Lucy; 1968 Coronet 440

[BMosely]

Back side is in order.

 

[BMosely]

Fun pedal has arrived. Installed and hopefully hydro clutch parts this week.

Current to April 2021. Been a tough winter Moparing outside.

 

[Builderguy]

Looks like your gaining. Keep up the good work.

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

Awesome looking good

 

[BMosely]

Pedals, brakes, half a clutch and paint.

 

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Booster and clutch reservoir.

 

[The Rebel]

Looks great, love the color!

 

[BMosely]

Wipers addressed with zirk fitting mod. Man, don’t skip on this $10 gasket repair while torn down. Mine fell apart on removal and doing this with the Hvac in place I would think is close to impossible. Almost missed it.
Use a squeeze tube nipple as a funnel to push the gasket on. I just knocked the shoulder off.

 

[BMosely]

Gaskets.

 

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Dance is on. 426 hp and 525 torque. Mail man dropped it off.

 

[BMosely]

Got it on the deck. All appears in order and the clutch looks good.

 

[The Rebel]

Issue in transit?

 

[BMosely]

No, looks like some of the plastic bag that it came in. Too much pain in this to install a disk that had damage. It was all clean.

 

[The Rebel]

Awesome!

No, looks like some of the plastic bag that it came in. Too much pain in this to install a disk that had damage. It was all clean.

 

[BMosely]

Bold move at the goal today. Vented the hump for the inbound 5 speed. Measure twice, cut once. The template from SST pulls the measurement from the bellhousing rear face. I am not ready to drop the motor in, but am beyond ready to finish cutting inside and proceed with interior finishes. What to do? I installed the motor mounts on the block and mounted the bellhousing. Using squares, I pulled the numbers from k frame mount to bellhousing for each side. I build a wood frame to match and then went to the car using the frame to get the bellhousing face mark in the tunnel. Pulled the template instructions and cut away. Looks good, no idea if it’s right but it can ride until the tranny shows up,.

 

[BMosely]

Front end parts arrived.

 

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Seats are in order.

 

[BMosely]

Measuring with the 3 row radiator means the low profile clutch/fan.

 

[BMosely]

I indexed the bellhousing and was out of spec. I ordered the .007 offset dowels and had a hell of a time removing (1) of the old pins. Got the new pins on and the housing ended up at .00478”. Close enough.

 

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One hood final painted.
SEM, Hot Rod Black. This is a great choice for a black hood. It is a 2k single stage paint. The scary part is that it calls for 16 hours dry time if not cooked.