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1968 Coronet.....getting a make over.

Posted By: chromedome426

1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 07:51 PM

Hey all, This is one of my current projects. It's a 1968 Coronet 440 model, 318 automatic with a/c. I am in the process of changing it into a R/T Hemi clone. I bought the car in the fall of '08 and then bought a new 426 crate Hemi in the summer of '09.
Here is a pic of the car the day I picked it up.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 07:54 PM

another

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 07:58 PM

Here is the crate

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 08:04 PM

Here it is getting moved from my regular garage bay over to my body shop bay.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 08:12 PM

I sanded the body down to the bare metal and then got set up to sand blast the under side of the car.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 08:19 PM

I fabricated my own Hemi torque boxes.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 08:33 PM

The car had patch panels put on the bottom of the 1/4's before I bought it. I didn't like how they stepped the weld seam. It looked horrible from inside the trunk. Plus it required a lot of body fill at the wheel lip opening. I was also worried about hidden rust comming through the lip from the outer wheel house. So I replaced the 1/4's and outer wheel house and trunk extentions.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 08:41 PM

Because hemi cars didn't come with air conditioning. I had to re work the fire wall.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 08:49 PM

I painted the bottom of the car in April 2010.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 08:52 PM

another view of the bottom.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 08:59 PM

Hemi cars also have an extra plate welded at the rear of the leaf spring mount. I noticed on a real hemi car that the factory welds were quit sloppy. So I made my welds sloppy too.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 09:24 PM

I didn't get any thing done to the car over the summer. But, I am getting back at it now that things are slowing down for the winter. Here is a pic of it in the driveway next to my race car. My drag car is a replica of Dick Landy's 68 Coronet R/T that was campained by Mike Landy back in the day.

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Posted By: 68KillerBee

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/16/10 11:03 PM

Cool A lot of 68 coronets coming up on here. I thought the 440 model were all post cars? I am likely wrong. More pics of the racecar too!!
Posted By: dmoore

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/17/10 01:27 AM

That thing looks good even on a pallet in the middle of a garage
Posted By: demon1515

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/17/10 01:43 PM

Why no frame connectors, i know it is going to be a clone but it wouldnt hurt to have a set of car tool frame connectors in it, anyway is a clone. just my opinion, eather way is a bad ass car and i love the way you paint it underneath and leave it shiney with no undercoating i wont put undercoating in my car eather and will paint underneath as well the same body color.
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/17/10 02:24 PM

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Cool A lot of 68 coronets coming up on here. I thought the 440 model were all post cars? I am likely wrong. More pics of the racecar too!!



In 1968 the base Coronet and the Deluxe model were post cars as well as the Super Bee. The 440 models could be post or hard top. The 500 and R/T were hard tops.
I will start another thread later for more pics of my race car.
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/17/10 02:51 PM

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Why no frame connectors, i know it is going to be a clone but it wouldnt hurt to have a set of car tool frame connectors in it, anyway is a clone. just my opinion, eather way is a bad ass car and i love the way you paint it underneath and leave it shiney with no undercoating i wont put undercoating in my car eather and will paint underneath as well the same body color.


I didn't bother with frame connectors on this car since it is a clone, and will not get abused. not too much anyway. and,I have my race car with frame connectors too settle any urges for hard accelerations
I will be putting under coat in the wheel wells the same way the factory did. But I will leave the under side shiney paint.
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/19/10 01:00 AM

I got my ralley dash and bucket seats from a very rusty 68 Charger parts car. The dash is rusty around the vin number. But thats okay, because I am drilling out the spot welds for the top pan of the dash and replacing it with my original top pan. This way I also get to keep my cars original vin number intact with the factory rivets.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/19/10 01:06 AM

Here is my top pan next to the ralley dash frame.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/19/10 01:10 AM

Here is a before pic of the dash bezels.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/19/10 01:18 AM

This is after I repainted the black and used chrome "Bare Metal Foil" to restore the gauge bezels. The chrome turned out okay for now. I might get reproduction bezels someday ?

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/19/10 01:20 AM

close up.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/19/10 01:26 AM

Looks awesome in the pics. What kind of black paint did you use?
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/19/10 01:49 AM

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Looks awesome in the pics. What kind of black paint did you use?


Dupli-color Trim Paint. Restores OEM black. It has a very natural look.

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Posted By: RUNCHARGER

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/19/10 02:08 AM

How did you do the lettering? They always smudge for me.

Sheldon
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/19/10 02:58 AM

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How did you do the lettering? They always smudge for me.

Sheldon


I used a small tip paint pen from Michaels arts and crafts. To keep it from running out and smudging, I kept wiping the tip of the pen on paper towel and just lightly dabbing the letters. I put the first coat on light, let it dry, then lightly put more coats on till it covered.
Posted By: wvmarv

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/19/10 07:15 PM

What is this " bare metal foil" ? Never heard of it. Where do you get it? Looks great by the way.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/19/10 11:12 PM

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What is this " bare metal foil" ? Never heard of it. Where do you get it? Looks great by the way.


Bare Metal Foil was designed for detailing model cars. You can order it online or pick it up at some hobby stores that sell model cars. Here is a link to their web site.
http://www.bare-metal.com/bare-metal-foil.html
Posted By: Edison62

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/20/10 02:00 AM

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Hey all, This is one of my current projects. It's a 1968 Coronet 440 model, 318 automatic with a/c. I am in the process of changing it into a R/T Hemi clone. I bought the car in the fall of '08 and then bought a new 426 crate Hemi in the summer of '09.
Here is a pic of the car the day I picked it up.



Travis..... that was my brother Mikes car. I was going to get it from him but I wanted a 1970 model... I see your changing out the color, are you keeping the white interior??? good to see it went to a good home!!!

Mike now has a 2010 Challenger R/T Classic in Detonator Yellow... HEMI stick car.....

Bryan

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Posted By: Edison62

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/20/10 02:03 AM

Quote:

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What is this " bare metal foil" ? Never heard of it. Where do you get it? Looks great by the way.


Bare Metal Foil was designed for detailing model cars. You can order it online or pick it up at some hobby stores that sell model cars. Here is a link to their web site.
http://www.bare-metal.com/bare-metal-foil.html



Here is a model I used "Bare Metal Foil" on... patience & a sharp blade + steady hand is all thats required... all the window trim, rockers & emblems are BMF.

Bryan

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/20/10 03:41 PM


Travis..... that was my brother Mikes car. I was going to get it from him but I wanted a 1970 model... I see your changing out the color, are you keeping the white interior??? good to see it went to a good home!!!

Mike now has a 2010 Challenger R/T Classic in Detonator Yellow... HEMI stick car.....

Bryan


Hi Bryan, I'm glad you found your 1970 and left the 1968 for me. Your project is looking very nice by the way.
I am changing the interior from white bench to black buckets and console. The white interior will be going in one of my 69 Coronet projects.
Is this Mike's second Challenger? I thought he had a red 2008 on order when I bought the Coronet.

If you happen to come over to the Island anytime, let me know, I'll give you a tour through the garage.
Posted By: Edison62

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/28/10 01:23 AM

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Travis..... that was my brother Mikes car. I was going to get it from him but I wanted a 1970 model... I see your changing out the color, are you keeping the white interior??? good to see it went to a good home!!!

Mike now has a 2010 Challenger R/T Classic in Detonator Yellow... HEMI stick car.....

Bryan


Hi Bryan, I'm glad you found your 1970 and left the 1968 for me. Your project is looking very nice by the way.
I am changing the interior from white bench to black buckets and console. The white interior will be going in one of my 69 Coronet projects.
Is this Mike's second Challenger? I thought he had a red 2008 on order when I bought the Coronet.

If you happen to come over to the Island anytime, let me know, I'll give you a tour through the garage.



Hey again, not sure what happened to the Red Challenger but his Yellow one is killer! We are hoping to get down to P.E.I. this coming summer once we get the 70 Bee finished... both Shannon & I are looking forward to the trip... pm me with your contact info.

Bryan

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 03/24/11 07:01 PM

I didn't get near as much done to the car over the winter as I had planed. Too much snow removal that had to get done and then I ended up having hernia surgery as well.
I got the dash mostly back together. I still need to replace the glove box door with the proper one for a rallye dash.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 03/24/11 07:15 PM

The two corners of the trunk lid had a bit of swelling that needed some surgery as well.

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Posted By: basketcase

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 03/25/11 09:08 PM

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My drag car is a replica of Dick Landy's 68 Coronet R/T that was campained by Mike Landy back in the day.




you're doing fantastic work! could we PLEASE have more shots of your Landy car?
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 03/26/11 04:02 AM

Of the 100's of pics I have of my race car. I only found a couple pics on this computer. The rest I have are all taken with my old 35mm camera or by track photographers. I will have to get my son to show me how to scan them onto the computer some day.

Here is a pic taken in early 2003 while the car was still being built.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 03/26/11 04:07 AM

This is later in 2003.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 03/26/11 04:21 AM

I made a few changes to the car over the last eight years. It started out with a 383 and a 8.75 rear end, and a ramcharger hood. It now has a 440 sixpack, dana 60, and a lift off hood. It use to run low 13's but now runs mid 11's.

one last pic for now.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 03/26/11 04:28 AM

OK, one more.

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Posted By: basketcase

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 03/26/11 07:19 PM

beautiful! thanks!
Posted By: Edison62

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 03/29/11 01:06 AM

Very nice Travis.... can't wait to see what you do with the Green one. Anything interesting for sale down your way... pm if so!

Bryan
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/02/11 01:47 PM

I just came across this pic of the dash before I removed it from my donor car.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/02/11 02:09 PM

I got the heater controls restored and back in the dash this week. The fan switch was easy to take apart and clean. And with a light dab of fresh dielectric greese it now has that nice "click" "click" "click" sound between the settings again.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/02/11 02:11 PM

I also have the trunk lid near ready for paint.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/02/11 02:18 PM

I got a start on the doors. I had to weld in the body side molding holes from the Coronet 440 trim. I will be leaving the chrome trim on the very top of the doors.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/02/11 02:24 PM

Inside pic of the door.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/05/11 01:01 PM

Made some progress over the weekend. Got some paint on the inside of the doors and trunk lid.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/05/11 01:06 PM

The interior part of the door still needs to be painted black.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/05/11 01:10 PM

Bolted them back on the car last night.

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Posted By: basketcase

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/05/11 01:23 PM

that's gonna be sweet! uh...any chance of some pics of the S&M car behind your Coronet...and details? Thanks!
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/05/11 01:35 PM

OH CRAP! Started to work on the hood last night. This power bulge hood is one that came with the car when I bought it. I hadn't paid any attention to it until now. Looks like it went through a severe hail storm. I did have hopes of getting this car painted in the next month too. Now I got to go looking for another hood.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/05/11 02:35 PM

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that's gonna be sweet! uh...any chance of some pics of the S&M car behind your Coronet...and details? Thanks!



The S&M car is one that a friend and I built in 2004 just after we finished the Landy car. Originally I owned both cars and he owned the drive train that was in the S&M car. He later bought the S&M car from me, but he keeps it stored at my place.

He started out with a 383 but it now has a 499 ci stroker in it. His best et so far is in the 10.40's. He just purchased bigger heads and cam for it last week. Plus he will be swapping out the front drum brakes for disc's.

The car is one of those little old lady cars that was found in a barn with 68k miles on it. It was originally a 1968 Satellite with a 273ci.


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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/05/11 10:20 PM

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/05/11 10:21 PM

3

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Posted By: basketcase

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/06/11 12:54 PM

thanks!
Posted By: 68SportSatvert

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/07/11 01:08 AM

Why scrap the hood? A friend bought a shrinking disk and used it on the roof of his 63 Fairlane. Quickly and easily took the dents out as well as the oil canning. He's very accomplished/experienced at bodywork. You could easily have that hood flat in a day.
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/07/11 04:15 PM

Thanks for the tip on the shrinking disc. I do plan on trying to save this hood whether I end up finding a better one or not. It's just a matter of finding the time and hope that I have enough skill to do it well.
Posted By: Scatransit

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/08/11 12:50 AM

Love the 68's! Your doing a beautiful job on this, good luck!

Awesome color choice as well...Is that A4 ?

Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/08/11 03:12 AM

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Love the 68's! Your doing a beautiful job on this, good luck!

Awesome color choice as well...Is that A4 ?





Thanks for the kind words. A4 is the code used for the 1969 silver, in 1968 the code was just A. I'm not sure if there is much difference between the two years, but I did ask them to mix up the 68 color.
Posted By: Scatransit

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/08/11 01:10 PM



...A4 is the code used for the 1969 silver, in 1968 the code was just A...



Forgive me... How dare I imply that one would actually use a '69 paint code on a '68 car!

Either way, your car looks great... Can't wait to see it done...
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 06/08/11 05:21 PM

Not much progress since my last post. Although I did receive alot of new parts for the Hemi. New Chromedome air cleaner which has been discontinued (Tony's Parts still had some in stock). New black wrinkle valve covers that are on nation wide back order (found on ebay). New exhaust manifolds, motor mounts,pulleys, and of course a hassle free dual quad induction system with calibrated edelbrock carbs from Mancini.

My delimma now is that I am having second thoughts about leaving it automatic. I already have alot of the 4spd parts needed. I'm just not sure my poor knees will tolerate it as I get older.

I still havn't found a better hood yet either which is holding up the progress on painting.
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 06/08/11 07:29 PM

I had a friend get Paintless Dent Removal done on his Grand Cherokee this weekend while we watched. It was an amazing process and when completed you couldn't tell there had ever been any dents in it at all!

He did it on the side for $150 for 5 very large dents!
Posted By: Edison62

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 06/09/11 11:08 AM

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My delimma now is that I am having second thoughts about leaving it automatic. I already have alot of the 4spd parts needed. I'm just not sure my poor knees will tolerate it as I get older.





Go with the stick and enjoy it as long as you can then switch it back it needed! Thats my plan w/my bad knees!!!!!!!! But they'll need to get really BAD before that happens!!!! lol!


Bryan
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/14/11 06:56 PM

Finally started back at the project this past week after an 8 month break. I had no luck in finding a better hood, so I decided it's time to repair the one I have.

Along with the hail damage, the glue between the two layers had also let go. Plus it had two of the welded nuts broke off inside the hood. Plus it had surface rust and a mouse nest inside that I just couldn't seem to completely get rid of.

The only way to really take care of all these issues was to drill out the spot welds and get inside.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/14/11 06:58 PM

Mouse dirt....

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/14/11 07:05 PM

Hood safety catch welded nut was broke off and rolling around inside...

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/14/11 07:10 PM

Sanded off any remaining paint and as much of the rust as I could. Then used Rust Not on the remaining surface rust.....

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/14/11 07:14 PM

The inner webbing got sand blasted and then a coat of epoxy primar....

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 02/22/12 03:57 PM

welded back together and painted.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 02/22/12 03:59 PM

Top side looks much better now.....ready for primer.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 02/22/12 04:07 PM

Got a few more pieces painted...

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 02/22/12 04:21 PM

Good bye automatic.....I'm going 4 spd! I will leave those tabs on the tunnel just in case it ever needs to go back to auto.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 02/22/12 04:24 PM

4spd hump installation...

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 02/22/12 04:26 PM

pic 2

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 02/22/12 04:31 PM

Underneath pic of 4spd hump...

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 02/22/12 04:39 PM

Painted the black on the inner doors....

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Posted By: bobbyb

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 02/22/12 05:52 PM

How did you get the dents out of the hood? Looks good.
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 02/22/12 06:41 PM

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How did you get the dents out of the hood? Looks good.



Once I had the inner structure out of the way, I went at it with the hammer & dolly. Also had help from a friend of a friend that does paintless dent repair.
Posted By: HotRod20

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 02/22/12 09:17 PM

Wow...the project is very impressive. I love those tribute cars. I've always wanted to do a 68 Landy Coronet myself. I love it. Nice job!!
Thanks for posting the pictures. It gives the rest of us a shot in the arm to get going on our own projects.I love what you did with the buldge hood. Looks nice after you put it back together. Not too many guys I know would have made that kind of repair.But...with the good parts hard to find, we have to fix what we have nowadays.
keep rockin my friend.HR20
Posted By: aspenrt360

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 02/23/12 03:41 AM

very nice cars and great work!
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 05/07/12 03:50 PM

It's been a long time coming, but I finally applied paint to the outside of the car. I was warned that silver is not an easy color to spray, and after the second coat of base went on (zebra striped) I was ready to hurl the paint gun across the room and go buy some black paint instead. But after going for a drive to calm down, and then switching back to my old cheap reliable siphon feed gun for the third coat of base, I couldn't be happier with the results.

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Posted By: Edison62

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 05/07/12 08:50 PM

Wow Travis, the car looks great. Can't wait to see it in person, it's hard to believe its the green one!

We hope to make it over to the island this summer for a show.... any suggestions? I hear there's a good one on the July 7th weekend, just can't remember the details....

Bryan
Posted By: LimeliteAero

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 05/08/12 03:22 PM

that looks awsome!

good job on the decision to go "old School" mid shoot. I guess it just takes more time behind the gun to get the hang of a difficult color out of the unfamiliar tool.
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 05/08/12 03:22 PM

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Wow Travis, the car looks great. Can't wait to see it in person, it's hard to believe its the green one!

We hope to make it over to the island this summer for a show.... any suggestions? I hear there's a good one on the July 7th weekend, just can't remember the details....

Bryan



The PEI Street Rod Association is hosting a small show & shine at the Old Brudenell Park on that weekend. My favorite show is definitely The Atlantic Nationals in Moncton N.B on the following weekend.
Posted By: Edison62

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 10/18/12 08:32 PM

Travis, any updates on the Coronet??????

Bryan
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 10/19/12 01:14 AM

No progress lately, hope to get back at it soon though.
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 11/17/12 03:37 PM

Finished wet sanding & buffing and then put the stripe on last night.



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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 11/17/12 04:02 PM

I repainted the engine bay this week too.



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Posted By: 68KillerBee

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 11/17/12 04:13 PM

Looks awesome.
Posted By: v8punch

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 11/17/12 04:22 PM

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Looks awesome.




perfect!
Posted By: mopar383

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 11/21/12 09:07 PM

Looking good
Posted By: LimeliteAero

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 11/22/12 02:32 PM

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Finished wet sanding & buffing and then put the stripe on last night.



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LOOKS GREAT!
Posted By: dmoore

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 11/22/12 03:18 PM

That color sure does give definition....great job!
Posted By: basketcase

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 11/24/12 03:32 AM

Posted By: mopar383

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 11/24/12 05:39 AM

Seeing these pics make me want to paint my Duster that combo
Posted By: Edison62

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 11/25/12 10:04 PM

Wow Travis, that car has come so far. Looks great, can't wait to see it done. We're planning on taking the 70 to PEI summer of 2013 once we figure out a good show to go to, maybe we can get together.

Again... looking great!



Bryan
Posted By: Edison62

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/01/12 07:18 AM

.... Travis, spoke w/my brother today and he may have the paperwork from Kansas and more from when the car was originally sold/imported to Csnada....

Will let you know......

Bryan.
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 12/01/12 03:26 PM

Thanks Bryan, that would be great.

I installed the vinyl top last weekend with help from a friend. It turned out pretty good for the first one that either one of us had ever done. Also put the head liner in this week as well.

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Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/18/13 06:10 PM

Been a while since I updated this thread. Still lots to do, but slowly getting closer.

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Posted By: Jeremiah

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/18/13 06:23 PM

Wow, what a cool car! I am very interested in the process of installing the top and headliner. I have that on the list of things to do for our '66. Looking forward to seeing this one done!
Posted By: moparmojo

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/18/13 10:13 PM

Awesome stuff. Thanksm for taking the time to photograph and update us. This sort of stuff is what maes me passionate about the hobby.
Posted By: a12superbee

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/19/13 08:12 AM

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Been a while since I updated this thread. Still lots to do, but slowly getting closer.




Sweet. I would sit in it and have my friends just push me around for a while.
Posted By: v8punch

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/19/13 03:32 PM

Great car....
Posted By: DPelletier

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/19/13 04:02 PM

Beautiful; nice work.


Dave
Posted By: RSNOMO

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/19/13 06:55 PM

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Beautiful; nice work.


Dave



Indeed...
Posted By: Edison62

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/19/13 07:03 PM

Looks great Travis, color combo really suits the car!

Bryan
Posted By: TX9AAR

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/24/13 12:09 AM

Your car looks great! What kind of rims are you going to use?
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 04/30/13 03:55 PM

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Your car looks great! What kind of rims are you going to use?



I have a collection of different rims. So multiple combinations are possible. It will just depend on the occasion or mood I'm in as to what it will have on any given day.

#1. Body color steel wheels/red lines/dog dish caps.
#2. S/S Cragers/fat tires
#3. Keystone Classics/fat tires.
#4. 15x8 steel wheels/fat tires.
Posted By: basketcase

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 05/02/13 03:33 PM

#2 or #3
Posted By: Dave Watt

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 05/02/13 04:01 PM

Chromedome, that Coronet is awesome! Great color choices.
Posted By: Edison62

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 10/05/13 08:47 PM

Updates?
Posted By: chromedome426

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. - 10/08/13 03:08 PM

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Updates?



None on the car, bought a Harley the 1st of May and been busy renovating the house to make it much more energy efficient. Now adding another bay onto my garage. Plan to get back at the car this winter and hope to have it on the road for next summer.

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