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After doing some soul searching and checking out a few things I decided to change my bodywork plan and look for a shop instead of John Gaddy who painted my Road Runner for me. John is a good body man but his ideas and methods did not mesh with me on this project so the hunt was on. A few things happened that made my search difficult with the first being Mother Nature hating my team. She decided to uncork a couple of major league hailstorms in the spring and this tied up every body guy around with them taking insurance checks for the hail damage as fast as they could leaving no time for project cars The next thing was finding somebody who I was comfortable with. The paint job can make or break a car and I have seen my share of bad ones so I knew what I wanted and how I wanted certain things done. After many months of looking over prospective shops I came upon the Hot Rod Haus in Trevor Wisconsin (262-862-1590). Dave Kevin & the guys came recommended to me by a friend and right from the start I knew had found the guys to trust my Hemi to. They made the trek out to my house and we looked, poked, scratched and prodded the Charger until we arrived at a method and a price that we both agreed upon. The worst part is this was in July and they could not take it until December. The wait about killed me but as you will see the results were spectacular so sit back and click you way through the final bodywork all the way through the paint. |
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The first thing they did on the car was to attach and align all the panels on the car. Some of the panels needed a bit more work than others. Here they have cut and welded the passenger door edge to get the gaps even. A little grinding and welding makes the gap nice and even with all the rest and the fit is great. |
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Here the top of the driver's door gets a little of the same process. This is the side I put on the full factory quarter and after that major of a surgery things like this are common. |
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A little grinding along the lower edge and the driver's side is a wrap with all the gaps around the door tight and even. |
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This side of the deck lid came out nice and even which makes me happy, as this is the side that I had to make the top of the quarter panel out of sheet metal. This was very difficult as they were four different angles that had to be put in the metal with a brake. I was very happy that it all worked as planned. |
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Okay, his side needed a little more work than the other. The lip was cut off and the edge ground then they re-welded the lip on making the change impossible to notice and the gaps even side to side. This was a great job they pulled off and it just shows the extra steps these guys go to make it right. > |
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Since I had re-built my hinges and re worked the hood and fenders the front wasn't too painless. They are a plethora of adjustment points and the guys worked very hard to get the gaps even. |
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Don't forget to send the hood latching mechanism, as they will need them for fitting and alignment. The gap on this side matches the other and they are both nice and even from front to back. |
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Many many hours of sanding went into getting into all the nooks and crannies on this front to get it ready for paint. I know from my work on it how you are left with no fingertips and bunches of cuts so the fun quotient is very low for this part. |
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