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[HEMICUDA]

Rarely do you see the orange inspection mark under the 3 digit trans number applied correctly, it was put on while the trans was standing upright and dripped forward.  I love seeing that kind of detail, great job.

[wldgtx]

Just gonna speak honestly and without reservation...  GD that looks good.

Excellent f**king job, the attention to detail is awesome.  Congrats, cannot wait to see more!

[anlauto]

Fantastic attention to detail  Get job !

I agree with HEMICUDA, a lot of time nobody does that transmission mark correctly, although I've seen green used as well.

Only thing I spot that incorrect is the upside down front sway bar.

[340challconvert]

Rarely do you see the orange inspection mark under the 3 digit trans number applied correctly, it was put on while the trans was standing upright and dripped forward.  I love seeing that kind of detail, great job.

I was kind of shocked to see relatively clear remnants of the factory marks on my rear axle on my A66 Challenger. Owned it since 1979, so it has been in storage for a long time.  I think the grease and grime protected the marks?

[6Pack70]

Thank you guys     That was just a test, on the sway bar. Wanted to see if anyone would catch that it was upside down.  Lol.  Just kidding.... seroiusly though, good eye Alan!!  What's funny is I saw a post (probably on here lol) about sway bars being upside down a while back and sure enough when I looked at mine, it was upside down.  I flipped it about a year ago and these are some older pics.  I even double checked my original crusty suspension pics and sure enough, it goes the other way.  Lol.  Again though, thanks for the comments and I'll keep some progress pics coming. 

[js27]

Beautiful and detailed work-Can't wait to see the finished product. I am glad to see the sloppy paint blotches. So many resto's show these pretty perfect little paint marks. The factory was anything by neat and perfect. The marks I found on my Challenger looked like a 5 year old did them-LOL.

[js27]

Here is a question for y'all. While restoring my Challenger I found tons of factory marks in all different colors. One thing I noticed was that all the colors seem to be a normal Dodge color. Red-orange-green yellow-white- so I thought why would they go out and buy special paint when they have all the colors right there in their paint dept. So is this what they did ?? Are they regular body color's.
JS27

[340challconvert]

As per MMC, the colors were similar but not the same as the factory exterior paint

This might help!

https://mmcdetroit.com/ICCA/References/Inspection_Marks/Inspection_marks_1_23_2003-1.html

[340challconvert]

I also found this chart that identifies the colors used on the differentials contingent upon the ratio and stem size.

[anlauto]

I would say some are....but not all inspection marks came for the assembly department at Chrysler....A lot of the sub assemblies like differentials and transmissions would have come from outside suppliers which had their own markings using their own media.

[js27]

Thanks For the info--just seemed like they looked very close to original paint colors.
JS27

[6Pack70]

Some more cool pics after glass beading the unibody and epoxy prime.  Ended up replacing trunk floor (1 piece), trunk extensions, about 14 inches on each outer wheelhouse, trunk lid, full quarters, roof skin and front fenders. All AMD and all needing some "tweeking". Header panel and front valance are NOS.

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