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[Morrigan_Aria]

Hello all,

New here but not to Mopars. I've owned a bevy of rough gems over the past 20 or so years now. Some I really miss, others I don't. I had a total project 69 1/2 440/6 SuperBee, but that was more project than I had experience for; my favorite daily drivers that I miss are my old 68 Charger 440/727 and my 66 Coronet 500 383/727 on console. I'm trying to find that 66 again. I've owned a couple A-bodies, two E-bodies and one C. My heart is just with the B's though.

For the last 12 years, I've kept ahold of my 67 Belvedere. The guy who owned her before me didn't realize it costs the same to build a performance 318 as it does a 383....so she sports a 318. ~smirk~ She's been basically in my barn for the last six years due to military service but now I've got the bug again. Just gotta get that new carb and junk the old one; she ran for a bit today before spewing fuel out of that cursed carb.

I've recently acquired a 53 Plymouth Cranbrook 2 dr HT with the numbers matching inline 6 and 3 speed manual. A whopping 100 HP motivates this beast down the road. She's already channeled, lowered and shaved. I've got some serious considering to do before we figure out the chop. I'm not worried about her motor/trans yet. I figure I'll swap in the Belvedere's 318 when I transplant a 383 into the B body.

Anyway, I do enjoy the double whammy of having a muscle Mopar and also a sled...I get to go to double the shows!

I look forward to perusing the boards and hopefully offering some insight where I can.

Morrigan

 

[69 Runner]

Welcome. Lets see some car ****!!

 

[alleyoopmgv]

Welcome to the site

 

[MarPar]

Welcome from Chicago!!! Def need to see car ****!!!:4164823-pengforks:

 

[66_B_Body4ever]

Welcome from BC Canada, I'm a sickie for the 66/67 B Bodies myself...Cheers!

 

[Morrigan_Aria]

I'll do some digging through the old photo boxes and see what I can unearth for your car **** pleasures.

Again, my old ones were never cherried out. They were rusty and ratty and fast. I'm working on making mine pretty eventually.

 

[GOMOPAR]

You gotta hot rod that old L head. I think there's a place in Texas that makes a tri-power intake for it. Split the exhaust with cherry bombs, and you'll be sleddin' !

 

[daredevil]

welcome ,i share the fondness for 66 nets

 

[Ruffwrtr2]

hi and welcome! +1 for car ****!

 

[Pistol Pete]

Welcome aboard.

 

[GTXperience]

Welcome to FBBO Morrigan!

 

[Morrigan_Aria]

welcome ,i share the fondness for 66 nets

That makes me happy!

 

[Morrigan_Aria]

OK, finally some pics...

The top three pics are the 67 Belvedere I Frankenstein car (she's hal GTX and NO...I didn't do it...) and my 53 Cranbrook sled.

Then there is the house of ratty Mopars...there were more cars at the house (all belonging to my BF at the time and I) than seen in the photo: 68 Charger, 71 Satellite, 66 Coronet 500 and 72 Challenger in driveway. 70 Fury and 68 Charger parts car in the garage. My 67 Belvedere was in the OTHER driveway. This was a cool house and it was funny how many kids drove by thinking they were hot stuff and then slowed down...the downstairs neighbors were friends and were into Dodge trucks and Jeeps.

My 68 Charger 440/727. I was always pulled over in this car.

Finally, the 71 Satellite and my treasured 66 Dodge Coronet 500. I am buying this car back soon....

 

[GOMOPAR]

Nice collection. What do you plan for the Cranbrook.

 

[Morrigan_Aria]

Well, unsure which car is getting the attention this winter (probably the 67), but eventually the Cranbrook is getting a radicall chop that may entail an entire roof transplant to get rid of that bubble above the driprail, about 3" off the A pillar, removal of the post, and 6"-7" chop off the new B pillar. This will also require all new custom glass all the way around.

Leaving the very nice grey interior as-is other than pinstriping on hard surfaces later.

The car is getting 3 layers of black primer and undercoat, then 3 layers of midcoat with graphite grey and silver metallic small .008 metal flake, then 4-6 layers of Diablo Red candy from Kustom Shop. On top of that is three more layers of topcoat and then we start the flame job, which will be all metal flake starting with black, fading through graphite and finally to silver. We'll match the red as close as possible for interior pinstriping.

All exterior chrome will get a powder coated black chrome finish, including rims. The only chrome on the whole car will be dog dishes.

So that's the concept.

 

[GOMOPAR]

Radical is right ! That'll be a real rare sled. You hardly ever see any old Plymouths at the shows. I think a lot of them must have rusted out and never made it past the '50's.

 

[GTXperience]

Radical is right ! That'll be a real rare sled. You hardly ever see any old Plymouths at the shows. I think a lot of them must have rusted out and never made it past the '50's.

It's the same for all Mopars at shows - no matter the era. There were just fewer of them production-wise and popularity-wise compared ot the other mnfrs.

 

[GTXperience]

I'll do some digging through the old photo boxes and see what I can unearth for your car **** pleasures.

Again, my old ones were never cherried out. They were rusty and ratty and fast./QUOTE]

Your my kind of people with just a minor twist ... loud, fast & dirty. ;)