Restoration thread 1969 St Albans charger

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Chargingatchya
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Re: Restoration thread 1969 St Albans charger

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One of her almost looking like a charger again just for fun! This was before grinding down some of that messy welding :?
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3/8" would probably be considered a factory tolerance, but hats off to you for sorting it :thumbright:

Good to see pics again, keep them coming...
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Dom66 wrote: Fri Oct 29, 21 8:29 am 3/8" would probably be considered a factory tolerance, but hats off to you for sorting it :thumbright:

Good to see pics again, keep them coming...
Thanks mate, indeed you are right :thumbright: But I try not to use the permissible tolerance as when somethings out on one part of the car it tends to have an ongoing impact on another part of the car, even more so without a jig. I’m using one panel to determine the placement of the next, so I’m a bit excessive about making everything as close as possible. :)
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Chargingatchya wrote: Fri Oct 29, 21 8:22 am

Hopefully progress will be hard and fast from here on. \:D/
Fast and furious, surely? ;) :lol:

Oh and as Dom says, hats off to ya for sticking with it :salute:
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I was wondering what was happening with this. Great looking work. :salute: :thumbright:
24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not…

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And on to welding the roof on. I quite enjoyed the roof installation to be honest. Worked on it an hour or two a night and didn’t stress it. Took my time and really pleased with how it worked out.
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POR-15 the inside of the panel. Made all my holes ready to be plug welded, primed with u-pols weld through primer. Test fitted, test fitted and test fitted. Slept on it, looked at it again in the morning, measured it ha ha. After I was sure it was right, the clamps come out. Then I burned her in :lol:
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All panels all replaced now and the charger is complete (minus body and paint of course) there’s still patches and bits that need to be finished but nothing major.


Took delivery of new fuel parts and a few other bits in order to prep for the phase of the restoration. Still waiting on fuel lines, sender, pump, filter, dash core to come back from powder coating and some other bits. Managed to score a lovely air cleaner from a very kind fellow Mopar buddy on FB. Iv been eagerly waiting to explore the drive train and really learn what I’m facing with it. The next few weeks will be interesting.
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A major Milestone reached!

on to the more enjoyable stuff soon!

There are certainly some epic Builds in this club!

:thumbright: :thumbright: :thumbright: :thumbright:
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Fantastic work, especially on a drive =D>
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That's a very nice job you're doing.
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Gosh. Thats epic - and I couldnt see the 1cm out... Amazing work.
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Thank you once again for the kind words.

Spent this weekend getting closer to first start up. The car has a new fuel tank now and the dash restoration is almost complete I just need to decide if I’m going to attempt to re trim my existing dash pad or just bite the bullet and buy a new one. Dash core was blasted and powder coated, then resprayed the plastic trim and re lined all the chrome trim with a pen! Not for the purists but I’m happy with how it came out. Treated the vinyl on the pads with some leather polish. Used a Matt lacquer to finish for a bit of extra protection and to seal the paint.

I just couldn’t bring myself to pay the £70 shipping for new gas tank straps and my existing, although a little pitted were not in bad shape so I cleaned them up and re finished them in a tough paint and called it done.

Also in good shape were the hangers for them so I cleaned them up and got them welded on.

Por-15 the underneath of the car and the hangers and installed the tank. Finding 5/16 nickel/ kunifer fuel lines was not easy but managed to find them online. Prepped the hoses leaving the fuel tank and installed the wiring so I don’t have to struggle to do those connections in that tight little space, I can just connect the solid lines to the hoses next week when it comes to routing the line to the front of the car to the pump….

If anyone has constructive criticism here or advice please don’t hesitate as Iv never done a fuel tank before. Whilst it doesn’t seem like rocket science, if there’s anything I may have missed or done wrong please feel free to say!

That’s it for now! Here’s some pics for your viewing pleasure (or not :))
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My brother Stuarts just had our 69 Plymouth's tank out to reseal the sender unit so may be able to offer some advice on avoiding leaks which are very tricky to fix when the tanks up in-situ... :-k
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RobTwin wrote: Sun Nov 14, 21 10:32 pm My brother Stuarts just had our 69 Plymouth's tank out to reseal the sender unit so may be able to offer some advice on avoiding leaks which are very tricky to fix when the tanks up in-situ... :-k
That would be kind! I do wonder if Iv done enough here
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Great work.

You need to ensure that the Sender unit is earthed or the gauge will not read correctly, you cannot rely it in just being in contact with the tank due to the gasket.
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Pete wrote: Sun Nov 14, 21 11:38 pm Great work.

You need to ensure that the Sender unit is earthed or the gauge will not read correctly, you cannot rely it in just being in contact with the tank due to the gasket.
Thanks Pete!

Was thinking I just earth to the body from the lip of the gas tank with a self tapper and washer or nut and bolt
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