Fixing water damage on the old Dodge (pics)
I got started on my summer project the last couple days. I found this thing on Craig's list for $100 and drove it home. It's a 78 Dodge Monaco 23' with a 440. Here's what it looked like when I brought...
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I got the right side all de-skined today.
Then got to looking at the roof....
It has 2x2s on roughly 16 inch centers. My plan is to change this to 2x4s on maybe 24 inch centers reshaped down to 2 inch on the ends to make a crown for runoff. Maybe even reshape the nose on the overhead downhill in the front for better wind resistance. I'm talking with a couple local people about finding some extra skin to omit the front window (it was cracked anyway). We'll make a 21st century C out of it yet! :B
Then got to looking at the roof....
It has 2x2s on roughly 16 inch centers. My plan is to change this to 2x4s on maybe 24 inch centers reshaped down to 2 inch on the ends to make a crown for runoff. Maybe even reshape the nose on the overhead downhill in the front for better wind resistance. I'm talking with a couple local people about finding some extra skin to omit the front window (it was cracked anyway). We'll make a 21st century C out of it yet! :B
