Bucket List Buff - 426 Hemi - 1969 Dodge Coronet

[Mike Phillips]

Bucket List Buff - 426 Hemi - 1969 Dodge Coronet

First time I’ve buffed one of these old 2-door Hemi cars.

Before














Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[custmsprty]

Awesome Mike!

[Mike Phillips]

Big car...

Would have been a lot more compounding and polishing if it had a painted roof.

I machine scrubbed the tires and the roof using the FLEX CBEAST. Treated the tires with Pinnacle Rubber Cleaner & Conditioner. Treated the vinyl top with 3 applications of 303 - came out better than new.


Full write-up sometime this week. I'll take a picture of the engine and engine compartment tomorrow before the car leaves.









Bad to the bone...

[eaglefan]

Did you get a ride in the car? If so, please tell us about it!

[dlc95]

Very nice, congrats!

[Mike Phillips]

Did you get a ride in the car? If so, please tell us about it!

No death ride for me....


I can't drive stick shifts if I could I would like to drive it myself. I saw the underneath body panels are all painted and there are chrome headers poking down out of the engine compartment, my guess is the engine and engine compartment look really good. Have not popped the hood yet.

The COOL FACTOR is this is an original Hemi car. In context, this is the REAL DEAL. Then Hemi engines that come in so many MOPAR cars are not the same as this beast. Sure they are more hi-tech, but back in the golden era of musle cars when Ford, Chevy and Chrysler were all trying to out do each other the Hemi powered engine was for some time the King of horsepower at least in perception.


I used to race V-drive Drag Boats wit 426 Hemi engines I them and always beat them but this was year after the big block Chevy had been introduced and tons of hi performance parts and mods were introduced and perfects.


I've had a number of Hemi powered cars go through the Autogeek Show Car Garage since coming to work here in 2009, so not a huge deal but these cars are special. I'll ask the owner what he paid for it. He has ordered and original white interior to have installed to restore it back to the factory interior color. It has a black interior right now. He said this car is 1 of 10 that came with the 426 Hemi engine, 4-speed transmission and white interior. So rare indeed.

Everyone loves Chris Jacobs and Mark Worman and these two guys would be all over this car.

I'll take a picture and share it.

[PaulMys]

That is AWESOME!!! I'd so love to see more pics of that beast, Mike!

I'm a MOPAR guy, and even Ford and GM guys will admit that the "Elephant Motor" 426 Hemi was probably the most exotic, and certainly one of the most powerful engines from that golden age of muscle cars.

[Aaryn NZ]

Wow!!!

That sure is a beautiful example. I love the colour, actually I love a lot of the colour schemes of this era, the purples, greens, oranges, just plain cool.

Bet this one was fun Mike.


Aaryn NZ.

[Justin at Final Inspection]

Beautiful car and work!

[Setec Astronomy]

I can't drive stick shifts if I could I would like to drive it myself.

You make everything else look so effortless I guess I never thought about this--do you have to drive with your left leg only?