69 Coronet 500

[westie47]

Here’s a little walk around.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/06fJa5p78XaDIywXGSTB34CPQ

 

[hunt2elk]

Nice progress. I think it was a very wise decision you made to move forward with getting all the metalwork done at this time. Looks like you have a very capable body guy who is doing a great job. Even at $75/hr compared to 95, I sure wouldn't want that bill, but it will be like new when he is done.

 

[westie47]

Nice progress. I think it was a very wise decision you made to move forward with getting all the metalwork done at this time. Looks like you have a very capable body guy who is doing a great job. Even at $75/hr compared to 95, I sure wouldn't want that bill, but it will be like new when he is done.

Yes I’m glad I went ahead with it too. It’ll be staying in black epoxy for a long time though lol He’ll be at 480-500 hours to get it in final epoxy!!!!

 

[oldkimmer]

Wow, keep up the great work. It is well worth it when ur done. Kim

 

[westie47]

Vinyl top went on earlier this week. Can’t believe what a difference it makes!

 

[westie47]

Headliner and accessories installed yesterday. The shop owner is letting me do a bunch of assembly while it’s at his shop, which is very generous of him!

 

[westie47]

Also getting the firewall sorted out. Should have replaced the plastic wiper linkage clips which broke apart when I went to install them so now I have to wait a bit.

 

[westie47]

Some pics of firewall progress.

 

[oldkimmer]

That’s awesome. It’s coming along pretty good. Kim

 

[westie47]

Been picking away at little things, taking advantage of the shop space. Today was huge, I got the dash in. I feel like I’ve passed a milestone!

 

[oldkimmer]

That’s awesome. It’s a lot of work to put it together when it’s in a million pieces. Kim

 

[westie47]

Way past due for an update. Car was finally out of the body shop and straight to my buddy's shop for engine install!

 

[westie47]

Engine and trans install went in relatively smooth. The headers were mounted just to check fit then taken off for the install. Ran into a minor issue with the headers…they were hitting the torsion bars. The driver side header couldn’t even go in.

 

[westie47]

More from install weekend. The other big surprise was that the driveshaft that I took out was now too long. I didn’t realize that small blocks are not as long as long blocks!

 

[westie47]

Finally tucked into her new home after a year and a half!

 

[westie47]

The last piece of the puzzle is the hood. Decided to adapt my original hood until I can afford to get a lift off hood from AAR.

 

[westie47]

I was pretty bummed out with my Summit headers and should have ordered TTI to begin with but I was trying to save some money. So after the Summit ones didn’t fit I decided to bite the bullet on TTIs but there were none available for months so I took my car to a local speed shop and they modified mine to fit. They went a little beyond the dimpling I was expecting! They turned out pretty nice.

 

[westie47]

I got some rims and tires from my buddy, he painted them black and I threw my dog dish caps on them! Love the look!

 

[westie47]

I found out that the original kickdown linkage wouldn’t work with the high rise intake so I bought the Lokar cable and decided to go with a new throttle cable set up as well. It works really well and looks good too!

 

[westie47]

Finally got my hood finished, it turned out pretty good for having a fibreglass scoop riveted to the original hood.