1965 Coronet AWB Build

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Body work is ongoing...

Guide coat installed and removed on both sides of the car...

Body color for the stripe on the side was picked out and purchased...

It is nearly identical to the color on this oil can which matches pretty well with the other turquoise interior colors...

 

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I got the Offy valve covers and the front wheels back from polishing...

He took the rear wheels and slicks to begin working on those...

As an additional surprise I got to hear the motor run on the run stand yesterday...

I should be picking it up this week...

 

[VANDAN]

s/k, your Project is looking Great !!! I have some friends building one also. The work involved in these, really shows commitment to this Era of Racing History. Keep it up, we're all anxious for the "finished" product !!!

 

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Thx...

I've been trying to keep everything period correct as possible...

Sometimes it's hard finding the old parts...

I think some have heartburn from the fact it's a wedge motor and not a hemi but not all of these cars that ever raced had hemi's...

 

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Engine after break in on the run stand...

I'll be picking it up today...

Need to get everything ready for paint and then install my tunnel ram and carbs
clutch pressure plate and bell housing and bolt on my "wedge" ears and into the chassis it will go once the car returns from paint...

Special thanks to Mike for the build on this...

 

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Motor is 95% together...

Going to hold off installing the tunnel ram till after it is in the car...

Waiting on some 4 bolt valve cover gaskets and a few other little parts and it is ready to drop in the car when it returns...

I also got the rear wheels back from polishing...

 

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The roll cage got painted the same color as the interior trim at the top of the door panels...

We sprayed the body colors on an old door and used a satin clear to see how everything will look...

The blue color looks more blue than it really is...

It actually matches the small can in the previous posts...

 

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The entire interior was sprayed with a heavy coat of primer prior to the cage being painted...

So everything in the interior and floors had to be sanded down...

That was another 10 hours worth of sanding...

Then the trunk and the interior were sprayed and cleared...

 

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Saturday 2/3/24 makes 31 days the car has been in the body shop...

Plastic was draped through the interior above the cage in preparation for the roof to be painted...

Because of how far the rockers return on the bottom at the pinch weld we wanted to raise the car some for painting...

The roof rail trim install on 64-5 H/T separates the roof from the body...

It will be much easier to paint the roof 1st separately and then just cover it for the balance of the paint work...

The roof got a coat of sealer...then 3 coats of color and then 3 coats of clear...

 

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The paint color used is the 65 Dodge white...

We walked away from it at 4:00 pm on Saturday and left it alone until Sunday at noon...

I am using a Semi-Gloss clear as I don't want this to be a perfectly shiny new looking build...

It turned out right where I wanted it to be...

It has a nice sheen and will be very easy to clean and keep up with...

Peeled away the plastic and the tape and this what I have...

 

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In order to paint the balance of the body the first thing that will need done is to seal the body...

Then the color stripe on the side will need to be laid out and sprayed...

Tape up the color stripe and then shoot the entire balance of the body with 3 coats of white...

Then shoot 3 coats of semi gloss clear...

In order for everything to begin the entire frontend needed to reassembled and installed after all of the panels were primed...

Everything fit great and it looks like a car again...

Next Saturday is when the next paint day is scheduled...

 

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I'm bored so I installed the new studs in the heads for the headers...

Installed studs for the valve covers and put the new gaskets in...

Mocked the headers up to make sure I didn't have any issues...

Just trying to fill up time before Saturday...

 

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It's Friday!!!

The weekend is here again and more progress gets made on my car...

First it got taped up everywhere I don't want paint to migrate to...

Then it got wiped down with grease and wax remover...

Then a tak cloth and a good coat of sealer...

 

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Then it was time for some color on the stripe...

It will get taped up in the morning and the balance of the body painted white...

 

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One more...

 

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The morning started out about 8:00am with laying out the pinstripe tape for the stripes...

Tape everything up good...

Then wipe everything down with a tak cloth...

Then start spraying the 1st coat of white...

 

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The door latches and strikers are removed so they can be opened and moved to paint continuously through the jambs...

Then you spray more white...

Then more white till you have 3 coats...

 

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Crap is starting to get interesting...

Once the 3rd coat of white is dry you can remove all the tape...

Wipe everything down again with a tak cloth...

Then its on to spraying the semi-gloss clear...

 

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Last two...

Now you got to walk away and trust in the process...

 

[VANDAN]

Lookin' forward to see this !!!!!!