Recent content by 1972 AAR Cuda

I like the 74 Rallye and since I added the the 360 the hood was next (after some color sanding) was done; I did pick up some fender scoops/inserts and I also needed a passenger side mirror - so I like them body color - not installed yet, but the parts a ready; They are kind of a pain to...

Still moving forward - I have been focusing on the rear since I never liked how the quarter turned out - this is much better. still needs a little color sanding and some paint work in front of the wheel opening, but I like this much better; The tailights took some time to get the paint how I...

I know I am a few months behind, but Welcome to the site! I love looking at pics of project cars, it helps motivate me seeing what others are doing. Got any more pictures? I would like to see them!

The clear coat was a paint store rattle can as well, I sprayed it after the base coat kicked off - basically like it was another coat of color only on the heavy side. The idea was to get it to lay as smooth as possible without runs or dry patches. I ended up using factory steel valve covers due...

Mine wasn't black, but I wanted to clean it up, so I took the do it yourself (rattlecan) approach. I clean it thoroughly, sanded and primed the surfaces before applying auto paint store mixed color and clear coat. Ten years later and it still looks pretty good. It's held up good. Surface prep...

Looks like a good one to put back together! Good Luck with the project!! It will be a nice one when it's done !

I was talking about the Challenger... I went to the Roseville page and found the inserts - Thank You!

Who makes or where can you get the inserts?

The Challenger inserts (opening) are a little smaller. I am still debating what to do with my opening - I am toying with making my own screen inserts: The rest of the car still needs work, I am slowly making headway. I need the bulge to allow for air cleaner clearance when I added the 360;

On my Challenger I added a thin foam tape tape to the scoop side of the interface which collapsed when the scoop tightened down, so I could prevent "metal" to "metal" contact on the freshly painted hood - this seemed to work well; The Challenger has an open space behind the scoop much like you...

Welcome to the site! For what its worth, I would look at the car as needing almost all new sheet metal, a fender (at least one), hood, one quarter (possibly both - can't tell from the pics), a deck lid. I would expect the trunk and floors to need a lot of work based on what I see, but I could...

I have seen offsets from side to side - mine is offset by around a 1/4 inch, but never seen that amount. I am wondering if adding a spacer (1/2-3/4 inch) to the drivers side would help the visual part and not affect anything else? Just a thought....

Nice job on the Cuda!! Looking good!

Nice looking Challenger - I am interested to hear more about it!!!

Like anything the value is all in what someone will pay for it. I bought a 74 Challenger about 10 years ago in a similar condition for 5k - it was a runner that hadnt been run in a few years sort of thing. I purchased it from friends that needed the money and I struggled to get a realistic...