Mopar Muscle Association UK

almost there dave- the debut @the metro centre, 6 weeks to go ?

It's possble mate. I think a run up to yours will be the first thing after the MOT. Just run it in a bit more before I change the oil.

look forward to it

Dave, do you want this tidied me old mate?

Clivey wrote:Dave, do you want this tidied me old mate?

It does not matter to me Clive but I guess it would help anyone coming along and trying to read through it?

Well, I want to see Clivey with his pinny on, stockings, high heeled shoes and his feather duster.

Ivor, if that's the first image conjured up in your mind, I am more than a little concerned.

I will try and give the thread a bit of a tidy Dave, 40 pages is a long read and most epople want to read about the car and hat you have to say about it (I guess).

spoil sport Clivey, that and you ve obviously got too much time on your hands

Time, is something I don't have a lot of mate.

Have had a bit of bother with one of the headlight bezels.

The passenger side has taken a couple of hits over the years. One from Linda swinging into a tight gate and one from a MOT guy in his own garage. It is easily done with a Challenger that has the power bulge hood because you can't see the passenger fender at all.

Anyway. It was professionally repaired.

Of course on this last re-spray my body man did a nice job of making the fender as good as possible and did a much better job than the repair lot had done.

However. Now I have come to fit the headlight bezel, the amount of damage done to it has been made a lot more obvious.

See photo.

Now I thought this would be an easy fix. And at first (after a few taps with a rubber hammer) I thought I had done it.

But this only distorted the openings for the headlights.

There should be an even gap around each headlamp unit.

Crikey. so whats the next move Dave?

These are NOS bezels I bought in 1989 when they were still available.

There are only reproductions available now which I have heard are not great quality.

Plus I am skint.

So I have done the best I can with what I have got.

I ran out of black paint so need to buy some to touch up the scratches. My sheet metal screw in the corner of the trim pulled though the hole so I have had to stick a large head screw in there for now. Hopefully i can repair it enough for a smaller screw.

Its not very noticeable Dave. If you hadn't have pointed it out it would have taken a while to spot mate.