Dave Robsons Challenger R/T

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Mar 08, 08 9:08 pm

Fantastic work Dave, shame about that mishap with the paint....I can hear you cursing now. You've made some great progress and I can't wait to see the car finished....keep it up

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Mar 08, 08 10:38 pm

CRAIG wrote:Im sure chargers should have 6 bows.

Maybe. They are longer than the As and Es.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Mar 08, 08 10:46 pm

8 bows in all , 6 for the main roof & two short ones on each sail panel.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Mar 09, 08 10:05 am

Adam you cant count the 2 small ones.
Thans not fair.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Mar 16, 08 12:24 pm

Well I take my hat off to anyone that can put a headliner in without making an arse of it.

I have given up! It has got to the point where I have spent enough time and effort. I have done my best and thats all I can do. It will have to stay as it is.

Unless I have another go from the start again at some point.

I wish I had put some sound deadener in there first as well. The roof sounds like the lid of a biscuit tin.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Mar 16, 08 12:30 pm

Looks good to me Dave, i think your just too much of a perfectionist!!

bananaskin · Post by **bananaskin** » Sun Mar 16, 08 12:32 pm

Same here, but i guess it may look different in the flesh.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Mar 16, 08 12:55 pm

Dave, well done...

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sun Mar 16, 08 4:18 pm

It is full of creases and wrinkles. The sail panels in particular are terrible.

But I have other priorities. Like getting the car running. The fancy bits can be sorted at a later date.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Mar 16, 08 9:39 pm

Looks fine to me Dave, you should change your signature to "the secret to happiness is not being a perfectionist" !!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Mar 16, 08 11:09 pm

looks good to me, hope mine looks that good.

Have you tried a little steam to get the wrinkles out?

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Mar 17, 08 8:41 am

CRAIG wrote:looks good to me, hope mine looks that good.

Have you tried a little steam to get the wrinkles out?

There was plenty of steam comming off me while I was fitting the bugger.

I will give it a go with something once I have a complete interior.

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Mon Mar 17, 08 9:24 am

Dave, I know how tough it is to get a headlining perfect, so unless you've managed to get Alex out of retirement, to do it for you, this may make you feel better.

I had exactly the same creases in the sail panels and try as I might I couldn't get rid of them...in the end, I thought shall I get this thing to the Nats or start again...I went to the Nats with the wrinkles and I got over it!

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Mon Mar 17, 08 9:39 am

To be honest. I am over it already.

Moving on......

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Fri Mar 21, 08 5:53 pm

Took the dash to bits this afternoon.

What a mess. Made worse by being full of fire extinguisher dry powder.

Got to start somewhere so decided to clean up the dash frame first.

I vacuumed it. Then wire brushed the rusty bits. Then sprayed it with rust converter.

Tomorrow It should be ready for paint.