Fellas, I picked up this demon back in 2013. I was 16 and it was my first car. It took many hours working on the family farm in order to finally have the cash to get it. I drove it home grinning ear to ear. Fast forward a few years and my little brother wrecks his first car. A Chrysler 300. And Voila! A extremely cheap and low mile 5.7 hemi! I couldn’t pass on the opportunity, so it is time to start on the demon! I got it into our little garage and started tear down. Got er stripped and time to start on body work! Started on the truck and rear quarters which were all rot. Here’s where I am at thus far.
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Sorry about your brother's loss........
Nice Fab skills. Looking forward to following along.
Nice Fab skills. Looking forward to following along.
ACME SS
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Nice job! Keep the updates. I'm interested in that 5.7 transplant in particular. My 318 does nothing for me.
RenVill
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Lookin great, subscribed!
JDMopar
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Too bad you're so far away. I could fix you right up with stuff!
[FOR SALE] - 5.7 Hemi and stuff to put in 67-76 A body
I've had this for a while, and just fell out of love with the idea of a Gen III Hemi in my Duster. This is a 2006 model 5.7 out of a Magnum that got crashed a few months off the lot. The motor only has 6,000 miles on it! This is the 345 HP version of a 5.7. Included are the new in the box TTI...
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Got her up in my homemade rotisserie, time to get rid of the rot and rust on the bottom side. Gonna install frame connectors while it’s easy to get to, also working on applying body filler to panels I’ve replaced. Slow progress but still inching forward!
abdywgn
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That is COOL! how did you make the curves?
Had a local welding shop bend em for me!
Man, you could roll that sucker right down the road to the paint shop..........Cool
Sure could! Thinking I’ll probably shoot it myself!
Spent the morning getting the fuel lines and brake lines removed. Then started scraping off all the old undercoating. Got most of it off. Plan is to clean the underside good and POR-15 it. Thoughts on this? Is there a better product?
JDMopar
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I figured the round perimeter was from P Flex pipe reels. People that do directional underground boring install pipe that comes on big steel reels, and the outer parts of the reel look just like that. Great idea for a rotisserie, and probably cheaper than 2 sheets of 3/4 plywood to make one of the wooden versions...lol.
Nice......It looks pretty solid under there
Sure is! Little bit of rot on the frame at the very back where the bumper attaches, should be an easy fix.Nice......It looks pretty solid under there
My avatar car has POR-15 on the underside from a PO. I cannot say what the prep was (I suspect it was done properly) but there are places where I can peel a "sheet" off leaving a clean surface beneath. I then just use Rustoleum with a brush as I've used it with success on my trailer and other cars underneath for many years. FWIW...
****. Not what I wanted to hear considering I already have the POR-15.
^^^^ it may work fine for you. I was only telling you what I have observed. Again, I cannot speak to surface prep.
Love/Hate with POR 15 that's for sure. I've never seen a product with such polarized results????
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