I've seen that suburban on a couple of his videos. Looks like a freightliner out there with those smaller rigs lol
Damn that looks like fun
Damn that looks like fun
CK5
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The Willomet Charger
- Thread starter AgDieseler
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A desecration to Mopar nuts everywhere, this is my protouring, LS-powered, 1970 Dodge Charger; built at my shop, Willomet Motor & Fabrication.
I thought this door rust repair project would take a weekend plus a weeknight or three.
It took a month.
The car must have set under a carport. The driver side is in excellent shape while this passenger side must have taken on some rain from being at the edge of coverage. The PO scabbed in some junk so the filler would take. This low crown panel with a key body line turned out to be a real challenge. High crown panels are easy by comparison.
This was the third attempt.
With limited access to the backside of the panel, planishing was a challenge. I spent an entire day with a slap hammer and shinking disc to get this smooth within .035". I only know it's that tight because I couldn't fit my TIG filler under the lower points.
Even though it'll be stripped off at the paint shop, I put a coat of Seymour's filler primer and sealer primer just so it looks good while I fit the rest of the body panels.
This burned a lot more time than I would have liked, but learned a lot along the way.
David
It took a month.
The car must have set under a carport. The driver side is in excellent shape while this passenger side must have taken on some rain from being at the edge of coverage. The PO scabbed in some junk so the filler would take. This low crown panel with a key body line turned out to be a real challenge. High crown panels are easy by comparison.
This was the third attempt.
With limited access to the backside of the panel, planishing was a challenge. I spent an entire day with a slap hammer and shinking disc to get this smooth within .035". I only know it's that tight because I couldn't fit my TIG filler under the lower points.
Even though it'll be stripped off at the paint shop, I put a coat of Seymour's filler primer and sealer primer just so it looks good while I fit the rest of the body panels.
This burned a lot more time than I would have liked, but learned a lot along the way.
David
Your skills have come so far from the days of you starting out on your dads burb.
Looks great man. It is weird to me the passenger side is the worst. I always see the driver side is the side with more corrosion. Carport thought is a good idea, could be true.
I have been told it’s usually the passenger side that is the worst because when parked on the street it slopes to the gutters.
The last picture looks like some cool scifi apocalypse movie car.
Maybe it was a carport, or could just be the windward side and the tarp got pulled up regularly while water dumped into the door and quarter.
Kind of a BladeRunner vibe.
The truck certainly has taught me a lot, but this car has lessons for days. I'm just glad I get to keep learning.
David
The day I stop learning is the day I die
Finished rear wheel tub.
I ran this one back through the planishing hammer to make the front corner radius match the other side. This was a 5, and the other side was 4. Also, that smoothed the wheel marks that were so hard to get out of this high crown section.
The rear edge is also cleaned up.
Matchy matchy to the other side, and these are done done. Then I can remove this last bit of bracing.
David
I ran this one back through the planishing hammer to make the front corner radius match the other side. This was a 5, and the other side was 4. Also, that smoothed the wheel marks that were so hard to get out of this high crown section.
The rear edge is also cleaned up.
Matchy matchy to the other side, and these are done done. Then I can remove this last bit of bracing.
David
Dutch panel adjusted and tarted up.
Need to come up with a design for this panel. It’s ugly.
David
Need to come up with a design for this panel. It’s ugly.
David
What is it and why is it there ?
Looks like the rear deck.
It is the rear deck between the sail pillars. This is the structure underneath so the trunk makes a good seal, and the exterior panel doesn’t buffet and vibrate.
Also.
David
My question was rhetorical a bit. I was thinking that you would just cut it out and make a new one, but those speaker holes are pretty awesome.
I guess a question to ask at this point is.. Are you going to have audio in here?
David, your fabrication is second to none, and I bow to your quality of plan execution, but I question why reinvent the wheel? It looks to be in great condition and will probably be covered in the finality of the project. I think its a bit of a honorable bow to the oem engineers to leave some of the car to its originality, and the production process of the era that formed these vehicles and make us love them. That just being my thoughts, your vision is hard to question!
Yeah, a new pattern with bead rolled or hammer formed reinforcements is what’s on my mind, but the speaker holes are pretty cool. They might need to stay. It’s the other holes I don’t like.
Just planning on four hundred and forty cubic inches, in stereo.
You have good instincts, and I’ll pause on this task to stew on your words. My first thought is to change everything because I like to make a thing in my own style, but you identify and clarify the equal value in restraining those impulses.
I will take a step back.
David
440ci? What kind of weird LS is that?
Mine.
There’s good guidance from @folkenheath and an abundance of bore and stroke combinations.
David
