California Flash

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staring at the underside I can only imagine IF I were in charge back in the day,........ you could of bought a hot rod version with rear frame-rails / inner wheel-tubbs moved in about 4" per side, 4" stretched rear and 2" stretched front wheel openings along with frame rails tied and an extra HD re-enforce pinion snubber......rack and pinion / coil overs / struts would have been nice too.
 
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I'd like to order a body-in-white in the above version...and that will be about $800,right? (back in the day anyway)
would that be a 69 Dart body with S/S wheelwells? and stock front suspension is fine...I'll still pay $800.
 
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Denny a fantastic build going on here. Beautiful work and the Super Shifter sure takes me back to a time.. Will make sure to watch the updates now.
Thanks!
 
Denny, how do you treat the inside of the frame rails? Spray anything inside the holes?
 
Neat thread met Butch Leal in 1986 heading to Mopar Nats my Cuda broke down in front of Nationwise Rod Shop and Butch and an entourage came by asked if I needed anything and was able to borrow some tools I have pics but I would have to go through a crap full of albums but I thought I would show a piece of garage art I have.

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nice wall art...... although once in a while I have to put mine to use, the doors are lightweight steel shells with lightened hinges which are great for test fitting.

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nice wall art...... although once in a while I have to put mine to use, the doors are lightweight steel shells with lightened hinges which are great for test fitting.

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I live in NW OH I know a few people up your way brings back a lot of memories of the 60-70's pro stock cars definitely will follow this build
 
This is just plain cool! I grew up watching this guy and his nickname is legit!
 
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This is just plain cool! I grew up watching this guy and his nickname is legit!
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I talk to him about every other day getting tips and direction on how he wants this ride built.....no doubt about it, he is still the California Flash. His grandsons friend tried to school Butch on how an automatic was faster. Butch's reply..." depends on who is doing the shifting"
 
The young guys would never understand how cool it was when they would match race at places like Thompson Ohio and Carlton, the grump, Ronnie sox , Akron Arlen vanke would be there and they would be putting down rosin, and these guys worked on the cars! No reaction timers , just guys driving! Yes those were the good old days lol
 
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had a little wait time in line for the paint prep and paint booth.....so I cleaned the underside. Gets sealer tomorrow, then its prep for paint time. My job (the dirty stuff) is pretty much done.

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Denny, how did you clean the underside, it looks great! What process did you use to replace the spare tire well? I have to do the same thing and have been trying to come with a plan to make it as simple as possible and have everything still line up. Thanks.
 
This car is incredibly nice.....no rot. I bought some Harbor Freight assorted HD wire wheel attachments for my electric grinder and went to town. My preference would have been to blast it....but I wanted to forgo the media mess and make sure the exterior paint currently on the car did not get damaged by an errant blast. remember to mask up, it was a solid six hours of filth, but once you are dirty....finish the job

on the spare well, I put a small, narrow spare trailer tire / rim (4") in the bottom of the well to 1) elevate my guide mark and 2) keep both cuts consistent , then added a 1" wide board a tad shorter than the diameter of the well to use as a guide and made a circle.....then did the same on the new well. Then I laid the new piece on my flat metal table top for minor trimming to get it to lay as flat as possible and did the same with the stub mate attached to the car. Used a piece of leftover cabinet face for my flat surface and the floor jack to hold it in place for the stub to mark any "high" spots.



marked it to keep it indexed the same when taking it on and off. ....then off to my fab guy. with my help and the floor jack to hold the new well in place, he tacked it about every 4 " until he was all around.
 
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HemiDenny said:
This car is incredibly nice.....no rot. I bought some Harbor Freight assorted HD wire wheel attachments for my electric grinder and went to town. My preference would have been to blast it....but I wanted to forgo the media mess and make sure the exterior paint currently on the car did not get damaged by an errant blast. remember to mask up, it was a solid six hours of filth, but once you are dirty....finish the job

on the spare well, I put a small, narrow spare trailer tire / rim (4") in the bottom of the well to 1) elevate my guide mark and 2) keep both cuts consistent , then added a 1" wide board a tad shorter than the diameter of the well to use as a guide and made a circle.....then did the same on the new well. Then I laid the new piece on my flat metal table top for minor trimming to get it to lay as flat as possible and did the same with the stub mate attached to the car. Used a piece of leftover cabinet face for my flat surface and the floor jack to hold it in place for the stub to mark any "high" spots.



marked it to keep it indexed the same when taking it on and off. ....then off to my fab guy. with my help and the floor jack to hold the new well in place, he tacked it about every 4 " until he was all around.
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Geez that sounds like a hell of lot of work when it's explained in detail but I guess it is.
 
HemiDenny said:
This car is incredibly nice.....no rot. I bought some Harbor Freight assorted HD wire wheel attachments for my electric grinder and went to town. My preference would have been to blast it....but I wanted to forgo the media mess and make sure the exterior paint currently on the car did not get damaged by an errant blast. remember to mask up, it was a solid six hours of filth, but once you are dirty....finish the job

on the spare well, I put a small, narrow spare trailer tire / rim (4") in the bottom of the well to 1) elevate my guide mark and 2) keep both cuts consistent , then added a 1" wide board a tad shorter than the diameter of the well to use as a guide and made a circle.....then did the same on the new well. Then I laid the new piece on my flat metal table top for minor trimming to get it to lay as flat as possible and did the same with the stub mate attached to the car. Used a piece of leftover cabinet face for my flat surface and the floor jack to hold it in place for the stub to mark any "high" spots.



marked it to keep it indexed the same when taking it on and off. ....then off to my fab guy. with my help and the floor jack to hold the new well in place, he tacked it about every 4 " until he was all around.
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Thanks Denny! I certainly hadn't thought of trying that approach. The new well that I have was better formed than the original. The original has a fair amount of draw marks around the periphery of the well and the new one doesn't have those. I only need to replace the very bottom face of the well. I will see if I can adapt your method to my project. L8r!

Jim
 
got a black underbelly, color starts later this week. Was gonna go with the lizard skin, but the underside is too nice to texture.

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The bottom side sure is nice, you made the right choice to go with the colour. Looking forward to seeing more pics.
 
California Flash poppy red. you can see the orange "primer" on the cowl under the plastic.

looks a lot more red in person.....and on my phone ap

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