Nice work, wanna see the end product

 

Nice work, wanna see the end product

 

I have been working on my 69 coupe for the past four years. Ya i'm slow. You are doing much more than what I have had to do. I did replace my rear tail panel. It was a good feeling after getting it welded in. One thing, Make sure the export brace fits in before dropping in the engine. I ended up needing a hydraulic spreader to get mine in and it still doesn't fit right. Previous owner drove it without one.

 

Mine was way off too but the motor was in. I bolted the middle of the brace to the firewall, then jacked up different corners of the car until it was tweaked enough to line up the holes at the towers. A real pain, but less than 30 min to install.

CP

 

update in progress:
cutout driver side floors


new torque box installed


firewall had a little bit of rust thru


and driver side floor pan welded in


all i got left is some welding to join the two together. im taking it slow so it doesnt warp like crazy

 

more progress.
got all my goodies for my 408w build, eagle forged 4340 stroker crank, forged H beam rods, forged aluminum mahle pistons.


Spent my cam and intake money on something else. it was a great impulse buy


started stripping the car down to go get alkaline dipped and e-coated. it sucks having a small garage


front end completely stripped


old suspension and steering


thats all the progress so far. If anybody wants a stock suspension and steering set up shoot me a pm otherwise its goin in the garbage. i got a few other stock parts that im not gonna use as well.

 

It's cool to see these 69 and 70 coupes getting some respect, sometimes it seems like the fastbacks get all the attention. Nice job and thanks for saving some great American iron.

 

cool guns and cool old cars... add in a couple shots of old american made electric guitars and we have the trifecta!


just had to add a guitar pic, refinished it myself

 

sorry man no electric guitars. just more guns and a old truck. im gonna be laying waste to fastbacks once im done

 

heres some more progress from today. i started off by buying a set of mickey thompson drag radials. 28x10.5 for a 15" rim. Looks like they should fit up under there i might be able to squeeze in 11s but it will be close. $80 for both


stripped out all enterior


some rust below rear glass


rust by firewall


lil more rust by back glass