My 68 Charger R/T "Bullitt" re-creation

[ChargerRTguy]

Thanks, Blackblazer717, you are correct it took a few hours on and off to mask it, I sure don't want to do that again for a long time...lol.

 

[ChargerRTguy]

Steering wheel

Got my steering wheel cleaned & polished, now it's ready to go.

 

[cdr]

lookin good

keep on keepin on

 

[greenmonsta79]

A silver Testors model paint pen works much better for those bezels notice how the silver has "bled" back into the black pattern you can control that with the paint pen plus it is much faster!!! looks good though, are you keeping the Charger R/T on the dash? I don't think thats factory? looks pretty cool though.

 

[ChargerRTguy]

Thanks for the compliments guys, it's appreciated ! In regards to the bezel, I tried a paint pen, but it did not have the nice "shine" as the spray chrome. So I decided to to it the hard way. I'm going to touch up the black, so you will see no "bleeding". The Charger R/T on the dash was my idea, thought it looked cool. Ma Mopar did not start the nameplates on the dashes until 1971, but I don't think she'll mind.....lol.

 

[Ron 73]

Your going to have one cool car when ya get this done! Good luck with it...

 

[HRDCHGR]

Thanks for the compliments guys, it's appreciated ! In regards to the bezel, I tried a paint pen, but it did not have the nice "shine" as the spray chrome. So I decided to to it the hard way. I'm going to touch up the black, so you will see no "bleeding". The Charger R/T on the dash was my idea, thought it looked cool. Ma Mopar did not start the nameplates on the dashes until 1971, but I don't think she'll mind.....lol.

Yeah, I think it looks pretty sharp. (maybe hollow them out and put a light behind them? oOOh!:eusa_dance:

 

[ChargerRTguy]

Turn Indicators

Glad everybody appreciates my work. I like your thought, but instead, I put new bulbs and cleaned the caps, so at night the gauges should have nice cool "blue hue" to them. Will post a pic when done. I also cleaned and organized the hood mounted turn indicators. I also had a "helper", my chocolate lab could care less.

 

[ChargerRTguy]

Hubcaps

Got my hubcaps cleaned and polished.....

 

[ChargerRTguy]

Radio

I was able to install the radio and test the speakers.

 

[ChargerRTguy]

With Thanksgiving done and Christmas fast approaching.....progress has stopped for a bit

 

[ChargerRTguy]

Dash

I finally got a chance to do more work. I replaced the circuit board in the dash and cleaned it up.

 

[ChargerRTguy]

Seatbelts

Finally got a chance to get a few more things done. Installed the seatbelts and install the dash.

 

[ChargerRTguy]

gauges

After a test starting, my gauges decided not to work....So I ended up taking the dash apart again and going thru it one more time.

 

[69chargerse]

My buddy has a 68 Charger, and he cleaned the gauge faces with warm water that had a little detergent added, the numbers came up white again. Just wanted to throw that out there.

 

[ChargerRTguy]

Thanks for the tip, I will try it and see what happens......

 

[ChargerRTguy]

speaker

While the dash was pulled, I decided to replace the speaker. What a pain in the rear it was....lol.

 

[Propwash]

Time for a speaker upgrade?


http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/showthread.php?t=15647

 

[ChargerRTguy]

Looks like a great idea, will keep it in mind the next time I have to take mine apart. I just got done installing a new speaker and re-assembling the whole works....

 

[ChargerRTguy]

Finished dash

Finally after a zillion times trying, I got the dash finished and installed !