1973 Charger winter makeover thread

ScottyDave · Post by **ScottyDave** » Tue Mar 14, 17 9:21 pm

Oooo you tease

Looking good though

kma176 · Post by **kma176** » Mon Mar 20, 17 7:15 pm

Love the colour with those stripes-looking forward to seeing the whole thing!!
Great Work

karlee1433 · Post by **karlee1433** » Mon Mar 20, 17 7:31 pm

Love the colour ..but then i would say that.

octanejunkie · Post by **octanejunkie** » Thu Mar 23, 17 4:44 pm

Not been many postings here from me, but i haven't been slacking!

I've been working nights on a motorway project in Droitwich the last few weeks. Its been a bit of a blessing. Get home at 4am ish. Sleep for a few hours, then get down the workshop for about 10am, and work on the Charger. This has been the process for the last three or four weeks. Its really taking it out of me, but i don't know how i'd have got the car done otherwise.
Restoring, cleaning, replacing parts, then re assembling everything has taken a phenomenal amount of time. I can give myself a pat on the back for putting everything in separate little baggies, and labeling them. Mopars have a surprising amount of unique clips and fasteners.
The car still isn't quite finished, lots of little things to do, plus then i've got to start on the engine bay, which now compared to the rest of the car looks very dusty and tired.

Here are some shots of the paint going on..

octanejunkie · Post by **octanejunkie** » Thu Mar 23, 17 4:47 pm

You can see the stripes on the bonnet in a previous post, but fitting the Rallye stripe kit was a seriously bum clenching moment. It took three of us, with garden sprayers full of soapy water to keep the surface wet. Once they stick, they don't like coming off!

Captain Chaos · Post by **Captain Chaos** » Thu Mar 23, 17 4:50 pm

Still good progress ðŸ‘

octanejunkie · Post by **octanejunkie** » Thu Mar 23, 17 4:57 pm

So here it is, almost finished! Did a load of electrical checks today and replaced most of the exterior light bulbs. Luckily my rear light wiring works ok!

I know the purists among you would have liked me to keep it in its original colours, but i could not be happier with the result. I'm am so proud of it!
My hands are raw and bloody, and my bank balance is equally traumatized, but i think it looks absolutely stunning. We started in mid February, and it should be on the road, offending peoples retinas by mid April. We were only able to turn it around that quickly because of how straight and rust free the shell was. Theres virtually no filler in this car either.

Just a quick reminder of where its come from...

From this:

To this:

MilesnMiles · Post by **MilesnMiles** » Thu Mar 23, 17 5:10 pm

Brilliant work. Congratulations.Some commitment there

ScottyDave · Post by **ScottyDave** » Thu Mar 23, 17 6:28 pm

octanejunkie wrote:
I've been working nights on a motorway project in Droitwich the last few weeks.

Small world that's my home now

The Charger looks absolutely stunning you can be justifiably proud of your work

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Thu Mar 23, 17 6:54 pm

Great job there, I like the colour & especially the stripes

Captain Chaos · Post by **Captain Chaos** » Thu Mar 23, 17 8:03 pm

Wow! That must feel very rewarding. Nice workðŸ‘

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Thu Mar 23, 17 11:19 pm

Now that's how a charger should look.
Colour , decals and wheels , are perfect in my opinion.
Well done.

Rebel · Post by **Rebel** » Fri Mar 24, 17 12:27 am

Brilliant job, like the finished look

cadboy · Post by **cadboy** » Fri Mar 24, 17 6:30 am

she looks GREAT the stripes really makes it good

you have worked hard to get it all done in short time well done.

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Fri Mar 24, 17 8:19 am

That looks great. You should be really proud of what you have achieved. I'm not a huge fan of bonnet stripes but they really suit your car and I love the side stripe.

Really great work.