71' cuda

burdar · May 19, 2011

What happened to the rear shock access holes on the trunk pan? Did you fill them in or weren't the holes punched in the new pan? Are you going to punch the holes and install the plugs?

The car's looking pretty good. The passengers side splash shield should be installed from the engine compartment though.(the opposite of how the drivers side gets installed) Also, the steering boxes were painted black and not left natural. There are a few other little things but the owner may not care about it looking 100% stock.

Keep posting those pictures.

a68postcar · May 20, 2011

being a first time poster on FEBO i havent really got to spend alot of time getting to know any one in the forums. save Ramenth and, Burntorange from over at FABO. if anyone is interested i could put up some past project pics.

a68postcar · May 21, 2011

This cuda should have been a maytag in 1980 but it is a car again. Maybe not the best but it is a nice car. The car will have a two 4 440 lets not worry about the small stuff. We have saved another and it will be a nice one

ramenth · May 25, 2011

a68postcar said:
being a first time poster on FEBO i havent really got to spend alot of time getting to know any one in the forums. save Ramenth and, Burntorange from over at FABO. if anyone is interested i could put up some past project pics.

We're always interested in car ****! Start a thread in the general section and let's see some of your other work.

As far as getting to know everyone; pull up a chair and introduce yourself to everyone. You're one of the best guys we have on FABO (at least in my opinion) and you're builds are fun to watch and keep track of.

a68postcar · May 29, 2011

this post accidently got put in the M/G/D thread, ooooops!!!!

spoolinhard · May 29, 2011

what size and grit are you using to grind down your metalwork, and what tool are you using it on?

thanks
-Kaleb

a68postcar · May 29, 2011

red scotchbrite on the stainless by hand. thats all it took to get this look kaleb. thanks for asking.

spoolinhard · May 30, 2011

sorry, I was looking at some of your earlier pages with the metalworking. I was curious what you used to grind down your welds.

When I first read your reply I thought you were messing with me until I got to the stainless part!

a68postcar · May 30, 2011

greg is doing ALL the welds on this car. i'm doing some grinding here and there, but that is the deal. don't put too much weld on that it takes 2 weeks to grind out. get a good weld and quit when you have enough to smoothe it off with the least amount of effort. we use air and electric grinders. we have it pretty much down to the heaviest blade is 3/16". but we get lots more practice at it. and that is pretty much it. BTW i thought you were talking about the bright work, oops, my bad.

a68postcar · May 30, 2011

there are a couple pretty good pics of the procedure in the first page of this thread, sortof

a68postcar · Jun 15, 2011

here is a few update pics.

a68postcar · Jul 8, 2011

Update...........as follows..........more to follow..........

71Challenger318 · Jul 8, 2011

Paintjob looks fantastic!

a68postcar · Jul 8, 2011

thanks 71Challenger318, we think it looks good too.

a68postcar · Jul 16, 2011

a fairly long update pic wise. when this thing is done i'm gonna have an "aftermarket" rant. but i will save that for the finished piece update! till then, enjoy and be safe! postcar.