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67 R/T... Back to Life

69L48Z27

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I thought I would start a build thread for a new project. I recently purchased a 67 R/T that I decided needs a bit more than just a refurb.

This car has some local history with it and a few other things make it special to me. The car started life at a small dealership in Dallastown, Pa called Stetler's. The car was owned by a local guy that sold it in 1979 to a dealer/service center who is a family friend and I worked for detailing cars in the early 90's. It was then sold to another local guy. This owner drove the car for about a year and parked it, last PA inspection sticker was from 79/80. The car has been in the small town that I still live in all of its life and three owners now. This car has also been a bit of a chase, I had been pursing for a number of years.

This car is 99% complete with the fender tag, build sheet, born with driveline, 57k miles, etc. I even got to 'discover' the build sheet. How many cars do you get to do that with anymore?

Currently the car is completely blown apart and I just got it back from media blast yesterday. Car goes for epoxy next week.

This picture is of my parent's car that they bought at that same dealer back in 67, day 1.

Goal is to restore the car back to day 1. The car still has its hubcaps with it.

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First day the car saw daylight in a while.

Build sheet was under the bottom seat cushion, not seat back.

First wash in a couple decades.

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To media blast and back. Seiberts Media blasting in Elizabethtown, Pa does a great job and they will not warp panels.

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Very nice and solid 67!

Thanks for sharing your build here...
 
Cool story! So your parents car was a RT also?

Lots of great shops in our area for doing these older cars. I was told of a transmission shop in Carslisle. Older gentleman that knows his way around a 727. Good prices too.
 
Very nice and solid 67!

Thanks for sharing your build here...
Anytime, I've enjoyed following your build.

It's not bad at all, I have a little bit of rust repair but not too much. Car had one repaint on a portion or the car in the 70's. any rust was from back then because it had a bit of plastic over it in the lower left quarter. Lower right has zero drama, sort of weird why one side had some rust but not the other. Original quarters for sure.
 
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Cool story! So your parents car was a RT also?

Lots of great shops in our area for doing these older cars. I was told of a transmission shop in Carslisle. Older gentleman that knows his way around a 727. Good prices too.

Yes, this was a twin to the car they bought in 67. Same dealer and relatively same build date, both cars were on the lot at the same time. I know where that car is but can't get it. I'll be sharing the vendors I use as we progress through the restoration. Over here in York we have a lot of good resources. I'll be doing a fair amount on my own too.
 
Cool story! So your parents car was a RT also?

Lots of great shops in our area for doing these older cars. I was told of a transmission shop in Carslisle. Older gentleman that knows his way around a 727. Good prices too.

Also in that picture was my Mom's 61 Fury HT next to the R/T.
 
Lots of thrashing this weekend getting ready for epoxy tomorrow AM. Every nook and cranny sanded to change the metal profile from a jagged point to an 80 grit finish. Also had a couple big flat areas the blaster didn't do, guess they thought it would warp. Hood and deck lid were chemically stripped and sanded.

Good news is, there are no big surprises now that all the paint is off. Car is solid and I have a little bit of metal work to do once it's sealed up. I spent hours blowing and vacuuming trying to get all the blasting media out, what a mess.

I'm also going to start keeping track of hours, mine and any child labor.

Disassembly - 50 hours

This weekend sanding prep and k frame disassembly - 30hrs. Had my son and wife help for a few hours sanding.

Maybe keeping track of hours is a bad idea...

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Car is back from being epoxied, the crunch is over with bare metal.

I did some engine disassembly and cleaned a few things up, started getting my body work game plan together. This engine had a ton of sludge all over it. Good news is it preserved everything, I have a huge amount of original engine paint to get a good color match from. Pics below are from today. Date code on the fuel pump matches the car. Wonder is anyone can rebuilt this type of pump? I could just barely see the paint marks on the torsion bars too. Oil pan is in great shape. All original engine paint.

I also bead blasted hood hinges and door hinges, they are ready for some epoxy.

8 hours.

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Very nicely preserved, amazed how much original paint is still on the engine parts. Let us know what turquoise paint you end up with, so far I've tried 3 different purveyors and all are more blue then turquoise.
 
I still have some paint from Mancini from my last project, I'll do a spray out and post some pictures.
 
Not too much to report this weekend. I sprayed epoxy for the first time and it went well, door hinges and hood hinges are ready for sheetmetal assembly.

I also tore down the engine the rest of the way. Good news, no drama! Bearing were all still originals with 10/66 date codes. Block, heads, and crank go to the machine shop tomorrow.

6 hrs

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A couple of posts ago I was going to compare Mancini turquoise to the nicely preserved original color. I sprayed out three wet coats and it's got good coverage. I think the Mancini stuff is close but too much tomthe blue side. What do you think?

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Mancini's was the last one I tried, and I think it's more blue. So far I've tried four. The closest was some old direct connection paint I had. I was optimistic when I saw Mancini's add because the color swatch look good but when I sprayed it it was too blue. Just my opinion.Sorry for the rant.
 
Nice project, amazing so much is still original.
You will not have long searches for the right parts with correct date codes. :)

Would that engine paint not become a bit more darker once it has been "hot" a few times?
 
Been a little while since I posted, I haven't had a lot of time lately. Had a few hours today to start hanging sheetmetal.

Also got the engine and heads back from the machine shop already. Everything checked out okay and it will go back together with stock pistons. The bores were on the upper side of the tolerances but with only 57k on it and pistons checking out okay I decided to re-ring and not overbore it. We added hardened exhaust seats while it was apart a long with a fly cut off the heads to clean them up. I thought it was cool to see where the paint marks were under the paint on the block. Hard to believe you could still see it after the block was cooked.

5hrs

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