Sneke_Eyez
Well-Known Member
I found this car almost 4 months ago now. I had been casually looking for 1969 Coronets, but knew I couldn't afford one that was restored. I've wanted one forever, since I was somewhere around 10, so I was always on the lookout for a deal on one. This car is my dream car.
My grandfather came across this car on Ebay, shot me the link, and told me to see what happened with the auction. The guy lived in Southwick, a town almost in CT that is ~1 hour and 20 minutes from my house.
He had listed the car with a few crappy pictures, a relatively crappy description, a $1000 starting bid, and a reserve.
The auction ended, and nobody even bid.
I emailed him through Ebay, got his cell phone number, and called him about the car. He went over the basics with me, but then had to go to work.
After that, I lost all contact with him. I'd call his phone and he wouldn't pick up, and he had no voicemail so I couldn't leave him a message.
It was frustrating, but I would try over and over again some days, in hopes of getting in contact with him.
Finally, I gave up.
Two weeks later, while browsing craigslist, he had posted the car in the Western Mass section.
I immediately emailed the email address associated with the CL ad, and he emailed me right back.
Gave me a line about almost selling the car a whole bunch of times, having a messed up cell phone, not wanting any BS, and wanting $3900 for the car.
I couldn't swing that, so I sent him an email back saying that I would have to pass on it.
3 weeks later, it was still on CL, so I emailed him and asked him if he would take an offer. He replied with a simple, "Sure, go ahead."
I made him one that I considered to be too low, but that was the maximum I could afford to spend on the car, and to my surprise, he accepted it.
I went and looked at the car at the beginning of last week, and Saturday night (9/18) two of my buddies helped me use the 2006 Ram 2500 Hemi from my work and a rented 16' trailer to pick it up.
Everything went off without a hitch, and I'm now the proud owner of my dream car!
Just got the title application done this morning! Should have it in the mail soon!
1969 Dodge Coronet 440 Coupe - Not a hardtop!
Numbers Matching 318 V8 / 727 3spd Automatic.
Triple Green (Green car, green vinyl roof, green interior)
Totally complete, everything this car came with from the factory is there, sans the original 2bbl carb and intake and valve covers. Those have been replaced with a 4bbl Edelbrock Carb and an Edelbrock Performer Intake, and some nice black wrinkle finish Mopar Performance Covers.
It needs some body work, but its all there, and thats what counts to me!
The engine runs like a dream, the tranny shifts great, all it needs is a lot of body work and some brake shoes and its ready to go on the road!
Now that I'm learning how to weld and bend metal to do my own body work, I will be able to restore this car almost entirely by myself, so I don't have to be daunted by paying to have a body shop redo it!
Unfortunately, that picture up there is the only good picture I have of the car.
I'll take more soon though.
My grandfather came across this car on Ebay, shot me the link, and told me to see what happened with the auction. The guy lived in Southwick, a town almost in CT that is ~1 hour and 20 minutes from my house.
He had listed the car with a few crappy pictures, a relatively crappy description, a $1000 starting bid, and a reserve.
The auction ended, and nobody even bid.
I emailed him through Ebay, got his cell phone number, and called him about the car. He went over the basics with me, but then had to go to work.
After that, I lost all contact with him. I'd call his phone and he wouldn't pick up, and he had no voicemail so I couldn't leave him a message.
It was frustrating, but I would try over and over again some days, in hopes of getting in contact with him.
Finally, I gave up.
Two weeks later, while browsing craigslist, he had posted the car in the Western Mass section.
I immediately emailed the email address associated with the CL ad, and he emailed me right back.
Gave me a line about almost selling the car a whole bunch of times, having a messed up cell phone, not wanting any BS, and wanting $3900 for the car.
I couldn't swing that, so I sent him an email back saying that I would have to pass on it.
3 weeks later, it was still on CL, so I emailed him and asked him if he would take an offer. He replied with a simple, "Sure, go ahead."
I made him one that I considered to be too low, but that was the maximum I could afford to spend on the car, and to my surprise, he accepted it.
I went and looked at the car at the beginning of last week, and Saturday night (9/18) two of my buddies helped me use the 2006 Ram 2500 Hemi from my work and a rented 16' trailer to pick it up.
Everything went off without a hitch, and I'm now the proud owner of my dream car!
Just got the title application done this morning! Should have it in the mail soon!
1969 Dodge Coronet 440 Coupe - Not a hardtop!
Numbers Matching 318 V8 / 727 3spd Automatic.
Triple Green (Green car, green vinyl roof, green interior)
Totally complete, everything this car came with from the factory is there, sans the original 2bbl carb and intake and valve covers. Those have been replaced with a 4bbl Edelbrock Carb and an Edelbrock Performer Intake, and some nice black wrinkle finish Mopar Performance Covers.
It needs some body work, but its all there, and thats what counts to me!
The engine runs like a dream, the tranny shifts great, all it needs is a lot of body work and some brake shoes and its ready to go on the road!
Now that I'm learning how to weld and bend metal to do my own body work, I will be able to restore this car almost entirely by myself, so I don't have to be daunted by paying to have a body shop redo it!
Unfortunately, that picture up there is the only good picture I have of the car.
I'll take more soon though.