68 GT convertible project
Starting to make good progress at the body shop. Door gaps are looking good. The filler work is done and the body has been blocked a couple times.
Bumpers have been fitted. The front fit OK. The rear did not. These are AMD bumpers. The rear was hitting the body just below the tail lights. There is a 3/8" rubber filler strip that goes there so the bumper was way too high. The bumper brackets were modified to lower the bumper.
The reproduction gas cap I bought didn't fit right. It sat a good 1/8" to 3/16" lower then the 1/4 panel. I made a point to look at a lot of A-bodies at the Mopar Nats and a lot of them had the same issue. I'm not sure if this is how they came originally or not. It doesn't look right/good though. The body shop fixed the issue.
Back on the rotisserie for some work on the bottom side before paint.
The bottom side was sprayed with a single stage greenish-gray paint that is supposed to mimic the factory dip primer.
Undercoating sprayed in the trunk.
The engine compartment was sprayed with the color the computer said QQ1 was supposed to be but it's too light. It looks more like B5. The color will be adjusted so it matches the factory paint that was left on the A-pillars.
Starting to make good progress at the body shop. Door gaps are looking good. The filler work is done and the body has been blocked a couple times.
Bumpers have been fitted. The front fit OK. The rear did not. These are AMD bumpers. The rear was hitting the body just below the tail lights. There is a 3/8" rubber filler strip that goes there so the bumper was way too high. The bumper brackets were modified to lower the bumper.
The reproduction gas cap I bought didn't fit right. It sat a good 1/8" to 3/16" lower then the 1/4 panel. I made a point to look at a lot of A-bodies at the Mopar Nats and a lot of them had the same issue. I'm not sure if this is how they came originally or not. It doesn't look right/good though. The body shop fixed the issue.
Back on the rotisserie for some work on the bottom side before paint.
The bottom side was sprayed with a single stage greenish-gray paint that is supposed to mimic the factory dip primer.
Undercoating sprayed in the trunk.
The engine compartment was sprayed with the color the computer said QQ1 was supposed to be but it's too light. It looks more like B5. The color will be adjusted so it matches the factory paint that was left on the A-pillars.
