Holy shit an update.
So the car went back to the body shop for its final application of paint, decals, stripes, trim pieces, and other finishing touches. We were given an estimate for completion of 2-3 weeks.
Six months later, we said "fuck this, give us the car back." By this point, the car had at least received paint but no other work had been done. While we will have to take the car to yet another shop to have the stripes and molding installed, it did allow us to get pretty much everything else together.
Bumpers, grille, and headlights are all in:
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We installed the carpet, interior panels, and newly reupholstered seats.
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You can see the front door panels are missing, we were waiting on a couple of tiny plastic clips to arrive so we could install the door lock cylinders and handles. Once those are in, the panels can be installed and the interior will be effectively complete. Not shown, but the rear end is finished with the quarter panel extensions, tallights, trunk panels, etc.
Remainder of the to-do list as far as I can remember:
- Locks/handles/door panels
- rear marker light bulbs
- replace neutral safety switch
- Side stripes
- Side molding
- Windshield wipers
- Install lower windshield trim
- Replace bad brake master cylinder
Pretty short list, thankfully. Light at the end of the tunnel and all that.
However, all is not well in Hemi-land. There is a major oil-coolant mix going on, in which the oil is contaminated by coolant even with the engine shut off. If you pour coolant into the rad, it heads straight to the oil pan until the coolant level drops to a certain point. I'm hoping it's just a bad intake gasket rather than a head gasket problem, we're going to pull the intake off in the next couple weeks and see what we find.