She’s been getting worked on at Gage and I finally picked it up yesterday. Only a bit more to do. It goes back to Maloof to get a leak in driver’s side caliper fixed, get the shifter re-chromed, get the engine dyno’d and tuned. Also, there is a short in the electrical somewhere, since the … Read more
In a few months, it will be 4 years since I first found this girl and started this journey. Frigging 4 years! Well, I’m sure you’re wondering what’s been going on over the last few months. It’s at Gage Auto right now, and the rocker chrome has been put on, the wheel well chrome has … Read more
In a few months it will be 4 years since I first found this girl and started this journey. Friggin 4 years! Well, I’m sure you’re wondering what’s been going on over the last few months. It’s at Gage Auto right now, and the rocker chrome has been put on, the wheel well chrome has … Read more
Yes, yes, it’s been a while since I updated, but not a lot going on behind the scenes until today. Finally, got a spot in at Gage Auto and dropped the girl off to get all that stuff I mentioned earlier done. I’ve found that there is a leak in the brake system, since when … Read more
Sammy Maloof is done with the charger. It was well over 140+ hours, and lots of it entailed correcting mistakes either I made or others who had worked on the car had made. So on my next update I will detail everything he has done to get it to this point. What point you ask? … Read more
Last month made it 3 years since I first brought the charger and started work on it. At that time I felt I would be done in a year…..how wrong I was. The Charger has been at Sam Maloof’s shop since July 13th, here is a picture of the girl on the trek to his … Read more
The windows are now all complete. I’ve also restored the wheels and put on the original redline bias ply tires: So now I will be sending it to Maloof Racing Engines in San Gabriel (Who I wished I had found from the beginning, this guy could have built me a bitching engine). Sammy Maloof is … Read more
Put the grille moldings onto the grille and then installed the grille. To install the headlight door actuators we had to put the actuators in first, behind the headlight grille and then placed the grille in. This is what it would look like from behind: This is what my grille looked like from behind, the … Read more
The glass is in. I had to re-use my passenger side rear until I get a new one, plus I need the weatherstripping for a few areas, which are on the way but the majority of it is done. It was done by Tony at Mike’s Glass near where I work. Tony does a lot … Read more
Spent 7 hours yesterday putting in the windshield wiper pivots…twice. Like a dummy, I forgot to put the gaskets and water sealing plug onto the pivots, so off they came, and then had to put them on once more. Working under the dash is a bitch. We then put the defroster vents onto the dash … Read more