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Old 09-20-2012 | 12:17 PM
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My Ramcharger R/T 440+6 build

Well Im not new here, but I dont post here often, but I did just read all 15 pages of a crew cam Harley themed cummins built by a guy on here from up north and made me want to post my progress so far. So here it is.

I think I may have posted a link on here once, but Ill post a few pix on here to give you guys an idea of what I started with.

This was a truck my Dad started, He died 2 years ago from cancer, and I inherited the project and made a promise to Dad that Id get it done for him.

Heres what I started with. He had the chassis done, I built the 440 for him, he did the axles, t case, tranny and frame work. I took over from there.



heres Dad and Chopper working on the chassis..

Old 09-20-2012 | 12:20 PM
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Heres me building the 440 at Dads shop in Wyoming.

Heres the 440 in the Frame at my shop in Nebraska
Old 09-20-2012 | 12:25 PM
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Heres body work I did at my shop. Im a mechanic, machinist and a welder, Im no body or paint man, but for Dad I did it all. Everything, body, paint, wetsand, buff, all of it.



Old 09-20-2012 | 12:27 PM
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More progress, I worked solid on it for about 6 months, then bought a house remodled it in like 3 months with my family, and am back on the Ramcharger.



Old 09-20-2012 | 12:31 PM
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More work, Pin striping body, work on fenders, doors, etc.





The pictures of the raw fenders are on my phone, and suck, but here they are in the booth.

Old 09-20-2012 | 12:34 PM
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I trimmed the fenders to clear the 33s, and also used a nice rock guard linner on the insides of the fenders, wheel liners, and wheel wells. Also used POR on the insides of the fenders and doors.





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Hood work and Grille work done, I used a black etch paint on all the aluminum trim and grille to get the look I was after. I mocked the grille up to mimick a Challenger or Cuda.



Dont have the body work shots of the doors on this computer either, but they were rsut free, and fairley straight. Far from perfect, but decent.

Old 09-20-2012 | 12:38 PM
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Nice Work man look's Sweet
Old 09-20-2012 | 12:40 PM
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more work





Hood work wasnt terrible, but it had slight hail damage.



scoop struts I made to get that old pro stock look to match the 69 Dart hemi scoop.

Old 09-20-2012 | 12:44 PM
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lots more work.

Heres the truck as of today. Hood is satin black. everything else is single stage PPG jet black.
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Old 09-20-2012 | 12:48 PM
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I have almost the same scoop 440 6 pack that is going on my cummin's crew


for not being a Body n paint guy you did Awesome Work Man
Old 09-20-2012 | 12:49 PM
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Heres a better one I hope.

Old 09-20-2012 | 07:07 PM
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Nice ramcharger great job on the body hopefully one day mine will look like that but with my cummins in it
Old 09-20-2012 | 08:22 PM
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Looks really good, I love ramchargers!
Old 09-20-2012 | 09:07 PM
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thats a really nice truck man, and a cool story too. what kind of power is that 440 putting down?


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