1971 Dodge challenger

[Donny]

Looks familiar! Looks like James' Challenger.

 

[Donny]

Ugly weld on the Qtr panel, odd. I bet it was filled with Bondo.

 

[moparleo]

Looks lot like a lot of cut and patch work to be done. If you don't replace the wavy panels it may cost more to try to fix them properly Than to replace with new. Looks like last owner didn't care about quality..

 

[saderbaseball1145]

Ya looks like it was hit, very crappy repair attempt, then gave up on. It sat since 82 so not surprising on a lot of the little patching work needed. The only real wavy pieces are the passenger side frame rail, front driver side floor pan, very little on the firewall, and the torsion bar crossmember is pushed toward the back of the car where the torsion bar goes on the driver side. All the metal is super strong so not sure if I should save as much metal as I can or just replace it. I know for sure I need a new trunk floor, driver side quarter, driver side inner fender and passenger side but I have a NOS one of those, core support and passenger side frame rail. Maybe a torsion bar crossmember if it can't be saved and maybe the upper cowl.

 

[saderbaseball1145]

Shout out to wood grain wheels. My rimblow steering wheel turned out awesome!

 

[72chally440]

I agree with Leo here. I chose to use patch panels in some areas. In hindsight, the time & cost of doing that was probably more than it would have been to replace entire panels. The finished product likely would have been better as well.

 

[saderbaseball1145]

Haven't been on in a while been super busy but I did just send my car off to have the metal work finished. Will be putting pics up as soon as I get the car back.

 

[DetMatt1]

Great news, can't wait to see the progress.

 

[340challconvert]

Looking forward to seeing the metal works pics!

 

[Bill]

All in all it looks pretty solid. But that's coming from someone who lives in the rust belt of Vermont. Nice project!

 

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[saderbaseball1145]

Does anyone know the measurements to where I'm supposed to drill the holes for the rear quarter scoops? Or where the scoops should measure from the edges I have no clue where they should go.

 

[saderbaseball1145]

 

[340challconvert]

Nice Nice Nice

 

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[moparlee]

Very nice sheet metal fabrication work. How did those repop fenders fit up?

 

[saderbaseball1145]

The fenders actually fit very well and look great. I mocked up the grille and bezels and everything fit perfect.

 

[DetMatt1]

Looks really good, nice work!

 

[Cazbah362]

You are doing an amazing job, very nice work and progress