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Thanks, you always expect some “secrets” 😂

Well it’s taken a lot longer than I had planned and I’ve had to change tack a little but I’ve finally finished repairing the sail panel braces on the drivers side. I ended up repairing the originals, rather than making new ones from scratch. I had originally made an entirely new upper and middle...

Sadly my shop just isn’t big enough - I know, everyone has the same problem 🤣 I’ve got parts of my challenger taking up floor space in my garage, which means I keep having to move things in and out as I use them. Also means I spend almost as much time looking for a tool as I do actually using...

Been slow progress of late due to work committments, but I finally got to welding in the replacement sail pillar panel. Won't win any welding competiotions, but it's a lot better than the swiss cheese before.

It’s ABS plastic. Same as LEGO. You wouldn’t do production runs with them, but for one maybe two presses they are fine.

I’ve been playing with 3D printing dies to “stamp” the panels that I’m making. First attempt has turned out pretty well. Just need to clean everything up, a bit of fine tuning and it’ll be ready to weld in.

Thanks!

Welds cleaned up, ready for priming.

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.