Second Chance at a MOPAR the "BlackBird" build

[Jack Meoff]

Your neighbors must be watching all this thinking WTF???

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

Your neighbors must be watching all this thinking WTF???

Oh they know whats up. They have seen me do a car before. But this one is going through a metamorphosis.

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

OK so tail light panel... this is gonna be tricky it would really really suck to weld this in crooked I am going to have to get the trunk alighned and set it perfect then take a caulk line or something and snap a line across it to make sure it is square....posting pics when I figure it out

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

got only one big hole left on the trunk and I am ready to weld on the tail panel. Wish me luck. :eusa_pray:

 

[Jack Meoff]

Good luck man......you can do it!

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

Thanks Captain! Ok so its raining it but off today so not much was possible on either car I was able to push the Blackbird back far enough to finish patching the trunk. Got it soaking in OSPHO and tarped up so the rain doesn't wash it away. tomorrow hopefully will be dry because I need to finish greymousers quarter panel I was working on and grind all the porcipine quills from the bottom of the trunk pan.

Side note greymouser has 2 new gas tanks which I was able to compare to the tank on my car and it is an exact match. So the old tank will be going bye bye.

I was able to mock up the tail panel and there is still a bit more trimming to allow the tail lights to fit in but the more I work at it the more it lines up perfect. I am not having the fear of a crooked tail panel anymore. I am just going to tack it in all around before laying a good bead. so that if it doesn't line up I just have to break a spot weld to adjust.

 

[greymouser7]

i paid $20 a piece plus shipping for those gas tanks!

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

i paid $20 a piece plus shipping for those gas tanks!

wow! what a deal!:icon_thumright:

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

Also found out that the car has 2.96 gears after I sprayed off the grime

 

[Jack Meoff]

i paid $20 a piece plus shipping for those gas tanks!

Wow!! Mega deal! :icon_thumright:

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

Here Are some pics of the tanks new and old...

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

You can see where I had to weld a cap on the hole in the top of the tank..no problem

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

This one is the old dirty tank eww...

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

new one is all clean :icon_thumleft:

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

got my Road Runner stickers cost 11 bucks!! :glasses9:

 

[Jack Meoff]

Nice!

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

Hows this look?

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

its only spot welded in still haven't committed to this alignment. in person it looks good to me but his picture because it is angled a slight bit more to the passenger side makes it look crooked

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

I'm gonna try to take a better pic

 

[Blackbirdsrt78]

ok here is a better one stupid washing machine is in the way a little