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1970 R/T Grill Question

Hi all I have a set of grills that came on my car. One original and one used in good condition that I will be using.

The original one has a red line around it, inside the lip on the front of it. I have seen these a lot on a few differnt Coronets not just R/Ts but Bee’s as well.

I wanted to know…

70 roadrunner 383 4spd with factory air

can any one help or advise me of my new buy. i purchased the other day a 70 383 4spd car with factory air. all the books and info i have read says there was no 4spds made with factory air. but i own one. have ran all the no.s and the vin. matches the body and the 4spd on the case. the firewall has…

8 3/4 questions

I bought my jeep sometime ago and have just now gotten around to changing the seals out in the rear axle and I noticed that the previous owner had installed a 8 3/4 rear axle, 489 casting #. Anyways, I have been looking for a write-up or diagram on how to take this apart and cant really find…

1970 Coronet Door Panel Questions

I have a question on the door panels. The wood grain strip that is held on by clips.

What is the best way to get this off door and rear area?

I have not taken the side glass off the car yet and that might give me a better advantage to take this small strip off.

I just dont want to bend it or…

1970 Coronet Plastic Dash Restoration Questions

Hi all I have a 1970 Coronet R/T that Im starting back on and wanted to ask a few questions on restoring the dash and cluster.

My car is a black and white interior car. The dash is black and a black console.

How do I restore the plastic dash parts?

I once was told the silver trim that runs…

1970 Coronet Quarter Panel Questions

Hi all I have a question on quarter panels for the 70 Coronet. I have some that I bought a few years ago (6 years or more now) that are hung on the car.

My question is did any one that has replaced both quarter panels find that the drivers side is harder to line up?

Im going from memory on this…

My 1970 Coronet R/T Story

Hi all I have been gone from the scen for a good while now and I’m just now getting back into it.

A few years ago I had a stroke after starting my father and son project car. This was to be the last project my dad and I would do.

My dad and I worked on a few cars over the years. The first project…