Got another new Mopar...Pics Inside (Update)

[volk68]

Just bought a 68 Coronet 440 yesterday and thought I would include some pics for you crazy bastich's   The body is in pretty good shape, there is a little rust, but nothing huge.  The dash cap is cracked up, but the dash itself is in pretty good shape.  The headliner and rest of the upholstery are pretty much shot.  Has new brakes and wheel bearings.  318 runs good.  This is going to become a 383 Superbee clone.  The engine and tranny are already waiting    Picked it up for $3k...hope I didn't overspend too much

The Pics:

[MassCharger73]

Looks like a score from where I'm sitting. The body looks a little wavy but solid. I went to a flea market in CT this weekend and saw a total POS 69 RR for $3500. The quarters had been cut off, the trunk didn't exist and on and on. I'd say you did extremely well at 3k.

[Brock Samson]

That's lookin pretty doable,.. Ya' gonna stick with the red?.. nice project...  Congrats.. bodys' lookin pretty straight...

[topduarte]

Very nice!!!

Not bad for $3k!!

As long as the body is straight like this one, interior is not that expensive to do!!

Love those Coronets!!

[Blown70]

GREAT PRICE .  I like those.

Tom

[plum500]

Nice score, and sounds like a great project.

[472 R/T SE]

Looks a bargain to me.  Great score.
I have a soft spot for the '68 Coronet's.  My first Mope was a '68 RT.  Love those tailights.

[BigBlockSam]

cool car. 3k. for a running, driving b body is a score. good luck. Rene

[Goldfinger71]

Nice car!I would be a little different and restore it as is,it doesn't look like it would really take much.GOOD CATCH!

[73rallye440magnum]

awesome car! I'm jealous.

[PocketThunder]

Yes you got a good price.      I like the headliner cables

[69 OUR/TEA]

Hi volk68,nice score,look forward to your resto,I also like 68 coronets.Here is my 68 EE1 coronet 440 23k orig miles.

[volk68]

69 Our/Tea...that thing is absolutely gorgeous   How old is that resto?  I would love to hear more about it, and more pictures would be good too   I never considered going original with this car...but after seeing yours, maybe we will.  It is for my Dad, as the 68 Coronet is his favorite Mopar.  My brother has a 68 Fury and I have a 68 Charger, so I think you can tell what our favorite year is 

Once again...truly beautiful...more details, plz

[4402tuff4u]

Very good price in my book! Nice project !!!

[bull]

I'd buy those all day long for that kind of money. I really like the '68 Coronet/SuperBees. Here's one I fell in love with at the nationals last summer:

[69 OUR/TEA]

Hi volk68,I bought this car in 98 with 22k orig miles,did the resto in 2000,so this is 6 yrs old now.Now it has 23k miles.If you go under "search"type in WANNA BEE,I had a good size write up about this car,you might enjoy it.Also in paint and body,look for "moving right along" I am posting work in progress of my 69 R/T Charger.Talk to you later......

[NYCMille]

Another b-body... cool man... enjoy it!

[bullit68]

very nice car.we can only dream of cars like that in canada.

[plum500]

and...HOLY $%# 68 OUR/TEA ...what a friggin car!!

[TruckDriver]

Yes you got a good price.      I like the headliner cables

[Charger_Fan]

 I like the headliner cables

It cracks me up at how many different ways people think of to hold up a saggy headliner.

Nice score Volk, I like it!

[Schuler]

Very nice looking car. I really like the red on it too. Is it going to stay red as a bee?

[ChargerHound69]

That is a great looking car.  Very good price.  There is only one thing you need to do, lose those hubcaps.

[Brock Samson]

se why i love the dark blues?.. 

[SeattleCharger]

  Great find, Coronet 440.  I like those cars a lot.       Looks in pretty good shape to me.

[volk68]

Very nice looking car. I really like the red on it too. Is it going to stay red as a bee?

Probably not...I'm not a big fan of red.  Maybe blue or turqoise    That won't come untill quite a ways down the road, so there is plenty of time to decide that.

We picked up the car last night, and it ran pretty well and handled great   Turns out, we are technically the second owners.  The car belonged to the Mother-in-law of the guy we bought it from, and she had gotten it from her mother.  It has been in their family for three generations.  He just didn't feel like doing the upkeep on it.  So basically, it really was a "little old lady" car, having been bought by his wife's grandmother brand new.

My Dad is thrilled to have it, and it was a great surprise for him.  It's really a cool car...I'm anxious to get going on it.

[69 OUR/TEA]

Hi volk68,would you go with a stock color or from another year?

[69 OUR/TEA]

Are you going to put the 383 in it still?I don't think it matters what you do as clones are becoming popular,and also you don't have to worry about driving around a high dollar original,and you can have just as much fun with a clone.Alot of people I know,after this years BJ auction are telling me to drop a hemi in mine,make a coronet 440 hemi clone (which they made 2,one is Galens)and blow it out.I don't have the heart,if I were to sell it I probably sell it the way it is.Hoping someone would like it for what it is.I have had alot of fun with it,amongst bringing it to mopar events and in 68-70 Dodge B-Body stock it's won 4 - 3rd places,2 - 2nds,and 1 - 1st.

[volk68]

Are you going to put the 383 in it still?I don't think it matters what you do as clones are becoming popular,and also you don't have to worry about driving around a high dollar original,and you can have just as much fun with a clone.Alot of people I know,after this years BJ auction are telling me to drop a hemi in mine,make a coronet 440 hemi clone (which they made 2,one is Galens)and blow it out.I don't have the heart,if I were to sell it I probably sell it the way it is.Hoping someone would like it for what it is.I have had alot of fun with it,amongst bringing it to mopar events and in 68-70 Dodge B-Body stock it's won 4 - 3rd places,2 - 2nds,and 1 - 1st.

I think if we go the blue/turqoise, it will probably be a factory color...if not, there's no guarantee we will go stock.  As to the Super Bee conversion, it is really up to my Dad.  I think he really likes the idea of getting the Super Bee badging (which I also really like), but it is cool as the 440.  I know that he wants to put at least a 383 in it, so at least it would be accurately optioned as a Super Bee. 

I don't really worry about the value of the cars so much...as long as I can flip them for what I have in them in materials, I consider them a good deal.  I figure this car completely done nice is going to need about $2k worth of cost, bringing the total to about $5k.  As long as I could ever get at least $5k out of it, I would be happy.  I don't count my labor on these things...that would just make me depressed    To me, the value is in owning and building them.  Maybe it will matter more down the road, but the market for these things continues to get rarer, and demand is still good, so I don't worry too much about it. 

[greenpigs]

Right, I think the only ones that count the labor in a price of a car are people that do it as a buisness.

Professional flippers.

Nice ride, your pops should love it with the 383.