Roger's 69 Dodge Charger 440 RT/SE Restoration - Part 2

Philb · Post by **Philb** » Tue May 10, 11 10:24 pm

How is it all coming along Roger? You must have completed more to feast our eyes on. These suspenders are starting to kill me

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sun Aug 14, 11 9:29 pm

Philb wrote:How is it all coming along Roger? You must have completed more to feast our eyes on. These suspenders are starting to kill me

Well, today there was. I assembled the brake calipers!!!!

And not much else!

Sadly, no photos either.

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Sun Aug 14, 11 9:48 pm

Roger,
Looks like your doing a fabulous job, full credit to you

I look forward to seeing your car in the flesh. I would never have the patience for a full on restoration, but I admire the research, searching for the correct parts, detailing & everything else associated with it

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sun Aug 14, 11 10:00 pm

mopar_mark wrote:Roger,
Looks like your doing a fabulous job, full credit to you

I look forward to seeing your car in the flesh. I would never have the patience for a full on restoration, but I admire the research, searching for the correct parts, detailing & everything else associated with it

The searching for parts and detailing info is slowly driving me nuts! Im spending more time on the net that actually on the car. Currently i need a close up detail shot of the A/C idler bearing arrangement so i can work out how it goes together. Cant find one though!!!!

Green68 · Post by **Green68** » Tue Sep 06, 11 1:09 pm

Only just come across this thread, you've done an excellent job. Good to see the air con back on most people leave it off. keep up the excellent work.

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Tue Sep 06, 11 6:44 pm

Paul 500 wrote:Only just come across this thread, you've done an excellent job. Good to see the air con back on most people leave it off. keep up the excellent work.

There was a part one, but the pics have now gone

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Tue Sep 06, 11 6:47 pm

Roger wrote:
mopar_mark wrote:Roger,
Looks like your doing a fabulous job, full credit to you

I look forward to seeing your car in the flesh. I would never have the patience for a full on restoration, but I admire the research, searching for the correct parts, detailing & everything else associated with it
The searching for parts and detailing info is slowly driving me nuts! Im spending more time on the net that actually on the car. Currently i need a close up detail shot of the A/C idler bearing arrangement so i can work out how it goes together. Cant find one though!!!!

Further to this, i managed to get hold of a correct fuel pump - or at least i thought so and thats what the seller said. Turns out its for a later car so the outlet union points the wrong way!!!

Currently minded to leave it on there. My patience is wearing thin!

sinny · Post by **sinny** » Wed Sep 07, 11 10:47 am

Looking good, keep the pics coming.

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sun Nov 13, 11 9:15 pm

Roger wrote:
Roger wrote:
mopar_mark wrote:Roger,
Looks like your doing a fabulous job, full credit to you

I look forward to seeing your car in the flesh. I would never have the patience for a full on restoration, but I admire the research, searching for the correct parts, detailing & everything else associated with it
The searching for parts and detailing info is slowly driving me nuts! Im spending more time on the net that actually on the car. Currently i need a close up detail shot of the A/C idler bearing arrangement so i can work out how it goes together. Cant find one though!!!!
Further to this, i managed to get hold of a correct fuel pump - or at least i thought so and thats what the seller said. Turns out its for a later car so the outlet union points the wrong way!!!

Currently minded to leave it on there. My patience is wearing thin!

Ever the optimist, i bought a NOS fuel pump, in the box with the correct part number. It arrived, i painted it, tried to fit it, only to find that once again its the wrong one!! Arrrrrghhh! Americans!!! Are there any honest ones?

So i have now added this to my nice collection of orange fuel pumps!

As ive now given up on finding the right pump, i have refitted one of the wrong ones as it works, it will have to do.

With that in place, it was now time to refit the engine, gearbox and subframe bax to the car.

To avid damage i did this from underneath with the engine etc on a trolley that i made earlier.

Heres a few pics of it going in. All good. 1.5 hours later and not a single scratch, its in

:):)

Progress - at last!

So i turned my attention to fitting the torsion bars. cue 4 hours of wasted effort only to now (having posted earlier looking for help) find that my new bars cant work and wont work because the hex;s are not offset to each other. Once again ive been "done over" by an american. Sadly it was 8 years ago, and ive no idea who it was!!!. They were 960 thou ones to stiffen the front up, but im so hacked off with buying stuff thats wrong, i'll clean up the old ones and refit them. Might be sqidgy, but at least i might Bananarama!!

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sun Nov 13, 11 9:17 pm

Ready to go.

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sun Nov 13, 11 9:18 pm

on its way

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sun Nov 13, 11 9:19 pm

keep coming

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sun Nov 13, 11 9:20 pm

nearly there

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sun Nov 13, 11 9:21 pm

done

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sun Nov 13, 11 9:22 pm

step back and admire the view