WesleyK
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Looks awesome! And yeah any questions I can help with, let me know.
68 Super Bee project
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mr. b
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looking good nice work
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Spent the weekend getting my steering column done. My gauges are supposed to be here Tuesday and the dash has been waiting for months. Got all my parts from mega parts to do my column. It’s was pretty straight forward. I followed moparnation’s thread and all went well.went to oriellys and rented a small puller to remove the upper bearing, worked like a charm. Then blasted everything down to clean metal and soaking the parts that are to stay raw in evaporust then matte clear. Epoxy prime and satin black for everything else. The most challenging part was the two bolts that hold the hubs to the shaft. It helped to have my wife using a flashlight to look from the back and tell me when they were engaged. Gloss black on the firewall plates and all hardware soaked in evaporust as well. Other than that pretty easy and I’m pumped on the results.
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Finally got the dash all back together! Gauges done by Gary “Tachman” and they look great! Bezels all done by vacuum ornamental. New dash pad and original lower pads just cleaned up. Hoping today to get my column in, but should be able to crank it soon!
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Very sweet!
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Look who moved under her own power for the first time in almost 7 years! Beautiful day to bring it outside and let it soak some sun up.
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Daggone it, some of y'all know that a '68 Bee is my holy grail car.
I've owned two in my life and foolishly let both go at one time or another....
In fact, the only car that would ever threaten Fred's garage space here is
a '68 Bee, 4 speed of course.
That was my first one, way back in the early 80's.
Yes, it has the wrong stripe on it (previous owner painted the car) and yes,
it has a Six Pack hood on it - but it was a real WM21H8A car and I miss it
dearly.
I've owned two in my life and foolishly let both go at one time or another....
In fact, the only car that would ever threaten Fred's garage space here is
a '68 Bee, 4 speed of course.
That was my first one, way back in the early 80's.
Yes, it has the wrong stripe on it (previous owner painted the car) and yes,
it has a Six Pack hood on it - but it was a real WM21H8A car and I miss it
dearly.
WesleyK
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I agree, 68’s are far more rare to come across than 69’s or 70’s.Daggone it, some of y'all know that a '68 Bee is my holy grail car.
I've owned two in my life and foolishly let both go at one time or another....
In fact, the only car that would ever threaten Fred's garage space here is
a '68 Bee, 4 speed of course.
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That was my first one, way back in the early 80's.
Yes, it has the wrong stripe on it (previous owner painted the car) and yes,
it has a Six Pack hood on it - but it was a real WM21H8A car and I miss it
dearly.
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Looking Great!
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Optional on the '68 Bees. Not standard.
Now I wish I hadn't thrown my build sheet away(back when nobody cared).
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I don’t have a build sheet with mine so I put them on. Not sure what it had originally.
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I could be dead wrong!
Check out the sales brochure:
http://lov2xlr8.no/brochures/dodge/68sb/68sb.html
Not "dead" yet! Mine had them way back. I kinda like either way.
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Neither of mine had them, but who knows over the decades if bodywork had been performed...
I take that back, my white '68 I bought from the original owner DID have them.
I take that back, my white '68 I bought from the original owner DID have them.
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