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I am trying to reproduce as closely as possible… I’m a sucker for punishment. The cutouts make me think how I can fab them with the least amount of additional welds. Call it practice. I know no-one will ever see it, but it’s for my satisfaction.

Thanks! It’s all a learning process.

Slow progress, I was away all of December so have only just started back on it. I'm working my way down the drivers side inner shell. I've cut out and replaced one of the rusted inner sections. Now means the outer section I made has a good base to be attached to. I've been trying to work out how...

Thanks, learning new skills all the time.

Yeah! Gives me something to practice my fab skills on though I guess 🤣

Unfortunately the braces are different between the cuda and the challenger. They haven’t started reproducing them for the challenger. AMD says they might at some stage in the not too distant future, but for now no …

Yes I will be putting the small rear window back in and the vinly top. I will be completely painting the roof as per the rest of the car, then putting the vinyl over the top. I shouldn't have any problem with it rusting. I expect it will make another 50 years with no problem. The rust problems...

That's so true!!

I removed the next brace down the B pillar. It's a much simpler shape to make, almost all of it is straight lines. Underneath the brace surprise, surprise more rust that needs to be cut out and replaced. While I was poking around, I discovered that when the outer wheel arch was replaced, either...

Thanks. Yeah, I have in my head maybe this time next year but I think I’m being overly optimistic! 🤣

Good thing I enjoy it and I'm not getting paid by the hour ... The better part of two, maybe three days over the last two weekends and I have one of the six components made up 🤣. All jokes aside, I'm actually pretty happy with how it turned out. I started out trying to make it out of a single...

Unfortunately it’s fab time.

If you don't go looking for them, you won't find problems ... I've got to stop looking 🤣 Well the rear quarters are off so I can address the rust in the roof structure. The passenger side rocker and bottom of door jam pillar are going to need some work as well. On the positive side, while it...

I thought it was actually pretty good, at least compared to what I had been expecting from others experiences. To put that in context, my “pretty good fit” took me the better part of a day to get in position, clamp and plug weld my way from the brake master position across the firewall, weld...

Spot and plug welded the cowl in place. I have to mask off all the openings, clean off the AMD black coating then I can 2k prime and move on to the rear sail pillar repairs ...

Yes, I’ve put seam sealer all around the outer edge and also around the inner surface. Hopefully should prevent any moisture getting in.

Getting ready to put the new cowl onto the firewall. Stripped and repainted the underside. Weld through primer on all the mating surfaces. Same to the top of the firewall - I've painted it all with satin black. All the documentation seems to indicate that's what it would have been. Next weekend...

Repaired front roof support welded in and primed. Still have the cowl to do, I wanted to get this in place first as it is well located by the spot weld holes. Hopefully this will give me the datum to get the bottom edge of the windscreen (sitting on the top of the cowl) located properly.

I’m using zincanneal steel sheet as close to the same gauge as the original metal. Then using a range of hand tools, breaks, English wheel, shrinker/stretcher to shape. Then either MiG or TiG to weld depending on where/what I’m welding. Glad you’re enjoying the progress! I’m having fun working...

Thanks, still a long way to go before she's back on her wheels!