The Fish is goin to the compound (AMX JIM) • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **drewcrane** » 15 May 2010 22:40

Got the rotisserie,gotta get this fish to the repair compound at AMX JIMS,

just got back i will go there tomorrow with a camera to take some pics of what i have to deal with,

like pulling the cowl out, and there is some minor frame rust,

and some minor tweaking needed,

but here is some pix in between snow storms :s024:

and then my buddie brought over his 73 camaro, stroked small block, modern fuel injection,425 hp at the rear wheels, very nice specimen, :V8:

he got help steer the fish in the tank :lol2:

by **RedRaven** » 15 May 2010 22:44

YEEEESSSSSSSSS

Cant wait for this...

Now Craner loads of pics and data on how you are going to do this ok....lot of people tuning in for this....

Go get it Champ :thumbsup:

by **drewcrane** » 16 May 2010 0:22

RedRaven wrote:YEEEESSSSSSSSS

Cant wait for this...

Now Craner loads of pics and data on how you are going to do this ok....lot of people tuning in for this....

Go get it Champ

oh yea loots of pics,but this project is gonnna take time

and lots of money,just the supplies alone will cost around 2 g,s :shock:

but it will get done :nod:

by **Eddie** » 16 May 2010 11:33

Nice Rotissere Drew :thumbsup:

Is Jim gonna do your metal work at his nicely equipped shop? :lol:

(His shop is one of the nicest I've ever seen)!! :nod:

by **drewcrane** » 17 May 2010 1:22

yea ed jim will do some of the metal/frame work,i do have another guy that will do the body panels,but this is what we did today, we actually got alot done in 6 or 7 hours,here is some pix :s007:

and yes eddie jim has EVERYTHING,we used his frame rack today , and you must have a frame rack to pull on things if the car has been hit ,so we used that to pull the cowl out

gotta go ,buffalo burgers are callin :nod:

by **patrick** » 17 May 2010 4:49

Awesome Drew! :thumbsup:

Hmmm.... Now I'm hungry for Buffalo Burger's! :nod:

by **Eddie** » 17 May 2010 13:55

Thanks for posting Drew, you are doing a great job man, Jim's shop is way cool, Kenosha looks happy. :thumbsup:

by **RedRaven** » 17 May 2010 14:06

Love it Drew...keep on rockin....hhhmmmm burgers.......

by **Eddie** » 17 May 2010 14:47

Drew, the welds look fine, as long as there is adequate penetration :lol:

(HeHeHe he said 'penetration, he he) :lol:

by **RedRaven** » 17 May 2010 14:58

by **drewcrane** » 17 May 2010 20:13

airfuelEddie wrote:Drew, the welds look fine, as long as there is adequate penetration (HeHeHe he said 'penetration, he he)

thanks ed, i wont be doing any body panels thats for sure, because my welds would penetrate way to far :s024:

by **RedRaven** » 17 May 2010 20:18

some guys welds are deep than others hahaha :s024:

by **RedRaven** » 17 May 2010 20:20

We gots deep welds here in CALARADA

by **drewcrane** » 18 May 2010 23:00

RedRaven wrote:We gots deep welds here in CALARADA

yea here in calarada we have a whole county named WELD :s024:

got some more done

by **Eddie** » 19 May 2010 12:48

Excellent! keep coming with the pics, I hope to be doing the same soon. :thumbsup:

That puller is amazing and you and Jim are doing a great job :thumbsup:

by **drewcrane** » 19 May 2010 18:57

airfuelEddie wrote:Excellent! keep coming with the pics, I hope to be doing the same soon. That puller is amazing and you and Jim are doing a great job

thanks ed this is just one of the benefits of knowing jim,free frame pulling,this could have cost me alot of money to have someone pull this frame,big ups to AMX JIM! :thumbsup:

by **RedRaven** » 19 May 2010 19:14

I gotta say Drew........Jim is a solid dude....real solid.....top top top bloke...

Tell Jim I said how the fuck are you from me.... :thumbsup:

by **Eddie** » 19 May 2010 20:22

RedRaven wrote:I gotta say Drew........Jim is a solid dude....real solid.....top top top bloke...

Tell Jim I said how the fuck are you from me....

Me Too!

Tell him next time the Cummins gets new electronics with an extra 250 foot pounds,,so I dont need 4.10's for those 13,000 ft. peaks. Crikes,,Nevada has too many fookin mountains, I was up to me Shelaylee in Mt. Peaks. :lol:

by **patrick** » 21 May 2010 5:22

Yeh! It was hard to keep up with AMX Jims, pace! :lol:

by **patrick** » 21 May 2010 5:25

At least he had a trailor behind him, too. Didn't want to look at a Ford tailgate, the whole way. :lol:

by **RedRaven** » 21 May 2010 7:25

HaHa.........Eddie with the noggin buster hahah.......

by **drewcrane** » 21 May 2010 11:02

FORD! hey Top Gear voters picked FORD as the #1 car maker in the world,

but then the hosts put in there own choice rustia i mean LANCIA,is there favorite car maker

, ha ha ha h a :s024:

by **drewcrane** » 26 May 2010 0:48

is this factory?

is it a fader front to rear for the speakers?

and the 2 pic after i dont know what the hole in the trunk floor was for and it even has a poop flap :s024:

by **patrick** » 26 May 2010 4:15

The factory fader goes on the dash and actually says rear speaker.
The previous owner of my Cuda' fitted a Challenger gas tank in it. The filler was right about, in the same location as your flap. I bet that's what it's for. :wink:

by **drewcrane** » 26 May 2010 10:50

patrick wrote:The factory fader goes on the dash and actually says rear speaker.
The previous owner of my Cuda' fitted a Challenger gas tank in it. The filler was right about, in the same location as your flap. I bet that's what it's for.

ahh cool pat ,that makes perfect sense,wow perhaps i will put on my thing cap next time :s024:

its still a nice poop flap :s022:

by **patrick** » 27 May 2010 5:09

by **drewcrane** » 27 May 2010 10:53

drewcrane wrote:
patrick wrote:The factory fader goes on the dash and actually says rear speaker.
The previous owner of my Cuda' fitted a Challenger gas tank in it. The filler was right about, in the same location as your flap. I bet that's what it's for.

ahh cool pat ,that makes perfect sense,wow perhaps i will put on my thing cap next time

its still a nice poop flap

ok now my thinking cap is on and that hole is to far to the middle for the challenger trunk floor its not in the same place,so i dont know what that is for cause this is the origonal floor, who knows,

but seth and my self got most of the front end diassembled , but one of the upper control arm bolts got rusted in the are and had to be cut out with a disk, and this one bolt took 2 hours what pain in the ass

oh yea we had a visitor a yellow bellied marmot usualy found in the mountains but this one has been running aroound im my yard and lives in my neighbors wood pile

by **Eddie** » 27 May 2010 13:35

Cool Pic Drew. Around here the 'Yellow Bellied ChuckToothed CS" lives in peoples run down homes and migrates to the Keetchen areas during nascar and hickabilly seasons. :lol2:

Seriously though, isnt that hole where the jack holdown is located? It looks like it just rusted through next to the water drain plug..?? Thanks for posting,,keep the pics coming..Tell Seth I said Hey Man,,what up :lol:

by **dave-r** » 27 May 2010 13:54

Looks to me like it just rusted though due to water dripping in from a rotten rear window structure. The flap must have beel someones attempt to cover the hole but still allow for drainage.

by **drewcrane** » 28 May 2010 22:12

ok here is what i ran in to are the pivot points all supposed to have bolts or is the one on the top that connects to the power booster have some sort of pin/cotter pin for easy removal? see pic