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1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. #881699
12/16/10 03:51 PM 12/16/10 03:51 PM
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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.

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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881700
12/16/10 03:54 PM 12/16/10 03:54 PM
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another

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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881701
12/16/10 03:58 PM 12/16/10 03:58 PM
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Here is the crate

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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881702
12/16/10 04:04 PM 12/16/10 04:04 PM
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Here it is getting moved from my regular garage bay over to my body shop bay.

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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881703
12/16/10 04:12 PM 12/16/10 04:12 PM
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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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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881704
12/16/10 04:19 PM 12/16/10 04:19 PM
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I fabricated my own Hemi torque boxes.

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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881705
12/16/10 04:33 PM 12/16/10 04:33 PM
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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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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881706
12/16/10 04:41 PM 12/16/10 04:41 PM
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Because hemi cars didn't come with air conditioning. I had to re work the fire wall.

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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881707
12/16/10 04:49 PM 12/16/10 04:49 PM
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I painted the bottom of the car in April 2010.

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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881708
12/16/10 04:52 PM 12/16/10 04:52 PM
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another view of the bottom.

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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881709
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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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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881710
12/16/10 05:24 PM 12/16/10 05:24 PM
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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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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881711
12/16/10 07:03 PM 12/16/10 07:03 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!!

Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881712
12/16/10 09:27 PM 12/16/10 09:27 PM
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That thing looks good even on a pallet in the middle of a garage

https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/showcase/1964-sport-fury-convertible-426-s.5390/
Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: dmoore] #881713
12/17/10 09:43 AM 12/17/10 09:43 AM
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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.
Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: 68KillerBee] #881714
12/17/10 10:24 AM 12/17/10 10:24 AM
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Quote:

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.
Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: demon1515] #881715
12/17/10 10:51 AM 12/17/10 10:51 AM
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Quote:

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.
Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881716
12/18/10 09:00 PM 12/18/10 09:00 PM
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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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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881717
12/18/10 09:06 PM 12/18/10 09:06 PM
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Here is my top pan next to the ralley dash frame.

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Re: 1968 Coronet.....getting a make over. [Re: chromedome426] #881718
12/18/10 09:10 PM 12/18/10 09:10 PM
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Here is a before pic of the dash bezels.

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Last edited by chromedome426; 12/18/10 09:24 PM.
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