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Posted: **24 Nov 2009 14:15**

Goldenblack440 wrote:sorry, i'm in a silly mood... not sure what factory colour was but i feel that simple gloss black looks great on all undercarriage. I wouldn't use an epoxy based one pack enamel or POR15, which is a ceramic fortified paint on the leaves because i think these paints are too hard and with the constant flexing, the paint might crack after a while. Maybe a good acrylic. The gloss tends to dull off a little anyway being exposed to everything under there.

Having said that though, i painted my leaves in a tough outdoor satin black (semi-gloss) acrylic. It is a tough flexible paint that is used on gutters and fascias of houses and for a touch-up paint on powder coated fencing.

I painted mine black too. :wink:

Posted: **24 Nov 2009 14:18**

Well that beaut pic tells it all -'natural finish'. 6 leaves too -must be a 6 pack or Hemi car? No anti-sway bar that i can see though.

Posted: **24 Nov 2009 14:30**

Goldenblack440 wrote:Well that beaut pic tells it all -'natural finish'. 6 leaves too -must be a 6 pack or Hemi car? No anti-sway bar that i can see though.

440 4bbl with AC. Same as my car. :wink:

You didn't get a rear sway bar on many 1970 challengers except the T/A.

Posted: **24 Nov 2009 17:09**

dave-r wrote:I painted mine black too.

I feel ok now.! :roll:

Doesn't matter how good you think you have done your own car's underbody, when you see a perfect reference resto like that, it pales into insignificance... well mine does anyway.

My 318 71 auto/air only has 4 leaves! My Rallye 340 also has 4. My Valiant Hardtop which is the same as a 69 Dart has 5 leaves. Which cars then had the unequal leaf number? Thought it was Hemi/6Pack TrackPak...Was it 5 and 6, or 6 and 7? And did all 440 get the 6 leaves? Or only 440 auto? Confused now, will have to do some more reading.

Posted: **24 Nov 2009 18:09**

Thanks guys :thumbsup:

I'll think i go black

/Hezzel

Posted: **24 Nov 2009 19:32**

Yes, leaf springs were origonally bare. A good color to use is Seymours Stainless steel and then spray a matte clear over it. From a short distance away it really does look like bare steel.

FYI...I bought two cans of Eastwood steel paint.(I can't remember if that is Spray Gray or Detail Gray...whichever one is the lighter color)I also heard about the Seymour paint and bought two cans of it. It turns out that they are the same exact color. I think Eastwoods stuff IS the Seymour paint...just in different packaging. The Seymour paint is quite a bit cheaper than Eastwoods also.

Posted: **26 Dec 2009 19:49**

Dave that picture you posted up there with the show quality undercarriage...i was just looking at that picture again as i am doing my springs. I think they have put the very bottom leaf the wrong way around? All the zinc interliners are facing forward except the last one. The Hemi and HP440 (from my 71 Service manual) had 6 full leaves on the LHS and 5 leaves and 2 half leaves on the RHS. Both half leaves forward of the axle.

Unless that interliner has the hole in the middle and is longer than the others -which have the hole set back and all point forward. It looks to me like a half leaf that is pointing backwards. Got me beat.

Posted: **20 Jan 2010 11:41**

Well more work done,mounted one leaf spring and removed the other one . Broke two U-bolts so i'm going to order four new.

Posted: **14 Apr 2010 14:35**

Hi All ! Have opened a photobucket account, hope this works.
Not much is happening here but i got one of my doors from the painter and left the other one with him....

http://s864.photobucket.com/albums/ab20 ... 2abc4e.pbw

Posted: **14 Apr 2010 14:59**

Goldenblack440 wrote:Dave that picture you posted up there with the show quality undercarriage...i was just looking at that picture again as i am doing my springs. I think they have put the very bottom leaf the wrong way around? All the zinc interliners are facing forward except the last one. The Hemi and HP440 (from my 71 Service manual) had 6 full leaves on the LHS and 5 leaves and 2 half leaves on the RHS. Both half leaves forward of the axle.

Unless that interliner has the hole in the middle and is longer than the others -which have the hole set back and all point forward. It looks to me like a half leaf that is pointing backwards. Got me beat.

Sorry I just saw this.
The photos are not of a "show quality car". The car was an unrestored survivor that was VERY carefully documented in EVERY detail as it was taken apart. Although it is restored, EVERYTHING on the car is exactly as this one came from the factory. Nothing has been put on the wrong way around unless it was done that way when it was built.

Posted: **26 May 2010 10:02**

Well small progress, new u-bolts are in place , and started cutting and welding patches

http://s864.photobucket.com/albums/ab20 ... 0pictures/

Posted: **25 Aug 2010 12:40**

Well small progress ,almost done welding the first corner. I have also deleted my Photobucket and i'm using Imageshack instead.
/Hezzel

Posted: **25 Aug 2010 15:10**

quite a neat job your doing ther keep it up
cheers ian

Posted: **25 Aug 2010 19:33**

Thanks Ian :thumbsup:

Posted: **25 Aug 2010 20:24**

Those doors look nice and sharp. :thumbsup:

Posted: **26 Aug 2010 1:42**

nice work

Posted: **26 Aug 2010 12:43**

Thanks guys! :thumbsup:

The doors are done and they are waiting for me to be done with the rest of the car

Posted: **09 Sep 2010 12:44**

Some more cutting out bad rusty panels.....

Posted: **02 Oct 2010 23:09**

More work done last week. Fitting new panels and removing the last rusty panel, then did some grinding.....

Posted: **15 Dec 2010 10:04**

Hey All ! Got an early Christmas gift from myself :lol:

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Posted: **15 Dec 2010 20:06**

Your project is looking great, Hezzel! :thumbsup:

Posted: **28 Jan 2011 10:14**

Now we need to see your babe out on the streets hezzel

Looks really great! (Look forward to see her on the meetings eventually)

Posted: **30 Aug 2011 12:54**

Slow summer but started this week with some grinding and spotwelding...

/Hezzel

Posted: **30 Aug 2011 13:18**

Neat work, you been a busy boy, keep it up now

Posted: **30 Aug 2011 16:57**

Thanks Adrian will try

Posted: **05 Nov 2011 15:23**

More work done ....grinding........

And i got my new bumpers from Tamrazs
/hezzel

Posted: **06 Nov 2011 16:38**

Good progress Hezzel!

Posted: **08 Nov 2011 19:57**

Thanks Jimi

Posted: **21 Feb 2012 19:17**

Small progress again , Went back to Photobucket.

Have been grinding the car for paint but as you all know it's hard work soo i did some interior work and fixed one of the back seats.

http://s1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii5 ... 20section/

http://s1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii5 ... /Interior/

Have started new albums in sections ,hope these links work

/hezzel

Posted: **21 Feb 2012 22:12**

Hezzel wrote:Went back to Photobucket.

403 reasons for doing that, right? :wink:

Keep up the good work. :thumbsup:

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