This car came to me in pretty much pieces.  The interior had been removed, engine & drive shaft disconnected, brake lines cut, grille tossed away (or sold), and the original seats were missing. You get the picture. It was either destined to become a parts car or it was a "Someday I'm Gonna" project.  To make matters worse (for my website at least), my camera/computer lost the pictures of it in the condition I bought it in. I had already started to work on it when I realized this.  As a result, these pictures are kind of picking up midstream.

 The car itself is a numbers matching 383 R/T with automatic trans, factory FK5 Burnt Orange with a Burnt Orange interior. This was evidenced by the burnt Orange dash and a tiny bit of headliner remnant.  I don't know what seats it came with so I am going to put the standard R/T interior in it.  It was also a vinyl roof car and I plan on putting one back on it in white along with a white R/T stripe. I have decided to put 15" Rallyes all around. Overall the body was in pretty good condition.  I had to weld one patch panel in the passenger rear lower quarter plus one small fabricated patch under the windshield on the driver side.  After I sand blasted the engine compartment, I found evidence of a minor fender bender from days gone by.  So, I had to re-weld one of the inner fender braces, a slight tear in the cowl, and a tear in one of the inner fenders as well.  This is where the pictures pick up.

I had a goal of finishing the car within the 3 months, but life kind of got in the way.  I plan on starting back up on it within the next 2-3 months.

Well, I figured before I went much further I should show how the underside of the car looks before I do anything to it.  The car is Very Very clean and rust free underneath.  Frankly, I was shocked!  I had to patch one part of the driver's front floor pan due to the leaky windshield frame.  Otherwise, I am only going to have to prep and paint the bottom.  I've dropped the K-frame and fuel tank already and plan on removing the rear end tomorrow.  Once the body work is done and the threat of primer overspray is gone, I will be fully painting the bottom of this car.

Another pleasant surprise is the presence of a Sure-Grip 3.23 in the 8-3/4.  Thought for sure it would be gone since a lot of these cars have had their gears removed over the years for other projects.  Already ordered the poly front end rebuild kit and new leaf springs from Espo.  They should all be here by the weekend.  Also, have the carpet, headliner, seat covers, vinyl top and all weatherstirping due to arrive shortly.

Body is coming along nicely.  I sanded the car down, smoothed over a few rough spots, and then Epoxy Primed the whole thing. I have now started the process of sanding & priming,sanding & priming,sanding & priming,sanding & priming, - well you get the picture - I want this car to be STRAIGHT if it KILLS ME!

Well, took some time off to do a few other projects and just realized all of my pic links were dead on this page.  So, I figured I'd post a few more recent pics of the project.  As you can see, I've undercoated the car. I used spray-on truck bed liner because I have found that it is extremely durable and cleans up a heckuva lot easier than regular undercoating.  I knw it is "not correct" but I think it will add to the overall finished product rather than taking away from it.  I plan on making this car a "show driver" so that who ever buys it from me can actually enjoy it.  Other mods will include aftermarket a/c and a few other goodies.

I took this pic just for grins.  I had to bolt the suspension back on the car in order to move it.  There are no torsion bars or shocks installed in the front end. I did, however, mount the new leaf springs in the rear.