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Lookin' good ND, starting to come together, very nice PM me your cell#, i have a very nice inspiration pic i'd like to send ya

Have ya picked out a color?

Gunner

The color is "metallic defecation".

(sparkly chit brown)

Plymouth called it T7, or (saddle bronze metallic)

A brown hotrod.... only me right?

It's the original color code for the car, T7 with a white vinyl top.

And since I've discovered that the car still has it's original engine, trans, drive train etc (serialized), I feel obligated to put it back to original. Well, except for the wheels and tires and any sneaky minor bolt on and internal engine mods I might sneak in there.

I've searched for over a year now to try to find a picture of one with T7 bronze and a white vinyl top, I can't find one.

I guess that just tells me it will be a unique and rare combo.


I've been pondering nicknames such as "the rootbeer float"

(brown with a white top)

Just remember, "unique and rare" doesn't necessarily mean desirable!

A gold plated turd is unique and, hopefully, rare.....might even be considered "art" by some......but I sure wouldn't buy one!!

The bronze metallic will look great after YOU shoot it Dave.
And wet sand it.
Use big flakes. And flash dry each coat so they don't lie down too far.

It will really sparkle then.
Aftermarket wheels and tires then will really set it off.
I was never a fan of vinyl tops back in da day.
But now they are making a resurgence with collectors.
( probably because so many stripped them off before ..)

with the original decals..
air filter.
This will be a great 'bird.

My mother had a 69 in the bright orange ( omaha or hi c? orange )
with a black /black top bench and the matte black hood panels and opening red air scoops.
The exhaust note from the 383 4 brl was always a head turner.
They towed a pop up scamper to Florida and back with it.
Other than lack of AC .. it was cool.

( she only let me drive once or twice. I remember taking it up to about 120 but it was missing to badly to continue... gotta love pre-electronic ignitions..)
My brother came home on leave and drag raced it once, IIRC he was beaten by a BB Chevelle automatic as well.

No AC was why she traded it off for a paisley Fury III.
It was the bronze / brown with dark brown vinyl paisley seats and top. 4 door

For the haters...

yes this is a charger and not a roadrunner, but it's the only example of T7 bronze with a white top that I can find.

Is this close?

I actually have that picture bc, Like I said, i've scoured the internet looking for it.



That may be a T5 or an orange, a photoshopper could tweek it.

But I wont do the black stripes, I can't find any evidence of them originally being on my car and IMO it would get too busy with bronze/black/white

ND, you gonna go with a vinyl top?

Gunner

never seen and orange bird with a WHITE top!
That would be rare too..

Yep.

that's what I peeled off, that's what the fender tags says it was born with... and that's what's going back on.

It will be sharp looking. We had an abundance of the orange w/black vinyl birds in GF when I was a teen.

Gunner

Thanks for the pics Gunner, I got em. Very nice!

I guess that makes two of us.



Full disclosure...I don't think it will be brown when I'm done.

Man, I don't know where I've been but I missed a lot. It's really looking nice Dave.

Hopefully that will be a bit of encouragement, it sure helped me when I was workin' on mine

Gunner

It'll be a beauty, that's for sure. And a 383 Magnum can definitely haul the mail.

That would qualify as an Obama!

That was [bleep] mean.

(calling my beloved road runner obama)

I had suspected my car did not have any stripe options on the hood.

Verified by my 383 badges being removed for the first time.



T7 Bronze under those badges.

My daughter ran an angle die grinder with rol lok pads to remove old paint and funk from the passenger door hinge area.

I like my car, but I like it a little better now that my daughter has done a little chunk of work for me on the car. (best thing that happened for me all week)



leveling quarter tops, it's going very good, she gonna be straight!