Finally got my M-Code Cuda

hey gerald...

thanks for the heads up on the fuel filler tube. i have read stories about issues around filler tubes. i was very serious about buying a good donor car from out west and have it shipped to AMD to use for parts but craig thought it would be easier for them to just install new parts. i understand that they want to sell their parts to make more money, but after i estimated how much labor would be involved in cutting old parts off of a donor car, the "new parts" prices seemed reasonable. i'm sure after they get my car into the shop and start cutting it apart, craig will bring up the issue of the gas filler tube.

craig told me that they will have to take the back glass out of the car to do all the welding. i ask him how confident he felt about removing that glass without breaking it and he said they have a good glass guy and thinks they can get it out without breaking it.

craig did convince me that it will be easier to put new quarters on the car rather than try to weld in "inserts" around the wheel openings where the "drag guys" cut out the fender openings for slicks. when this car is done, it's going to have most of the sheet metal replaced from the front seats back - excluding the roof section. i told craig that i would do all the body work on the car and for them just to clean the slag off of the welds and that i would finish the seams. when i finally get the car back and start working on it, i'll have to find a good "OEM" sheet metal seem filler.

as to my other cars, i bought a set of repo "red-line" tires from vitiques for my 68. i'm taking the cragars and "big tires" off this year and installing 8" chrysler OEM steel wheels with the new tires with no hub caps - just turbine bronze painted wheels. i also bought a set of original black side rally stripes from phoenix graphics. i want to "freshen-up" my favorite car for the summer!