1970 Coronet R/T full restoration

[CoronetR/T70]

Hi....i already posted some pics ....but in the wrong Kategorie . I posted them under New members. However....here are the pics again..

 

[CoronetR/T70]

And today is a good day for me and my 70 RT...........the rusty days are over.
New pics......all the rust is gone. Now everything looks better

 

[CoronetR/T70]

The brown spots in the car is all the Sand left from sandblasting. I think this will accompany me for decades....the Sand Shows up eeeeverywhere

 

[chargervert]

The car looks like a solid starting point, now that the floor is done. A 70 Coronet R/T or Super bee is on my list of Mopars I want but haven't owned yet. I had a 69 A12 Superbee,and a 69 Coronet R/T. When I drove the Charger convertible for the first time I was getting pelted by sand blasting sand coming out of everywhere! I was wishing I had sunglasses on, but you couldn't wipe the smile off my face!

 

[CoronetR/T70]

äääähhh wait a minute........loooord have mercy....a charger convertibel....never ever saw one. thats insane!!! that must be a ton of work
aaaaaand the shifter....omg,,,its an LIGHTNING ROD shifter. saw it ones...in a Hurst /Olds...83/84. that charger is amazing.
well....i say thx for the hint with the sunglasses. i will wear some on the first testdrive

 

[chargervert]

The convertible was a lot of work, I actually built two of them, so it was a lot of work twice! Lol The lightning rods are not from a Hurst Olds,those ones are for a 4 speed overdrive transmission. Hurst sold them over the counter for 3 speed automatic transmission equipped cars.

 

[chargervert]

I am looking forward to following your build. I had the opportunity in the early nineties to buy a b7 blue 70 Coronet R/T, it was a 440 Magnum automatic car, but it had been converted to a 4 speed car with a Dana 60 in it. It had the Ramcharger hood, a white vynal top and stripe. He wanted $6300 for the car, I offered $5800 for it, he sold it for $6200. I always regretted not buying that car.

 

[Aron Gleason]

I am looking forward to following your build. I had the opportunity in the early nineties to buy a b7 blue 70 Coronet R/T, it was a 440 Magnum automatic car, but it had been converted to a 4 speed car with a Dana 60 in it. It had the Ramcharger hood, a white vynal top and stripe. He wanted $6300 for the car, I offered $5800 for it, he sold it for $6200. I always regretted not buying that car.

IIRC the guy who designed the charger had built a convertible but never finished it. And a guy here in Washington bought it to finish it. It was featured in a mopar magazine in the 90's. And even was at a local car show. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures.

 

[chargervert]

That is correct, Richard Sais who designed the second generation Chargers built his own convertible Charger. Richard Sais actually got very little credit for his work on designing the car. His boss Bill Brownlee had actually told him to scrap the clay mock up of the 68 Charger, but had left for a two week overseas vacation. While he was on vacation his boss,who I believe was Virgil Exner walked into the design studio and looked at the mocked up 68 Charger and said that is what a muscle car should look like! So Sais and his crew continued to work on the mock up that was supposed to be scrapped and when his boss got back he was livid that the clay mockup was still in the design studio and even more livid when he found out his boss had seen it and absolutely loved the design! He believed that the next Generation Chargers should have remained a fastback like the previous Chargers were. The flying buttress rear window was a compromise. When Mr Brownlee got the word from his boss that the mockup was to be the next generation Charger he was so pissed off that he went over to the mockup ripped off the flip top gascap that was in between the taillights like most competitors cars were from that era,placed it on the top of the drivers side rear quarter panel turned to Sais and the crew and said, this belongs here and walked out of the studio. Needless to say he made Sais' life uncomfortable for going over his head when he was away on vacation and Sais left the company in 1969 to go to work for a company that designed the interiors of airplanes. Bill Brownlee hated the design of the second generation Chargers, but had no problem taking the accolades for its design as Charger sales went through the roof! Sais told his new coworkers that he designed the second generation Chargers and they didn't believe him,they laughed behind his back about it like he was a bullshitter! One day a former coworker of his from the Dodge design studio stopped in and presented him a plaque for his design work on the second generation Chargers, needless to say his new coworkers had to eat their words! Richard Sais always wanted to see a convertible version of the Charger be offered along side his timeless design of the hardtop version of the car. He is also credited for designing the Charger and Challenger script emblems. On a side note, I saw a picture of a 1967 Pontiac design studio drawing that is a dead ringer of the front end of a 1970 Dodge Coronet. Obviously whoever drew that design studio drawing ended up in the Dodge design studio soon after that picture a 70 Coronet drawn exactly the same except it had the Pontiac beak between the two looped bumpers! The drawing was exactly the same as a 70 Coronet in every way except for the beak.

 

[Aron Gleason]

That is correct, Richard Sais who designed the second generation Chargers built his own convertible Charger. Richard Sais actually got very little credit for his work on designing the car. His boss Bill Brownlee had actually told him to scrap the clay mock up of the 68 Charger, but had left for a two week overseas vacation. While he was on vacation his boss,who I believe was Virgil Exner walked into the design studio and looked at the mocked up 68 Charger and said that is what a muscle car should look like! So Sais and his crew continued to work on the mock up that was supposed to be scrapped and when his boss got back he was livid that the clay mockup was still in the design studio and even more livid when he found out his boss had seen it and absolutely loved the design! He believed that the next Generation Chargers should have remained a fastback like the previous Chargers were. The flying buttress rear window was a compromise. When Mr Brownlee got the word from his boss that the mockup was to be the next generation Charger he was so pissed off that he went over to the mockup ripped off the flip top gascap that was in between the taillights like most competitors cars were from that era,placed it on the top of the drivers side rear quarter panel turned to Sais and the crew and said, this belongs here and walked out of the studio. Needless to say he made Sais' life uncomfortable for going over his head when he was away on vacation and Sais left the company in 1969 to go to work for a company that designed the interiors of airplanes. Bill Brownlee hated the design of the second generation Chargers, but had no problem taking the accolades for its design as Charger sales went through the roof! Sais told his new coworkers that he designed the second generation Chargers and they didn't believe him,they laughed behind his back about it like he was a bullshitter! One day a former coworker of his from the Dodge design studio stopped in and presented him a plaque for his design work on the second generation Chargers, needless to say his new coworkers had to eat their words! Richard Sais always wanted to see a convertible version of the Charger be offered along side his timeless design of the hardtop version of the car. He is also credited for designing the Charger and Challenger script emblems. On a side note, I saw a picture of a 1967 Pontiac design studio drawing that is a dead ringer of the front end of a 1970 Dodge Coronet. Obviously whoever drew that design studio drawing ended up in the Dodge design studio soon after that picture a 70 Coronet drawn exactly the same except it had the Pontiac beak between the two looped bumpers! The drawing was exactly the same as a 70 Coronet in every way except for the beak.

Very cool backstory.

 

[chargervert]

What is the color combination for your Coronet R/T?

 

[CoronetR/T70]

Hi...I am gonna build it like it was....inside all black....outside fc7.

 

[chargervert]

Nice it's going to be a stunning car. I currently have two original FC7 cars in the works,one is a 70 Challenger convertible that was Plum Crazy Purple and white,the other is a 70 Charger R/T that is purple and black. I am building a replica of the purple 70 Charger Daytona out of the 70 Charger R/T.

 

[CoronetR/T70]

Santa bring me some fc7 plz.....
And again.....my back hurts...my fingers hurt....I am just done. Buuuut....it's getting better and better.
Now it's time for the guys from the paintshop.

 

[CoronetR/T70]

Hi everyone.....a short hello from germany. Much work....less time for checking the moparforum. But here are some new pics....

 

[CoronetR/T70]

Hi there from germany....the project is getting better and better......a lot of fun, and lot of work and only possible because a Guy from Ozark helped me out so much. Engine is ready and mounted. But still.....a loooot of work to do. Hete ate some pics.
greetings from germany. Markus

 

[chargervert]

The car looks amazing! Nice work!

 

[Charger72]

Looking great and thanks for sharing such a beautiful car.

 

[1970 Roadrunner]

That's Ozark, Mo. USA

 

[Don Frelier]

Awesome