Recent content by asskicked

BTW, does anyone have the factory rear bow measurement, the rear bow to the rear deck panel? A critical dimension to ensure the rest of the top fits correctly. I had someone do this top last time and I'm pretty sure he blew this on the install.

I bought it from Tony's Parts years ago, and watched it yellow, particularly the rear window vinyl, in only a few years while in clean dry storage. I don't recall who the actual manufacturer was, all I know is it has to go, actually it's gone since I ended up redoing everything on this car or...

My two cents, don't go white unless you like a yellowing top that turns yellow even in constant indoor storage. The rear window vinyl yellows at a different rate from the rest of the top resulting in a two tone yellowing top. This is my experience with a factory type replacement I bought new...

Hello All Finally running out of body metal work needed for my 71 Challenger, the tail light panel is next. My original looks OK but it has too much filler in it to look OK. I've heard of guys using the 70 panel to repair the 71 but can't find anything with photos. Since I will be cutting...

I realized many years ago that learning body and paint, by far the most difficult part of any old car restoration, was not an option if I wanted to remain in the old car hobby, it's an imperative. Ripped off too many times. It's understandable why it's so difficult to get quality work done by...

Looking to do some floor patching to repair a crude frame connector installation, I need right + left side patches for the area in front of the available rear foot well section, these are on order, but the section just in front of it. This would be the rear area of the full length front floor...

I figured that was the case. Another thing, in my searches I haven't found much on shimming, some mentions with trying to compensate for factory fiberglass hood bowing but no pics of how it was done. Shimming would obviously create a space in between the mounting surfaces so I would imagine a...

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Compared to what I see other guys doing with badly rusted cars, mine is a cake walk. Once I figured out the problem with the rails it actually went quite fast on the repairs. The reproduction AMD inner panels fit great. The thing is the car sat for several...

This shows pretty much where I'm at with this car. This is me fixing what a self proclaimed expert did for a good chunk of change. The expert replaced a badly damaged right frame rail and matched the bent left one, no frame jigs there. The entire front end was pointing about 7/8" total to the...

To seal or not to seal? Are you guys putting sealer or anything else in between inner and out fenders? I mentioned my gap problem and was considering using something like pickup truck bed to cap/topper closed cell foam strips trimmed to be mostly hidden once in place. I mean half of 1/8" is a...

Yes, it's sure a butcher job even for factory work. That one stud doesn't even clear the nut. You would think if it was bad later date body shop work, they would have at least cleaned up sealer globs a little better out of embarrassment. I can see that glob work happening on the assembly line...

So, this is not factory? I'm curious about this because of the globs of sealer and what appears to be a fender shimmed up for hood alignment. A problem I'm currently working with on my 71 Challenger, hood is about an 1/8" higher in the middle of the fender top.

Long time looky Lou finally joined up. My user name asskicked refers to most of my previous experiences with E and B body mopars. Unlike most of my experiences with other old cars, I never seem to be able get one of these on the right track for completion and send them down the road. I'm close...