69_CoronetR/T
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Hey! I'm a new poster to the site, been lurking for a while, looking for parts for my car etc.
I bought a '69 Coronet R/T recently(September 2012) and have started the long process of restoration.
It's got the numbers matching 440, its non-six pack, and has the factory D59 code Dana 60 rear with factory 4.56 gears, and an A727 transmission. It's also super god damn rusty, seems like the guy who drove it back in the 70s and 80s took it out in the snow alot. It has rot in the rails underneath the trunk, the unibody struts underneath both doors, a large rot hole right behind the drivers seat and a couple fairly large rot holes in the drivers side footwell aswell as a couple of spots in the pass. side footwell. I need to put a roof skin on it as well as a fender, an entire trunk floor, a tail panel, and 2 quarter panel skins.
I havent checked yet to see whether or not the glass is original, but I suspect everything except the windshield is orginal. I found the broadcast sheet(rather tattered, yet still relatively readable), and figured out that it is supposed to be B7 blue(I think its B5 right now), it is a factory Rallye dash car with a factory tachometer, factory heater, factory radio(missing from the car), factory bucket seats non console with auxiliary middle seat, and it has a Dana rear(as aforementioned).
Some things I want to do to it to upgrade it from '69 technology much later in the restoration are:
-Tremec TKO 600 5 speed transmission swap
-All tubular K frame + suspension, coilovers, torsion bar elimination. Leaf spring elimination in the rear
-Edelbrock Victor series max wedge heads as well as a very big cam.
Right now it is just sitting in my driveway underneath 2 tarps, since I have yet to clean out a space in my garage for it(shame on me yes I know), but this winter I plan on getting everything stripped off, all the paint stripped, and cut all the metal off I need to, as well as replace some if I'm financially able to.
I don't have many pictures of it, but here are the good ones I have(Captions at the top of each page):
http://imgur.com/a/k8zAJ#10
I bought a '69 Coronet R/T recently(September 2012) and have started the long process of restoration.
It's got the numbers matching 440, its non-six pack, and has the factory D59 code Dana 60 rear with factory 4.56 gears, and an A727 transmission. It's also super god damn rusty, seems like the guy who drove it back in the 70s and 80s took it out in the snow alot. It has rot in the rails underneath the trunk, the unibody struts underneath both doors, a large rot hole right behind the drivers seat and a couple fairly large rot holes in the drivers side footwell aswell as a couple of spots in the pass. side footwell. I need to put a roof skin on it as well as a fender, an entire trunk floor, a tail panel, and 2 quarter panel skins.
I havent checked yet to see whether or not the glass is original, but I suspect everything except the windshield is orginal. I found the broadcast sheet(rather tattered, yet still relatively readable), and figured out that it is supposed to be B7 blue(I think its B5 right now), it is a factory Rallye dash car with a factory tachometer, factory heater, factory radio(missing from the car), factory bucket seats non console with auxiliary middle seat, and it has a Dana rear(as aforementioned).
Some things I want to do to it to upgrade it from '69 technology much later in the restoration are:
-Tremec TKO 600 5 speed transmission swap
-All tubular K frame + suspension, coilovers, torsion bar elimination. Leaf spring elimination in the rear
-Edelbrock Victor series max wedge heads as well as a very big cam.
Right now it is just sitting in my driveway underneath 2 tarps, since I have yet to clean out a space in my garage for it(shame on me yes I know), but this winter I plan on getting everything stripped off, all the paint stripped, and cut all the metal off I need to, as well as replace some if I'm financially able to.
I don't have many pictures of it, but here are the good ones I have(Captions at the top of each page):
http://imgur.com/a/k8zAJ#10
