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Driver door "needed" it, (original body work was mediocre at best, half *** attempt at pulling the dent was made. ) Driver rear quarter needed some, same situation. Once all the paint and primer was removed, i hand scrubbed every inch with more stripper to get down to pure metal. This whole process took days and days.

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Pateras said:
There is a large amount of putty, but after grinding through it, my buddy said that 80 percent of it really wasn't necessary.
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I used to own a '68 Barracuda Convertible. I already had the '68 Notch at the time. It always looked funny to me but I could not put my finger on it. When I started stripping the paint and bondo off the car I figured out what it was that had been bothering me. They had put so much filler on the car that they had moved the body line up about 3 inches. It looked Camaro-ish, maybe even done on purpose?
 
Wow, that's unreal. Did you see the pile in the pics at the end of page 3? It's a little paint, and mostly mud.
Who would do that?!

Thanks for the reply!
 
Ok, so impromptu Poll here, I'm vacillating between roughly these 2 colors. Both will have pretty heavy metallic. I'm wanting to get your wonderful opinion on what you guys think! So let me know what color you like best, thanks!
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from those two, i dislike the green the least

the sheen on the bottom car looks way off for a classic mopar, in my opinion
 
Things are clearly on a slow pace here, but i knew that going in. Lots of small rust repair around the wheel wells, and rear window track. I rhino lined and sound deadened the entire inside cab. All dents pulled and massaged, a good portion of the car is skimmed (as all paint jobs are). Were wrapping up a paint job on a 78 F-100, then FINALLY on to this beauty.
 
Pateras said:
Ok, so impromptu Poll here, I'm vacillating between roughly these 2 colors. Both will have pretty heavy metallic. I'm wanting to get your wonderful opinion on what you guys think! So let me know what color you like best, thanks!
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Green!

Here is the lighter green from the '70 'Cuda, but on a '68 Notchback 'Cuda:
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And here is a darker green:
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Is there a certain company i should be buying my door and truck seals from? I can use some of mine, but need at least one. thanks.
 
There's a red-maroon similar to that car pictured on the 18-19 Challengers and Ram trucks I believe. If you want to keep it all Mopar, LOL.
 
Pateras said:
Is there a certain company i should be buying my door and truck seals from? I can use some of mine, but need at least one. thanks.
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I've had good fit and seal with the Softseal stuff. It has been the best of any so far. I also carefully use the black 3M Super Weatherstrip adheasive, so I don't see any yellow( the other color available).

Regarding the metallic, avoid it if you can. It takes good technique to get right(even and consistent ) the first time, and it's very hard to touch up or repair so you can't see the difference if you need to.
 
Looking good! Rome wasn't built in a day. They did it over a long holiday weekend with lots of union help and a gov'ment stimulas package!! !
 
Thank you guys, It's a lot of fun.

Q: Anyone using a Brake Booster on a BB conversion? I have early 70's disc conversion already, and want some more "WHOA", you know?
 
Looks good. I used a late model master cylinder on my big block Dart. Had plenty of braking power without a booster.
 
jaws said:
Looks good. I used a late model master cylinder on my big block Dart. Had plenty of braking power without a booster.
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Same, never had an issue with the '73-'76 A body brakes (on car from 1988 to 1998), or the 11-7/8" police brakes (from 1998-2014). I switched to 13" with 4 piston Brembo style calipers, still no booster, but have not driven it that way yet. Dr Diff sells the correct master and adapter. I have the offset adapter that moves it a little over to get it farther away form my 440. I also have a heat shield I bought some time ago. I see the offset adapter listed, but not the master by itself. Just call him, you will be glad you did.

Mopar Aluminum Master Cylinder Kit

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