My mother's 69 was the orange. Omaha orange and called something else too. You should have seen the dealer try and match the driver's door! I think it ended up being shot three times!
"wanna hear God laugh? Tell Him you have complete control now!"
I scrounged parts here and there. It was a wrecked heap in 1989 when I got it. It had been crunched in the front end and had a mason jar for a gas tank, lol. (just so dude could prove to me the 318 would run) Paid a $125 for the car on that day.
Anyway, there weren't no Internet when I started repairing the car. Just had to acquire parts by word of mouth or riding around and knocking on doors asking about junked Mopars in folks' backyards.
So, the 440 magnum hood is not correct. I got that in a parts swap with another guy that want some of my Coronet500 stuff.
As the car sits now, that is a 383 HP short block from a 69 Fury in there, with 906 heads I had assembled by another Mopar buddy that I dd some other trading on.
Not a show piece, no numbers match. Just a toy saved from the crushers.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." Robert E. Howard
I scrounged parts here and there. It was a wrecked heap in 1989 when I got it. It had been crunched in the front end and had a mason jar for a gas tank, lol. (just so dude could prove to me the 318 would run) Paid a $125 for the car on that day.
Anyway, there weren't no Internet when I started repairing the car. Just had to acquire parts by word of mouth or riding around and knocking on doors asking about junked Mopars in folks' backyards.
So, the 440 magnum hood is not correct. I got that in a parts swap with another guy that want some of my Coronet500 stuff.
As the car sits now, that is a 383 HP short block from a 69 Fury in there, with 906 heads I had assembled by another Mopar buddy that I dd some other trading on.
Not a show piece, no numbers match. Just a toy saved from the crushers.
Very cool
To me the 383 has a coolness factor that overshadows the 440.
I wouldn't have guessed a 383 swap, I think that's very cool.
Although that shifter is getting some age on it. I have been perusing thru the Summit catalog looking for an upgrade.
I looked hard for a 4speed. I did acquire a big block bell housing on the assumption that another gear geek was going to sell me a 4speed he had behind a 340Demon. But he got "clingy" with his tranny and backed out.
I did have another bud give me a Sure Grip with a Richmond set of 4:10 gears. It's under the work bench mothballed. I'm currently rolling a set of 3:55 ring/pinion gears I snatched outta Dodge "potato chip" van.
Also have a Dana 60 waiting for back up if I ever need it.
Yeah this is really no problem. I'm really ok with it because I was on the fence on a couple of fender patches and rocker patches too.
I was considering making my own patches for a rocker that's swiss cheesed and the 2 lower rear halves of the front fenders.
They form repair pieces for these areas, and if I'm ordering a floor pan I'll go ahead and order the fender patches and a rocker repair patch and save myself a bunch of fab time.