cowl, door hinge pillar, and the torsion bar crossmember from the original front clip.

And I am a ways away from "pulling this off"
But with the help of the members on here, I think we'll get there.

And if ya ever need an extra hand I'd be more than happy to drive across the state to help put that car back together.

 

[mopar4don]

Thank you for the offer BigBlock. I just may take you up on it!

 

[Budnicks]

You've got BIG BALLS dude!

x2, keep it up

 

[mopar4don]

Front Clip removal

Hey everyone, I am really looking forward to getting back to the car, but it's just been busy, busy, busy!
I thought I would take a minute and bring everyone up to date. These are the final pictures that I have from the front clip and rear frame rail replacement that I did back on Labor Day weekend!
Like I said it's been a while and I look forward to getting back out there!

Anyway enjoy

















Well that's it, hard to believe it's been sitting for almost 4 months :sad1: but the good news is I think I have all my projects caught up (even the ones that were not planned) my heater is in (nice and warm in my garage)
And ..... Oh yeah It's Christmas time...........

Well Christ IS the reason for this season



Merry Christmas everyone, and God bless you!

 

[hunt2elk]

That looks great Don. Just like that - no more rust. lol.

 

[747mopar]

I like that "Christ is the reason for the season" to bad so many don't get it, maybe you should send Washington the memo. Car looks great, you are doing one fine job on your car especially considering everything your doing to bring it back.:icon_pray:

 

[daytona kid]

WOW! Good work!:headbang:

 

[cdr]

awesome DON, & merry CHRISTmas!!!!

 

[Ron 73]

Thats some fantastic work your doing! I couldn't imagine the amount of work, and time you have into this..

And Merry CHRISTmas and Godbless you and the family as well!!!

 

[detmatt1]

Nice work Don, very well done! I got huge satisfaction when I was doing similar work on the "DOG" and I look forward to doing it again at some point.

 

[MoparMitch]

Awesome work Don!!! You will certainly know all the ins and outs of B bodies by the time you're done!!