Build Thread for my 68 Coronet R/T Convertible

[B-Body 70]

Hi all, this is going well!! I’m on that last stage of cutting at 3000 grit today. Loving it!!
Tony

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Thank You Tony... I'm excited to get started on this project..... Wish I had ignored Dean four years ago....

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Just a little update... Tony has been putting in a lot of hours making this car far better than I ever expected.... Thirty years ago I was a patient guy, these days I can get in a hurry.... Tony was always more detail oriented than me, not saying I haven't always been a detail oriented guy but I've kinda relaxed & accepted things as they are... Not Tony.... He still pays attention to the details... This car is gonna look amazing....

 

[Kern Dog]

Oooooh.
Ready by early April ?

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Oooooh.
Ready by early April ?

It might be.... In 2027...

Better yet, ask me on April 1st...

 

[B-Body 70]

Just a little update... Tony has been putting in a lot of hours making this car far better than I ever expected.... Thirty years ago I was a patient guy, these days I can get in a hurry.... Tony was always more detail oriented than me, not saying I haven't always been a detail oriented guy but I've kinda relaxed & accepted things as they are... Not Tony.... He still pays attention to the details... This car is gonna look amazing....

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Thanks!! I can’t help myself… this car is too nice not to make it the best of my ability!!!

 

[Don selleck]

wow, looking great!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Oooooh.
Ready by early April ?

Even I couldn’t make that deadline. Late April, yes, but early April, no.

 

[Mr. PNW]

That deep dark red is going to look great on sunny days.

 

[gtx6970]

Well, I'll be.

Its about time

I remember progress photos of this car , What 20 years ago on Moparts ?

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Well, I'll be.

Its about time

I remember progress photos of this car , What 20 years ago on Moparts ?

Yeah... I'm not a body & paint guy... I have so many parts all restored waiting, but I'm at the mercy of paint & body people... Starting to see the home stretch... Time to figure out what obscure part I don't have that'll put me back on hold....
Hell, I bought a few parts from you when you were in business back east, maybe Kentucky?

 

[Kern Dog]

Remind me...what engine is going into this? How is the build of that?

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Remind me...what engine is going into this? How is the build of that?

I have a date correct 440 HP, not a numbers correct deal but not VIN stamped either...
I have these pistons... ICON IC836.030 ICON Premium Forged Pistons | Summit Racing
These rods... Eagle Specialty Products ZZZ-CRS6760B3D Eagle H-Beam Connecting Rods | Summit Racing
I've got a mild SFT cam, don't have the specs handy at the moment..
Block is currently at my buddies shop, He's letting me use his equipment.. I've decked it to 10.715, line honed, rough bored, still needs to go in the Sunnen CK10 for final honing...
Crank is .010/.010
got a set of 915's that I've invested a few weeks of spare time grinding on... 2.14/1.81 valves...
Should be 9.5-1, tight quench with iron heads...

 

[gtx6970]

Yeah... I'm not a body & paint guy... I have so many parts all restored waiting, but I'm at the mercy of paint & body people... Starting to see the home stretch... Time to figure out what obscure part I don't have that'll put me back on hold....
Hell, I bought a few parts from you when you were in business back east, maybe Kentucky?

Yep, Been a while

Sold the business about 10 years ago now I think

 

[1 Wild R/T]

That is all.....

 

[eldubb440]

well done......

 

[1 Wild R/T]

well done......

Crazy thing, that's still the heavy cut foam pad, still gotta hit it with the orbital & maybe even wax.....
Been painted five years, it's probably done gassing for & ready for wax...

 

[eldubb440]

it'll get you noticed........ I can't look at fresh paint 5 days, let alone 5 years