1970 coronet rt

[2fast4you]

Just found this 1970 Dodge Coronet r/t, hope to get some ideas on where to start on the resto, I'am not much of a mechanic but will try anything. This car has been sitting a very long time it has 18,632 original miles, burnt orange w/ white vinyl top, where the top meets the trunk has some rust and also the under body looks pretty rusty. there has not been any mods or changes at all, has a lot of dings from junk sitting on and arount it, the interior is great, engine compartment is dirty, but runs and sounds good. I really wont to do the right thing in the restoration. Where do I start??????????? Ken

 

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[moparstuart]

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[68GTX4SPEED]

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[Coronet 500]

Congratulations,get yourself a full service manual.Found mine at Bishko Auto Literature it is a reprint of 70 Coronet / Charger about 2 inches thick with everything including wiring diagrams.

 

[2fast4you]

2fast4you;108381]Just found this 1970 Dodge Coronet r/t, hope to get some ideas on where to start on the resto, I'am not much of a mechanic but will try anything. This car has been sitting a very long time it has 18,632 original miles, burnt orange w/ white vinyl top, where the top meets the trunk has some rust and also the under body looks pretty rusty. there has not been any mods or changes at all, has a lot of dings from junk sitting on and arount it, the interior is great, engine compartment is dirty, but runs and sounds good. I really wont to do the right thing in the restoration. Where do I start??????????? Ken[/QUOTE]

Pics?

That's the right answer!!!!!


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[6packMIKE]

Yea what they said!!!!!!

Get the service manual. well worth it.

 

[70BEE&500]

Another '70 - NICE! Pics Pics Pics?

 

[moparstuart]

2fast4you;108381]Just found this 1970 Dodge Coronet r/t, hope to get some ideas on where to start on the resto, I'am not much of a mechanic but will try anything. This car has been sitting a very long time it has 18,632 original miles, burnt orange w/ white vinyl top, where the top meets the trunk has some rust and also the under body looks pretty rusty. there has not been any mods or changes at all, has a lot of dings from junk sitting on and arount it, the interior is great, engine compartment is dirty, but runs and sounds good. I really wont to do the right thing in the restoration. Where do I start??????????? Ken

Pics?

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welcome now get us some picture uke:

 

[MarPar]

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[Coronet 500]

One more thing,I should have done,document everything you remove or disassemble.Get heavy plastic bags,very small and larger to put every screw,nut,bolt and part into.Take a picture before disassembly print that picture and put in the bag with the service manual page number for reference.This may sound tedious but when reassembly comes around it will be "what the..." or "I'm so clever and glad I did that".Service manuals assume your starting and finishing the job that day,not months or years later.If you have a memory like mine you'll need all the help you you can make for yourself.I've got a 6 foot memory,I walk 6 feet and it's gone!

 

[Schober Motorsports]

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[robertevans14]

Restoration start up

Check out the following link. It lays out how I started.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2461987/1970-dodge-coronet

If you want to do this right, you need to take as many pictures during the disassembly as possible and save them on your computer. Please save them on a separate hard drive, thumb-drive or other media. My computer crashed during my long drawn out project and I lost everything!

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[2fast4you]

I PUT A COUPLE MORE PICS ON AND A VIDEO LINK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5y_FmCf-Jw

 

[roadrunnerman]

cool car.

 

[moparstuart]

cool car.

i drive it like it is fix the rust and drive & show it as a surviver