Mopar Trunk Detail
Understanding and correctly detailing one of the most overlooked areas of your Mopar musclecar
by Tom Shaw
photos by Tom Shaw
This is the trunk floor of an unrestored, 13,000-mile 1969 Hemi GTX. It’s got its share of weatherstrip adhesive spills too, as you can see here on the lower left side of the trunk opening.
Also on the GTX, note the two random strokes of body seam sealer. The blue wire is the fuel tank sending unit wire, common to all B-bodys. At the top of the photo, near the trunk lid hinge, is the switch for the trunk light that was included with the optional A01 Light Group. If that option wasn’t installed, the tab was left open. Also notice how the primer puddled and wrinkled up in the low areas after it was partially submerged in a primer tank.
The nylon rub blocks on the trunk lid torsion bar springs are installed before the trunk area is painted, so they should be body color. Paint adhesion is not good on unprepped nylon, so it can and does flake off in some areas, but you can see that much of the original green paint remains. The inset photos shows a “restored” trunk from a ’70 AAR Cuda. This rub block was replaced, but not repainted body color. This is a common mistake.
Here is the trunk hinge on Frank’s unrestored ’69 Road Runner. It’s light Sunfire Yellow (Y2) color is close to the nylon rub block’s natural color, so it might be difficult to see that it’s painted, but look close and you can see the paint pattern. Also, you can see more weatherstrip adhesive dripped on the hinge.
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