For the Love for my Father, My 69 GTX Restoration

[1967coronet440]

Tail panel looks great moparnation, nice work

 

[moparnation74]

Tail panel looks great moparnation, nice work

Thanks my friend!

Been some crazy weeks here lately....Waiting on parts etc, the usual stuff we all go through and working this weekend and the next. Hopefully, I can get the motor painted this afternoon. I have the K frame sitting on my engine/trans homemade install dolly, patiently awaiting 750lbs of pure Detroit steel

 

[moparnation74]

Original Harmonic Balancer dated 303rd day of 68

Original intake manifold dated 11/1/68 the cars build date was 10/28/68 but soon I will show the date on the ID pad on the block that correlates.

 

[moparnation74]

The original exhaust manifolds were sent off and got ceramic coated. I know this is a non original appearance as the originals were not coated at all. There is nothing worse than having a beautifully restored car and rusted exhaust manifolds. The driver side is date 7/30/68 pn 2843992
the passenger side 2806900 and date is unreadable but both manifolds are clean..

www.performancecoatings.com

 

[moparnation74]

The heat riser rebuild kit came from Frank Badalson. I just do not use the butterfly. The tool is to install the shaft bushings. The guys at performance coatings coat the whole inside and outside of the manifolds. Great company to deal with. For the ones following you can tell I did not break these in with the break in of the motor. The easier way to destroy any coating on manifolds is improper break in. On initial motor break in setting timing etc generated even higher heats and damages these coatings...So when people do that they will complain a year later that the coating didn't last....

 

[moparnation74]

NOS correct 440 fuel pump M4434 with correct casting and stamps

 

[moparnation74]

More pics of the NOS fuel pump. New pushrod from mancini. Correct brass adaptor to accept the fuel line. Fuel pump bolts are new reports with correct head and markings.

 

[moparnation74]

NOS oil pressure sender for the non rallye dash, IMITROL brand.
NOS PCV valve

 

[moparnation74]

Repro vs original PCV valve grommet
Second image is the repro showing wrong PN and wrong sale pentstar. The 3rd pic is the original and it was a bloodies finger fight but I won, lol..

 

[moparnation74]

NOS Champion J-11Y plugs which are the correct ones used originally

 

[moparnation74]

Original four speed bell housing

 

[moparnation74]

Fork spring bracket was plated and original bolt got black zinc

 

[moparnation74]

Original clutch fork was redone by Bill Meerholz with the appropriate finishes....
Original inspection plate had minor scratches and a few ding but I massaged all those outing no filler added...Correct hardware for the inspection cover.

 

[moparnation74]

Installed the new type pilot bushing from Brewers. Brewers rebuilt my trans and prepped the shaft for the bushing. The RAM clutch unit is from Brewers and is for a stock type motor so I do not have to remove the over center spring...

 

[moparnation74]

Not the original but an older replacement flywheel. It was in the car prior to disassembly. I just cannot gamble on an NOS unit due to horror stories about them.

 

[moparnation74]

The original ground strap had good terminals but the casing was in bad shape. The repop does not have the same features on the terminals So I got the correct gauge cable and casing and attached the ends from the original. This is the correct ground strap bolt to the head. The spark plug wire holders are originals with part numbers. The repops do not have these features.

Special thanks to member here Moparparts for getting me the correct ground strap bolt and 2 of the three spark plug holders

 

[moparnation74]

Found my comparison pics...

 

[moparnation74]

Getting everything assembled and ready for paint.

Original water pump was sent out and rebuilt. Other pics showing castings, dates, etc..

The spark plug wire shields came from Frank Badalson

 

[moparnation74]

ID stamp pad...11/5/68 assembly date,,,Cars build date was 10/28/68..

 

[moparnation74]

Clutch unit all installed with bell housing. Correct original hardware...