bluefury361
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Diamond racing engines was, perhaps still is, Wally Booths shop in Michigan.
Don Carltons shop <---dont miss this
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C Body Bob
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So is that where the engines came from?
70bigblockdodge
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That acid dipped body looks like some of the junk on craigslist that people want big money for.
C Body Bob
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That is so true. Well I guess the more rust it has the lighter it is
70bigblockdodge
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I mean that body looks rough and it was brand new, some cars took forty years to look like that.
C Body Bob
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The acid dipping was harsh on them. And so was the racing. I'm surprised they didn't clean & prep it better before they started assembly
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The acid dipping can make it discolor but usually not that bad if it is thoroughly rinsed quickly.
It's quite possible that the process had been arrested but not before the obvious effect. Here's
ours fresh out of the bath. Rear wheel openings are already stretched 3" forward here.
It's quite possible that the process had been arrested but not before the obvious effect. Here's
ours fresh out of the bath. Rear wheel openings are already stretched 3" forward here.
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cm23uoc
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Is the Body in the pics acid dipped ?
C Body Bob
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John what did that cost to have that done if I may ask
C Body Bob
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Also how much weight did it shed
C Body Bob
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Also is that the Ghost car ?
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Memo to myself: Read all pages before asking. ;)
C Body Bob
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It's ok man. It's all about having fun
BigFury
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I saw the Duster and the Cuda at the Mopar Nats. what an engineering marvel those cables are... great cars in Mopar history
C Body Bob
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Absolutely !!!!
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Acid dipped in Toledo and then hauled body to Detroit to be welded into a steel
shipping cage. Then it was trucked to Indianapolis to be coated in electrostatically
charged primer (black, like when you get new sheet metal parts now).
Total, not including my gas and time to pull my Haulmark an hour to Toledo and
then on to Detroit....and then all the way to Detroit again to pick it up when it
came back....$3K. It took over 2 weeks to get it done.
I doubt it saved much weight in our case as we weren't chemically milling it, we
just had it dipped after all of the chassis welding was done to have it cleaned and coated for corrosion prevention and preparation for body and paint. In other words, unlike the race cars, ours didn't come back "flimsy".
Since this car will never ever be in any kind of inclement weather again, it will never
rust.
shipping cage. Then it was trucked to Indianapolis to be coated in electrostatically
charged primer (black, like when you get new sheet metal parts now).
Total, not including my gas and time to pull my Haulmark an hour to Toledo and
then on to Detroit....and then all the way to Detroit again to pick it up when it
came back....$3K. It took over 2 weeks to get it done.
I doubt it saved much weight in our case as we weren't chemically milling it, we
just had it dipped after all of the chassis welding was done to have it cleaned and coated for corrosion prevention and preparation for body and paint. In other words, unlike the race cars, ours didn't come back "flimsy".
Since this car will never ever be in any kind of inclement weather again, it will never
rust.
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Yes.
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C Body Bob
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Just beautifull. You bringing that to Henderson
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I would like to say yes but it was there last year....even though it is wearing new shoes
now (pic). We are breaking ground on a new shop and I haven't heard any requests to
hitch up the trailer yet.
