My 65 Coronet. Had it a number of years and have restored it (very unoriginal) for about 3 years now. It is now Plum Crazy and yes I know a butt stripe doesn’t really belong on it, but I had to have it anyway. Please share your thoughts.
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My 65 Coronet. Had it a number of years and have restored it (very unoriginal) for about 3 years now. It is now Plum Crazy and yes I know a butt stripe doesn’t really belong on it, but I had to have it anyway. Please share your thoughts.
It is a Plum Crazy 1965 Dodge Coronet 440. It is equipped with a 440 CI engine with an Isky Cam and other goodies. Not much original on the car, so purists may not like it. I wanted the car to be my way. All new Interior, vinyl roof, Aluminum heads, motor completely gone through, Willwood disc brakes on all four corners and Just a fun fast ride. It is a retired Dragger and won lots of races (before I owned it). My sons and I did most of the work but sent it out to get painted and new interior installed. The car was gutted for frag racing before I got it, all emblems removed, seats removed even the frame of the deck lid removed to lighten her up. I can’t tell you how hard it is to find parts for a 65 Coronet, it is just not one of the traditional Mopar cars that guys like to restore, but I have always loved the 65’s. She took a ton of work and an embarrassing amount of money yo get her back to where she is now. Hope you guys enjoy, this is the second car I have restored but I did a lot more to this one than I did to my other mopar. I am not a mechanic, I am a backyard mechanic at best. But my sons and I worked through the problems and got a lot of advice from a lot of nice folks on this forum. So thank you for those bits of advice men.
