New guy from MN with a 69RR

[northerndave]

Howdy, I'm Dave from minnesota, I posted up in new members section but wanted to post here as well. I wanted to show off my acid trip paint job on my new bird lol!!

(I just got the car last week)

Crazy paint huh?

car is a Lynch road product, 383 & a 4 speed, the fresh air hood is original to the car as it the eng & trans. The interior has survived 4 decades as well.

Original paint color is T7 9that dark bronze color) with a vinyl top.

She's a good strong runner, healthy engine all original except for the cam, dual exhaust with a crossover tube & a pair of flowmasters, tires are new, wheels are in good shape. It's a power steering car and it holds the road really nice, the non power drum brakes work really good too.

I guess mostly what it needs is some body/paint work, a new vinyl top and some weatherstripping.

I'm planning on going back to the original dark bronze metalic. this old paint job complete with acid trip murals and pulse-panel orange stripes is signed & dated 1976 by the painter.

I'm here to learn, I'm a car guy, I do my own body, paint & mechanical work & I've done several projects over the years but this is my first Mopar.



Dave

 

[70WM21 W1 V6B]

If my memory serves me right there was a white 69 RR in one of the Hot Rod Magazines LONG AGO (maybe a cover car?) painted like this or very similar and it had a huge parachute blown out the black in the shot on the street??? Could this be that car?

Look like a pretty nice bird and all there "Bonus" and solid....VERY NICE FIND!

 

[khryslerkid]

I wouldn't mind seeing some closeups of the artwork. I was around a lot of automobile artwork back in the day and my son and I had a custom shop a few years back, my son being the artist. (Kinda have a passion for it!)

 

[northerndave]

I wouldn't mind seeing some closeups of the artwork. I was around a lot of automobile artwork back in the day and my son and I had a custom shop a few years back, my son being the artist. (Kinda have a passion for it!)

I'll see what I can do. It's got a big damn cartoon roadrunner on the hood too with the words "Beep Beep" painted neer the hood vents :grin:

It is on the hood that we found "hamilton autobody" the signature "vilio" and the date "76"

Online searching I found a body shop still in business today in Iowa called hamilton autobody, and get this, up the road just a few miles from the hamilton autobody shop there is a business called vilio custom paint and design.

So, with my amerature detective work I'm assuming this bird once resided in Iowa and a person named Vilio once worked at the hamilton autobody shop.

:grin:

cool huh?

 

[khryslerkid]

That is Cool. Heck you never know Vilio might still be around!

That's the cool part about owning some of these cars, they always have a neat story that comes along with them too! Seems to me you're having too much fun with this one!

 

[northerndave]

Oh I'm having fun alright, it will all be fun and games until the 8 3/4" breaks :grin:

Hey, I'm going to give Vilio custom paint a call & see if there is a guy named vilio still around....

 

[moparstuart]

I think the paint and the keystones are awesome , If i were you i would drive the hell out it and keep it like that as a time capsule for a while before you restore it

what a great car and conversation piece

oh and welcome

 

[northerndave]

I wouldn't mind seeing some closeups of the artwork. I was around a lot of automobile artwork back in the day and my son and I had a custom shop a few years back, my son being the artist. (Kinda have a passion for it!)

 

[northerndave]

I just talked to who I am assuming is the owner of hamilton autobody in Titonka IA, I said "I have kind of a strange question, I'm wondering if you have anybody working in the shop that was around back in 76?"

He laughed and said "well, I've been here since 73..."

I explained what I had & he told me all about Vilio (who I have yet to reach), He gave me his e-mail address and I agreed to send him some pictures of the old bird his shop painted 34 years ago.

:grin:

 

[northerndave]

I think I've been inspired to change my avatar lol!

 

[moparstuart]

very cool pictures , Love it

 

[70WM21 W1 V6B]

I dunno I kinda think if it was mine I would touch up the art work and refinish the rest of the body as it was in white...but that's me LOL and it has survived for 34 years.

There was a guy nick named "weasel" who had a 69 RR in root beer metallic and had the desert scene air brushed down the both entire sides of the car, it sat high and had a 6 pack hood on it with Cragars and ran the streets of Youngstown from the early 70's-80's and then disappeared.

 

[northerndave]

Huh, that's funny, we named our daughter "weasel" but she rolls in this little ford I built for her :grin:

:grin: :grin: :grin:



Ok maybe her real name isn't weasel but it's been her nickname since she was a baby lol!!

 

[khryslerkid]

That's all way too much Dude! Do you believe in Karma?

 

[northerndave]

I'm starting to believe... :grin:

I was just thinking.... this crazy bird was painted in 76, when I was 6 years old.



Now I have the bird.....

And my youngest boy, "mini me" exact replica of myself....

Is 6 years old.




lol!!

:grin:

I think ....


I think I'll drink to that! :grin: Happy Friday everybody!!!


Hey, I just got an e-mail reply from a guy that had a hand in this paint job 34 years ago. He thanked me for pictures of the car I sent him, he remembered the car.

Wished me good luck in the restoration.

 

[69 Runner]

Interesting. I recently got a 65 Stang coupe for my better half. It's a 289 stick car. "I've" currently got 2 69 runners sans murals.

I'd leave it as is

 

[northerndave]

My daughter's coupe is a cali car (produced, sold & lived most of it's life out there)

289 A code with an auto. power steering, nice driving car. She loves it.


Your wife's stang, is it a 3 or 4 speed? Stick would be cool.

Do you have to restore or is she good to go?

Hey I'll post this for you since you just got into a 65 stang, you might find it interesting.

It's a thread about the restoration of our daughter's little coupe.

http://forums.vintage-mustang.com/vintage-mustang-forum/611813-father-daughter-coupe-project.html

 

[northerndave]

who wants to go for a ride?

[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oaABFBzqeU[/video]

 

[khryslerkid]

Now I know your having too much fun!!!

Fully functional speedo. and tac. too!

Who's behind the camera?

 

[northerndave]

cam is wedged under the passenger headrest lol!!

The tach needle moves but it has no meaning, it reads crazy high.