34 year quest finally begins.

[Ohiowoodchuck]

Congrats on getting your old man's car back! That's gotta feel awesome. Good luck with the project. Looking forward to the updates. Assuming you'll go back to the original color and stripe scheme??? That was a good looking car back in the day.

Here is a little sample. Since all the old timers have either retired or past on there is no one who can just look up and mix a paint formula anymore around here. They have to use a camera. Luckily I have a part from my first car that is the correct fe5 red. We copied that again and ordered a gallon. Here is a test run to verify. It will give you guys a hint on where the car is going.

 

[Challenger RTA]

Kid power is something else. Even stronger with memories of hearing it going up the street.
Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild

 

[Challenger RTA]

This might be of help if you don't have it. Click here and you shall see. Service manual

 

[Cuda Hunter]

That's quite the stack there!

 

[Cuda Hunter]

Is this year the restoration of the car then? Starting in October?

Great story! Glad it all worked out.
Right down the road from ya all that time.

 

[Ohiowoodchuck]

Is this year the restoration of the car then? Starting in October?

Great story! Glad it all worked out.
Right down the road from ya all that time.

Yes sir actually he wasn’t able to get it in till December. He got behind on another couple of small jobs so it was delayed. He went full bore on it though once it rolled in the bay. Also yes, the car was within 30 minutes of my house the whole time. Except when it went to down south and brought back up here.

 

[Ohiowoodchuck]

That's quite the stack there!

Also that wasn’t all of it. They forgot to put the tail panel in there plus once we got farther in to it, we realized the rear frame rails were better off replaced than patched. So I had another order about half this size come in.

 

[heminut]

Great story! I'm looking forward to following this restoration. Please try and post pics as it goes on. Are you considering building a small block engine similar to what your dad built to go in the car?