1970 Challenger R/T convertible restoration

[njsteve]

Hey you got plenty of room in that schedule! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

BTW, my Mom's first car was a Henry J. She said that the car was so light, her Dad used to have to put 500 lbs of sand in the trunk in the winter to keep it from blowing off of the NY bridges when she had to drive across them in the winter storms.

[K code Mustang]

More progress on the Challenger. All the welding is finished on the rear and front frame rails, floor pans and floor supports, trunk floor, aprons and so on...finally the shell is one solid structure again. The bottom has been undercoated and it's time for me to do my favorite part, paint... even if it is just the engine compartment, floor and trunk. One thing I have realized, in the last 30 years of painting Mopar engine compartments, it is getting harder to climb around to paint them...just look at the last picture.

[njsteve]

Are you sure the engine compartment didn't shrink? Maybe that's why you can't fit like you used to! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

The Firebird still needs paint....shall we schedule it now? You are gettng close to fishing the Challenger.

[K code Mustang]

It's more an issue of crawling around/under the engine compartment and not a fitment problem. I refuse to admit my ass it bigger than a hemi...a small block... ok, but that's all I'll give ya.

[njsteve]

Hey, remember, those Australian Chargers had the 6 cyl HEMIs. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[K code Mustang]

Yeah, but when was the last time you saw one of those? My dad and I just got back from a car show in Allentown and in front of us in line were some guys wearing Mopar jackets, so we struck up a conversation. They mentioned a 68 or 69 Hemi Coronet in Central Jersey that is all original and needs restoration. They &quot;knew a guy that knew a guy&quot;...ya know same old story, but they mentioned racing at Englishtown and showing at the nats and Carlisle, so I was wondering if you knew anything about this coronet?

[njsteve]

No, that Coronet doesnt ring a bell.

Once the Challenger is painted, is that shop closing up permanently? He should rent it out for one-car-at-a-time, paint jobs......like mine.