Pictures of the Express' progress through the last 6 years.
About this Mopar:
For those who don't already know, the Yankee Express is a 1967 Coronet 500 that I bought in October of 2014 for $3700 bucks up in Messeana NY from a wife of a divorced man who left it with her and ran out on her. She advertised it on CL and I answered the ad 8 minutes after it went live and told I was on my way with cash and a trailer and to not sell it before I could get there. She didn't and I brought it home. I drove it from my pals house up the road a few miles to my garage where it has sat ever since. It rolled out of the garage for the first time in the fall of last year. 2019. It was a complete car missing nothing. Running and driving.
Here's a list of mods.
Yankee Express
List of modifications.
1973 440 RB 0.30^, forged crank 0.10 under, TRW flat top pistons, stock 440 LY rods, six pac push rods, 10* Titanium Locks, dual Springs w/ Titanium caps, stock valve train w/ positive vinyl seals. MOPAR 452 heads fully ported and polished with skirts and shrouding corrected and port matched for intake. M1 single plane, Holley dual feed 750 CFM, Mallory Electronic Distro & coil, all the chrome bits and aluminum pulleys. Mini starter. MH water pump w/ large flow through passage.
74 A-727 from behind a 440 Six pac car. Rebuilt with 4 pinion planetaries, Red Eagle Frictions and black Kolene racing steels. 5 disc clutches, hardened input shaft, forged output, 12 spring sprag, billet steel apply band strut, 4.2 ratio apply lever, shift kit.
Front bumper recurved, resectioned and shortened. Ends shaped to match and hug the front fender outline contours. Air scoop cut into the center.
Front fenders sectioned and the noses swept back to a 90* angle with the front of the car.
1966 Dodge Charger grill and hidden headlights w/ all trim. Modern electric motors w/ custom axles and connectors.
Hand fabricated Hemi scoop, hole in hood.
Fake side scoops opened and shaped with SS inserts.
Rullo Motorcycle pop up gas caps on top of both quarters.
stock filler door shaved.
entire rear face of the Coronet reimagined to include custom fabrication to accept 1966 Ford ThunderBird tail lights.
1970 Plymouth Road Runner rear bumper that has been lengthened twice for a total of 4 5/8ths inches so the upsweep at both ends will flow into the quarter tail extension outside edge profiles.
Exhaust tips to extend out of the back up light holes.
Trunk floor replaced with a flat floor.
wheel wells mini tubbed
leaf spring relocation kit installed
leaf spring axle pads relocated inboard
17 gallon aluminum fuel cell on trunk floor with two filler necks, one for each quarter mounted pop up. Fuel hoses/ pipes passing through the gas lift mounts.
Gas lifts on fabricated mounts for the deck lid.
Fabricated trunk close out panels with carpet on three sides, the rear panel is a '70 inch wide fabricated piece enclosing the 66 tail lights.
blast barrier between cab and trunk.
3.8" aluminum fuel line w/ AN fittings and roll over valve.
area immediately behind front bucket seats is covered by a fabricated Roadster type three piece panel that is headed by a 1967 Plymouth Satellite rear seat topper.
2006 Volvo XC-90 baseball stitched leather buckets with 10 way power and heat plus power lumbar.
2004 AUDI A-6 dash-console-stereo-digital/ programmable heat/AC, center pull E brake, floor shift console, Audi steering wheel. custom hand built door treatments incorporating sections of the AUDI door panel including the release and pull handles, the lower storage cubbies and the CD changer controls. The doors have the accordion wiring pass through boots and frames installed as well as the white puddle lights on the bottoms and the red marker lights on the rear facing of the doors. Audi Symphony Stereo speakers ( 9) with three in each door.
power windows and door locks
Heat mat on floors and roof.
Custom fabricated shift lever mount, E brake mounts, Console mounts and linkages. Pistol grip shifter custom formed with Black Ash wood handle.
Bespoke leather/vinyl covering throughout.
Factory tinted glass all around with limo tint applied to rear quarter windows and back glass.
New fuzzies and seals.
3" TTI exhaust through turbo mufflers.
Front disc brakes on 1976 Plymouth Volare spindles.
1966 ThunderBird Sequential tail lights with controller.
Chrome wheel well edge trim and rocker panel chrome trim
Weld wheels rear 15"x 8", M/T ET Street pro 26"x 11.50"x 15
Centerline Racing fronts 15" x 5.50"x 15 M/T ET Street front drag tires 15"x 6" x 25".
26" wide 4 core radiator w/ 16"x 12" x 2" trans cooler.
Dual electric fans on thermostat.
Custom spare tire mount under Roadster panels where the rear seat back would be.
Tail light extension fabrication
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Door pull fabrication
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hood bumper stop mount fabrication.
left side extension finished shape
rear face fabrication final with and without rear bumper.
adding 1/2" to the top front of the bumper edge.
the car during dissassembly of the front end
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Audi dash initial mock up of bare shell
1966 thunderbird tail lights that are on the Express. Reverse light detail.
center section with stock bezel that is 'excluded' from the Express.
Bare dash area during decision making about steering and brake pedal mounting & removal of stock heater assembly.
open right front floor while replacing panel
right side half of 66 Charger headlights and grill mocked up and the side view of the front fender nose in final swept back form.
leaf spring relocation fabrication efforts in primer
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Center console during fabrication of shift lever mount and center pull E brake mounting.
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left and right pop up gas caps
Audi door wiring passthrough gasket system mounted on 67 Coronet door and A pillar
Mock up after fabrication of two piece hood treatment for flip front hood and RR style reverse scoop.
Rear relocated spring perch
close out mock up of roadster panel area behind front bucket seats.
440 again...
Here's a list of mods.
Yankee Express
List of modifications.
1973 440 RB 0.30^, forged crank 0.10 under, TRW flat top pistons, stock 440 LY rods, six pac push rods, 10* Titanium Locks, dual Springs w/ Titanium caps, stock valve train w/ positive vinyl seals. MOPAR 452 heads fully ported and polished with skirts and shrouding corrected and port matched for intake. M1 single plane, Holley dual feed 750 CFM, Mallory Electronic Distro & coil, all the chrome bits and aluminum pulleys. Mini starter. MH water pump w/ large flow through passage.
74 A-727 from behind a 440 Six pac car. Rebuilt with 4 pinion planetaries, Red Eagle Frictions and black Kolene racing steels. 5 disc clutches, hardened input shaft, forged output, 12 spring sprag, billet steel apply band strut, 4.2 ratio apply lever, shift kit.
Front bumper recurved, resectioned and shortened. Ends shaped to match and hug the front fender outline contours. Air scoop cut into the center.
Front fenders sectioned and the noses swept back to a 90* angle with the front of the car.
1966 Dodge Charger grill and hidden headlights w/ all trim. Modern electric motors w/ custom axles and connectors.
Hand fabricated Hemi scoop, hole in hood.
Fake side scoops opened and shaped with SS inserts.
Rullo Motorcycle pop up gas caps on top of both quarters.
stock filler door shaved.
entire rear face of the Coronet reimagined to include custom fabrication to accept 1966 Ford ThunderBird tail lights.
1970 Plymouth Road Runner rear bumper that has been lengthened twice for a total of 4 5/8ths inches so the upsweep at both ends will flow into the quarter tail extension outside edge profiles.
Exhaust tips to extend out of the back up light holes.
Trunk floor replaced with a flat floor.
wheel wells mini tubbed
leaf spring relocation kit installed
leaf spring axle pads relocated inboard
17 gallon aluminum fuel cell on trunk floor with two filler necks, one for each quarter mounted pop up. Fuel hoses/ pipes passing through the gas lift mounts.
Gas lifts on fabricated mounts for the deck lid.
Fabricated trunk close out panels with carpet on three sides, the rear panel is a '70 inch wide fabricated piece enclosing the 66 tail lights.
blast barrier between cab and trunk.
3.8" aluminum fuel line w/ AN fittings and roll over valve.
area immediately behind front bucket seats is covered by a fabricated Roadster type three piece panel that is headed by a 1967 Plymouth Satellite rear seat topper.
2006 Volvo XC-90 baseball stitched leather buckets with 10 way power and heat plus power lumbar.
2004 AUDI A-6 dash-console-stereo-digital/ programmable heat/AC, center pull E brake, floor shift console, Audi steering wheel. custom hand built door treatments incorporating sections of the AUDI door panel including the release and pull handles, the lower storage cubbies and the CD changer controls. The doors have the accordion wiring pass through boots and frames installed as well as the white puddle lights on the bottoms and the red marker lights on the rear facing of the doors. Audi Symphony Stereo speakers ( 9) with three in each door.
power windows and door locks
Heat mat on floors and roof.
Custom fabricated shift lever mount, E brake mounts, Console mounts and linkages. Pistol grip shifter custom formed with Black Ash wood handle.
Bespoke leather/vinyl covering throughout.
Factory tinted glass all around with limo tint applied to rear quarter windows and back glass.
New fuzzies and seals.
3" TTI exhaust through turbo mufflers.
Front disc brakes on 1976 Plymouth Volare spindles.
1966 ThunderBird Sequential tail lights with controller.
Chrome wheel well edge trim and rocker panel chrome trim
Weld wheels rear 15"x 8", M/T ET Street pro 26"x 11.50"x 15
Centerline Racing fronts 15" x 5.50"x 15 M/T ET Street front drag tires 15"x 6" x 25".
26" wide 4 core radiator w/ 16"x 12" x 2" trans cooler.
Dual electric fans on thermostat.
Custom spare tire mount under Roadster panels where the rear seat back would be.
Tail light extension fabrication
Door pull fabrication
View attachment 982891
hood bumper stop mount fabrication.
left side extension finished shape
rear face fabrication final with and without rear bumper.
adding 1/2" to the top front of the bumper edge.
the car during dissassembly of the front end
View attachment 982899
Audi dash initial mock up of bare shell
1966 thunderbird tail lights that are on the Express. Reverse light detail.
center section with stock bezel that is 'excluded' from the Express.
Bare dash area during decision making about steering and brake pedal mounting & removal of stock heater assembly.
open right front floor while replacing panel
right side half of 66 Charger headlights and grill mocked up and the side view of the front fender nose in final swept back form.
leaf spring relocation fabrication efforts in primer
View attachment 984168 View attachment 984169
Center console during fabrication of shift lever mount and center pull E brake mounting.
View attachment 984168 View attachment 984169
left and right pop up gas caps
Audi door wiring passthrough gasket system mounted on 67 Coronet door and A pillar
Mock up after fabrication of two piece hood treatment for flip front hood and RR style reverse scoop.
Rear relocated spring perch
close out mock up of roadster panel area behind front bucket seats.
440 again...
