69dartrag
Member
Sweeet! sounds great!
My 71 Duster Project
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cuda20
Well-Known Member
Sounds awesome.
Otateral
Well-Known Member
Woah! That's music to my ears. Love seeing the kid behind the wheel, playing. My boys love helping out too.
smartken22
U.S. Navy Senior Chief
Thanks guys! I am pretty happy with everything and the boy is loving it too!
racerhog
RacerHog likes his Mopars
Sounds and Looks Great..... Great work Ken !!!!
Captain Canuck
Well-Known Member
That thing sounds like a beast!
Your son looks pretty happy in the drivers seat pretending to drive and shift gears!
Awesome!!
Your son looks pretty happy in the drivers seat pretending to drive and shift gears!
Awesome!!
smartken22
U.S. Navy Senior Chief
Here is the latest on the car progress. I rolled her out of the garage last weekend and started the long process of wet sanding. I had one of my friends from the car club come over to help as he has auto body experience. I had to start with 800 grit due to some orange peel and worked my way to 2000 grit. I bought the Meguires stage 1-3 compounds for the cutting process. I finished all of the wet sanding and was able to use the stage one medium cut before I ran out of daylight. The paint looks a lot smoother and I can actually see myself in the paint! I plan to use the stage 2 fine cut and mirror finish last and it should come out nice! I did find a few thin spots in the paint on the body lines where the paint came off. Its not too noticable, however, it sucks. Other than that she looks good! I am not complaining considering that this is my first paint job on a car. Here are some pics.
smartken22
U.S. Navy Senior Chief
Thank you! He cant wait til we take it for a drive! Just need some money for rims and tires now. Gonna be awhile there!
smartken22
U.S. Navy Senior Chief
I spent all day yesterday finishing up all of the wet sanding and polishing on the car. It turned out awesome! Now it is ready for its first wax and then I can order the stripe kit from challengergary here in the next couple of weeks and put them on. Question...should I wax before putting on the stripe kit of after? They are matte black so when I do wax, do I wax the black sections of the car as well or just the blue? Wouldn't that make the matte black sections shiny? Let me know what you all think!
adiffrentcity
Bent Rodder
I wouldn't wax the flat black sections. Good job so far.
racerhog
RacerHog likes his Mopars
No wax for the matte black.....
No wax under the decals........
Just my 2 cents
Looks Dam Good... Sweet !!!!
Time to re-stripe Hwy. 198 ....
No wax under the decals........
Just my 2 cents
Looks Dam Good... Sweet !!!!
Time to re-stripe Hwy. 198 ....
smartken22
U.S. Navy Senior Chief
OK sounds good, no wax on the black. Thanks for the inputs all! Well, here is an update. I am finally getting the axles, brakes and rims/tires replaced. The rims are not what I originally wanted but I am getting them from a hookup plus they are one piece aluminum so I dont need to worry about them rusting out after a few years like these last ones did. They are the Summit quick 8 (Weld Draglite knockoffs). 15x7 in front and 15x8 in rear with 205/60/15 up front and 245/60/15 in the rear. The brake conversion for the front is the right stuff BBP kit. The rear brakes are going to remain drums, however, I am putting Dr. Diff's 10 x 1/2 BBP drum kit on in addition to his new BBP axles. Well, upon tearing down the rearend, look what we found! Not good, so now I have to replace the gears in the rear. Also found out why the outside splines on my old axles are so worn. The inside side gears on the sure grip are worn the same as the outside sections of the axles which makes me believe that the sure grip was not setup properly (using the axles to align the inner and outer side gears) causing spline misalignment. Luckily I can replace the side gears as I am running a clutch style sure grip. It would not be a bad time to check everything out while its apart anyway. Here are some pics. I will post pics once I get the new parts in addition to the final build progress. Here are some pics of the damage in addition to the old tires and rims coming off for the last time!
cudamanbob
Well-Known Member
vary nice job . love the car . I am in the process of doing the same job an car. mine is a 70 340 4 speed car , sharktooth , rally dash , bucket seat , go-wing . doing everything . big job , buut worth it . you have done a great job on the car . keep it up . hope the family enjoys your hard work on it when it comes to do a little cruising . thank you for your service for all of us.
smartken22
U.S. Navy Senior Chief
The wait is finally over! The new rims have arrived! I cannot wait to get these beauties installed! More to follow! Here are some pics!
smartken22
U.S. Navy Senior Chief
Thank you and let me know if you need any help, advice, etc... I could not have done as much as I have without the support of the guys and gals on here!
smartken22
U.S. Navy Senior Chief
Here are the new rear 10 x 2 1/2 big bolt brakes that showed up today. Also took some pics of the big bolt axles in comparison to the small bolt old ones. The front disc brake conversion is back ordered so I will send pics when those get here. Just need to save up some money for the rear end parts and I will be ready to install everything. I am heading to Fallon, Nevada this weekend for a week so things will be on hold for a little bit.
MoparDemon
Well-Known Member
Turned out really good! I used to do that for a living and now i do it for customers I paint cars for.. It is honestly my least favorite part of restoring cars period! I would rather sand bondo lol,
smartken22
U.S. Navy Senior Chief
Yeah it's a long manual labored project!
Captainkirk
Old School Mopar Warrior
Looking really good! Your progress is impressive and the hard work is paying off!
smartken22
U.S. Navy Senior Chief
My Dad helped me out get the stripe kit for the car for my birthday. I ordered it through challengergary here on the forums and it came out pretty nicely. The only thing that I am not happy with is all the bubbles in the hood 340 one. It looks like a 2 layered decal and there are bubbles in between the two layers. Hopefully they will lay flat over time. Here are some pics.
Dartnut
Don't hate me because i'm beautiful
Looks great!
racerhog
RacerHog likes his Mopars
Looking Good !!!
Captain Canuck
Well-Known Member
What are you planning on doing for a gas cap? Do you still have the original one?
smartken22
U.S. Navy Senior Chief
That is the gas cap that has been on there and it has been working so I have no plans to change it. Thank you all for the comments! Here are some pictures of the additional decals added to the stripe kit. I also got the tires in and got them mounted and balanced on the rims. The fronts are BFG Radial T/A 205/60/15 and the rears are BFG Radial T/A 245/60/15. Let me know what you all think!
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