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

71Beeper · Post by **71Beeper** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 6:20 pm

With alot of grunting and groaning and swearing I might add, the door panels are finally on.
I was surprised that the lower panels gave me more grief than the upper panels.
I figured it was gonna be the other way round.

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71Beeper · Post by **71Beeper** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 6:23 pm

I also installed the rear seatbelts.

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It's nice that the car is finally starting to have some contrasting color on it.

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71Beeper · Post by **71Beeper** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 5:17 pm

Got a little more done today.
Even tho its in the high thirties in the garage today I managed to get the rear half of the carpet installed along with the back seat bottom.

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Hopefully when the warmer weather arrives it will relax the carpet, so it lays flatter.

71Beeper · Post by **71Beeper** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:26 pm

So continuing on with the carpet install, I had time to put in the front section.

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Of course I had to add some weights to flatten it some.....

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71Beeper · Post by **71Beeper** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:31 pm

Next step.....I dug the dash frame out of storage and took some photos before I start to take it apart.

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Yup, the dash pad is beat to crap....

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Started cleaning up the underside of the speaker cover....

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And start on the underside of the dash frame as it left the factory with no paint. Good thing mine only has surface rust.

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71Beeper · Post by **71Beeper** » Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:47 pm

Makin some progress....

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Post by **sdweatherman** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:46 am

Loving it! Still too cold in SD to do anything on my ride. I was just going through some of my registry files, and its kinda funny that the three of us (you, me, and ct71RR) that are posting progress on our cars, all 3 of them are GY8 gold cars. Keep the progress going!
Scott.

71Beeper · Post by **71Beeper** » Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:37 pm

I love the sound of that Scott...

But as I get closer to finishing mine I've realized that the rest of the parts I need to finish mine will all be in the $500 and up range.
Dash pad = at least $550 US
Rear glass = $510 CDN
Diaphragm clutch = at least $500 or more CDN
Complete exhaust = at least $500 CDN
Engine break-in = $600 CDN

Is it discouraging??? a little, but I'm not letting that stop me.

So in the meantime I keep going.
On the weekend I was able to borrow a steamer from my work.

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So I can put some steam on the carpet to get it to lay flat.

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Took a bit of effort....

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But all in all it turned out just fine.
I trimmed up the edges where the sill plates go too.
I did use some Alien Tape on the 4 spd hump to keep the carpet molded properly.

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ct71rr · Post by **ct71rr** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:58 pm

Looks great! What was giving you trouble with the lower door panels?

71Beeper · Post by **71Beeper** » Wed Mar 02, 2022 8:25 pm

ct - the trouble I had with the lower door panels were the clips.
I bought brand new clips from a Mopar guy up here in Ontario.

The issue was when I started on one nd of the door with the installation.....by the time I got to the other end the clips were nowhere near their respective holes that they had to go into....

So I had to remove all of them and start over.

In addition to that, you know what the end of the clip looks like right?

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If you don't get the crossed end into the hole completely, it won't stay in place.
A couple of them I had only one of the ends in the hole while the other was beside the hole and when I slammed against the panel and it didn't stay in place, I pried between the door and panel to see the clip bent like a pretzel.

I'm makin it sound worse than it really was....

I guess I learned something because the upper panels went in easier......maybe because I knew what to look for.