bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
That's a BIG step forward Julian. I can imagine how good you feel now. 
1969 Imperial progress thread
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commando1
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Love how it looks as-is. Just clearcoat it.
GJS
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Nice! This is such and inspiring build. So excited to see this come together.
Ripinator
Old Man with a Hat
Great googa-mooga! Absolutely amazing!
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Everything looks incredible Julian but I really wish you would store your hood on one of its sides, not on the points of the rear.
Thanks Matt, You're right, I will correct that next time I'm in my shop
It indeed looks like a repro body from AMD ;) But it's all original Mopar steel (from 4 different Mopars, but that counts, I guess)
More Parts are back from the Painter
Slowly but surely, everything is Painted!
One wheel has to be redone because it had to much dings visible...
Thanks to @C Body Bob , I have another Maplight assembly without the Antenna Switch and the Faderwheel, because I don't need these anymore. The Antenna is in the windshield now and the new radio has the fader build in.
The outer tube of the steering column got the same emersion rust and paint removal and CDC bath as all the other parts and the body. It was not possible to clean it any other way.
Slowly but surely, everything is Painted!
One wheel has to be redone because it had to much dings visible...
Thanks to @C Body Bob , I have another Maplight assembly without the Antenna Switch and the Faderwheel, because I don't need these anymore. The Antenna is in the windshield now and the new radio has the fader build in.
The outer tube of the steering column got the same emersion rust and paint removal and CDC bath as all the other parts and the body. It was not possible to clean it any other way.
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This photo just came from the CDC company. I thought this was pretty cool!
This was just after dipping and before burning in the CDC.
This was just after dipping and before burning in the CDC.
Michael R/T
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As always amazing
Gary Grand
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Any progress?
I need a new dose of brand new Imperial..
This dark and cold winter time is killing me.
I need a new dose of brand new Imperial..This dark and cold winter time is killing me.
Nothing major to show right now, but a lot of small things I can update you about.
I'm working on getting the Dashboard back together. It's the small things that are important but time consuming!
I drilled out the small rivets when I took the ashtrays apart and I didn't want to use pop rivets to reassemble them because they don't look nice.
I found these "book screws" I like much better so I drilled out the holes in the ashtray parts a little bit and installed the book screws. Looks much better then pop rivets!
I've cut open a brand new Moog Idler Arm to convert it to roller bearings using the roller bearing conversion kit from FirmFeel:
Next step will be to press in the new center part and assemble everything. That will happen next time I'm in my shop, because I need my shop press for that.
I was not sure what to do with my hoor hinges... They were pretty sloppy and nasty looking.
I tried not to, but in the end decided to grind away all the rivets, redo all the bits and parts and then find a good way to reassemble everything.
I'm working on getting the Dashboard back together. It's the small things that are important but time consuming!
I drilled out the small rivets when I took the ashtrays apart and I didn't want to use pop rivets to reassemble them because they don't look nice.
I found these "book screws" I like much better so I drilled out the holes in the ashtray parts a little bit and installed the book screws. Looks much better then pop rivets!
I've cut open a brand new Moog Idler Arm to convert it to roller bearings using the roller bearing conversion kit from FirmFeel:
Next step will be to press in the new center part and assemble everything. That will happen next time I'm in my shop, because I need my shop press for that.
I was not sure what to do with my hoor hinges... They were pretty sloppy and nasty looking.
I tried not to, but in the end decided to grind away all the rivets, redo all the bits and parts and then find a good way to reassemble everything.
After almost 3 month, another big shipment from frimfeel arrived, bringing me a nice remanufactured Stage 2 Power Steering Box...
... and a set of new shock plates and longer U-Bolts for the rear axle.
Unfortunately, I can't use my stock rubber isolated ones because they don't work with the FirmFeel rear anti sway bar.
Also, a huge shipment from Vans Auto with a gazillion small bits and parts arrived a few days ago. I started putting these parts to use. New rear axle bump stops or shift linkage bushings for example:
Looks pretty nice combined with the freshly zinc plated and painted parts
I'm in the middle of reassembling the seat rails but ran into some missing parts. Some of the nylon washers in the small transmissions are brittle so I'm searching for new ones. I havn't found the correct 0,8mm thick ones yet, tho...
... and a set of new shock plates and longer U-Bolts for the rear axle.
Unfortunately, I can't use my stock rubber isolated ones because they don't work with the FirmFeel rear anti sway bar.
Also, a huge shipment from Vans Auto with a gazillion small bits and parts arrived a few days ago. I started putting these parts to use. New rear axle bump stops or shift linkage bushings for example:
Looks pretty nice combined with the freshly zinc plated and painted parts
I'm in the middle of reassembling the seat rails but ran into some missing parts. Some of the nylon washers in the small transmissions are brittle so I'm searching for new ones. I havn't found the correct 0,8mm thick ones yet, tho...
patrick66
Old Man with a Hat
The level of detail never ceases to amaze me on this build!
Hervorragende Arbeit, wie immer!
Hervorragende Arbeit, wie immer!
Vans Auto also delivered a set of new headlamp adjusters, so I could assemble the headlights using German TÜV comform lenses. I converted them to Halogen (H1 and H4) in this step as well.
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