Posted By: bobbyb
My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/23/12 01:05 AM
I'm well into my Roadrunner project and thought I would start a thread about my project, so here goes....
What I started with...(I'm going to edit in a better "what I started with pic")
![Attached picture 7032041-5541056-100_1491[1].jpg](https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/upload2/7032041-5541056-100_1491[1].jpg "7032041-5541056-100_1491[1].jpg")
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/23/12 01:27 AM
Cool , thanks for sharing. What are the plans for your road runner?
Posted By: basketcase
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/24/12 12:12 AM
don't forget to share these on the road runner site...
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/24/12 04:23 PM
And this is what looks like after disassembly.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/24/12 04:47 PM
I have the car back on jackstands now, cause I'm replacing both 1/4 panels, interior patch panels, trunk floor & extensions, dutchman panel, package tray, and roof skin. The car is a 383/auto, b5 blue, black vinyl top, and blue interior. The plan is to paint the exterior black and change the interior to black also or leave it blue (haven't made my mind up on the interior yet). It will stay an auto and I already have that finished. I just haven't bought a torque convetor yet. I bought a 3.91 third member and its ready to install. The motor will be a 451 stroker. The short block is finished with a 509 MP cam and will be purchasing a set of aluminum heads from 440 Source or Eldebrock next. The car will be mini-tubbed with aftermarket wheels. I would like a set of Bogart wheels, but I don't think they're street legal if not probably a set from Centerline, the convo(sp?) pros? Anyway it will look stock other than the wheels and motor. Also I do have the original motor and trans from the car shoved up in the corner of my garage.
I will try and post some more pics later cause I have made a little progress, I'm just a little slow on the car and this computer.
I will try and post my progress on 69 Roadrunner.net also, but It seems I always have to resize my pics when I do and like I said I'm not real fast on this computer stuff.
Thanks, Bobby
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/26/12 01:16 AM
Just wanted to post a pic of why I have to replace the package tray. Apparently someone installed 10" speakers at one time and used a can opener for the task.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/26/12 01:21 AM
Oh and here's a pic on moving day into the new garage.
Posted By: aaronsteven
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/27/12 05:28 AM
Looking forward for more updates from You!!!!!
Keep Up!
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/28/12 03:58 AM
Here are a few pics of the front floor repair:
Posted By: 71ChallengerSE
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/28/12 07:15 AM
When you finish it you can take it to Mopar Madness!
Has philbates crushed out yet?
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/29/12 01:04 AM
I had to remove the roof skin, because of the rust under the vinyl top. Roof had surface rust all over it and holes here and there, so it wasn't salvagable. I don't plan on putting another vinyl top back on.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/29/12 04:49 PM
A couple of pics of the 1/4 panel removed.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 02/02/12 01:44 AM
Here is a pic of the driver side 1/4 panel installed and new roof skin.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 02/02/12 01:51 AM
And now I have the package tray and dutchman panel removed.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 02/03/12 02:03 AM
Trunk floor is gone. So now my pics have caught up with me and it will seem like I'm slowing down on the car. Problem is, I am slow. Oh well, next job will be to do the mini-tubs.
Posted By: 68427vette
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 02/04/12 06:23 PM
looking great,, cant wait for more progress,, how d those AMD? quarters fit?, make sure you fit the rear window trim, etc,, and window,, jc
Posted By: Anonymous
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 02/05/12 12:57 AM
You have your passenger side and driver side mixed up.
Nice project and great looking work.
Keep the pics coming.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 02/05/12 02:14 AM
I borrowed an idea I saw Jake(Jake is working on a Challenger in projects section)do where the 1/4 meets the roof. Instead of lead or bondo I'm welding in a strip of sheetmetal so it will be more metal than bondo. Thanks Jake.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 02/05/12 08:12 PM
Well, I was able to get the inner wheel tubs out this weekend, which was my goal and got them out well before the Super Bowl starts.
Posted By: 68427vette
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 02/05/12 10:06 PM
" are you ready for some F
tball!!!"
jc
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 03/18/12 03:53 PM
Well its been a while, but I finally got my mini-tubs installed. Next will be the package tray which shouldn't take too long. I'm going to start on it today when I get off this computer.
Posted By: UCUDANT
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 03/18/12 04:57 PM
I like where this is going
Your white car looks sweet too
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 03/18/12 08:51 PM
Well I got off the computer and went out to the garage and finished up the package tray. I guess next will be the dutchman panel and then the trunk floor.
Posted By: 19cuda73
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 03/19/12 10:41 AM
Nice work looking good! Keep the pictures coming
Posted By: 68427vette
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 03/19/12 04:16 PM
i laughed at the pic of you pushing the car,, "by yourself" and thought,, well there could be 12 inches of snow!! in JAN/ FEB!!!
been there bought the T-shirt,, looks great!!
Posted By: ricks_RR
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 03/19/12 05:18 PM
great work glad mine was not that bad
ricks_RR
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 04/08/12 11:27 PM
Ok, I finally got the dutchman panel in. I guess since it will be visable unlike the package tray it took me a little longer.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 04/08/12 11:33 PM
This is a small part of the resto, but I thought it was kinda neat. This is the brace thats in the trunk that goes from the floor to the edge of the trunk opening. The bottom was rusted where it meets the floor and needed to be fixed.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 04/08/12 11:39 PM
I cut off the bottom of the brace to get a clean edge and took the cut off piece to work. We have a sheetmetal shop at work and I have friend that works in there. I asked him if he could copy it and he said to leave it and he'll give it a try. This is what I got, pretty neat I thought.
Posted By: marks69
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 04/11/12 05:52 AM
You gotta admit that's pretty impressive sheetmetal work.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 07/26/12 11:52 PM
Geez, I can't believe I haven't posted in here since april. This time of year you get kinda busy doing other things. Anyway I finished the trunk floor and have a few pics. Can you tell its been mini-tubbed?
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 07/26/12 11:56 PM
and a few of my brace repair
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 07/27/12 12:02 AM
Ok thats it until I start on the the next part, which will be the spring relocation kit. Hope it won't take to long.
Posted By: ricks_RR
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 07/27/12 12:56 PM
looks good one step at a time
ricks_RR
Posted By: 69Cuda340S
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 07/28/12 04:24 PM
Great metal work there. Car looks excellent.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 08/03/12 01:01 AM
Thanks for the comments
it keeps me motivated. I finally got around to notching my frame for the spring relocation kit. I guess a little part of me didn't want to cut the frame.
There's no turning back now. Here are a few pics.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 08/03/12 01:06 AM
Here's the other side. These are just rough cuts, I still need to go back to clean and trim it to fit the box steel piece that goes into the notched frame.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 09/09/12 05:00 PM
Front drivers side inner fender
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 09/09/12 05:02 PM
Inner fender after being cleaned and painted.
Posted By: 70B5Cuda
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 09/13/12 03:30 PM
Looks good-I love B5 blue! The next project I get will be a B5 Blue roadrunner...
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 10/29/12 11:11 PM
I have some pics of the rear mount for the leaf springs. I didn't like the way they had it done in the instructions, because it would have made the shackels alot lower. So I did it different and I think it will be stronger. Here goes...
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 10/29/12 11:16 PM
I notched the frame for shackle movement and I wanted the shackle at factory height.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 10/29/12 11:19 PM
I welded in the sleeve and welded washers on both sides. I also boxed in the frame where I notched it.
Posted By: mopar383
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 11/21/12 09:05 PM
Wow you did a lot on that car
Posted By: peabodyracing
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 11/23/12 08:18 PM
Very nice work. Talented guys like you make it look easy!
Posted By: daytona kid
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 11/24/12 02:27 AM
Where did you get the stuff for the mini tub and leaf spring relocation mods?
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 11/27/12 01:33 PM
I bought the spring relocation kit from Mancini's and the only thing I needed for the inner fenders was some sheet metal and I bought that at Lowe's.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 12/09/12 04:41 PM
I finished up the bottom of the car other than painting it. Its mostly rust encapsulator and primer.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 12/09/12 04:44 PM
I'm leaving undercoating in the wheel wells.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 12/09/12 04:48 PM
I'm going to start on the engine compartment next, fixing holes, and make it look a little smoother than factory.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/06/13 09:15 PM
I finished up some minor things on the car, but its still progress. I cleaned and sanded the engine bay and will sand it two more times before paint.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 01/06/13 09:19 PM
The interior is cleaned and sanded and I will prime and sand one more time before paint, but I'm not gonna get it too pretty since it will all be covered up.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 03/11/13 12:25 AM
I'm ready to move on to the next "phase" of my project. The main body is repaired as far as rust is concerned. I'm ready to start sanding the main body and repair and sand the body panels. Here is the shell ready for some sanding.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 03/11/13 12:31 AM
Here's what I have to deal with on both doors. Someone installed upholestery on the upper door panels and drilled ALOT of holes to secure the fabric to the panels.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 03/11/13 12:35 AM
Checkout these seat covers.
All those buttons are going to be a pain to remove.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 03/11/13 12:39 AM
Thats all for now, maybe next time I'll have a little color on something.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 03/31/13 01:54 PM
Rolled the car outside yesterday and gave it its first coat of primer on the new roof and 1/4's.
Posted By: dmoore
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 03/31/13 05:37 PM
Great to see another one being saved...great work! Any pics of that White 68?? Hmmmm
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 08/04/13 06:59 PM
Here's some more pics of the progress. I'm kinda in the boring part of the resto.....sanding. I've need to sand 2 more times and maybe paint it before winter.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 10/28/13 10:16 PM
Finally got some paint on some stuff.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 10/28/13 10:29 PM
Also painted bottom of car
Posted By: basketcase
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 10/29/13 06:51 PM
gotta be a great feeling to get some color on it.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 11/06/13 09:06 PM
Took a day off work to take advantage of the weather. Painted the engine bay....
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 11/06/13 09:20 PM
I would post more pics, but it keeps telling me "posts already exists", but its not. Anybody know WTH is going on?
Posted By: Beep Beep
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 11/08/13 03:06 AM
Excellent work, keep posting pics.
Posted By: cmansell
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 11/08/13 03:44 AM
Looks great, what type paint are you using?
Posted By: Black 69 Beeper
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 04/14/14 03:28 AM
did you weld the sub frame connectors in while the car was on the rotisserie? what brand were they?
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 04/14/14 01:09 PM
I set the car on jack stands and tacked welded the frame connectors in and then back up on the rotisserie for final welding and easy access. I wish I had more time to do a Bee, but I am suppose to retire in a year and a half
and maybe do some stuff for other people.
Posted By: OhioMopar
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 04/14/14 01:54 PM
Nice to meet you. I'm Other People. Lol. Impressive work. I'll get to making mine pretty some day.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 08/03/14 04:50 PM
I finally finished wet sanding and buffing my car. Black is a very unforgiving color. I installed some emblems, decals, door handles and tail lights. I plan on installing the trunk lid and bumper next and after that I will be getting the motor together. The motor is a 451 stroker.
Posted By: basketcase
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 08/03/14 05:35 PM
beautiful Bobby. Hey can you squeeze me in before the Super Bee, I just need paint.....
are you going to The Nats?
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 08/03/14 05:42 PM
I would Dave if you were closer. I won't be going to the Nats, I spent ALL my money at Carlisle.
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 08/04/14 12:58 AM
Ok, Gonna try another pic
Posted By: moparpollack
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 08/04/14 01:20 AM
Looks too good I would be paranoid of getting a scratch!
Posted By: sixty9redgtx
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 08/16/14 01:02 AM
Very nice ride, that black looks sweet!!
Posted By: bobbyb
Re: My '69 Roadrunner project - 10/13/14 09:44 PM
Got my motor almost finished. Its a 451, Stealth heads, 509 cam, 10.5:1 comp. Gonna get my carb next, 870 Holley Street Avenger.
![Attached picture 7041104-5543439-100_1493[1].jpg](https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/upload2/7041104-5543439-100_1493[1].jpg "7041104-5543439-100_1493[1].jpg")
Guess I need to pay a little more attention. The AMD 1/4's fit pretty good. Only place that was a litte problem was where the 1/4 meets the dutchman panel and bottom of the rear glass. I had to push down on it more than I liked, but it worked.
![Attached picture 7649491-5543439-100_1493[1].jpg](https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/upload2/7649491-5543439-100_1493[1].jpg "7649491-5543439-100_1493[1].jpg")
