My Coronet project

[TheSwede]

OK Prop, so I guess I have to protect the door with some bubble plastic and some stiff paper, I am doing the last touch on them now, it takes forever to get them at least 90 % perfect, 100 % is show quality... I will never reach so far.

The wiper motor is a sneaky resto, I had a heatgun that was broke and I had to take it apart because I always do that with most of my stuff... (And they never works again...)
Inside I found some nice cables with a "cloth or fabric" cover (not sure if it is the right word for it) that looks like the original one. I cut up the original black rubber clamps and pulled over the new cover on the bare cables, then some crimping sleeves and it was just like new. The aluminum house is blasted and I also sprayed it with some clear coat, the "golden" round house is just painted with a can I had, some kind of gold metalic. I also used some paint stripper on the big round plate, it was spraypainted with 1 k so it came of with no problems. Not 100% original but it works for me.

 

[Propwash]

Outstanding!! Nothing like a little ingenuity to make it all come together..I think I got some old Radio Shack junk solder or heat gun laying around here somewhere.. Thanks for the tip!!

I hear you on the doors....Sure can suck up a lot of time for such little production. Good luck on the rest of the assembly of them. With the other types of major surgery you did on your car, doors should be a walk in the park for you.

 

[Papst XX]

Swede no nothing this year :-(

i thinks i can the frist fire up my ride in 6 weeks I hope

 

[TheSwede]

Went on a trip to my folks and picked up the tranny I left to a guy nearby them a couple of months ago, it was a 727 from 383 2 bbl so he had to change some parts inside so it has the same spec as the hemi tranny (he says, he has built 4 trannys for me before and he is great), he also put in a shift kit and I put on some fresh paint and a decal just for the looks...
Got a new Hughes 24-25 converter and a deep pan from Mancini too, hopefully it will be ready to mount to the engine as soon as I bought some oil to the converter, is it a good idea to pour some oil in the new converter before assembly?

 

[Ron 73]

They say you should pre fill the converter before installing it but you don't have to, many have done it without, yes im guilty. Good thing to do in case something happens so they cant say you voided the warranty. Looks great! Good luck.

 

[TheSwede]

Back again after a week out of town, went to Svens house and Santa was early this year. Got my self a front sway bar and a new set of wheels and a lot of other parts.
I just had to try them on... Thanks again Sven for helping me with this!

 

[bwolfgti]

love these cars!!

 

[68GTX4SPEED]

Looks great, hope we can do some cruising and racing next year.
Sven

 

[Papst XX]

Looks awesome Swede

 

[TheSwede]

Thanks Uli and all other! Got some more work done today, new paint and "bodycoating" on the undercarrige. Put the tranny to the engine and realised that my flexplate is wrong, a new one is on its way.
It is pretty neat to have it together on the floor, plenty of space to mount the kickdown and throttle cable and get it adjusted, also mounted new PCV valve and crankcase vent, got my new pulleys from a guy in CA (from ebay) and they are nice, but all this small parts takes a lot of time, sparkplug cables etc...

 

[Propwash]

She's looking great buddy!!!! Getting close! Awesome wheel choice...

 

[TheSwede]

Damn! I thought I was working on an American car but all parts I buy comes from Mexico, India, China and Taiwan and some other crap countries :angryfire:
Even the American Racing wheels are made in China:sad10:
I will also buy a tranny cooler that is made in Sweden! (Setrab)
God knows where this will end...

 

[dla4567]

American racing wheels made in China?! Thats just wrong!

 

[TheSwede]

Update, blasted all the windows chanels, they were OK with almost no rust, painted the roof too because I did not have anything better to do.
I will put on the vinyl top in a year or two but it feels good to have it done, and it looks better...
Blasted the hood too, it was straight with no bondo but with 15 holes instead, I will weld then and drill 14 new ones... Ran out of sand before I was done with it! Continue tomorrow.

 

[roadrunnerman]

looking good swede. is that hemi orange?

 

[Sonny Black]

my '63 bench seat (60/40) ...I kind of sit low on the drivers side..
I do not like that "feel".

 

[TheSwede]

Roger, no it is a Peugeot color but don't tell anyone... It is a little more red then the V2, it looks really nice.
Sonny, ?

 

[TheSwede]

Took a bite in the trunk, damn it is rusty! Have to order more metal!

 

[TheSwede]

A good days work, hood has primer on both sides and inside is painted. All the extra holes are welded and the new ones are ready, missing two holes in the front, have not decided if I should put on a bee... I think they look so cool!
Also a picture of the trunk, say no more...
Found a paint shop 500 meters from home, talked to the guy and if we work it out I will only prime the outside and let them do all the work with bondo etc. It will save me a year or two...
Wifey is getting tired of me spending to much time in the garage:angryfire:

 

[roadrunnerman]

it's a good color.will look good with the hood and scoops on it,