For the Love for my Father, My 69 GTX Restoration

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NOS temperature sending unit came from Bill Rolik, It is dated for October 68. Exhaust gasket came from Bill Rolik and original hardware was plated. Throttle cable backet was plated and the nut comparison of the original(smaller one).

 

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Original distributor hold down bracket and bolt/washer was restored by totally auto.

 

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More engine details....The 915 on the passenger covers is off of the fender tag and coordinated to valve cover selection. The 0 on the driver side coordinates to the manual transmission. Looks like we are progressing to installing the motor...level so far....

 

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The original distributor was long gone....The GTX came with a prestolite dual points distributor. This unit was restored and recurved by Bill Overcash. The tag with date code(38th week of 68) was supplied by Frank Badalson. The dual points cap are rare and have distinct features. This one is NOS and one key feature is "made in the USA" mark. NOS rotor in place.

 

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NOS Carter choke assembly. Original hardware was zinc plated.

 

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Original carb bolts were zinc plated. Original carburetor(debatable) was restored by Bill Overcash. Date format is C9 for March 69. This was on the car when it was purchased. It is out of the appropriate date range and may not be the original carb. Some point and time I will run across one that fits the correct date range but have not had any luck yet. Until then this one will have to do...They are rare irregardless...

 

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New coil came from Dixie Restoration Parts with the correct logo and date code. The original coil bracket was restored by totally Auto along with hardware. The radio suppressor came from Bill Rolik with PN and date code..

 

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More engine details. The bare areas was were the factory used metal brackets that attached to the front and rear during assembly. The were lifting straps and were on the motor until it mated with the k frame....

 

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Alternator was supplied and restored by Jim Ridge at Dixie Restoration. This is as concours as one can get. Absolutely Amazing!

Jim is a true Gentleman and does fantastic work!

 

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The starter was probably the hardest part to find and second was the alternator. Reason is people turned them in back in the day for cores, threw them away. and most got stored in the elements and beat and banged through the years.SO to find an alternator/starter with rebate part numbers, date codes etc and not pitted, banged up etc is near impossible these days.

Jim was able to find the correct cover and starter for my build with the correct date codes/PN's....

Here are some pre and post clips.

 

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More pics

 

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If anyone ever needs an alternator or starter professionally restored to concourse standards this is your guy!

 

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More engine pics....Original pulleys were cleaned up and sprayed with semi gloss. The crank pulley hardware was zinc plated and the fan pump hardware are plated originals...Bolted on motor mounts and unfortunately one bolted stripped the threads during torquing...Fortunately, I was able to back it off and got a replacement. Correct starter shield came from Brewers. Notice the orange paint on the throttle cable bracket stud...

 

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I still have been unable to get a complete NOS spark plug wire set. Thanks to a member on DC.com I was able to acquire a little over half of them. The pics are comparing an NOS one to a new repro wires. They do have differences. Until them the repro's have to do...

The NOS one is the lower one with the reddish boot...

 

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NOS green Mopar filter that was used originally....

 

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Original manual gearbox. The date code is stamped on the top cover, see pics...I just have not sprayed the conversion coating on it yet..
Original hardware was zinc phosphate. The gearbox was rebuilt by Steer n Gear..

 

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Transmission crossmember with NOS mount, shown earlier in this thread. It was painted with gloss black as they originally were. Original hardware was zinc phosphate.

 

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Original transmission to clutch case bolts, lock washer are correct but new...
Original alternator bolts and sleeves were zinc phosphate.

 

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Had to change a hose and a couple clips on the vapor separator to make it more correct...#8 plug NOS plastic holder..

 

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Someone is getting closer to install the GTX's drivetrain......

Hard to capture a pic showing the conversion coating look on the manual gear box...

Didn't shift much...pretty much level!