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The long road

F8RT

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Got this car about a year ago , numbers matching 383 auto manual steering and drums all around. Had a fair bit of rust but i have cut it all out and made new metal where necessary. Put a new trunk floor in with new extensions and new AMD front floor and fixed up the rear frame rails and good second hand dutch man panel. One front fender has had the most crappy repair on it . Parts and panels are so expensive to get down here now. 383 has been rebuilt and has been fogged to prevent corrosion. Have a power steer box and a set of front disc brakes. Car will be in paint by OCT this year. A long road but the finished result is worth it . F8 green exterior with H6F8 interior and V1F vinyl roof and i have the tag and the dash vin plate is there also. New rear quarter skins were installed by the previous owner but the job was so bad i took them off and redid properly.

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Nice work so far as it looks like you have done some pretty significant work already. Good luck with the journey and I'll keep an eye on it as you go. Take care.
 

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Nice progress, keep the pics coming.
That fender had seen better days.
When i got the bog off and soda blasted this is what i had . there was some crap repairs on this car. A front fender when you can get one down here is about $1200 to $1500 so i will try to repair it.
 

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Here is a few more pics and one of 70 Charger R/T 440 4 speed and it's the same EF8 and Green interior. Did the resto about 8 years ago .All original panels.
 

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Keeping these original decals on the quarter glass and a pic of the trunk extensions going in.
 

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F8RT

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Well got a bit more done on the Challenger , the drivers front fender gave me a fair bit of grief but i won and it was hard work. The hood had more than 1/2 " of bog in it so that's been fixed , the trunk has new rear seam welded in and has come out great also finished the Dutch man panel. Re bushed the door hinges and i am fitting up the rear valance panel as it finally arrived from the US. Hoping for paint in mid August.

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Got the car home , got to repair the hood as some clown before me has put the hood pin holes in the wrong position but i can deal with that later.Overall i am happy with the way it turned out considering what i had to start with.Here is the car on the trailer.

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