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Day one vs today; A three year span. It has been on the road for almost two years now and he is enjoying every minute of it. At the time, I was not so sure that those 20 hour weekends to meet a 14 month resto schedule was worth it.

Since we have been back up and running for a year plus I seem to keep chasing AC issues that all fall back to poor workmanship by others. I used the Classic Air kit retaining the factory heater box. The hoses are sent loose on one end for custom fitting which then requires the fitting to be...

Old man yelling at the clouds here. The 68’ Coronet build is deep in the books(documented on FBBO) and just looking back through some pictures. The 15 year old shown installing the rear end on his soon to be car is now 17 and can tell me by the morning weather how the car is going to drive...

Back into paint on the 68’ Coronet. Painted last year, made it 30 days and a storm dropped a limb on the rear quarter top. Cleaned it up the best it could be addressed without paint/ body for several months and then ended up kicking the engine back to the builder for a warranty call. Took the...

New build with 100% done in the yard except shopped a crate motor due to time constraints. Winter went fine, but just real unhappy with oil pressure dipping down towards 6 psi on a soaked hot idle. Went ahead and got a new 63HP pump and found this on removal of the crate pump. I know it won’t...

I have a Hayden 2947 on the 440 build but the come on temp is too high for my tastes, about 190* on the engine I think. I researched and cut a new groove at position A(below) and it should have dropped the come on about 20*. It did not seem to change anything. Is B the correct way to move...

68’ Coronet 440 with Right Stuff 4 wheel disk conversion. We just got the car rolling and the right rear is giving me fits. All of the brakes work great but the right rear has a very low frequency groan while driving. Apply the brakes and it goes away so it is in the brake assembly. I...

Finally driving and car behind points out wheel wobble. We put it up on stands and it is pretty bad, both sides. Pulled wheel and retested with disk only installed and it is still there. 68’ 8 3/4” with new 489 3.55 sure grip. Axles are original with green bearings. Rear disk...

Picture below is the original flasher (68 Coronet 440). Every electronic flasher I have looked at is no where near the blade pattern here. Even a two blade replacement looks as though it would not fit. Anyone have the right part number?

Kids help last year on disassembly. 68 Coronet 440. He did not label this and I can’t find it. Looks important to me. There are (2) each. Any help on what this is?

68’ Coronet that has the factory bracket in place but the nut was not installed. I will be using the pictured anchor plate but I can’t seem to find any good instructions on pulling the A/B/C interior pillar trim. Does anyone have a good video or instructions. It appears to just be clipped in...

68 Coronet going from the 318 motor/727/3.23 rear to 440 motor/TKX 5 speed/3.55 rear. Daily driver is the end goal. The options below are Wide or close. Gear Sets: Wide 3.27, 1.98, 1.34, 1.00, 0.72 Close 2.87, 1.89, 1.28, 1.00, 0.81 or 0.68 SST has recommended the close. Anyone have some...

Any input on these heaters cores? Now that I have dug into ours, I need the heater core rebuilt/replaced, the bypass valve shown rebuilt/replaced, and the heater control valve at the firewall rebuilt/replaced. For Gary to rebuild my core is $300. I can’t find rebuild kits for the bypass valve...

In most cars it is the external corrosion not the internal corrosion that kills the heater cores. Leaves, bugs, nuts, chipmunks, and water. Let copper stew in that mess long enough and you get a new air freshener along with wet carpet. Just pulled down our 68’ Coronet original air box. Semi...

Getting ready to pull the trigger on the 440 and this question has popped up. I understand the difference, but I don’t know enough about the issue to know if one way is better or not. In my case, the motor would be coming from one source and the flywheel and tranny from another. If you go...

i got the front end rebuild kit from Dr Diff and assumed I was getting the standard idler arm and not the fast. The old one is straight where this one has the offset like a think the fast arms have. Thoughts on the picture? If it is the fast, I assume that I must match up the pitman arm, both...

I need some help on how the pivot shaft acts once installed in the k frame. Assuming rubber bushings, the pivot shaft is pressed into the LCA which then becomes fixed, no rotation. The back side is the torsion bar pocket which once installed is fixed and the T bar twists as needed for the...

New build. Father/son (15 yr old, first car) hopefully more son than father but I know how that goes. Car history. My FIL drove home from the dealership in a 1968 Dodge Coronet. He drove it every day (250,000+miles) until 1994 when the tranny finally started slipping and he parked it in the...

68’ Coronet 440. New to the game here with this build/first car for my 15 yr old. Appreciate all of the forum information and most questions are already answered. We have the steering column out to check bearings, rebuild the shoes, and convert it over from auto to stick shift. Is there a...