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If your thinking about doing an old car restoration project, you need to make sure that you to you book work first, learn about the car that you want to restore, you should go to the store and buy a book about the car that you'd like to restore. You should know all of the little nuances about that particular car, this way you'll be less likely to get stumped on one area or another of the restoration project, but always be ready for anything that might happen, don't let it upset you, a restoration is supposed to be fun.

When you decide on the car that you'd like to restore, go to the net and look for the places that sell the parts that you'll need to restore your car, in most cases Year One, and Classic Industries will sell most of the parts that you need, but be ready to look in other places also. If you're restoring a Mopar product you will be looking for some of the parts, and it won't always be easy to find them, and it will never be cheap, for the parts that you can't get from the shops that I have listed above, for you Mopar guys Stephens Performance is a good place to look.

OK now that we have the parts out of the way, let's talk about the other things that will slow the project down, when your restoring a car for the first time you will find rust in the car, it's an old car, and most of them will have some rust. Don't let it overwhelm you, the rust is probably the hardest thing that you'll deal with during the body restoration of the car, think of is as a challenge, and area that you need to learn about, this helps most people get thought it, because they don't want the car to beat them down.

Take a walk around the car, and look for all of the rust spots, as you locate them get out a sharpie and circle all of them, of course you have already sand blasted the car, well unless your doing a partial restoration, and it's not frame off.

After you have circled all of the affected areas, you can begin to determine the best way to fix them, some of the may have structural steel behind them, in these areas you'll need to be vary careful not to cat out the structure. If the structure is rusted, you'll need to cut it out also, but it's best to get the sheet metal off the the structure first, and then worry about fixing it later, you'll need the pieces that you have cut out of the car to make templates with.

Put the pieces that you have cut out on the top of a piece of cardboard and draw an outline around them, cut them out and place them on the metal that your using to patch the car with, draw around them, and cut the metal, and place it where you need it.

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I've been in the automotive business for about 20 or 25 years, I have worked in all facets of the industry, from parts to restoration, all different makes and models, I just want to keep people interested in the old cars because it's where my heart is.

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2010 Dodge Challenger Srt8 6-Speed Detonator Yellow Review

Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to get a test drive in a new 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT8 6-speed in the newly available Detonator Yellow color.  Of course, the first thing that grabs your attention on this vehicle is the striking high impact Detonator Yellow paint.  This makes it VERY easy to find your Challenger in a parking lot to say the least.  In our short drive, the amount of attention that this car attracts is simply amazing.

The rumble of the 6.1L Hemi V8 in the SRT8 brings back fond memories of the legendary 426 Hemi and big block Mopar engines of the 60s and 70s.  The exhaust note at idle gives a deep rumble to let you know it’s there, but it’s not too overbearing for those that don’t like too much noise.  However, open the throttle up to let the beast run and you are rewarded with a loud muscle car sound that will leave you with a smile on your face every time.  The clutch pedal feel is light and the engagement is quite smooth.  This is a very welcomed upgrade from the original muscle cars with extremely heavy spring loaded clutch pedals and racing clutches designed for extra heavy duty use.

The interior of the SRT8 is very high quality, especially for this price segment.  The seats are very comfortable and very supportive for high speed cornering.  The yellow accents are also a nice touch to match the exterior.  Everything seems to be in easy reach of the driver.  Our only area that seemed to need some improvement is the shifter location relative to the driver.  On our tester, it seemed as though the shifter was slightly too close to the driver.

The overall fit and finish was extremely good.  Body panel fit was excellent and interior panel fit was equally good.  It is obvious Dodge has spent some time to take extra care to make sure everything fits and looks as it should.  Some purist will complain that the Challenger SRT8 is a little over-optioned with gadgets like sunroof, navigation system, heated seats, etc.  But, most will appreciate the availability of these options in the modern area.

The retro factor of the new Challenger is without question one of the biggest components that will drive sales of this vehicle.  For those that were too young or fortunate enough to buy a Challenger when they were originally released in 1970, this car is a second chance to get the performance and look of the original at a fraction of the cost of a restored original model today.  So, our recommendation is to get out there and drive one today.  Once you do, you’ll be hooked for sure.

About the Author

I am an avid Mopar muscle car enthusiast with a focus on the new Dodge Challenger.  If you would like to read more articles or get more information on the new Dodge Challenger, please visit my blog site at: http://www.challengerenthusiast.net.

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