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I also dug up a few pictures of the shift linkage I built to tighten up the shifts, this simple project made such a huge difference in how this car shifts I recommend it to anyone runn8ng factory rods

Since my last post I have finally gotten around to throwing on the tail panel stripes and the “Plymouth” trunk trim. And taken her out to a couple car shows.

This car is as good as his when he turns 16, he has spent lots of hours in the shop with me restoring it and is well aware of its significance to our family

In a few short years it will be his car and I’m gonna start shopping for a road runner

There was a lot of what looked like spray adhesive on top of the paint and a bunch of surface rust. I assume the adhesive was over spray from the the insulation on the bottom of the package trey. Any where that had surface rust got the wire wheel and a rust inhibitor before sealer went on

Just for comparison.

90% complete! Some day when I find the right deal on a 340. I will make it an actual h code clone. And I would also like to trade out my o.d. Tranny for An iron case 4 speed

That brings us up to date. I since got the car running and driving and installed the 340 stripes and tail panel stripe

I left the interior pretty much as I had it before with the exception of a rear bench seat recover and a pair of new pro car buckets up front

At this point it was time for a few upgrades. Sub frame connectors, super stock springs, kyb shocks, a complete redo on the entire engine and head light harness including an relay upgrade for the headlights and a bulk head bypass and wire size upgrade for the alternator I also decided it was...

Finally after Christmas with my family it was time for reassembly! The engine is still strong and required nothing more than a pressure was and a paint job

It got just to dang hot out side and I got super busy at work so from June to December the car sat untouched

After a couple of days for the paint to cure we got right into the color sanding note that my sone has a block with no paper on it lol

I had always dreamed of a more modern metal flake blue with a blackout hood and 340 stripes so the color choice was very easy

It took four months of every night in the shop welding grinding sanding priming and sanding some more but bye may it was ready for paint

Next was high build primer and another round of guide coat and block it out again

After the engine bay was done I made the decision to keep going and redo all of the body work and paint the whole car, I never intended to get this deep this fast but I had the support of my family so I dove in head first and with the help of my son we blocked the entire car out by hand, ironing...

My first thoughts were that I would redo the engine bay completely and paint it the color that I really wanted to paint it as a kid

I started in on the one area that bothered me the most. The engine bay! Twenty year old teenager wirering and terrible paint prep had taken it toll

Two kids and ten years later I final bought a new home with a small garage. For the first time since 1998 my car had a garage to rest in. It was officially time to make her great again! It started with a small rust whole in the area I had already patched, after getting over the hump of...

In 2008 I married my high school sweet heart and bought our first home. I all but forgot about the old Plymouth hiding next to my house Hers a pic of two other fabo members cars next to mine rotting away

Ages 16-24 were hard on the old girl, two three speeds, one 904, and a 727 met their makers behind three different small blocks. I finally decided it was time to put an engine together that would hold up to my right foot. A ballanced and bored 360 with 10.75:1 compression and ported polished...

Even though I was guessing as to what I was doing with ton of help from my good buddy’s dad we got a coat of paint on her and she looked pretty good

It worked though

Not my best work

Shortly after high school I did what I thought was a good repair job on a pitted lower rear quarter panel and threw an OK paint job at it

It didn’t take me long to blow the original off of it and primer it with rattle can black, and slot mags

This was a few months after I bought the car the dent in the door was from the original owners wife

I figure it is time to start my resto thread, I bought this car when I was barely 16 years old from my neighbor who had it stashed in his garage. His father bought it new in chehalis Washington. I was aware of the car but had never seen it in the day light, on afternoon he had it in the drive...