My 1969 1/2 440 ‘cuda

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Ouch! Had to do a little Frankenstein surgery on quarter panel. Also had to cut the rear valance out to straighten it up. Turned out really good.

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Inner fender wells and radiator core support are in place. Frame rail was repaired where the previous owner had hit a telephone pole and ripped the frame. I didn’t notice until years later that the passenger side inner fender well was a 1/4 inch farther forward. Fortunately everything was able to be lined up later.

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Gettin a few touch ups done on the inner fender wells. A few weeks before I took this picture this fella told me he had re-tapped a couple of nuts for me. I was busy talking to the owner about some things I wanted done and just nodded and thanked him. After they painted the inner fender wells I noticed to my horror that the nuts he was talking about were the ones used to hold the braces for the fenders on the 67’s. I totally forgot to tell them to cut them out and fill them in. STUPID.

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Steering wheel cleaned up nicely with some fine steel wool. Had to fix one crack in it with epoxy. Wire wheeled the whole dash then had to try and figure out where to hang it so I could paint it.

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After re-finishing the steering wheel spokes, did you treat them or coat them with something to preserve their finish?
 
Finished the hood up. Only got two runs in it. One was barely noticeable. Spotted the other one rather quickly but it wasn’t very noticeable from some angles of view.

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