J21's Sunburnt '68 Coronet Discussion

[jackeo21]

11 hours ago, Mr.Mk1 said:

I’m speechless! What a fucking sweet car

An excellent write up too, good job!

Sounds like we are on a similar buzz with what we like and retaining original feel, really look forward to seeing it come together

Cheers!

Been following your build closely, what a sweet deal you got on that radiator! Looks like your car is really taking shape and its awesome to see.

The originality stands out to me, just a personal preference to see everything "as it was" in a car, but with a twist. My goal is to go for performance engine/engine bay that looks like it was done back in the mid 70s.

[RUNAMUCK]

I was getting ready to drop a sad react when I saw thw black engine bay pic. But I was relieved that was only primer. (Black engine bays make me sad/just mopar things) 

I think the cure for that low compression can be found  here,

Turbos and Components – Richard Holdener Performance https://share.google/8aQse9qbQ3j4ntrIM

(Lololololololol) 

 

[jackeo21]

On 10/04/2026 at 18:02, RUNAMUCK said:

I was getting ready to drop a sad react when I saw thw black engine bay pic. But I was relieved that was only primer. (Black engine bays make me sad/just mopar things) 

I think the cure for that low compression can be found  here,

Turbos and Components – Richard Holdener Performance https://share.google/8aQse9qbQ3j4ntrIM

(Lololololololol) 

 

I'm with you on that one, I personally enjoy following factory paint schemes so it wasn't black for long. I had black epoxy on hand and decided to skip the primer surfacer / 50 million hours of extra hand sanding stage because I was becoming lazy impatient, but justified this move by telling myself that the result would be a more OEM finish by leaving some factory features in like paint runs and weld splatter etc. I'm still pretty stoked with how it turned out!

A turbo big block certainly sounds exciting, never say never...