Trying to match my 71 charger

[Moparvinson]

Getting there

 

[AbodyTim]

Looks like it's F3, same as my son's '71. His grandfather gave it to him as his first car back in '97 or so. Drove it through HS and still has it. 318 car but now sports a 383 built by Mike McCandless. 'glass fenders & scooped hood courtesy of a woman who ran a stop sign near our house. I built a model replica of it some years back. I'll have to see if I can find a picture of the car and/or model.

 

[barbee6043]

Cool!!!

 

[Moparvinson]

Mine was wrecked in the front as well. Sat in a storage lot for about 16 years. Motor mounts broke and tore the fuel line. When I got it I cleaned the tank, new mounts and the 318 fired up right away.

 

[Dogfather]

Mine was wrecked in the front as well. Sat in a storage lot for about 16 years. Motor mounts broke and tore the fuel line. When I got it I cleaned the tank, new mounts and the 318 fired up right away.

What brand of paint did you use to match that particular shade of green??

 

[Moparvinson]

It is an old can.

 

[Dogfather]

It is an old can.

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Any chance that you have another can of that??

If so, would you be willing to part with it??

 

[Moparvinson]

I just had the one can, sorry

 

[AbodyTim]

Any chance that you have another can of that??

If so, would you be willing to part with it??

I painted mine years ago with just what I could try to match it with (not even close). Several years ago someone told me about scale finishes. I have bought several bottles from them to match replica's I'm building.

Scalefinishes.com

 

[YY1]

NICE.

25 years ago (or is it 30?) I started building a replica of my 70 Super Bee, in mostly primer, with a replacement vinyl top just starting to peel, and a few rust holes.

Didn't get very far. Still on the back burner.

In the meantime, I did build 95% of a replica of my 73 Duster, and 90% of my 86 turbo T top Daytona (WAY more work than I anticipated), and collected starting platforms for my 00 Dakota R/T, 73 Satellite, and 67 Belvedere wagon.

 

[dr dodge]

Getting there

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that looks very close, primer and all

nice work