Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by ct71rr » Mon Jan 25, 2021 10:53 pm

Nice job. That stainless is going to be much better!

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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by 71Beeper » Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:01 pm

Thanks ct - I thought it would be better to upgrade it something other than cardboard, which is what the original piece felt like.
So, before the heater box goes back in, I need to order the heater control cables. Others have told me to install the heater control cables before the heater goes back in the car and since the car was a drag car in it's past life the cables were missing when I bought the car.


So I decided to move onto prepping the front signal light housings. Since they are aluminum castings they should clean up pretty well.
Here's the before and after shot.
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Here's the final cleanup.
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And with some primer on them.
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Judging by their condition they came unprotected from the factory.
I will be spraying mine a cast aluminum color.

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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by 71440 gtx » Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:07 pm

wow nice :D :beer: job
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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by 71Beeper » Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:50 am

Thanks Kevin......trust me, with the garage only being at 5* celcius yesterday, that primer is going to take a few hours to dry.

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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by ct71rr » Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:35 am

Did you media blast the housings? They came out great!

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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by 71Beeper » Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:52 pm

No ct - I did not blast them.
I used this fibre wheel in a drill press.
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And I also used a wire wheel as it is easier to get it into little crevices that the fibre wheel can't get into.

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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by 71Beeper » Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:52 pm

Man.....with it being this cold in my unheated garage.... :shock:
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There was not alot of work done on the car.
I even had to bring painted parts in the house to dry properly.
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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by 71Beeper » Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:54 pm

I did manage to get the fuel sending unit installed in the gas tank tho.....
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And I got the parking brake assembly out of the Evaporust and cleaned up - gotta wait for a little warmer weather to paint it.
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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by ct71rr » Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:23 pm

Very nice! Everything looks great :beer:

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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by 71440 gtx » Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:55 pm

wow :D :D :beer:
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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner

Post by ct71rr » Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:12 am

71Beeper wrote:
Sun Jul 30, 2017 7:42 pm
So the next step is to prep the inside of the frame rails before putting the new pan in.
I sanded it as best I could with 40 grit sandpaper and applied Rust Bullet to them.June 4 (11).jpgJune 4 (19).jpg The next step I applied the copper weld prep.June 4 (28).jpg Then it's on to do a fit-check before final welding.June 9 (2).jpg Also I had to make sure I cleared the bumper supports.June 9 (6).jpg
Hi, were you able to get the trunk floor in there in one piece? Did you have to remove the back panel (not sure of the exact name) to get it in there?

Thanks, chad

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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by Ronnman » Sat Feb 13, 2021 10:57 am

71Beeper - First of all a lot of Great Work and thanks for the pictorial updates. Just keep in mind, the turn signal housing requires a GOOD ground to work properly. You will have to scrape some of the paint off at to top mounting screw. Or make some other provisions for grounding.
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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by 71Beeper » Sun Feb 14, 2021 1:14 am

CT - yes it is a one piece trunk floor. If you go back to page 8 of my thread you will see pics of it.
It goes in thru the top.....no need to remove the rear panel at all but you will have to notch the trunk pan for the rearmost support brackets that are there for the rear bumper mounts.

Ronnman, thanks for the kind words... :beer: I do plan on added extra ground wires to the signal housings. It will be an eyelet connector attached to one of the lower mounting screws and the other end grounded to the lower mounting bolts for the rad. I'll use a little longer bolt and just add an additional nut to ground it.
You can never have enough grounds on a Mopar!!

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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by ct71rr » Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:17 am

Thank you for the response! I appreciate it :beer:

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Re: Startin to work on the Clone Runner (it's PAINTED!)

Post by 71Beeper » Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:53 am

So, with the weather being so cold out lately, no painting can be done in the garage with no heat.
Instead......with some grunting and groaning and being very careful not to scratch anything I installed the gas tank.
The stainless straps gave me some grief, but I was able to git her done.
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