JimKueneman
Mopar Nut
She has fallen for these little Valiants.. and this one especially for some reason. It was hit in the RR corner so this will be taking my skills to a new level. Also the ladies kids hacked out the wheel lips and had 12" shackles for HUGE tires on back in the day so it needs metal but that came with it. My buddy who we got the Duster from sold the guy all the metal before I bought it. Small Mopar community in the Tucson area....
After 3 cars I have tried everything. Now that you can't get good Aircraft Stripper anymore there is nothing that works better than these cookies on a 90 degree grinder. Cleaned up the donor parts to see if there were any surprises. The one had a little damage near the bumper but now that the parts of off that can be dollied back much closer. I am done with time sandblasting. If I does not fit in the cabinet and it is portable it is going to the shop in Whetstone to be blasted. They get $90 an hour but if I do this much and only have them do the complex corner areas and get the rust area 100% clean (enforcing they stay away from the the main panel area so they don't warp it) I am going to bet I can get most of my heaving blasting done very reasonable. We will see with this first batch of parts.
Oh and there is no question that the patch panels for the Darts will give you most of the metal you need for this Valliant. I think the shapes are exactly the same below the Dart body line that parallels the arch and then runs back to the top of the bumper.
Looks like @Barry should book a trip to the Bahamas as my money soon be filling his pockets again....
After 3 cars I have tried everything. Now that you can't get good Aircraft Stripper anymore there is nothing that works better than these cookies on a 90 degree grinder. Cleaned up the donor parts to see if there were any surprises. The one had a little damage near the bumper but now that the parts of off that can be dollied back much closer. I am done with time sandblasting. If I does not fit in the cabinet and it is portable it is going to the shop in Whetstone to be blasted. They get $90 an hour but if I do this much and only have them do the complex corner areas and get the rust area 100% clean (enforcing they stay away from the the main panel area so they don't warp it) I am going to bet I can get most of my heaving blasting done very reasonable. We will see with this first batch of parts.
Oh and there is no question that the patch panels for the Darts will give you most of the metal you need for this Valliant. I think the shapes are exactly the same below the Dart body line that parallels the arch and then runs back to the top of the bumper.
Looks like @Barry should book a trip to the Bahamas as my money soon be filling his pockets again....