1968 Charger restomod

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1968 Charger restomod

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A friend of mine has a shop in Las Vegas and he is restoring my '68 Charger.
Rather than copy and paste all the pictures, I figured I would just post the link to his topic on dodgecharger.com
To save some weight and because the fenders and hood were all busted up, I bought "bolt on" fiberglass ones. It's also getting a "bolt on" fiberglass trunk lid, so it will look stock.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index ... 366.0.html
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Nice build!!
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Thanks, it's going to be a '68 Reaper, Vegas style. ;)
I'm restoring the smaller parts myself. I'll post some pictures that are not in the topic.
Lower control arm braces welded on and new polyurethane bushings everywhere.
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K frame sand blasted and reinforced.
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Clutch and brake pedal assembly blasted and painted.
Windshield wiper mechanism blasted, painted and new seals.
Front turn signals before and after restoration.
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Goed bezig!
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My buddy fine tuning a carb.
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Nice! Where do you live in the VS?
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In Arizona, 1.5 hours from Vegas.
I'm Dutch though... I can read and write Dutch but my phone doesn't know it and changes every word so I just use English.
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Nice im going to Eloy in couple weeks!
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You'll be about 3 hours away from my house.
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Lots of body work going on.
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Upper core support brace fabricated and ready to be welded in. The body now has 10 braces added, so it's as rigid as can be. No more panel warping or stress cracks.
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Like it!

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Making aluminum bumper brackets for the fiberglass bumpers.
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Awesome! Looking good!
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First coat of primer.
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Nice!
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Video my buddy recorded...

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What color is it gonna be?
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Flat (satin) black.
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Mooi werk en mooi detail die 2 gas caps !!
Jaguar had dat ook bij sommige modellen.
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I like it better when things look the same on both sides of a car.
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:)
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lekker bezig baas! :good:
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