jlukas
Active Member
Hello b-bodies only members: I am the proud new owner of a 1966 Coronet 500 I picked up from Whitefish, MT a couple of weeks ago. My plans are to strip it bare, media blast it, repair the rust and cancer and build a resto-mod with a Gen 3 Hemi. My wife and I are arguing over paint choice already as I want to go with something hot-rod style like a hemi-orange metallic but she wants me to restore the original bright red.
The car is pretty solid with good floor boards, some rust on the fenders behind the tires and the major cancer confined to the rear quarters and trunk floor. It had a pretty decent interior that should be pretty easy to restore although I want to recover the seats in leather. Drivetrain was a 383 that was swapped in, original motor was E code 361 and not sure if original torqueflight is in it. VIN shows a WP car built in Los Angeles. Certicard and build-sheet are gone but other than the butchery of the wiring harness for the 383 swap and some hack-job gauge additions and a lot of odd-ball metric fasteners it appears relatively original.
I am about to pull the drivetrain and then the glass and it will be fully stripped to the body and ready for removal of the rattle-can paint job and rust.
I'll be looking for lots of help and advice from this group of enthusiasts over the next year or two as this is my first build of a classic. Most of my prior efforts have been late-model modifications (like my '12 PowerWagon in the background) and I was ready for a new challenge!
The car is pretty solid with good floor boards, some rust on the fenders behind the tires and the major cancer confined to the rear quarters and trunk floor. It had a pretty decent interior that should be pretty easy to restore although I want to recover the seats in leather. Drivetrain was a 383 that was swapped in, original motor was E code 361 and not sure if original torqueflight is in it. VIN shows a WP car built in Los Angeles. Certicard and build-sheet are gone but other than the butchery of the wiring harness for the 383 swap and some hack-job gauge additions and a lot of odd-ball metric fasteners it appears relatively original.
I am about to pull the drivetrain and then the glass and it will be fully stripped to the body and ready for removal of the rattle-can paint job and rust.
I'll be looking for lots of help and advice from this group of enthusiasts over the next year or two as this is my first build of a classic. Most of my prior efforts have been late-model modifications (like my '12 PowerWagon in the background) and I was ready for a new challenge!
