Bluecifer 1970 Cuda B7 Blue Restoration

[WhiteGP]

Nice !! I posted my build sheets on page one of this thread. Is your car engine and transmission numbers matching ?

YES !! Very happy about that

 

[Manny]

What an excellent color combo …… B7 with a blue interior will be sharp !

 

[MOPARMITCH]

Got front hubs and drums cleaned up and blasted and repainted after they were turned true. I guess I'm getting old and lazy. Didn't feel like pulling the third member. So since I had it apart I just stood it up on the end to drain the gear oil out of it. Gear oil looked good. Will put new fluid in when I install it. Didn't like the way the axles looked either since everything else now is so clean. So hit them with the mini blaster and we'll flush out the wheel bearings again to make sure they are safe before I paint the axles with cast blast.

 

[MoparCarGuy]

Have you considered pulling the 8-3/4" differential and restoring it to factory-finish (natural)?

 

[MOPARMITCH]

Have you considered pulling the 8-3/4" differential and restoring it to factory-finish (natural)?View attachment 141749 View attachment 141750

Yeah, probably after it is in the car.......

 

[MOPARMITCH]

Got some things done yesterday for the Cuda. Assembled the master cylinder with dot 5 fluid. Adjusted the axle end play for the differential. Installed all of the brakes and hardware and adjusted them to the drums properly. The roller Wheels and tires are pretty nasty, so a friend of mine gave me some good tires. I will clean and paint the wheels and remount good tires on them. Attach them to the differential, then I can roll it around where I need to until I finish with the body of the car.

 

[Xcudame]

Looking good MoparMitch! I love Dot 5 brake fluid. Besides all the braking benefits, it won't damage your paint if you accidently spill some on your car!

 

[MOPARMITCH]

Had to invent a way to get the anti vibration springs back on the front drums. Quite a task. Them suckers have a lot of tension on them.

 

[MOPARMITCH]

Rolled the car outside today so I don't get body dust in my Garage. I am addressing some of the very small pinholes that appeared in the body after it was glass beaded. I am using metal reinforced filler for these minor pinholes. Only have pinholes in a few spots on the car. A few by the battery tray, a few in the passenger floor. And a few at the lower windshield at the cowl. And a few in the trunk. There is a 1-in hole in a trunk that I will have to cut out and replace with metal. But again very small pinholes not warranting cutting out metal and welding new metal in, in most places.

 

[moparlee]

Rolled the car outside today so I don't get body dust in my Garage. I am addressing some of the very small pinholes that appeared in the body after it was glass beaded. I am using metal reinforced filler for these minor pinholes. Only have pinholes in a few spots on the car. A few by the battery tray, a few in the passenger floor. And a few at the lower windshield at the cowl. And a few in the trunk. There is a 1-in hole in a trunk that I will have to cut out and replace with metal. But again very small pinholes not warranting cutting out metal and welding new metal in, in most places.
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That car must not be from the rustbelt area. Nice to not have to install body panels/patch panels.

 

[MOPARMITCH]

That car must not be from the rustbelt area. Nice to not have to install body panels/patch panels.

Believe it or not Lee. This car was bought new at Anacostia Chrysler Plymouth in Wash. D.C. ( Long Gone ) in the Spring of 1970. Spent its life just outside Wash D.C. in the suburbs. I am the second owner. I have the original title and sales invoice in the first owners name, and the window sticker, warranty repair receipts from the selling dealership, etc.. Two build sheets, and all other documentation. All numbers on car match including drive train. I am the first to disassemble the car . Yes,Yes, I got Very Lucky..