Me and my dads 1973 Plymouth Barracuda project

[R4Sedan]

Glad to see this, have fun with it. I took auto body and auto shop in h.s. that was in the '80s they since did away with those programs here.

 

[73moparman]

i will soon. ive been sand blasting and stripping engine bay but we have a substitute in class today so no shop time. spray some primer on that bare metal next week then ordering new trunk drop off pans

 

[js29]

are you using etch primer or apoxy, dupont recamends veraprime etch primer for bare metal so you can do the body work over the top of it and will stick just fine and protect the metal from hand prints and moister p.s. having your cuda in shop class makes going to school fun i will bet

 

[73moparman]

It makes it extremely gun exspecialy since im also getting a 100 grade average and workin on it. I have some poxy primer at hand at the shop for it. Just to spray on the bare metal to keep handprints off but i will be cutting and grinding afterward when i het my panels

 

[73moparman]

Not including when my teachers lamans comes off the rotiserie mine will take it place

 

[MOPARMITCH]

Please post some more pics of the progress. We are very interested in your project.

 

[DetMatt1]

This is going to be nice, I really like the color combo on your Cuda.

 

[js29]

You can do your body work over apoxy primer as well. but it dose not seem to harden up completely, I found it to gum up the sandpaper plus dupont dose not offer an apoxe primer to use that way that i am aware of P.S. Are you staying with the original hood or the twin scoop hood. mopar had some of the sharpest hood's

 

[73moparman]

Original for now two scoop later when money is straight

 

[73moparman]

No pictures right this moment but ive been sand blasting and hve ordered my trunk extensions. Puttin some epoxy on all the bare metal tommarow. Havnt had a lot of shop time we had a substiute and had to sit in class. Got the license plate holder and hinges painted. Stripping the rest of the engine bay and dash board this week then me and dad ganna get a little fabrication going. Building a rotisserie out of two 1000lb engine stands

 

[js29]

A rotisserie is the way to go! when you build it i would suggest trying to find some wheels and spindle's from a small trailer or some thing with an 8 inch or so tire so you can move it out side or even trailer or flat bed the car if needed . and if you could make the wheels swivel on one end it would make things even easyer to use. just a thought

 

[73moparman]

first coat of epoxy to cover up the bare metal

 

[73moparman]

A rotisserie is the way to go! when you build it i would suggest trying to find some wheels and spindle's from a small trailer or some thing with an 8 inch or so tire so you can move it out side or even trailer or flat bed the car if needed . and if you could make the wheels swivel on one end it would make things even easyer to use. just a thought

What I had planed on doing was get two 1000lb engine stands, extend the necks on the stands and strainten the head to 90 degrees. custom make some plates to bolt from the stand to the bumper holes in the frame rails. extend the wheels out to make it stable brace it with steel square tubing and run a piece of square tubing in the middle to connect the two.

 

[js29]

Iam going to order blueprints off the internet , buy rams and use wheels and axles from an old set of dolly wheels i used on the wrecker that are obsalet . a frend of mine is giving me an old set of dolly wheels of his and then maybe when work slows down i can get back on my challenger . you are coming along well glad to see it your shur going to make your grand father proud from the looks of it

 

[MOPARMITCH]

Progress lookin good !!

 

[js29]

what is the game plan for the left door, new skin or cut out the rust and make patches and repair the skin

 

[73moparman]

what is the game plan for the left door, new skin or cut out the rust and make patches and repair the skin

both doors have a lot of rust on the bottoms. I have a lot of scrap sheet metal and the rust stops just above the body line so I will be cutting the bottom out and using the sheet metal machine to bend it the way I want and weld it up

 

[73moparman]

also there is hole in the trunk deck lid I will be cutting out a metal plug to weld in its spot then bondo it up and smooth it down

 

[js29]

Will you be MIG or TIG welding. i tried buying a tig welder atachment for my snap-on welder but it was to hot for body work. thay say the tig is suppost to be better for this

 

[73moparman]

Will you be MIG or TIG welding. i tried buying a tig welder atachment for my snap-on welder but it was to hot for body work. thay say the tig is suppost to be better for this

we have a mig welder in the shop tht i have full accses to and i have been training to weld on it so i will be using mig