If you're like me, which I hope you're not for your sake, it's like Christmas degreasing parts to find factory markings all over the place. It's amazing to me that they'll still be markings left even after all these years and rust! I've never seen a couple of these marks before. The large "32" is a new one. Being a 3.23 gear, maybe it is the first two numbers of the ratio? :hmmm: Courtesy of RS_COPO-Canuk, I replicated the factory stripe color too! :scholar:

Steve and I agreed on me assembling the door internal guts prior to shipping the car. Well, see, actually it was Steve begging and pleading with me to do it. Details of the conversation are sketchy, but it went something like, "Jesus! You have to assemble those doors for me! That's like a Pandora's Box!!":eek2: So showing compassion for my Mopar brother, I agreed which stinks since when I previously disassembled the door I threw it all into a box while laughing and saying outloud with nobody around' "Good luck with all that, Steve-O!":frown:

Springs are installed and still waiting on new u- bolts do I can install the rear. Meanwhile, the exhaust is going in! :burnout:

More later this week! :scholar:

Cheers :beers:
Dave

A few more....

Cheers:beers:
Dave

I think the conversation went like this:

Me: "Hey Dave I got the perfect place for you to store all that door crap for shipping when the truck comes to pick up he Cuda."

Dave: "Great, Where is that?"

Me: "Inside the doors, with the glass attached"

Dave: (crickets chirping sound)

;-)

Hahahaha! Yes... I'm remembering that conversation well now! :burnout:

Genie Stevie...makem show up, u- bolts! :bs:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

Once again USPS has lost a package from their Fort Worth depot.

The U-bolts were supposed to arrive Monday but every day since, the tracking just says:

"Your package will arrive later than expected, but is still on its way. It is currently in transit to the next facility."

So I ordered a set from Summit Racing which has a warehouse in Texas. That will hopefully jinx USPS into finding the package.

Moving forward, the infamous U-Bolt debacle of 2020 has passed! They finally arrived and the rear is back where the rear belongs... in the rear! :biggthumpup::hmmm:

Since the part of the trunk floor that I replaced was the area where the exhaust mounted, I had to assemble the exhaust, install the valance, align, mark the holes for the mounting brackets, remove the valance, exhaust, drill the holes, reinstall the exhaust, valance, align everything, then tighten. Easy... freakin' peasy!:bs:

It's coming together nicely! Is it perfect? Nope. Will it win best of show? Pfflppp... Will it make Steve's Dad finally lay to rest his purple car fix? Definitely! :flag:

Not much left. I'll start in on painting the bumpers tomorrow!

Cheers:beers:
Dave

Dang that’s purdy Dave!!! :eek2:

Thanks Sam! The rotisserie doubled as a bumper scaffold for painting. Up next... purple part troix!:dunno:

Cheers
Dave

Bumpers were sanded back down and adhesion promoter sprayed on first followed by DP Epoxy using 401LF catalyst instead of three standard 402LF. After that, 2K primer with no additive. Once the paint in complete, the clear gets the flex agent. I'll fill in the pinholes then it'll be ready for paint!

Engine bay is buttoned I up with all brake lines hooked up for Steve-O to start the bleeding process. Wheel lip moldings installed, and up next will be the undercoating in the wells. Once the bumpers are done, the da ssd's h will be loosely placed in along with the steering column, seats, aged the remaining parts awaiting pickup!

Woohoo! Almost done!

Cheers
Dave

Gonna be stunning!