'Cuda at Roadster Shop
 

Wanted to set up a thread on one of our newest builds - one for the Mopar fans!
Our customer came to us with a nice basic brief. He wanted a clean and simple, purposeful looking, low, fast, mean sounding, badass Cuda. We will be doing the '70 style grille and horizontal taillights with the twin scoop hood. The plan is a neaten up and tidy of many of the original features: tucking the bumpers in, gaps, a rear lower valance treatment, some cool wheels and big Brembos to slow down the 6.4 Hemi. Naturally, awesome handling was a key feature he was looking for, so we will be putting our FAST TRACK 'Cuda chassis into action.

This is the basic direction for the build. We will be playing around with a few ideas on whether to add a graphic on the side, wheel choices and tailpanel treatments. Here's a couple of ideas we are looking at for now. Stay tuned! :thumbsup:

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...and the body before stripping. Seems to be a good solid candidate on initial impressions.

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Chris,

Looking forward to this one. :cool:

Are you also considering using a black stripe?

Not sure how it would look, but the red in image #1 could still be used as a thin outline of the stripes.

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Shame you're axe-ing the round tailights, always liked those.




Jeff-

You're making me want a Mopar

Going to be another great build,......MOPAR style.
:popcorn2:

RS,You must Stop doing this.Everytime you post up something new I feel like an under-achiever.:lol: No just kidding.Your build's are awesome.Style,engineering,craftmanship,and most of all Fine Taste.

Another bad a$$ build. But do we expect anything less from RS? This will be a nice build from the norm. :D :D

I can't wait to watch this build !!!!

Yeah Marty, you can swipe some good ideas for yours when you start on it. :poke: :poke: :lmao: :lmao:

It hurt to let it go but I had to. I have this crazy idea on another project with Kenny for 2015

Going to be sweet build, looking forward to the progress.

Man that thing looks savage in the rendering. I'll be plugged into this one.

I really hope you go with the top exhaust tips. The others look nice but those are different and very clean like the rest of the car.

These are the exhaust tips I like. They are different in the fact that they are positioned vertically. :hapdance: :hapdance:

I agree. Should be another killer build.

Thanks for the kind words!:thumbsup:

The body is out at the stripper right now. We are just getting underway with the frame rail build and then onto the chassis. Should have the chassis wrapped up about the time the body comes back. Then start the build process from there. These cars have such great lines that it won't take much to make it a really sharp car. Probably not going to get too crazy with the fab work on this build, but it will definitely have some cool stuff to set it apart.

It's a clever play off of the factory bumper guard/leaf shackle relief. It looks natural. Another project to watch.

I wondered if anyone would pick up on that...:thumbsup:

Finally, a mopar. !!:thankyou:

This is going to be one sweet ride!!!

Thats just one sexy ride! Got to love them Cudas.

excited to watch this build, love your work

Amen. I like this already!! PICS!!!!!:thumbsup:

Ditto!

The body is out getting acid dipped right now. It should be back in a few weeks. We will get some pics posted as soon as the build gets underway. We might have jumped the gun on posting pics of this one!

No you didn't. We'll just sit back and patiently wait, because we know it'll be well worth the wait.:popcorn2: :popcorn2:

Any progress?

The car actually comes back today from being stripped, so we will know what we have to work with here shortly. Meanwhile, the owner settled on this color/wheel and rear end style.

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The renedering looks great. The grey on grey should be sweet. Do you guys media blast or chemical strip the projects?

Some updates on the 'cuda: the body came back in good shape with only minor repair work needed. (Why cant they all be like this!)

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LMAO! My Old car! :) Miss her! :(

Up on the lift for prep for the new full FAST TRACK 'Cuda chassis.
(More on the chassis here: http://roadstershop.com/chassis/1970-74-challengercuda/)

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Inner rockers with floor removed:

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Ride height mockup: rear tire will be 335/30 R 20 with the fronts at 295/30-R19's will be 1" larger diameter)

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I need to build a table like that. Car looks sweet.

Is this going to be on air ride?

Definitely going to follow this bad boy!

Doug

<yawning>.... Okay... I guess I'll watch this one.....



PS -- Marty you dumbass! You should have kept a body like that!

Looks great! Awesome work.

When RS gets thru with it, Marty is gonna hate the day he sold it. This car will haunt him in his dreams. :underchair: That's how killer it's gonna be.

Great start. Your chassis looks killer!! :thumbsup:

I've had a few girlfriends I should have also kept. But sooner or later you have to let them go.

btw - I will miss this car forever.