Here is the story of my 1967 Dodge Coronet RT.

I bought the RT back in 5/99 from a guy who ended up with it in 1991 as a partial trade on a Corvette he was trying to sell. He told me that he parked it in his garage when he got it and never drove it. He was a die hard Corvette fanatic and had little interest in the RT. He left it in the back of his garage from 91-99 until I bought it in '99. I was just out of high school and had a blast driving it around from 5/99 until it broke down in 11/99. The radiator busted a seam and had to be replaced. Here comes the sad part:( I parked it in my garage and never got around to it fro the next 12 years!! The car has not been fired up and even run since it broke down in '99. Same old story we've all heard. I got married and had 3 kids and priorities changed.

Here comes the good part....I decided it was time to get it back on the road. I drained the oil, changed oil filters and put new oil in. Sprayed the tops of the heads with Marvel Mystery Oil and put new valve cover gaskets on to seal it up. I put 3/4 tsp of Marvel in each cylinder and turned the motor over by hand to make sure the rings/pistons were not stuck. I installed new spark plugs with new wires. I installed a new battery and hooked up a gas can to provide me with fresh gas for start up.

We rolled the car out of the garage and proceeded to check everything one last time before we attempted a re-start. This is the crazy part. After the second attempt to re-fire it, it fired right up and went into a somewhat smooth idle. WOOHOO!!! Within 20 seconds I developed a tranny fluid leak and had to shut it down. We fixed the leak and fired it back up. This time it sat at a very nice sounding smooth idle for approx 45 seconds and then it died. Turns out the carb is all gummed up and it is not shutting off the gas flow when it should. You can hear the gas just pouring out from the carb.

This has given me a new found excitement about getting my car back on the road and I have now decided that I am going to spend the next 75 days working feverishly so it can be ready for the Turkey Rod Run in my hometown of Daytona Beach, FL. This is the last place it drove to back in '99.

I am sure I will be on here much more in the very near future!!

Thanks for reading:)

cool story....we want more pics though.

I recommend putting some TransX or Lucas in the trans to swell the seals back up. Once you drive it a little, it should be fine.

I bought a 71-GTX way back in 98 that was real solid, but really should be restored. I'm just tinkering with it now. Finally got it running again and slowly repairing the things to make it roadable.

Cool deal, I understand when life get's busy.
My black 74 with 340 in it sat from 1987-2003. I did start it a couple times a year and kept straight race gas in it for storage. It has lot's of stabilzers in it. Then have driven it lot's since then all over the country as we take on vacation and use as a driver being towed behind our RV.
Just recently did it start to act up at idle. Yesterday I pulled the carb off of it and plan on rebuilding it today as soon as I get home from work. Every time I drive my old cars it allows me relive a little of my youth!!

Good luck with yours and enjoy!!

Nice looking r/t...dig the color

It has been this color since sometime before '91, but the fender tag says it was originally an HH1 dark copper metallic car. Can't decide if I want to put it back to original color because I like the poly red metallic color that it is right now. Decisions, decisions........

I think trans-x is a stop leak/conditioner. My experience is that when our mopars sit for extended amounts of time, the front seal dries up and leaks real bad.

I've had this happen on a couple of cars. Added the trans-x, drove for a while, and it never leaked again.

cool

Cool R/T!!

It sounds pretty darn good for not being fired up for the last 12 years!!!

That isn't even a question.....I would drive it in primer gray at this point!!!! I have an itch and it needs to be scratched

Very cool story! I'd love to have a '67 R/T.

Nice ride! I think you were pretty fortunate that it started up after sitting that long. A neighbor bought a survivor 69 Charger RT (440 auto) after it had sat approx 8-9yrs, stored inside. There was a big dent in the orig gas tank so we replaced it. The orig owner had actually used the car for off road camping trips in the 70s. True story - I've known the orig owner for 35yrs. Anyway, the muck and grime inside that tank was unbelievable. Had we tried to start it, well, it wouldn't have been pretty. Had to get the carb rebuilt also.

Of course this is California, land of crappy gas and tuition support for illegal immigrants.

I would love to try and have it ready for the Ocala show. That would also give me a trial run to tweak anything before I go to the Turkey Rod Run. I am not to excited about the thoughts of breaking down while driving through a crowd of 3000 people and trying to fix it as a crowd gathers to watch:)