Carpenters Special - 69 bee clone bruiser

Since it's a Friday night I thought I start posting my project here as well. It was a 69 Coronet 500 that I bought as a pro streeter which turned out to be a piece of rusted out sht and so as I started to work on the car one thing led to another and has led me into new territory. Here is a pic of what it looked like when I bought it. This car was a total hack job and my heart just sank as I got further into it.
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I started to do some mock up work and realized that this thing needed to be blasted.
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Once I was done blasting I could get on to some rust repair and lots of fabricating.
Before
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After
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Wow! Keep posting pictures of progress. I like the blast booth. Did it work well?

When I got the car it was already micky mouse back halved so I had to fab up my own frame rails and redo everything. The front frame rails were also rotted out so I ended up doing a complete tube chassis frame with a 14 point cage.
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I opened everything up for rust removal and took out the fire wall because it was swiss cheese.
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This is the lawn mower engine I decided to use. A 493 stroker
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Doing some tin work in the back.
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The wheels combo - 33x19.5 out back and 26x7.5 out front.
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I got a motor plate from a new friend and used it for a pattern to make a new one. the one on the right I used as a pattern and the one on the left I made and has since been cut with angles on the top. The one on the right is smaller and is made of 1/4" thick material, mine I made bigger and out of 3/8" thick material.
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I have a Dana 60 and ladder bar with QA1 coil over suspension going in and I had to make all the brackets front and back because I was not going to pay $60 for the front brackets, $60 for the shock mount brackets. The front were not going to work anyway so custom we went. The ladder bars came with brackets but were not 3/16" as stated on the box so custom we went and the upper and lower shock mount brackets well......custom we went.
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holy crap! did you keep ANY of the original car? i thought mine was rusty. good work.

This is why I will never blast my car.
I would have to scrap it!

That old rear chassis section looked like a nightmare, unfortunately for you the rest of the car seemed to follow suit.
Nice work on the rebuild though.....keep the updates and pics comming.

wow what a great project

A little more tin work.
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The cage for the fuel cell going in.
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A little sheet metal work.
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The fenders were complete shit so I had started doing a frankenstein repair on the passenger side using two complete different fenders. I used the front of another 69 and the back of a 68 and fused them together. The reason for this is because trying to find good fenders is next to impossible and I had been looking a long time. I since have found a good passenger side fender and just recently acquired a driver side fender in awesome shape. I will probably keep the good passenger side fender for my 69 Super bee that is line for a resto.
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My intention was not to have to do this much work on the car or spend a lot of money on it. I was originally doing the 66 mustang coupe I got for my wife then I was going to do the Super bee. A few pics.
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17 hrs later.
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The Super bee in waiting.
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I am also help a friend restore his 69 Roadrunner 383 4spd post car. He bought the car with the best of intentions but had no tools no shop and absolutely no experience what so ever working on a car. so let the lessons begin. First he had a shop built then he bought a bunch of tools and a rotisserie. He bought the car when the market was high and got taken as I did with my 500 and is in very rough shape buy oh well you know what they say " Life wouldn't be fun with out a challenge ". He did not touch the car for two years because he didn't know where to start and was about to sell the car until I offered to help him as much as I could until it was completed. I just have a couple of phone pics handy at the moment of the car after we put it on the rotisserie.
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We now have the car set up in a booth and I have my sand blaster there and I have him media blasting with aluminum oxide which I just happen to get six 55 gal drums of for free and has only been used once to blast new metal. I will keep you guys posted as I get some pics.

Wow, thats one hell of a project right there!
Good thing you have bodywork skills!

A little more tin work.
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I had to do these in two pieces, need to trim the bottom yet and rivet them in after I do some more priming in this area.
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A few pics of the cage bars, I did all these joints with a grinder and zip blades. Very time consuming but the joints turned out really nice.
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Damn buddy thats alot of work you've done there,lookin killer, I wouldn't mind having a pro-street b body, check mine out when you get a chance. Keep up the good work and the pics coming love the way it looks with the new rear tires.Think I can borrow that 493 from you.(lol) just kidding, engine looks real nice keep up the good work

Thanks for the kind words guys.

I got the floor pans and tunnel made and welded the tunnel and the front pans in but just riveting the main floor pans in and have them seam sealed.
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Got the fire wall almost done except for where the steering column comes through and just doing a little filler on the bottom before I spray DP 90.
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I am in the process of taking off the roof skin due to having vinyl roof rot. The structure under neath has some flash rust but is really nice and a lot of areas you can see new metal but hard to see in the pics.
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Did a repair on the lower driver side structure behind where the rear leg of the fender is. It was rotted out on the inside so I had to repair inside and outside of the structure.
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Made this piece for the outside structure.
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Some nice work you have going there. Are you a carpenter or did I miss something?.

It's a freaking work or ART!

Some nice work you have going there. Are you a carpenter or did I miss something?.

Yes I am a journeyman carpenter by trade but started working on cars when I was 16 and my first car was a 71 Triumph TR6 -stripped it down to bare metal did the body work and primer took in for a $350 dollar paint job and redid the complete interior. Back then me and the buds were always working on cars but I haven't done anything since I was 24 until a couple years ago and I can honestly say I really missed the work and if I had kept doing it I probably wouldn't have stayed in construction, which is going on 32 years. I started working on a commercial construction site when I was 15. My other hobby is furniture making and refinishing but since I bought the cars I put all the big wood working tools in one corner of the shop and covered them up. My favorite is making 17 century Queen-Anne style furniture and I also worked for a shipyard company working on 10 - 12 million dollar yachts doing millwork fabrication and installation.

6x 55 gallon drums of AO for free? Man, wanna give me one for free?

That is fricking amazing work. Did you get a car with that VIN tag?
There is a serious amount of craftsmanship and attention to detail that you don't often see.

Yes I am a journeyman carpenter by trade but started working on cars when I was 16 and my first car was a 71 Triumph TR6 -stripped it down to bare metal did the body work and primer took in for a $350 dollar paint job and redid the complete interior. Back then me and the buds were always working on cars but I haven't done anything since I was 24 until a couple years ago and I can honestly say I really missed the work and if I had kept doing it I probably wouldn't have stayed in construction, which is going on 32 years. I started working on a commercial construction site when I was 15. My other hobby is furniture making and refinishing but since I bought the cars I put all the big wood working tools in one corner of the shop and covered them up. My favorite is making 17 century Queen-Anne style furniture and I also worked for a shipyard company working on 10 - 12 million dollar yachts doing millwork fabrication and installation.

I too am a journeyman carpenter and have been doing construction of one form or another for 22 years or so. I design and build furniture as well as restore, but am into mid century modern stuff. Also built auto show exhibits for 7 years, it's all fun to me, but my wood shop has been shrinking as my auto resto shop grows. You do awesome work, keep it up and check out my resto thread on my `68 Road Runner, the "JUNKYARD DOG" when you get a chance.

Whats left of the original car? the title? lol very nice work. thank you for documenting it. its inspiration to all of us

Whats left of the original car? the title? lol very nice work. thank you for documenting it. its inspiration to all of us

Not much is left and would have been a lot easier if it was stock. I keep running into the domino affect. Thanks again for the wonderful comments guys and I get my inspiration from all the projects you guys post and the posts I see on other sites, one nice thing about the internet.

6x 55 gallon drums of AO for free? Man, wanna give me one for free?

I'll trade you for some blasting.

I too am a journeyman carpenter and have been doing construction of one form or another for 22 years or so. I design and build furniture as well as restore, but am into mid century modern stuff. Also built auto show exhibits for 7 years, it's all fun to me, but my wood shop has been shrinking as my auto resto shop grows. You do awesome work, keep it up and check out my resto thread on my `68 Road Runner, the "JUNKYARD DOG" when you get a chance.

Awesome work you are doing on your car dematt1

Hey Superfreak, deal! 55 gal of AO, humm, what grit is it? I see one problem; shipping of the AO and your parts, but, I'll do it! Working out the shipping is going to be the issue, let's talk...here or at/thru my site; www.drblast.com Thanks.

good job you payed attention in metal shop back in high school.
Dont they look way cool in bare metal?

This is before the roof skin got pulled.
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Did the doors a little while ago. Had to repair the lower inner structure on both doors front and back and then do some skin repair.

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Cleaning up the roof structure, getting the remnants of the old skin off and pulled the deck filler off.

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Got the Bee out of my hair........oops

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This where I'm at at the moment with the work going on the back end.

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Nice work as usual!

This is freeking awesome!!

Someday, someday I will tackle this sort of a project with a too far gone 64 galaxie 500XL that I use as a yard ornimant right now.

Sorry for mentioning a Ford in your bad ass bee project thread but I saw the mustang and figured the F-word might not offend too badly.

this is one bad ass Bee for sure.

Nice work as usual!

Yes indeed!

Decided to work on the car today after humming and hoeing until about two o'clock. I have been sick with the flu and coming home after work the last thing on my mind was to go in the shop and work on my shit box.
Got the roof skin off the old frame and then placed on the car for a looksy. This took me 7 1/2 hrs and what a somebitch of a job that was and I still have a bunch of work on it and have to get rid of the rust on the underside. I wanted to just get a new skin but I thought I would try and salvage this one, so far so alright.

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Got the roof skin and the deck filler panel fitted, cleaned the outside of the skin, then I will use some muriatic acid to do the inside and then blast the edges inside and out and then weld it in place.

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Damn! Amazing as usual.

Nice work!

I Agree!


Even how the car is now, those big meats on the back make the car look mean as hell..

Thanks guys.

nice work on the roof skin.

Hey Super, nice work. Got a question for you. We have our tubs in the 1970 but don't have the new quarters on yet, did you have to adjust the front edge of the wheel opening so it dosn't touch the tire?

Hey Super, nice work. Got a question for you. We have our tubs in the 1970 but don't have the new quarters on yet, did you have to adjust the front edge of the wheel opening so it dosn't touch the tire?

I cut the lip off all around and took 1 1/2" off from the front and back. Doing this the 1/4 becomes flimsy so I shaped a piece of round stock 3/16" to match the contours of the 1/4 panel and then welded it in right at the edge. I am using a 33" tall tire and wanted to get the face of the tire 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" from the outside face of the 1/4 panel. I don't like the look of the tire being 4-6 inches in.

I'm kind of hurting for an inspirational update... got anything?

:grin:

I'm kind of hurting for an inspirational update... got anything?

:grin:

Sorry Dave but I got nothing, so I am going to a custom car show tomorrow to get a little more inspiration myself. I will post a few pics just for you to help you out,LOL.

Buddy of mine is headed to Winnipeg with a 37 lincoln zepher woody in a trailer, he's just at the final completion stages with it, beautiful car.

I guess it's car show season everywhere. If I had one happening closer to home I might go myself. Nothing like a little shine and gleam to inspire.

The best thing about this thread to me is it kind of shows me how to go about tackling my Barracuda. So many things I would stand and scratch my head over I can see the steps involved. thanks for the insight.

Went to a local car show today with my wife and found the color for my car. I was originally going to go with House of kolor tangelo pearl but after seeing a few cars at other shows wearing that color I wasn't sure it was what I wanted so I have been jumping back and forth. With all the work I have been putting in to this car, and still will be, I think it's a huge decision to get the right color. I have been going through color charts and on line pics, going to car shows, taking lots of pics and printing lots of pics and now I have found the right one for me. This shade of orange is being worn by a 31 chevy and I think it is absolutely spectacular.

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Wow good choice, too many guys with tough cars like yours have a need to paint it bad ass black or something like that. It will look like a piece of candy you'd want to eat. Got to ask if your going to paint the roll cage the same or contrasting?

Wow good choice, too many guys with tough cars like yours have a need to paint it bad ass black or something like that. It will look like a piece of candy you'd want to eat. Got to ask if your going to paint the roll cage the same or contrasting?

The cage will be black.

A few up-date pics.
Got some doors with really good frames and glass so I will keep the other ones as spares. Got a little work done on the hood.

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Wow looks good! Wish i had a garage to tackle a project like that.

Like the bird catcher. What's your plan for front suspension? Thanks for the rear wheel opening dimensions.

That paint is gonna look awesome on that car!! Nice choice!

I'm a big fan of that color too. I had a bike with a similar color on it and I loved it. I wanted to paint everything I owned that color lol!!

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can't wait to see that color on that car.

Well I finally got the Dana complete, just need to put another coat of primer on it and paint it. I just need to buy the emergency brake cable kit and that is it for the rear. So far it cost me just over $3500, ouch!

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wow very nice rear

nice work

This thread is awesome, don´t know how I could miss it! This is one of my favorite project, I want one too!!!
If I will be reborn as a car, this is the one I would choose.

Thanks again for the kind words guys......... you're going to make cry.

Awesome, Awesome work on this car. You Sir are to be congratulated. Keep those pics comin

Well I got the rear painted this weekend and the rotors and I made a dolly for the rear.

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Mission accomplished.
I have been looking for the owner of this 31 custom chevy and at the car show on Sat I saw the car again and had the opportunity to speak with him and he gladly gave me all the info for the color.

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Man, what an awsome build... Not to mention your skills... Looking Great, Man. I think that color will really set off your car nicely.

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Started installing the rear end.

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awesome set-up on the rear end!!!!

Got the new 1/4 skin for the drivers side ( pooched the other one and was not happy ) and just did a rough fit until I get the roof skin finished. I want to keep the factory profile around the wheel well so I will probably replace the skin on the passenger side as well but I do have to tinker with the lower sections. I want to get all the sheetmetal finished so I can get started on the body work.

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Well I have been working 7 days a week and lots of evenings after work so no time to work on the car but parts are coming in. Got the rad, shroud, fans, starter and got the motor assembled by a friend except for the intake and carbs, still have to pick it up. The timing is right so I started another motor build. Have a siamese hemi mega block coming and a dyers blower, GRP aluminum rods showed up last night and got a smoken deal on set of stage V big valve heads from FHO. The heads have been fully cnc'd and flow 500 plus. Titanium 2.4 intake valves, titanium 1.9 exhaust valves, light weight titanium retainers, Nextec polished valve springs and some high dollar locking lash cap system ( will get more on this ). The heads were used for one dyno session by FHO for testing new rockers they developed and according to Tim Banning they look brand new. Also Tim will be helping and guiding me with the build so. The blower is an 8-71 Dyers and I will change up to a 14-71 due to the amount of cubes. This build will be a 588" and with the 14-71 I can run lower rpm to reach my goal of 1200-1500 HP and after that we can play with pully sizes and see what happens.

Wow, so 2 engines 1 car? Something we don't know about?

No........momma's ok with two engines but if she see's another car then I'll be in big shit so no stirring up of any hornet nests around here. How's the Dog coming along?

Haven't seen it in months, but work is about to start progressing without me. One way or another, it'll be painted this winter. Starting on the engine rebuild shortly...

Man I don't know how I missed this build! The fabrication you've done is incredible to say the least...any chance of having it on the road this coming season...

I haven't checked in here for a while, what a treat.

This is one bad ass Dodge.

Go man go!!

Well I haven't posted in a while, have been busy working and have not had a chance to work on the car but I have been buying lots of parts. I got my rad and fans here and the fiberglass bumpers ( not sure if I will use the bumpers ). I had a good talk with Bill from RMS regarding the Alterkation unit and he told me the unit was actually designed for my type of application and morphed into stock application. I have been looking at all possible avenues and after talking with Bill I decided to order one and it will be ready to ship in about three weeks. Bill makes mounts for the upper control arm that I can weld to the frame rails and by using the same shorter mounts for both the front and rear of the control arm it brings the control arm more level and actually gives the suspension better geometry. The complete Wilwood disc brake kit is coming with it as well ( 11" slotted and drilled rotors, 4 piston calipers ). I have also been buying parts for the new 588" blown Hemi which I am going to have the machining, assembly and dyno done by Performance Only in Florida. I have also changed my mind on the color and have had this option on the back burner before I decided on the last color. This has been the hardest part of the whole project. What do you think of my choice.

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Simply awesome!!!!!!!!!! Great choice. Man that thing is gonna be sweet!

That color is dope! Kind of a candied burnt orange.

You are frigg'in gifted

You are frigg'in gifted

At being a pain in the ass to my wife............ yes, thankyou.

that color would just ROCK!!!!!!

Well I finally got the Alterkation unit in my hands to the tune of $5900, ouch. I started doing the sub assemblies and found a few things I don't like so I have to change those and I got the short mounting brackets for the upper control arms and they are so thin and not the correct width so I have to make my own and send the ones I got back to RMS.
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Wow $5,900 and there are parts that you want to send back? That seems crazy to me!

The brackets are what he makes but they just aren't to my liking along with a couple small things, over all I like this unit but it cost me a bundle due to the exchange, shipping and taxes bringing it across the border. The kit also includes the Willwood disc brake kit with slotted and drilled rotors. The price of hot rodding man and when you are out shit beating on the fords and chevys who really gives a shit about a few extra grand.

wow, i have to place this thread on my top 5 favorite. I drooled the whole 5 pages! Cant wait for more!