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moparstuart superbird clone

I realize it's a Charger front end........

Does the new nose mate up cleanly with a seal?..........and do we need a fender extension on the bottom like the Birds do?
 
coronet fender on 70 birds , 70 charger fenders and hood on 69 daytona's

the fender ext. on a daytona is one piece and build into the valance panel, 70 charger bumpers has the rubber seal similar to the daytona so yes the nose should mate cleanly. note should because aftermarket noses fit so-so plus the originals didnt always fit the same !!
 
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looks like the boy in pic is saying "yep im going to drive it some day"
 
You're doing a number on me here..........

Where do you find all these wonderful toys?

.......and since you're vastly experienced at this (I state this with all sincerity), what can you tell us about Janek parts for our conversion projects?

......ie; quality, turnaround, shipping, etc...........and perhaps you know of some other suppliers for the parts needed for conversions.......

I'd appreciate all the help and insight I could get on the subject.

I have a decent '68 Charger in the garage all in new and resto'd steel. If I could see clearly all of the necessary steps and financial obstacles, there might be a nice Daytona body in it's future............It's a big block car, but not an R/T or a great color combo on the tags.........Any 'teaching' you can lend would be a great asset to this car's future. :hatwave:
 
Pastortom1 said:
You're doing a number on me here..........

Where do you find all these wonderful toys?

.......and since you're vastly experienced at this (I state this with all sincerity), what can you tell us about Janek parts for our conversion projects?

......ie; quality, turnaround, shipping, etc...........and perhaps you know of some other suppliers for the parts needed for conversions.......

I'd appreciate all the help and insight I could get on the subject.

I have a decent '68 Charger in the garage all in new and resto'd steel. If I could see clearly all of the necessary steps and financial obstacles, there might be a nice Daytona body in it's future............It's a big block car, but not an R/T or a great color combo on the tags.........Any 'teaching' you can lend would be a great asset to this car's future. :hatwave:
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Isn't there a line in a bat man movie like ( where does he get all those great toy's /gadget's ? ) LOL


That is a loaded question and tall order of a question.
I would gladly impart my vast knowledge on building wing car clones.
There are many great vender of part, many different quality of parts and many different stages of completed clones. You can do a factory exact clone or anything in between . There is steel, aluminnun , and fiberglass stuff. Some great , some not so great , but it depends on your budget and your pickyness as to what will work for you . Me i'm mostly broke and cheap , but extremely picky some times . So i have to budget and save and take it slow in building mine. As far as janek goes I here for the money his is the best way to go if you can stand fiberglass. You will have to throw away some of the stuff in his kit . His z-bracketsnose bulkheads are fiberglass and to weak to support the nose properly , his hlp bucket and pivots (same story) . Several people make them all in steel . Extra expense but well worth having solid working hlp nose. But most say teds stuff is a good fit . Ted is slow and a real pain in the butt to deal with ( in my personal experience with him ).

Tell me what you really want to build and i will try to tell you my personal feeling and experience . I'm slowly building a daytona clone right now . So i can tell you what i have done. I really want a steel nose but cant afford the 5000.00-6000.00 for just the bare shell , then you have to load it with high dollar good working parts . So i will most likely purchase a used janek bare nose and load it up with good steel inner workings. Mike (dayclona ) here on the board makes alot of great parts ( his parts would be high end top quality stuff ) . Maybe he will comment on what he offers .

There are a ton of clone projects that get started , and never get finished . So keep an eye out for them , in this economy you can get a steal with alot of the parts and work done already. But wing car clones are not a cheap project to undertake . If you do alot of the work your self you can maybe get one done for under 30k if you have the car already . If you have the car already and have to farm out the work and parts, you will be more likely to spend 50k or more when done.
stuart
 
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Interior to complete in just six years.
Man, you need to slow down a little.
You're gonna have a heart attack if you keep up that pace. :grin:
 
:tongueflap::tongueflap::tongueflap::tongueflap: thats why i havent had the heart attack , I try not to get to excited


Actually I had all the interior done and ready to install 6 years ago , It's those dam slow body men I had to wait on. LOL

Those body guys you know they huff way to many paint fumes, they are a different breed a bunch of really odd ducks !!!!!!!!!!
 
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