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X 2 Dave! Thanks Will, Looking great for sure, and im not quite as cold here as you, were tempting single did-gets but so far 12 degrees at night, Its 15 now with wind/snow out there tonight soooo, wind chill and 15 degrees= Throw another chunk of wood in! ;)
 
Hey thanks Fella's!

You bet those are the rims I swapped out with you Jay. They look pretty good on the car besides the wrangler ATR and destination A/T rubber that's on them LOL. Heck of a week to go back to work. Making good ice at least. Hopefully i'll be out on the lake this weekend..

At this point i'm kind of glad the original engine was long gone from the car Dave5237. It made it a lot easier to make the decision to go with a mod's to upgrade the car. I have nothing at all against Original cars, luv'em, but it has honestly a lot of fun bringing this car back, picking and choosing all the options and upgrades I want on the car without feeling guilty.

Nothing like a warm crackling fire on cold winter night Ron!! One part of winter I enjoy. Send some of that snow this way.

Paints not too far down the road gent's....
 
Found a little time to putz around with some roadrunner stuff this weekend...Splash shields. It's kind of tinker toy stuff compared to some of the other surgery I had to perform on the car, but hey...at least I got to do what I truely love about restoration---Metal Work!! After a couple hours dinking around with these, I really started pondering that I need to find me another mopar to start cutting/welding/grinding on...hehehehhehe!


my shields.......covered in factoy undercoat and rust...beautiful! Theeeeeeeee best way i've found to get factory undercoating off is not torches and scrappers, wirewheels or some funky spray can of magic from eastwood, even the media blaster fights with the stuff. What works? A I R N E E D L E G U N.. I'd say 2 minutes a side, and all the black tar devil was popped/pushed off the shields like butta.

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Rotton! Cardboard template time.....

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Like I said....piddly stuff, but it was still fun hanging out in the garage with my favorite piece of rust.

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I was trying to stretch out my precious time in the garage, but avast the wife came with her biblical scrolls of honey to do's........Anybody need help with installing ceiling fans, i've installed six in this money pit..yeah Six!! No lie..

All patched up. lips, corners, bends, holes and all. Even got the funky ridge on the top back in there..........The other side just had a couple small patches, and I welded in a new box nut. Didn't bother snapping pic's

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Have a good week fella's.
 
I had the number 2 68 of the line-b-5 blue,383,inland 4 spd. Lynchplant 1964 to 1996 retired. Good find.
 
looking good prop.

I took the weekend off and parked the fish house out on lake of the woods, we did some family ice fishing saturday and sunday. I cleaned 32 fish over the weekend. Lots of fun and now my boys have got their ice fishing fix.

Walleye, sauger and big perch.

Good eat'n.



I need to get me one of them needle descaler guns like you have.

I have tons of that undercoating on my car too.
 
Thanks! Sounds like a good weekend Dave. I'm jealous. Wish I could find some time to hit up the ice. Heck, i'd be happy if I could just take the ski-doo for a 1/2 hour spin down the trails. Weather is just garbage this year. Gearing up for sturgeon spearing, but that isn't for another few weeks....Uggg.

I bought the Ingersol Rand model off tool topia. Works great for exfoliation rust and undercoat, but doesn't do much for the fine surface rust. Grinder/High speed sander is my weapon of choice on that.

Good to hear someone is doing good out on the ice!
 
I've had good luck with my IR tools, I might have to check that out.

this past weekend's "80% chance of snow" missed us clean, once again it slid south missing us completely.

No snow, it sucks bad.

4 snowmobiles and a big ski dozer just sitting in the yard.

:(


We hook and line sturgeon in the spring, incredibly strong fish, I imagine they are a freeking handful with a spear in them! lol!

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You bet! One heck of a fight...

I've also always had good luck with IR....Besides a couple Snap On air tools, the other 90% are Ingersoll Rand.
 
I smoke a lot of fish, and seeing you fellas talking of a sturgeon, i though id show you this one i seen some time ago. This is a Chinese sturgeon, a heck of a fight this one could be i guess at 15 foot and up to 1,000 pds. This one will not fit in my smoker guys, hope you enjoy it! Your parts you did there Will, really look real nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td9DVngHpm4
 
WOW!! Huge....Yeah I think you're right Ron. May have a problem fitting that in your smoker. LOL Thanks for posting that. I'm suprised the chinese did anything to save any kind of native wild animal. I guess just the "Sacred" ones get saved over there.
 
Looks good Prop, if you dont mind me asking what brand on air needle gun do you run? I got a whole car with factory undercoating and am thinking I will be buying one here soon.
 
Man I feel like I just ran a marathon after getting through these 52 pages! Wow what a build Prop...I'm new to the muscle car ownership side of things but have loved them all my life.Just picked up a 70 RR with 59,800 miles on it last March and am just starting to put my own foot print on it starting with an upgrade to the suspension...I've learned a ton from your work or from watching the resto...thanks big-time!...Dave
 
Dave Pratt said:
Man I feel like I just ran a marathon after getting through these 52 pages! Wow what a build Prop...I'm new to the muscle car ownership side of things but have loved them all my life.Just picked up a 70 RR with 59,800 miles on it last March and am just starting to put my own foot print on it starting with an upgrade to the suspension...I've learned a ton from your work or from watching the resto...thanks big-time!...Dave
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LOL! Thanks Dave! Yeah it's quite the journey going through the whole thing. The wife said I could publish a book on it because it will be a novel by the time it's all said and done..LOL........I wasn't going to post the resto on the roadrunner at first, but i'm glad I did. It's great for me to see how far its come and keeps the motivation train a rolling, but I think it shows all the time, love, work and respect for the car a guy has to endure to realistically bring these cars back to life. The biggest reason i'm glad I posted it up is all the great people i've met and friends i've made by taking advice, giving advice and sharing stories along the way. I'll openly admit that this car would not be where it is today if it wasn't for this great website and all the great folks on it. Thanks for taking the time to go through it and many congrat's on your purchase of the 70'. Beautiful Car you have there!!We'll see you around the site.

Sonny Black said:
I am, well ............ amazing build prop!

you have my respect,




Sonny
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Thanks a bunch Sonny! I also appreciate your time to go through and enjoy the build. I'm gonna keep the wheels a rolling and keep posting the progress as much as possible...Paints coming soon and spring is not too far down the road. I think I can finally see some light on the horizon. Take Care
 
Hey guys...Kind of off subject here, but I thought it was pretty neat.....

First off I can never match the hidden treasure skills of Detmatt...Indiana Jones I tell ya.

Yesterday I responded to a Craigslist ad for "War Stuff". I spoke breifly with the older gentleman and went over to his place tonight to check out what he had. Turns out the 90 year old guy is a WWII vet and was in the Army Air Corps as an Aircraft Mechanic. He didn't have much stuff left, but still had these acft gauges below. I thought they were pretty neat so I picked them up for $40 bucks. No idea if they're worth anything but what a huge piece of history to have.

Top center is a Tach from a P-51D Mustang. One on the left is a Coolant Temp Guage from a P-38E Lightning. Bottom center is a Pilot Deviation Indicator from a B-17G and the one on the right is a Landing Gear Indicator from a B-25G Mitchell. Gave me some old Army tech guides/installation manuals as well as cockpit views to show the guages. The guages are stamped for their acft as well

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Pretty cool eh? Best part was just shooting the breeze and having a beer with the guy.
Being a USAF aircraft mechanic vet and an aviator myself, the old chap and I had quite a few stories to share..I had a few good ones but his were like something out of a movie.
Kinda neat.....two vets from two distant generations talking like we new each other for years. It was a good time.

Thought about making up an instrument panel for them and mounting it out in the man cave........So thanks for checking out the off subject post.... just thought it was pretty cool.
 
That's cool stuff Prop. My Dad was in the Army Air Corps in the 2nd WW and was stationed on Saipan. He was a radio tech working on the B-29s I think. Lots of stories to be sure. That generation is almost gone and will be a pity when they are.
 
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