1968 Dodge Coronet R/T

Wow, great job on that headliner. Did you have to buy an industrial sewing machine to make that?
By the way, I tried to keep the listings within 3/4" of the bow ends and consistent on all bows. The headliner is looking better after having set for a couple of days. I'll try the heat method Bob recommended when I get back to it.
 
be careful when heating up the headliner I believe there's a point of no return, the material will tighten up then relax again & all the shrinkage is gone. I had some success with that method pulling some of the slack out of the liner but I still have one area in the drivers upper corner where it wont go away completely, its pretty minor but I know its there. Doesn't the Coronet have little points in the roof itself for attaching the liner? Mine is completely glued all the way around the edges, same principal applys though. Did you start in the center &work your way outward equally from there? I found it required lots of tugging & pulling in all directions before I could attach to the pinchweld. I'd keep working it before I hit it with any heat.

Yes, I bought an industrial sewing machine after I went to 2 reputable upholstery shops & was quoted anywhere from 4 to 8K for seats, panels & door cards. I'll post up some pic's later, its much farther along now & the interior is almost done. Oh yeah, I saw you applied padding to the roof, I did the same - 40oz jute carpet padding - not sure what you used for glue but I ended up buying some contact adhesive by DAP. Stuff's awesome, "Landau Top High Heat Resistant" glue, recommended by auto trimmers as the strongest stuff out there. Supposedly formulated for roofs & the heat so de-lam wont occur.


kerristallax - aren't you building a 240Z?


here's the funky corner...
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these were tricky
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making the liner & industrial machine in the background
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Yes the Coronet has gripper teeth front and rear (also down the sides of rear glass area) but I made the mistake of installing the glass before the headliner so getting back into those sail panel recesses was difficult to say the least. I have stocky arm, short stubby fingers and a big nose that kept banging into the glass. LOL
I stretched and tugged and then clamped everything for a day or so to let it relax some and then stretched and tugged again before gluing the pinch weld areas.
The sunvisor attaching areas were also tough but mine came out excellent.
Let me know more about your sewing machine as I am thinking of getting one for my next personal project.
 
68, what did you use for sound deadening material?
Oh, and nice work!!
 
I have built a couple 240Zs and a 280Z. Our 240Z took the gold cup last year at the Nissan corporate headquarters in Nashville

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I hope to never enter another car in a judged show... What a nightmare. The difference between winning and losing is having every last little spec of dust, lint, and dirt cleaned off the car.

Sorry about the thread hijack
 
Carpet installed and new package tray with insulation glued on and ready to go in.
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Now to decide if I can rescue those old sill plates and use them for a while.

By the way, I do know that the woodgrain console top is a 69 model year thing but I like the look and it will have to do for now. ;)
 
C10chas;11391 said:
68, what did you use for sound deadening material?
Oh, and nice work!!
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I guess technically its more of a sound dampening material meant to stop panels from resonating from vibration. After researching a ton of information on the net I didn't want to spend a small fortune just trying to quiet the car some and adding a heat resistant layer. Most if not all of the market brand sound dampening material starts with butyl tape with a layer of foil attached to it. Over this they may add 3/16" closed cell foam or some other type of sound deadening material.
So I bought this stuff which is 20 mil of butyl tape and applied double layers on the fire wall and front floor areas plus triple layered the tunnel.
Wiped the metal with Wax and Grease remover (wipe on, wipe off) and after it flashed I stuck this stuff on there.
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Been a while since I updated this post.

Interior is 99% done:
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Motor is back from the machine shop.
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Clutch Assembly installed.
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4 speed back together
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Still have some work to do before it will be put into the car but the excitement is building.
 
"Been a while since I updated this post."

I'll say :) Nice to see it coming together.
 
This is my car so it gets put on the back burner when I have paying customers.
Hope to have it complete by the end of May - sort of a birthday present to myself. LOL
 
The car is looking great Jim! Is the engine a 440 or 383, I saw the 375 hp rating but I'm not up to speed on the specs. One of these days the stars (and our schedules) will align and I'll get up there!
 
The Coronet R/T came standard with the 440. The only option was the 426 Hemi.
My car is one of 1983 cars equipped with the 4 speed and Dana package for 1968.
 
Slowly getting the package together for installation.
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By the way, the engine is kept covered in plastic and there is tape over the intake under the carb spacer.
 
440? what cam and compression ratio? what carb is going on it? Looks like fun!
 
Yes it is a 440 hp that came with 375 horsepower from the factory.
I had the motor bored .040" over and installed flat top pistons at zero deck.
The heads are the closed chamber 915s from 1967 and have over sized valves (2.14 intake, 1.88 exhaust), hardened seats, and have been decked to a 77 cc chamber.
The idea was to run a quench of .039" using the Felpro gaskets.
It has a CompCams extreme energy camshaft and 1.6 ratio roller rocker arms. Lift with be in the .540/.544 if I remember correctly.
Edlebrock 440 RPM dual plane intake manifold and Holley 870 Street Avenger carburetor
Compression ratio is 11:1 but given the altitude (4400') I live in should be manageable.
Headers with 1 7/8" primaries, 2 1/2" exhaust out the back through some Hush Thrush Turbo mufflers.
Dana 60 Suregrip with 3:54 gears
18 spline 4 speed transmission
11" clutch.
My goal was 550 horsepower but I won't know for sure unless I can get it on a chassis dyno when done.
 
I bet you'll reach your 550 goal, sounds like a really nice combo-well thought out! Optimum quench is big to ward off detonation-bet it'll run fine on 91-93 pump gas if the cam has some decent duration. fun!
 
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