April 5th, 2004
Received the replacement valve covers today. Got some pic’s of em beside the old one’s
April 14th, 2004
Finally finished restoring the Grille. After completing it I discovered the tab that connects the center section to the left end section was broken off and missing….you can see it when its put together which really blows, now I gotta find a replacement center section and restore that…. BEFORE AFTER
April 20th, 2004
Went to drop off a few pieces of molding to the body shop and they had a 68 Charger parked next to my girl. Got a few pic’s of them and a few other cars they had out front. Also went to the Spring Fling this past weekend and took a few pic’s, see em …
April 26th, 2004
Received the seatbelts back from Snake-Oyl. Like a dummy I didn’t take any before pic’s of the belts by themselves….got one that show’s the interior, u can see a bit of the belts there.
May 14th, 2004
Got the correct radiator from Tony’s Mopar correct part number and all Not in great shape but I will get a new core for it and powder coat the metal parts…should come out nice. Also got the air filter and gas tank powder coated.
June 21st, 2004
Been awhile since I updated the page, not a whole lot going on. The work at the body shop is going well, slowly but well. Got the radiator re-cored and painted by my powder coat guy. It wasn’t powder coated since the heat of the process would melt the welds so he used liquid paint. …
July 4th, 2004
Got some new pic’s of the progress so far. They have started the filler process and making sure there are no waves. They’ve done the roof and are doing the back half of the car atm. BEFORE AFTER BEFORE AFTER The guys at work
July 16th, 2004
I received the dash plastic bezels back from CV Vacuum Platers. Wow, these things look brand new. If you recall on I had a local paint shop repaint the bezels and tho they looked nice I wasn’t completely happy with them, so I sent them to be completely re-chromed. BEFORE AFTER
July 29th, 2004
Visited my girl at the shop today, looking like 3 more weeks, and then it’s time to put everything back together. So far, they have put 185 hours into the car. Check out the pics below. You can see where they have painted the door jambs, the engine bay, and so forth.
August 6th, 2004
The car has been painted! 5 coats base, 5 coats clear. Hasn’t been color sanded yet tho, but it’s looking sweet! Love this silver, has a greenish tinge to it. I also received the grille back from GCAR. These pics I took these tonight in my kitchen, so the lighting isn’t the best. BEFORE – …