My coronet 68

[coronet68mx]

I've being postponing this too much now that I lost the phone were I have a lot of the pics of my restoration I decided to share my progress with you guys, here's my first tread a little introduction an the history of my car:
https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/hello-from-méxico.79697/#post-910143843
And since



There you go

There's no salt in the roads here so no bad rust in my car, superficial rust only I have a hard time ever finding someone who have the equipment and the time, even to sand blast my car finally I found it and there he go

 

[vintage chromoly]

Kick ***!
That’s a solid car

 

[coronet68mx]

 

[coronet68mx]

By this i alread have a body man and here is were my nightmare begin, we agree on a price for the body work weekly payment so far so good

 

[coronet68mx]

That car was hit a long time ago in the lower left quarter and the damage kinda move to the center of the fender

 

[coronet68mx]

More pics

 

[showard]

More pics

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Great looking car! Keep up the good work.

 

[coronet68mx]

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[oldbee]

Pic #2, just outside of your belly is where an overzealous 15yr old son hit a picket fence years ago. He had to wait over a year to get his license. I am envious of “no salt” environment.

 

[coronet68mx]

Pic #2, just outside of your belly is where an overzealous 15yr old son hit a picket fence years ago. He had to wait over a year to get his license. I am envious of “no salt” environment.

That guy is not me, that's the guy who sand blast the car, this is me:

less belly

 

[Ironbuilt]

Hola mi amigo. El coche se ve bien. Me preguntaba si eras el gordo.

 

[moparnation74]

Great to finally see the car! Sorry, I didn't know you had a previous thread and thanks for linking that.....

Love the Net's.......Keep us posted Mi Amigo!

 

[coronet68mx]

Hola mi amigo. El coche se ve bien. Me preguntaba si eras el gordo.

no Paul, no soy ese gordo cómo dije menos panza lol no Paul, am not the fat guy lol like I said less belly in fact in my youth I practice Olympic weight lifting (a lot, my best squat was 250 kg) and I guess you're familiar with that sport like I am with body building they complemented

 

[GetX'd]

You’re such a handsome guy - and we thought the other guy was you

 

[oldbee]

Weeellll, the belly WILL show up eventually!!!!

 

[coronet68mx]

Weeellll, the belly WILL show up eventually!!!!

eventually, my birthday is close (Jan 4) am turning 43 but I still feel good about myself thanks old bee.

 

[coronet68mx]

You’re such a handsome guy - and we thought the other guy was you

I post pics of my last visit to Chicago me freezing my butt !!!

 

[coronet68mx]

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[showard]

Body work is looking good!

 

[coronet68mx]

You may wonder why am spraying the primer and why is the fender in the front of my home