We had our best run to date yesterday. It was the last race/test n tune of the year. Car ran awesome, more dealing with skinny street tire spin but I love it. Max is #007
Parts to be redone or replaced: Interior Floor, Lower Quarters, Front Frame Rails & Torque Boxes, Tail Light Panel, Pot Metal, Di-cast, Chrome Base of Roof Mouldings & Bumpers
Used, OEM & after market parts included: Trunk Lid, Tail Panel, Doors (Have originals with convertible vent frames), Fenders, Flat Hood, Front Valance, Grille (2 ea.), Head Light Bezels (1 pair), New, Year One, Front Floor Pans, New, Seat Covers (Installed on seats)
Car is in my name w/ NY State, transferable registration. No titles in NY for cars older than 1973, the transferable registration is used instead. I encourage anyone interested to see it in person or have it inspected. It's a major project being sold as is & in my garage on a lift. You will need to make an appointment in advance since I am involved in a renovation with my house & will need to move building materials in order to access the car.
Located in Newburgh, New York 12550. Send PM or email to oldmoparz2 @ yahoo.com w/ Coronet in the subject so it isn't deleted as spam.
I am wondering how many people on the forum have items relating to their car. I am referring to such things as newspaper and magazine ads, dealer brochures, promotional items, etc. I have a collection of some of these things. Here is one I have to believe is pretty rare. My car was assembled at the Lynch Road plant. Here is a keyholder awarded for good housekeeping at the Lynch Road plant. Also included is a Raynal Brothers keychain with the outdated telephone number using two letters. The green DAV mini plate matches my front license plate, and the other one matches my rear plate. I have another 1968 plate matching the one on the front of the car, but I didn’t put it on the rear because in Michigan if you do that you are strictly limited as to when you are legally allowed to drive your car.
I joined this forum a while ago but forgot about it until the revamp. This is my first official post!
I inherited my '66 Coronet 500 from my grandfather. He bought it new in Frankenmuth MI, drove it till 1990 and parked it in a hay barn after the timing cover sprang a coolant leak. He promised the car to me when I was 13 under the condition that I restore it. It sat in the barn until 2018 when I finally brought it home and got to work. I knew next to nothing mechanical when I started the project, but learned enough from working on it that I was able to get a job as a mechanic during COVID when my regular music job was on hiatus. I'm 36 and have five kids, so time under the hood is...not frequent. But, it runs and gets the groceries! My current goal is to get it to stop overheating when driving above 55mph so that I can get it to Cruisin' the Coast 2024.
