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Just want to give you guys a warning about Tamco. Let me start off by saying that their products are actually really good for the price. I've been nothing but satisfied with their primers, basecoats and clears. With that said, their customer service is awful. I ordered a dark gray Porsche...

Where do you guys like to mask when you paint an engine bay to make it look as seamless as possible when you wind up doing the body at a later date?

I don't know how to photoshop but you'll have to use your imagination. Been kicking around some ideas on how I should paint my cars in the future. Normally I don't like custom but it's been growing on me lately. The idea is for it to be custom but still look like it could be factory. Idea #1...

Do you guys have any tricks for getting this crud off? I've used a torch and a scraper as well as a composite abrasive wheel with varying amounts of success. Just wondering if there is a quicker way to tackle this job? Seems to be taking about 100x longer than I expected it would.

Anyone ever heard of this? I was looking for a place to get media blasting done and ran across this page on their website. Maybe I've been living under a rock but I've never heard of anything like this before. Check out the link. It's a quick read. Rust Repair – American Stripping Company

The trunk of this car was covered in POR15. I began removing it and had to do a lot of rust repair to the passenger side of the trunk. The drivers side metal feels solid but I can't seem to get rid of this pitting that was underneath the POR15. The metal is strong so I don't want to go through...

First timer on this type of project here. I'm replacing the trunk extension and the lower quarter on this thing. At the passenger rear corner, I'm looking to see if I can get clarification on how this all goes together. It seems as if the trunk extension, quarter panel and rear valance (not sure...

I'm not having a ton of luck finding the info readily available online. Other than a capable compressor and a gun, is there anything specific needed to spray epoxy at home? I have an RV access on the side of the house that I could put plastic up around. Would this suffice? I want the car to look...

I cleaned my block and used their metal prep product to etch the block. Stirred the Chrysler Blue engine enamel and when I go to brush it on, it's extremely thin. I was under the impression that it was going to be thick like their rust prevention product. I feel like I'd have to paint 10 coats...

After I removed the trunk extension on my Barracuda, I noticed a softball sized crunched in dent on the lower quarter panel with body filler spaghetti coming through it. Ordered an AMD patch panel from another site and it's been on back order all summer. Called AMD and it looks like it's not...

I'm replacing part of the trunk floor in my Barracuda. I butt welded the patch panel in. It's not perfect but I'm proud of it since I'm very much a novice welder. There's some warping here and there but it came out ok. If I want to get the trunk floor looking pretty smooth, would it be ok to use...

This is my first time doing any kind of rust repair like this and I'm that guy that screws up and ends up cutting the patch panel way too small. What I'm doing is I'm replacing part of the trunk floor to the right of the wheel well and over to where the floor meets the trunk extension. Are...

Looking to restore my Duster grille here in the coming month and had a couple questions to try and make it as easy as possible on me. I've used Easy Off oven cleaner to remove paint from plastic on a couple other parts with success. I know it removes the anodizing off of the chrome so if I...

Do 68-76 Valiants as well as 70-76 Duster fenders interchange on a 67 Valiant? Do the body lines and mounting points all match? I know the 67's don't have side markers but I need to practice welding anyway so it would be a nice project for me. I just need to know if the rest of the fender will...

I'm looking to change the color of my Barracuda here within the next year so I'm trying to put together a plan to be able to get started on it. I'm fixing the car up but I'm not doing a total restoration or anything. Basically just engine, brakes, rear end, paint and freshening up the interior...

I bought this air cleaner from Mancini then I bought this decal set for it off ebay I got the outer "340 Four Barrel" decal installed just fine. It's the center decal that is giving me fits. The center of the air cleaner is concave, but at the very center it's actually flat for about an...

I've dabbled with this welder a few times but I've never really gotten the hang of it. It's a Hobart 140 with gas. I have the voltage set to 1 and the wire speed is at 30. I'm practicing on a dented up fender I got for free. Just trying to cut pieces off and weld them back on. Still even with...

I've had this car 10 years. A couple years ago I prepped it and took it down to get painted. After a few months I noticed bubbling on the rear quarter. At first it was real minimal so I thought it was the paint reacting. I took it back to the paint shop and they told me it was rust so they...

I'm thinking about painting my fastback F3 green here in the next year but I feel like the color needs some kind of dark contrast to go with it. What were the original stripes that came on 67 Barracudas? I really like that black stripe that runs along the bottom of the fenders and rockers but...

Will a 68 Barracuda fastback door go on a 67 fastback chassis no problem? Just want to make sure there aren't any huge differences before I pick it up. Thanks!

I have a set of stainless trim I took off a 69 Valiant 4 door. I went to see if it would fit on my 67 Cuda and like I figured, the trim is too tall. The good thing is that since the side trim pieces get tucked under the top and bottom pieces, I can just cut them down to fit. My problem the trim...

Hey guys my drivers side mirror has been irritating me lately. It's just loose enough to where I have to adjust it any time I hit a bad patch of road. Do the ball and socket inside the mirror have the same plate with 3 screws tightening it down like the rear view mirrors do? I've fixed rear view...

Hey guys my Barracuda has what looks like an aftermarket drivers side non remote chrome mirror. The mirror itself is more of a rounded rectangle shape and the base is a longer rectangular shape. The mounting holes don't match up with the usual mounting holes you see for the normal round non...

Hey guys let me know how I did on this floor pan. It's a 67 slant six Valiant so I'm not going for perfection or anything. It was actually my first ever welding project. I practiced on some scrap iron making beads and then went to work. I've already finished up the other side and it looks much...

Anyone know where I can find a decent 67 Valiant drivers side front floor pan? AMD looks like they only have the front and rear but the rear is fine on this car so I only need the drivers front. I see cheap ones on ebay but I don't really trust them so I figured I'd ask you guys for a good...

I want to stick the scrunched together "Plymouth" on the trunk lid of my Duster but I want to get the right kind of adhesive so I don't mess the paint up. Anyone have any suggestions?

Actually I mainly need just a floor hump but I might just cut all the way across and get both the front floor pans while I'm at it. This is out of an 85 Dodge truck. I've never removed a floor pan so I wanted to get some advice. I don't have a sawzall that runs on a battery nor a generator to...

I've had this problem for years now. Unless it's raining pretty hard out, my wipers will skip on the way up. The windshield has to be really wet for them not to. It makes driving in normal rain annoying because I either have to manually turn the switch every once in a while or just listen to...

My window has been catching on my weather stripping, making it really hard to roll the window up and down with the door closed. I changed the door hinges a couple years ago and adjusted the door but now it's like it's in too far and I can't remember how to adjust it. How do I bring the door out...

I bought one of those Plymouth emblems with the 3 prongs to go on the hood of my Duster and it wasn't in the type of shape I was expecting when I got it. So I put it in a vice and was sanding and buffing on it when I pressed too hard and broke it in half. It was barely connected anyway between...