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Second lease on life 73 Challenger.

Started by Rdchallenger, December 16, 2017, 02:19:23 PM

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Rdchallenger

Quote from: dodj on March 22, 2021, 06:27:34 PM
Quote from: Rdchallenger on March 21, 2021, 05:02:48 PM
Weather was pretty cooperative these past few days so was able to take the opportunity and paint the inside of the fenders as well as door jams! Got the fenders remounted and will start my final block sanding of the body this week.
What's going on with your or your neighbours roof?

Gotta suk redoing the louver holes....

Update on the neighbor's roof  :haha:

Scooter

Looking good.. the car and the roof...lol.

I need to learn to paint one of these days....

ledphoot

Quote from: Scooter on April 02, 2021, 11:27:50 AM
Looking good.. the car and the roof...lol.

I need to learn to paint one of these days....

You and me both :)

I am so jealous of all the body and paint work I see people doing on this site. I tried painting my bicycle a couple years ago, it came out OK, but I ended up not happy with it and had it powder coated instead. It looks MUCH better now :)

I wouldn't dare take a sanding block and paint sprayer to my Cuda. It'd come out like @ss.


Dakota

Quote from: ledphoot on April 03, 2021, 07:46:39 PM
Quote from: Scooter on April 02, 2021, 11:27:50 AM
Looking good.. the car and the roof...lol.

I need to learn to paint one of these days....

You and me both :)

I am so jealous of all the body and paint work I see people doing on this site. I tried painting my bicycle a couple years ago, it came out OK, but I ended up not happy with it and had it powder coated instead. It looks MUCH better now :)

I wouldn't dare take a sanding block and paint sprayer to my Cuda. It'd come out like @ss.

:iagree:  Give me wires, nuts and bolts any day.   But body work and painting..... run Forrest run!

Lots of great skill (and patience) on display here and elsewhere.

dodj

Quote from: Rdchallenger on April 02, 2021, 11:23:21 AM
Quote from: dodj on March 22, 2021, 06:27:34 PM
Quote from: Rdchallenger on March 21, 2021, 05:02:48 PM
Weather was pretty cooperative these past few days so was able to take the opportunity and paint the inside of the fenders as well as door jams! Got the fenders remounted and will start my final block sanding of the body this week.
What's going on with your or your neighbours roof?

Gotta suk redoing the louver holes....

Update on the neighbor's roof  :haha:
Excellent looking work on the fender


Nice puppy  :bigthumb:
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RUNCHARGER

Looks good, I bet you have to dust the pooch off every time you work on it.
Sheldon

Rdchallenger

Quote from: ledphoot on April 03, 2021, 07:46:39 PM
Quote from: Scooter on April 02, 2021, 11:27:50 AM
Looking good.. the car and the roof...lol.

I need to learn to paint one of these days....

You and me both :)

I am so jealous of all the body and paint work I see people doing on this site. I tried painting my bicycle a couple years ago, it came out OK, but I ended up not happy with it and had it powder coated instead. It looks MUCH better now :)

I wouldn't dare take a sanding block and paint sprayer to my Cuda. It'd come out like @ss.

I'm scared to death to paint the outside of it since what you all have seen so far is my first dive into any type of bodywork and paint, but I've came this far so sense of giving it up now... Just tons of reading and studying.


Rdchallenger

Quote from: RUNCHARGER on April 04, 2021, 06:36:45 AM
Looks good, I bet you have to dust the pooch off every time you work on it.

Oh yeah! No clue why I even kept her springtime groomer appointment since by that afternoon she was getting quite white hahaha!

Rdchallenger

Well Saturday I came down with a fever that lasted a few days and such, so have been off this week pending the dreaded COVID results (negative) strep throat instead (still sucks) but anyway decided since I was feeling better to spray the underside of the trunk as well as some misc. pieces like the fender louvers and mirrors.

I'm most curious on how the mirrors will turn out since they were originally chrome. Very pitted so there was no saving them without spending the money to rechrome them. Instead I hit them with 80 grit, epoxy primed, high build primer, then paint.

Rdchallenger

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Soooo did a thing today. Battled some bugs here and there but nothing too bad, rained last night and this morning so it helped keep dust down and bugs away.

Hurried and got it into the garage before another storm kicked up.

RUNCHARGER

Sheldon


usraptor

Wow!  Paint job looks great! :yes: :fingerscrossed:  Congrats.  :banana:

anlauto

.and the neighbor's grass is now green too :bigthumb: :haha: :haha:
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Rdchallenger

Some dust nibs as well that I'll have to color sand out with some 1500 but I'm pretty pleased with this being my my first try painting a car as well as using SS.

Rdchallenger

Quote from: anlauto on April 09, 2021, 04:27:49 PM
.and the neighbor's grass is now green too :bigthumb: :haha: :haha:

I should make him pay me haha.