Riveted repair from a while ago....
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taking off some mud.
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bandman1971
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taking off some mud.
Well I broke out the heat gun and applied some muscle to obvious repairs. Here's what I found....
Riveted repair from a while ago....
Riveted repair from a while ago....
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Re: taking off some mud.
Other side....
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- rivited repair from back in the day.
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- drivers rear behind tire is clean.
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bandman1971
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Re: taking off some mud.
I also have a crack at the top of my drivers side door. It moves when weight it applied. Repairable?
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bandman1971
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Re: taking off some mud.
Advice on how to proceed........
Should I break out some media and start blasting the entire car till all the metal is exposed? Or is that overkill for a one day dairly driver? Should I get it dipped and have someone who knows what the heck they are doing repair the metal?
Should I break out some media and start blasting the entire car till all the metal is exposed? Or is that overkill for a one day dairly driver? Should I get it dipped and have someone who knows what the heck they are doing repair the metal?
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Re: taking off some mud.
For the exterior I would use paint stripper on all panels, repair the rust properly with patches or panels as needed. Treat any rust with rust bullet. Depends on the amount of rust or rot but if you are only expecting a driver there is no need for media blasting or dipping. As for the door crack, I would grind out the crack a little bit and fill it with weld. Grind it smooth and finish it off.
1972 Road Runner RM23 Numbers Matching 340 4spd
1972 Satellite Sebring Plus EV2 1 Owner Family
1971 Challenger 383 R/T tribute
1971 Dodge Demon 'Sizzler'
1970 Dart Swinger 'Special' 340 pro-touring
1975 Dart Swinger/Scamp project confused 225 super six
1972 Satellite Sebring Plus EV2 1 Owner Family
1971 Challenger 383 R/T tribute
1971 Dodge Demon 'Sizzler'
1970 Dart Swinger 'Special' 340 pro-touring
1975 Dart Swinger/Scamp project confused 225 super six
Re: taking off some mud.
I believe every unrestored 71 B I've owned had a crack therebandman1971 wrote:I also have a crack at the top of my drivers side door. It moves when weight it applied. Repairable?
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Re: taking off some mud.
Yeah, what's up with that? My 39k mile GTX has that crack on both doors. And that's after being painted twice. Factory/engineering defect?Eric wrote:I believe every unrestored 71 B I've owned had a crack therebandman1971 wrote:I also have a crack at the top of my drivers side door. It moves when weight it applied. Repairable?
Re: taking off some mud.
Yep,i have the door crack to!
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Its not numbers matching
It doesn't run on pump gas
And it doesn't purr like a kitten
11.73 at 115mph
It doesn't run on pump gas
And it doesn't purr like a kitten
11.73 at 115mph
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Re: taking off some mud.
Here’s an updated past thread about the door cracks.
Admins; this is a thread that contains an older post from AZ Nick. His signature contains a dead link to a picture file prompting a server log-in somewhere; enter cancel to skip through it. Is there any way to edit this link out of his signatures? I understand he may have retired and may no longer be active on the site.
Admins; this is a thread that contains an older post from AZ Nick. His signature contains a dead link to a picture file prompting a server log-in somewhere; enter cancel to skip through it. Is there any way to edit this link out of his signatures? I understand he may have retired and may no longer be active on the site.
Re: taking off some mud.
done72RoadRunnerGTX wrote:Here’s an updated past thread about the door cracks.
Admins; this is a thread that contains an older post from AZ Nick. His signature contains a dead link to a picture file prompting a server log-in somewhere; enter cancel to skip through it. Is there any way to edit this link out of his signatures? I understand he may have retired and may no longer be active on the site.