1968 GTX Resto-Mod

[dpaul63]

I haven’t posted in a few years because my build stalled due to an unscrupulous builder. I had to settle for just storing her till I could find a better builder. So, the latest is my new builder has a good plan to finish the metal fabrication and recommended the use of a Roadster Shop frame to give her the ability to handle like a modern performance car. I’ll post some pictures of the engine, chassis, and now the body sitting on the frame.

 

[Pikser]

Not much traction from those tires !

 

[super-bee_ski]

Not much traction from those tires !

 

[64Orange]

Woah! That looks freaking cool!

 

[dpaul63]

Not much traction from those tires !

I thought I’d go a different direction with my rims and tires!

 

[dpaul63]

Woah! That looks freaking cool!

Thanks 64Orange! All positive comments are appreciated.

 

[Budnicks]

pretty racy looking frame

cool project

 

[440Coronet500]

Damn, nice fabrication skills there. That thing is going to be a beast! 440'

 

[dpaul63]

pretty racy looking frame

cool project

Budnicks, it’s hard to look at your GTX after it’s been gutted. It’s even harder to imagine how she’s going to look like when you see it in pieces like a jigsaw puzzle. It’s only when the parts come together that you stop waking up at night in a panic remembering that this jigsaw puzzle used to be a running car with a 500 ci stroker. It’s not for the faint at heart!

 

[dpaul63]

Damn, nice fabrication skills there. That thing is going to be a beast! 440'

440Coronet500, I spent 21 years in the Corps making chump change because I loved what I did! I got lucky and made some large green going places that nobody else wanted to go. Working with young troops trying to teach them how to do their job and stay alive. I never imagined I’d ever be able to do something like this, but here I am. Ain’t life crazy!

 

[#41]

I'd say more of a Mod-Resto than Resto-Mod. Looks like art.

 

[dpaul63]

I'd say more of a Mod-Resto than Resto-Mod. Looks like art.

#41, I definitely agree. I was even impressed by the welds. The Roadster Shop definitely has their act together.

 

[roadrunnerh]

I admire your skillset!

 

[dpaul63]

I admire your skillset!

Roadrunner, my skill set is knowing what I don’t know. Then find someone who can build the things I can’t. In the end it costs more, but she should be able to run and handle with the best of modern muscle cars.

 

[Magnum GTX]

Pizza cutters on all 4-corners..... Gonna be sweet when it's finished.

 

[ckessel]

Looks nice. Great way to use a car that has rotted floors, frame rails etc. I like how their and Morrisons units are not Stang2 based. Much better engineering for real street and track use.

 

[dpaul63]

I thought that I’d drop an update on my 68 GTX resto-mod. Goolsby Customs has totally blown my GTX apart and unfortunately found some corrosion caused by the last builder burning the welds in too hot and without using weld through primer. To be honest she’s a 56 year old car and corrosion in the channels that the rear glass sits in is very common for a Mopar B body. Although the cost to fabricate and repair that area was steep and totally unexpected. You can see in the included pictures the new wheel tubs fabricated by my builder. I will be running 345/20s on the back. At this stage of the build she is finally on the ground and they are doing the final metalwork prior to going to paint. I hope you like what you see. It’s been a long, hard road, but she’s finally on the ground!!!

 

[moparedtn]

I thought that I’d drop an update on my 68 GTX resto-mod. Goolsby Customs has totally blown my GTX apart and unfortunately found some corrosion caused by the last builder burning the welds in too hot and without using weld through primer. To be honest she’s a 56 year old car and corrosion in the channels that the rear glass sits in is very common for a Mopar B body. Although the cost to fabricate and repair that area was steep and totally unexpected. You can see in the included pictures the new wheel tubs fabricated by my builder. I will be running 345/20s on the back. At this stage of the build she is finally on the ground and they are doing the final metalwork prior to going to paint. I hope you like what you see. It’s been a long, hard road, but she’s finally on the ground!!!

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Good Lord. Down to the bone!
If Fred saw these pics, he'd run off in our woods and hide for days....


Ut-oh....

 

[ckessel]

You're getting there!

 

[Pistol Pete]

That tub is pretty sweet.