1970 Dodge Challenger Full Rebuild in Minutes!

mark tucker's automotive shops in lincoln county tennessee we came prepared we got some cash in the trailer hoping we'd go home with something well plenty of satellite this was in pretty good shape too [Music] if we get a mopar we're going top shelf something like this 1970 challenger rt one of the most desirable sought after muscle cars in the world [Music] we're homeward bound with what promises to be our most exciting project ever well we made it back to the shop in one piece with our newly acquired 70 challenger some of this won't be reused but a lot of it will and you don't want to accidentally destroy a piece that can't be bought especially you resto guys this fuel cap is an iconic mopar tidbit that we want to take really good care of oops just a few screws is all it takes for removal good deal saved it [Music] the k-member and everything attached to it comes out and to make that happen my favorite tool here you go why are you handing it to me if it's your favorite tool [Music] now we can move on to the rear suspension [Music] well we got it on the rotisserie so now we can roll it out and make a short trip to the blaster you know i'm gonna miss this gold mango paint [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] come on baby anything that's left over the air hammer can make quick work of it [Music] our new a-pillar is installed pretty excited about the whole deal what do you guys think [Applause] [Music] perfect go ahead and get on up top that's pretty good just need a clamp [Music] this is what we'll be using to give that dodge 21st century handling it's a g machine chassis from shorts [Music] performance [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] oh you're back out we sprayed the body with red oxide epoxy [Music] primer well we got our transmission in place so that means we got plenty big enough hole we got just the right amount of clearance now i need to do some tin work to patch up that hole we grabbed some 18 gauge steel and tossed it into the slip roller to make a new one okay well let's load this stuff up and hit them on and get them out yes sir where are we going i'm going this way now for the moment of truth we need to use the hood to position the shaker assembly on the top of the engine once we get everything in place it will tell us just how extensively we need to modify the base plate to make everything [Music] work [Music] [Music] turn it back [Music] all right we're getting ready to prep the carolina violet paint that was custom mixed by our friends at single source in nashville we decided on carolina violet it's getting painted in south carolina so why not [Music] now the clear coat can be laid down and after three coats voila we get this thing out in the sun and that carolina violet really pops and those graphics that we duplicate the rendering they look like they could come straight out of a 70s mopar with just a little bit of a twist i think the car came out awesome i love the updated look of a classic mopar [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] um time to do a little shakedown run just to get her broken in right [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] even with completely unadjusted suspension she's already light years ahead of where the handling would have ever been on this car from the factory you

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Length: 11min 30sec (690 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 15 2020