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My 72 Dodge Chop Project
#755740 January 12th 2020 9:37 pm
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I picked up this 72 a few months ago.....was only 3 miles from my house.....had been sitting in a carport for 20 years....and was $350!!!!! Going to fix the body rust, build some crazy ground effects and chop the top!
Brought it home and washed off 20 years of dust/dirt.

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Re: My 72 Dodge Chop Project
Lee7673 #755741 January 12th 2020 9:41 pm
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Started removing some rust and replacing some patch panels

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All glass removed and ready to start the chop. Will be welding cross braces inside to keep minimal flexing. Will start laying out with tape how much to chop and what angle.

All glass out:
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Re: My 72 Dodge Chop Project
Lee7673 #755746 January 12th 2020 11:17 pm
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Hell yeah! That Dodge is awesome.


You hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos, elephants and tacky tigers
This town ain't big enough for the both of us
And it ain't me who's gonna leave
Re: My 72 Dodge Chop Project
Lee7673 #755756 January 13th 2020 7:58 am
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Can't wait to see the progress on this one! Perfect blank canvas. One question though... What is the deal with the "Otis" can hanging from the passenger side sunvisor? lol


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I disconnected the fuel tank to either clean or replace and have that with a valve/line run to the carb temporarily to run. Going to replace the engine and transmission (it’s a 6 cylinder and it’s tired....it runs but not well)

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Lee7673 #755762 January 13th 2020 8:26 am
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Originally Posted by Lee7673
I disconnected the fuel tank to either clean or replace and have that with a valve/line run to the carb temporarily to run. Going to replace the engine and transmission (it’s a 6 cylinder and it’s tired....it runs but not well)


Awesome, I've done similar cans before and didn't even think about that being what you were using it for. I robbed a plastic gas tank off of a push mower I was scrapping years ago, and that's my go-to hanging gas can now.


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Lee7673 #755766 January 13th 2020 2:04 pm
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If this turns out anything like your other wild dodge, this one is gonna be cool! I’m very interested to see what you do with ground effects.


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Death or victory #755772 January 13th 2020 6:42 pm
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This is similar to what I want to do (without the windows and wing....but I probably will do some type of wing)
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