68 coronet 440 cheap skate

[jess]

here is the start on my restore
its a 68 coronet 440 it has a 383 727 in it now
i am doing this all myself and doing it on the cheap
i wanna a nice car but dont have alot of cash
so i am gonna see how cheap i can do this without cutting coroners
here r some pics

 

[jess]

gotta love the ol 2x4 seat mounts they even painted them black
one thing i am concerned about is i ground off all the bondo on the
on the top part of the quarter it must have been a older quarter replace
the wheel wheel is a bit smacked up also
since it was braised i am gonna assume it was very old repair
i was thinking about cutting it all out and repairing it but it looks look they did a good job a bit warped up from the heat and had alot of filler but i can
pound some of it out my new quarters dont go up the hight
i cut out a hold to take a look and it looks good

 

[jess]

got a start on the frame connectors tonight use 2x3 1/8
cut the floor got one side tacked in
so far i got 25$ into the steel
20$ into the cleaner to get the glue off the roof from the top
so far 45$ into it

 

[Big Sugar]

Jess Before you weld check that your Level left too right and put a little lift under that motor.

Pics look good , that 2 by 3 tubing added a bit of work to the floor pan but youll be ok
you should consider welding a 6" by 3" flat plate of 10 or 8 gauge at the front of the subframe across the crossmember just to beef up that area. then on the front side of the subframe tie it in diagonally to the front framerail. as shown in the pics i sent you.
Leave the car on th stands and tack up the rest of the lap joints on your frame and weld in a brace in the steering gear mount. weld lower control arm plates and stich any floor seams that are clean,
Nows the chance to weld in a set of Torque boxes front and rear.

Get it buttoned up nice.


Ron


Ron

 

[Cevidicus]

Cool project.

 

[roadrunnerman]

looks like your off to a good start.

 

[jess]

thanxs guys
and i will have some more pics up late tonight
that pice of the connector was a ruff mock up i finshed it last night night
i have been checking the level every 10 min lol i dont wanna mess it up
i just dropped the gas tank and all the lines now gotta air out the shop
kinda spilled some gas all over me and the floor
tank was almost full
i got a floor jack under the motor with just a lil bit of tension off the motor

 

[dave5237]

Looks good. dont get discouraged. It will take time and we will get you through it.

 

[fatecaptured]

Good job. Keep it up.

 

[jess]

got the connectors welded in
i am happy with how they turned out and it only took me about 7 hrs total
i do have a few spots underneath and a few other things touq box's ect.
here r a few pics excuse my welds welder is giving me a hard time latly
she's on her last leg just hope it last's throu this project

 

[Basket case]

lookin good! like others said, don't get discouraged. you'll want/need a break once in a while...if you're lucky it'll happen just as the $$ runs out. Love the Coronets a much as the runners. got a color in mind yet(green....)

 

[fatecaptured]

got the connectors welded in
i am happy with how they turned out and it only took me about 7 hrs total
i do have a few spots underneath and a few other things touq box's ect.
here r a few pics excuse my welds welder is giving me a hard time latly
she's on her last leg just hope it last's throu this project

Well thats what they make flap disc's for, lol. You can smooth them out . And i'm sure the factory welds aren't much better looking. Good fabricating my man.


p.s. I vote rally red "low gloss" or silver metallic "glossy".:sunny:

 

[Cranky]

One of the things I like to do on a car that I'm going to abuse is weld up ALL the factory body seams including the K frame and frame rails.