New Member Project "Xtra Crispy"

[smokenarrow]

Hi Everyone, I just joined up. I've been a MOPAR fan for many years but just picked up my first project car. It is a 66' Coronet that was involved in a fire. The story goes, it was under a car port that caught fire. It and a few other cars were involved. The car port roof came down on the cars underneath and all had damage to the exterior. You can see that the Coronet has substantial paint damage and both the windshield and rear glass are gone. The side glass, trin, and other pieces seem to be in decent shape. I bought this car at auction so that is the only history that I know of it... I don't even know what engine or trans it has other than its a BB and and Auto. My plans are to redo the entire car starting with the body and paint, then the interior. I will probably update the wiring and throw a few custom touches in here and there. I will start a build thread when I get the ball rolling and progress is being made. You can see that the car is mini-tubbed. It looks to be done well, with a 4 link and coils. It also has a 4pt cage that I will either cut out or modify. I need to get a back seat in there for my little hot-rodder. I plan on making a nice driver, reliable, street car that we can enjoy. I have dreams of doing the long haul on the Power Tour with this car so reliable will be key. I'll be here for a while, the forum looks like a wealth of knowledge. I'm glad I found it!

 

[Car Nut]

aboard!

Looks like you are off to a good start, congrats!

 

[conv67bdere]

interesting story - the car has a great looking stance to it already - welcome to the madness and FBBO.

Wil be looking forward to seeing your build thread and some progress on this car.

 

[747mopar]

Great score, those are one of my favorites (great body lines). I totally agree about having a back seat, there's allot of fun to be had for the family. Congrats

 

[Bobo]

nice car.... you will have your work cutout i have a 65 coronet full size tubbs and still has entire back seat i like to drive my 3 little hotroders to school when i can and around town we have fun good luck... bo

 

[Photon440]

Let's see it brought back to life! Welcome:wav:

 

[MT_Mopar]

Wow, that's a great find, good luck with the resto. Still looks badass even after a fire!

 

[eric383]

Welcome and good luck.

 

[Budnicks]

Welcome to FBBO

Xtra Cripsy looks like she's had better days,
good start for a project thou

good luck & Happy Moparing

 

[Hemi Rebel]

Good deal. I saw that car on facebook. Glad you got it and are going to fix it. And im glad you chose here to document it.

 

[Habib]

I would get as much power out of the engine as you can and keep as is that car has so much character! and attitude it looks like it just came back from hell Make a Nasty Looking Street Machine...but that's just me lol.

 

[zyzzyx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzGyjqdo7Io&feature=player_detailpageCheck out this video of "Potato Chip". It was cought in a fire too! Shot this video at last year's Belvedere show in Illinois. Was in a garage with a car cover on it. Goodluck with yours!

 

[smokenarrow]

Thank You for the kind welcome everybody. That E-body is cool, I saw it at the Nats' last yr.

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Good deal. I saw that car on facebook. Glad you got it and are going to fix it. And im glad you chose here to document it.

Thanks! Care to put a link? I would like to find out as much as I can about this thing.

 

[Hemi Rebel]

https://m.facebook.com/mike.vass.12...id=18&_ft_&cached_data=false&ftid=u_w_p&mdf=1

Not any info you dont already know im sure

 

[smokenarrow]

Well, here is a little update. My auto glass guy is in love with this car. I had him out to pull the windshield and rear window and he couldn't get enough of it. He did some digging and hooked me up with the guy that built the car!

I talked with the builder and got all of the info that I could about it. I told him that I didn't have keys but he said that he had it running after the fire. That got me motivated. So, I bought a new tumbler and tried to fire her up. All it took was a few shots of the go pedal and she came to life!

I'm very stoked about this as you can tell. The original builder had the car for about 7yrs and had the eng, trans, rear, and susp done by some reputable shops around this area. He said that if I could get it running, that I wont be disappointed. And I'm not. Its a small accomplishment but a step in the right direction to get this classic back on the streets.