gill4321
Well-Known Member
Hi.
This saga begins in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii about 14 years back when I was in high school. My best friend and I were into cars. We hung out at a garage with a guy who was and still is heavy into Mopars only. Even before all this me and my dad were into dodge trucks. So my best friend and I went every day after school to this garage and worked on cars. One of the cars my friend acquired was this 1970 dodge coronet super bee clone from his sister who drag raced it and got it from the guy that has the garage we go to. So the high school years go on and we have fun in this car going to the races and harassing the town. I always loved cruising in the car and fell in love with old school mopar muscle cars especially this particular car. Then after high school the car was put into storage. In a warehouse under a car cover.
Fast forward a couple of years past college. I get married to the most amazing woman and my best friend was my best man. A little while after this I was inquiring about the car and what he wants to do with it. A few more years go by with a little pestering from me every now and then. So finally a month ago my friend says "you want to buy the coronet?" And I was like "hell ya". So now I gotta get the money together and get her to my house. Deal was made and I got the tow truck guy and she went to her new home....Mine :glasses10:.
As of now I got her started after 12 years or so of sitting. I pre oiled the engine by removing the distributor and cam drive gear and using the priming tool which I made using a mopar small block cam drive gear with the gear cut off and welded a pushrod from the same engine on the top. Used a drill counter clockwise and then hit it. Oil pressure came right up no problem (this was with new oil of course). All this before I even attempted to turn the engine over. Ok enough of this story time for some video's and a few pics. Please leave comments or suggestions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmdv32vBNFw&index=3&list=FLLiRpeBmdSKT8TgldbdVE7Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64TUSZsfheY&index=2&list=FLLiRpeBmdSKT8TgldbdVE7Q
Alohas
Gill P
This saga begins in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii about 14 years back when I was in high school. My best friend and I were into cars. We hung out at a garage with a guy who was and still is heavy into Mopars only. Even before all this me and my dad were into dodge trucks. So my best friend and I went every day after school to this garage and worked on cars. One of the cars my friend acquired was this 1970 dodge coronet super bee clone from his sister who drag raced it and got it from the guy that has the garage we go to. So the high school years go on and we have fun in this car going to the races and harassing the town. I always loved cruising in the car and fell in love with old school mopar muscle cars especially this particular car. Then after high school the car was put into storage. In a warehouse under a car cover.
Fast forward a couple of years past college. I get married to the most amazing woman and my best friend was my best man. A little while after this I was inquiring about the car and what he wants to do with it. A few more years go by with a little pestering from me every now and then. So finally a month ago my friend says "you want to buy the coronet?" And I was like "hell ya". So now I gotta get the money together and get her to my house. Deal was made and I got the tow truck guy and she went to her new home....Mine :glasses10:.
As of now I got her started after 12 years or so of sitting. I pre oiled the engine by removing the distributor and cam drive gear and using the priming tool which I made using a mopar small block cam drive gear with the gear cut off and welded a pushrod from the same engine on the top. Used a drill counter clockwise and then hit it. Oil pressure came right up no problem (this was with new oil of course). All this before I even attempted to turn the engine over. Ok enough of this story time for some video's and a few pics. Please leave comments or suggestions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmdv32vBNFw&index=3&list=FLLiRpeBmdSKT8TgldbdVE7Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64TUSZsfheY&index=2&list=FLLiRpeBmdSKT8TgldbdVE7Q
Alohas
Gill P
Then I saw you found this car 14 years ago, and that was only 2000 and there were a lot of clones out by then. Made me realize how frigging old a lot of us are getting. 
