1970 Dodge Charger Restoration in Progress Part 1

[buttholeeat69810]

good for you for putting an old junk charger into the process of restoration i just hope you put that beautiful beast back on the road!

[thelegoman546]

you wanna sell it to me.I like 70s chargers

[Projective]

I needed to take a break from all the '' muscle cars in junkyard '' movies, thank fully theres people like you out there letting these old angry beasts live again =) !!

[Thirdgen83]

Cool car. This music SUCKS though...

[1968DodgePolara]

Nice Job wanted too see the other parts too so Ok where is part 2 ?

[jmmartin096]

Man, you made a really good work on this car!!! but I have a question... the car was all original, with paint, body and pieces? Because I don´t understand the quantity of rust in the the body, in other way. Some parts looks very damaged...

Three years ago, I have restored a 1967 Fiat 1500 (which in my country is a very preciated classic car) and find some pieces really ruined with rust... but was a 40 years car when I start to restore this, and all the pieces and body was original.

[Stallhemi]

@jmmartin096 Thank you! Yes most of the car was destroyed by rust and had to be replaced, no other way to save it. A 67 Fiat sounds pretty cool. I hope you enjoy cruising in it :)

[jmmartin096]

@Stallhemi Yes, in the summer of 2008-2009 I traver about 10.000 kilometers with the Fiat. I was in the south of Argentina, in Calafate (Santa Cruz). It was a really excitement experience, a real adventure. :)

In the future, I hope can buy a Dodge Challenger or Charger in USA and take it to Argentina, here you can find some people who restore muscle cars with original parts... it is expensive, but I love these cars!

Regards :)

[flyboymd82]

We're lucky thier are any Chargers left anywhere in the Country after the "Dukes of Hazzard" show!

[70dustpan]

@flyboymd82 haha, so true :(

[flyboymd82]

@70dustpan Just for fun, I just looked it up, 321 were destroyed making the TV show series & another 30 were destroyed making the movie for a total of 351 chargers trashed!! What a bummer!

[GIwillo]

@flyboymd82 many chargers were build back in the old days.the 68 for example was build nearly 100.000 times.so there are a lot of 68-70's left.u see tons of them at any show and meeting.but u are right in that point that the dukes killed much of them.i heard about nearly 400 cars used for the series.

[MsIlovetennessee]

Holly shit that's a nice car ... you're my idol ... :D ... i mean ... i'm only 15. I saw that car in real life just once (i'm from europe -.-) ... since then i'm i love whit this car ... oh gosh when i'm 20 i will buy one ... :D

[Gulli1000]

@MsIlovetennessee I'm 15 too. And my dream Car is a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T.

[mercedes560sel]

Amazing timeless muscle . . amazing hard work and dedication . . . the finest muscle car ever produced . . . .

[DR440]

It looks great so far! I'm doing a very rough 1970 Charger myself and am wondering how you repaired the right rear unibody rail. Mine is rusted in the same place. Is it a section from another car or did you take steel and fabricate it yourself? Many thanks for your advice.

[Stallhemi]

Thank You!!! I ended up building it myself, but I believe you can now just buy the piece from Auto Medal Direct, They make "almost" every part for the 68-70 Dodge Charger now. Good Luck!

[DR440]

thanks! They have them, but I think I will fabricate it myself or splice in a piece from a used one if I can locate it. I just noticed that the rails are $399.95 a side.

[Stallhemi]

Your Welcome! Well if you value your time any the new ones are WELL WORTH IT. I wish I had them when I was doing this car. Good Luck Either Way :)

[bigpencap]

Wow great work!!! , you do the job right!!!!