Well guys, me and the owner made the deal, 900$ and its mine, but for now he let us take it home because where he's storing it is being sold and turned into a body shop. It needs a Water Pump, Plugs/wires,cap and rotor, and Belts/hoses to be road worthy. Its a little rusty, but for a 17 year olds first car(besides the demon)its Pretty sweet. I'm thinking Lean burn removal, air shocks, Keystones, and some other odds and ends. Whatya think??













The Worst rust on the car Passenger rear frame rail.



Driver side.



Someone Please Decode.

The wheels that are on it now look pretty good. I would deffinately loose the lean burn & install the MP conversion kit. Good luck with it.

I love the mini rooftop barrel

j/k...Anyways, I really dig it! I love Corboda's and always wanted to hot rod one
The 360 4bbl is nice to

Congrats on the new ride! Back when I was 18, my 77 NYB gave up and I bought a 76 Cordoba off of my friend. It was also green but with a white leather interior. Loved that car and this one reminds me of it. I had the Chrysler dress wheels on it but I really like the later `Doba/Mirada wheels you have on it right now. I say stick with `em. My car also had similar rust issues but looks like you can catch yours before the shackles push through the trunk (like mine did). Have fun!

~Q

Looks like you have a really nice project there. I had a 76 Charger SE for awhile and really like that bodystyle. I would stay away from air shocks. I got the back end of my Charger up a little higher by installing a cheap pair of longer shackles.

Good luck. Keep posting pictures.

Nice car. E57/K-code is the 360-2 barrel engine.

My first car was a light-green 77 Doba with a 400 LB and 2.45 gears. It would do 100mph with the shifter in 2nd - took forever to get there, though, and 3rd didn't give much more speed than that.

Anyway -
Fix those rear spring shackles / rails / trunk floor immediately! Dobas are known for punching the springs thru the trunk floor.

Looks good had 1 back in the day 79 triple black t-tops, red guts ... all i added to it was smoked head-lite covers & windows air shocks & a nice quite duel exhaust with 'Cuda tips kept it for 5 years till was run off the road ATE a Guard-Rail

Nice ride for a cheap price. I'd only do what needs to be done to make it safe and dependable. Fix the rear frame/spring mounts as someone else stated. Spend your money on your Demon instead of getting sidetracked on the 'Doba as another project.

Thanks guys. I noticed its only a two barrel when i took off the air cleaner, but whatever it will get a 4 barrel when i do the conversion!

Congratulations on the new driver! That's a nice looking car.

IMO...I'd keep the wheels and the ride height. Ditching the Lean Burn, especially if it is a acting up, is a must. If not, you can plan that as a future upgrade.

I'd second the vote for some immediate repairs to the trunk floor/rear frame rails.

Good for you, they're largely overlooked. I just brought home a 75 from Nevada. I had made it's way to Dayton, OH and sat for 2 yrs. It has almost no rust. I'm looking forward to putting it on the road, going to make a great driver.

I cant seem get the windows to work... The motor is going but the window does nothing...also, i will be getting the stuff for the tune up tommarrow.

Cool car! I had two Cordobas years ago. (who didn't? ha ha) I particularly like the color and the wheels. Plenty that can be done with a 360. Good luck!

Hey Guys, I got some stuff done on the Doba over the weekend. I'm starting to Clean and Polish every piece of chrome/aluminum, so I started with the Rims since they are apparently rare.
Scuffed them with an SOS pad to clean them up, then I wet-sanded with 220 followed by 600,800,1000,then I moved to a Fine Steel Wool, Followed by an Ultra fine Steel wool. After the mild resurfacing I put some Mothers on it and hit it with the buffer and I was very happy with the result, not perfect but darn good for a 31 year old car from Illinois. I only Completed the front two this weekend but I'll be starting on the rears Tomorrow.Also Can someone photoshop for me a pic where the hood/front header panel(around the grill and head lights),fendertops/roof/trunk are blacked out? Thanks guys

What I pretty much started with,these arent the finished ones in the following pics but they are in similar condition to what I started with, one of the front ones was heavily pitted.



Masking

Shiny!


Finished Product.





They arent Perfect like I said but Im stoked about the results and cant wait to get goin on the other 2 rims.


Also Scored a free-bee Holley 4160 600 4bbl from a buddy I ordered a Renew kit I hope its the right one, My part # is LIST 9834, the holley site said for #'s 9834,9834-1,9834-2,9834-3, the renew kit is 37-720. Did I read the chart right?



The Doba waiting for its shoes back hahaha

Just Finished up the last wheel a bit ago, No pics for now but I'll post pics of them all mounted on the car!

Well Heres the Finished product Enjoy!

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After: