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Thanks, that’s the plan.

Thanks, but it wasn’t all fun. The first time I put the axle and leafs in by myself. The next two times I had help.

Got the spindles, backing plates and control arms hooked up. Engine is hooked up and almost ready to go. Finished up front brakes and got the rear axle and leaf springs in with some help from my brother and nephew.

Got the K frame attached and motor mounts in place. Got the engine back after 5 months at the rebuilders. Had to get a picture of me hugging the engine. I was so happy to finally have it back. Made sure to put the plugs in before putting the engine down in the engine bay.

Ran an ad in MCG magazine looking for an A-body 440 block. Didn’t expect I would get a response. Three months later I got a call from a fella in Iowa. He bought a 1965 Dodge Coronet in 1978 with an A-body 440 engine in it and drag raced it for 10 years before developing a bad piston. He pulled...

Got the wheels painted. Before painting the wheels I recall reading an article that said when trying to decide how the factory did something, think of two things, cost and assembly line. I was thinking at the time that it would be cheaper and more cost effective to paint one side of the wheel as...

Header panel is primed and painted on the inside.

Got the sound deadener in.

Decided to paint the cowl area and door jambs as well as the trunk drainage area so when I get it painted all that will need painted is the outside areas. In the end it didn’t work out that way.

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Got a bunch of chips in the paint trying to put the gauge assembly in. Had to do a lot of masking to touch it up.

Interior is all primed and painted.

Trunk is finally done.

Finished the hood up. Only got two runs in it. One was barely noticeable. Spotted the other one rather quickly but it wasn’t very noticeable from some angles of view.

No, I just painted them

Fenders are all done.

K frame is all stripped down and painted with Epoxy paint.

Got the doors all painted up

Inner fender wells painted, body work done time to take her home.

Gettin a few touch ups done on the inner fender wells. A few weeks before I took this picture this fella told me he had re-tapped a couple of nuts for me. I was busy talking to the owner about some things I wanted done and just nodded and thanked him. After they painted the inner fender wells I...

Inner fender wells and radiator core support are in place. Frame rail was repaired where the previous owner had hit a telephone pole and ripped the frame. I didn’t notice until years later that the passenger side inner fender well was a 1/4 inch farther forward. Fortunately everything was able...

Ouch! Had to do a little Frankenstein surgery on quarter panel. Also had to cut the rear valance out to straighten it up. Turned out really good.

Stupid me, just had to follow my buddy into the local dirt track late at night. Like an idiot I stayed close to him till the dust was so thick I couldn’t see. Decided to slow down and when I could finally see, there was a pole heading right toward me. Hung a sharp left and slammed into the pole...

Steering wheel cleaned up nicely with some fine steel wool. Had to fix one crack in it with epoxy. Wire wheeled the whole dash then had to try and figure out where to hang it so I could paint it.

Hood scoops needed a little body work so I decided to give it a try knowing full well they would probably not turn out very good. I would have to say they looked fair. Did them a second time and they turned out a little better. Going to keep practicing it till I get it right. As bad as the...

Cleaned up the gas tank with paint stripper to get some under coating and all the gunk off of it. Painted it with Rustoleum chrome to give it that new look. Hung it it my attic to dry for four months. When I touched it after four months I still got a very slight amount of silver on my finger...

Cleaned the seats with Purple Power and elbow grease. Had to figure out how to clean the cargo door and floor piece. I knew the material wouldn’t hold up too well to liquid. After several minutes of pondering how to make it look good I got a brainstorm. It looked like the cargo floor was stained...

Interior panels and sun visors cleaned up real nice. Amazing what Purple Power and a little elbow grease can do.

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