1970 Swinger 340 Hemi Orange 4 speed

Swinger340Canuc said
Thanks Dan! Have you started on your Swinger?

Not yet Randy, I didn't want to start until I completely redid my garage and finally after getting screwed around for a couple months this fall on the furnace my good bud scatpacker helped and after Christmas he installed it for me. Picked up my compressor a couple of weeks ago, just need to paint my cabinets and get them up and should be ready to start but it looks more like a spring start. Its been busy as hell at the body shop this winter so not a lot of jam left at the end of the day. You would ***** slap me if you saw how much I've got to deal with compared to what you've been dealing with. The old girl is patiently sitting there wait for me to get the lead out! Dan

The garage is looking good! I know what you mean about not having much energy at the end of the day... I think now that the weather is changing it will up the motivation levels! I've gotta spend more evenings on my car to meet my goal of paint this fall/winter. Haha, your car doesn't have much rust I take it?

I decided to do the door skin first on this side to make sure my gaps will be the same on both sides, since the new door skin on the drivers side changed my gaps compared to the original skin. Tomorrow I'll drop the shell off at the dippers and get it blasted/dipped and do the same process as the other side.

I also picked up a 1970 dart hood from Marilyn and Chris over at the Classic Car Ranch. They were a very nice couple and do some very nice resto work! I will get them to redo all my stainless when the time comes. The hood is in very nice condition and has no rust. (Two little dings at the front) I have a template to cut the holes (Thanks Greg!) and once that is done I will bring it to get dipped.

Original paint. It appears the car sat under a tree for a while!