Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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Looking good, keep the pics coming :thumbright:
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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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Loving it.
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Loving all your work Matt, but were do you find the time for it and your job.
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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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Well given the current state of the touring music industry, it looks like I may not have much of a job for at least another 12 months or so !

On the plus side, I am getting loads of stuff finished around the house. And I have some time to get the Coronet back together.

Hope to get the engine back in this week.

Cleaned off the old floor pan repairs and seam sealed them, ready for a quick coat of satin black to tidy them up a bit
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Had a look inside the transmission , as I'd left it outdoors last year for a couple of weeks . Yes I know I'm bad....
No water damage anywhere except for a partially stuck Torque Converter control valve (which is pretty much the first thing in line to the atmosphere at the front) , which soon freed off.

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Pump etc OK


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All done . With new gaskets etc.


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Ready for mating to the engine


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OK let's go !


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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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Brilliant!

Is that the 500ci or the 440?
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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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Hi Pete It’s the 500

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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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Good man! I like these small motors!!! ;) ;) ;)
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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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Nice workmanship, I agree with Blue, leave body & a tidy engine bay 8-)
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Amazing work Matt!
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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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You make a transmission strip sound easy. I have a TH400 leaking lots but bit wary of dismantling.
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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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727's are a lot easier to work on than a TH400...
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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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Great to se this one coming together again Matt, I saw it run at the Nats...proper Q car!
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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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Hi Ivor - good to hear from you - it's been forever.

Hope to bump into you when we're all allowed out again

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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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Progress has been a bit slow.

Engine back in though
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Got all the parts out. Going to start on the wiring first I think.
Also wondering where on earth the steering box bolts have gone.
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Been reconditioning the rear trim panels from the front seats.

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Re: Matt's '68 Coronet 500

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Wiper motor looking a bit sorry for itself
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Corrosion removed, parts variously clear-laquered and painted. Not exactly 'correct' , but it's an improvement.
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Reassembled, with wiring/sleeving replaced or tidied up

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