Resto mod street beast from a 67 Coronet 500.
About this Mopar:
Steering gear box cleaned up and mounted to K frame
Windshield wiper under dash mount fabricated and primed
Aluminum frame/ skeleton for the Audi dash.
Hole cut for floor shift. The actual shift lever will be about 13" rearward from there because the dash is wide front to back.
Trunk lid gas lift mount with hole drilled for gas tank filler hose/ pipe to pass through in order to miss the swing of the trunk hinge arm
Box and LCA on K frame
LCA's on K frame
right rear suspension 1rst time together and on ground
Left rear...
Explosion barrier between trunk and cab. Fashioned from old hood skin steel. lol. waste not...
750 Dual feed Holley rebuilt and sitting on top of M1 intake w/ new fuel inlet and pressure gauge
Fabricating the center pull Audi E brake mechanism. Lots o fun...
Chestnut brown Metallic in the sun! Looks like molten copper but in the shade looks lighter and smooth.
320 wet & dry paper under a sheet of glass used to sand down the surfaces of the heads & block. Worked a charm!
Cleaned up valve after lapping
Lapping valves the old fashioned way!
73 HP 440 block in electrolysis tank...
6 pac rods
home made pistol grip 1st rev... billet steel apply band strut in place..
pistol grip...
mock up positioning and ergonomics test...passed!
New HD billet steel 727 trans apply band strut. Wont snap on hard shifting...
Cleaning up the empty 74 tranny case
new Red Eagle clutch friction discs
Black Kolene racing steels
74 727 from behind a 440 six pac, has hardened shaft, 4 pinion planetaries, 5 disc clutchs, 12 spring sprag, HD pump etc...
one of my not so fine ideas....lol.
66 Charger hidden headlights mock up with new electric motors on fabricated mounting plates for alignment. white nylon spacers inserted/ pressed into the mounting donut bores to keep the center drive shaft centered in the bore. One of my better ideas!
Right rear lower quarter replacement panel fabrication
K frame all painted up with Eastwood Chassis Black tough paint.
74 valve body and trans guts laid out on bench.
fabricating a correct length/ type of shift lever torque rod for the floor shift. Center of front bumper cut out to become an air ram space.
Front bumper sliced and diced, cut & pasted to shorten, rebend, and recontour to hug the front fender outlines. also had to fill in the turn signal mount holes.
This stock bumper end spacing no longer works due to having swept back to 90* the fender noses. Upper end of steering D shaft at the Audi steering wheel head
lower end before incorporating the Borgeson knuckle & left 3/4 front of car sitting on front suspension for 1st time..
spring perches moved inboard. Valve shrouding removed from valve chamber rims
73 440 heads port matched. Port honed out smooth for increased flow..
cleaned up head ready for porting & 74 MH water pump with enlarged water flow through passage cleaned up.
73 block after electrolysis.
stock 73 440 valve train cleaned up. new Holly dual feed fuel line with inline pressure gauge. Rear main seal billet aluminum bridge.
73 440 TRW flat top pistons clean/ dirty comparison.
Holley Trick Kit bebuild kit, harware colection from stripped down carb after clean up can, collection of bling bling for the 440.
73 440 pitons con rods, valve train laid out. Crane double valve springs and Titanium caps, also has 10* titanium locks.
new disc brake calipers. Used 3" TTI rear portion exhaust pipes.
appearance of 73 440 upon disassembly. Found a shot lifter & played out cam.
73 440 ready to pull out of donor 86 Dodge Ram truck.
Rullo motorcycle pop up weld in gas cap/ filler neck. Billet Aluminum cap.
Audi door puddle lights, rear facing marker red lights mounted in 67 Coronet doors. View looking down on the end of the rear bumper/ quarter panel meeting profile. Huggy buggies!
end gap fabrication of quarters
filler & front end parts cleaned up
dissassembled leaf springs cleaned up and right side of Coronet in primer
UCA's and disc brake mounts painted in Eastwood Chassis Black
Wheels & tires arrived!
Flirted with adding power....& the 73 440 in the Dodge Ram as purchased.
76 Plymouth Volare front disc brakes
lay out and template making for the roadster panels
deck lid cleaned up and primered. Audi A/C and Heater under dash. Will be removed. Don't need no stinkin heat and A/C!!
right rear bumper. quarter profile hug. Left inner cleaned up and primed.
left inner cleaned up, right side of smooth firewall mock up, wiper indent removal fab,
left end and center view mock up.
Mancini Racing spring relocation before and after. Measure twice... cut once!!
relocation bracket and perch bolt up plate welded together and ready to bolt in place and weld to frame. One headlight bucket cleaned up and repainted.
nose sweep with trim and ill fated hood treatment idea. Open right floor pan clean up..
2004 Audi A6 interior as it looks when assembled & the 66 Thunderbird sequential "blink-blink-blink" device controller.
1st rev tail light section and the rear face cut out.
demonstration of how far rearwards the noses were cut. The angle is gone. Never liked those.. 160MPH speedo!
new placement of seat mounts to the rear by a LONG way because the Audi dash is so wide/deep front to back.
dash/console/seating mock up and test for comfort and ergonomics. 2004 Audi A6 interior as assembled..
Audi dash mock up for fitment left to right and along windshield curve. right A pillar and door area in primer
sanding off the factory paint
left side rear bumper / quarter profile. Close! Chip Foose eat yer heart out!
RoadKill Road runner inspiration comparison with the Express in early design flow. 1st set of buckets mocked in.
Recall that rear deck lid in primer? THIS was how it looked before!! rear face just prior to nervously cutting it up. point of no return!!
70 Road Runner rear bumper at purchase and my buds Super bird nose waiting to go on..Road Kill Road Runner rear face close up.
where I got the idea for using that bumper and having the exhaust tips come through the back up light holes.
Stripping the old girl..
original hood and 1st rev scoop ideas...
gas filler door filled in and spare tire well sliced out. EARLY days...lol.
Initial interior mock up
initial fabrication of roadster panel front frame using old dash shell upside down, lol. I Had no money. lol!
rear bumper end match up with quarter indents
fresh off of the trailer at my pals house in October 2014.
seat topper as front face of roadster panels mock up and placement
initial mock up of Charger front end and stock bumper to get ideas for changes
EDIT:
it's now summer of 2022 and i've been ordering parts. four wheels, four tires, bumpers, mounts, dipstick and tube, headliner, wheel studs door and glass seals..... ready for paint.
