1969 Dodge Coronet Sedan Green

Description

This 1969 Dodge Coronet 500 is a beautiful green color and has a clean title. It has 56000 miles on it and runs great. The owner has had it for 4 years and mainly uses it for weekend drives.

Vehicle Details

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This is a 69 Coronet 500 that has been cloned into a Coronet R/T. The original 318 motor has been replaced with a rebuilt 440. This is an older restoration that is showing some signs of age. Overall, it is NOT a show car. It is what I would call a very nice driver that would look very nice at your local car show or cruise night.

Sadly, the original fender tag was gone when I bought the car.

I am not negotiable on the price. This is what I have into it after four years of fixing all the problems I found after buying it. The car drives great and I would prefer to keep it and use it a while rather than take a loss but if I can get all my money back, I’m happy to let it go to a new owner. Not trying to be difficult on the price but this is what I need to get if I sell it.

I have been over every square inch of this car and will describe everything I know in detail. It certainly is not a perfect show car but it is a nice car, reliable, drives fantastic, and shouldn’t have any surprises in store for the new owner unlike what I went through.

I do metal work on these old Mopars and from what I can see underneath, there are signs that metal work has been done in the past during the restoration. It’s fairly obvious rusty areas were cut out and new metal welded in. I don’t see any poor metal work and there is no rust but if I were restoring the car a second time, I’d take the time to smooth out the welds better so there are no obvious signs that metal work was ever done underneath. The car was undercoated in the restoration so if one wanted, the welds could be smoothed out nicely and reshot with undercoat. No, the undercoat is not hiding anything and when you put the car on my lift and inspect it up close, it will be clear that the car is rust free and nice underneath.

The exterior body work is fine but the paint is showing it’s age. It’s what I might refer to as a ten footer. Looks fantastic ten feet away or more. There are a couple areas where you can see tiny bubbles sort of like solvent pop but they have not worsened in the four years I’ve owned the car leading me to think it’s painting flaws. Not hardly noticeable unless you catch the car in the right lighting. Several areas around the car, mostly on the hood, have cracks in the paint. A few blemishes and scratches. Even without the blemishes and scratches, this was probably never a high end paint job to begin with but it’s holding up overall.

The vinyl top looks amazing and it was definitely installed by a pro. The vent wings on the windows have pitting which is normal for these cars. Doors open and close nice, no slamming necessary. Windows go up and down smoothly.

The car appears to have once been a manual brakes car but someone added an aftermarket booster. I upgraded the front drums to heavy duty 11” drums, replaced the leaky master cylinder and the car now stops on a dime. Very responsive braking.

At the same time, I rebuilt the front suspension with rubber bushings and the car glides down the road nicely. Very smooth and quiet suspension. Handles great and doesn’t pull to one side. Steering wheel is aligned correctly. The rear suspension was upgraded to six pack springs with new rubber bushings.

The interior is very nice. The seat covers and foam are new Legendary products and they fit beautifully. The carpet is kinda lousy in my opinion. Wasn’t installed right when I got it and cut incorrectly. I did what I could with it and it’s nice but I’m a perfectionist so my ‘to do’ list includes putting new carpet in it if it doesn’t sell. Dash is nice. Headliner and sun visors are nice. Put in new sill plates.

The speedo is still the non RT 120 mph piece but it works flawlessly and is very accurate. All gauges except clock are working. I added led lights in the instrument cluster and it’s a huge improvement in my opinion.

I pulled the heater box and rebuilt it.

The 440 engine is originally from a motor home. I was told low mileage but it leaked lots of oil so I yanked it for a rebuild. I found it is a 1972 motor with the factory steel crank. Not the cast crank. The motor had all original seals and had clearly never been apart. It was like new inside and when I measured everything, showed very little wear. I put new bearings and rings in it, along with a factory hp cam, steel head shims to maintain compression, swapped the heads for rebuilt 906s with positive valve seals and which were milled .025” and had slightly smaller chambers. The compression ratio is exactly 8.5 to 1. Not awesome but better than it was when I started. The correct 1969 hp exhaust manifolds, valve covers and intake were used for the correct look.

The exhaust system is brand new TTI in 2 1/2” with their chrome tips. Sounds amazing.

The hood scoops, body scoops, and under hood air box are all authentic original pieces and not repops.

All electrical and lighting is good. Wiring harnesses good. Two speed wiper works fine.

All in all, a nice car to go cruising in. Maybe not the best deal around but I’ve been watching these ‘69 Coronets and if you want nicer, the asking prices are going to be higher. And if you want the real deal Super Bee or R/T, the asking price is going to be A LOT higher than my asking.

By the way, the water seen in one photo is not the radiator leaking. I had washed something in driveway before moving the car to take pictures.

UPDATE: I picked up a new set of 15” Magnum 500 wheels in 7” for front and 8” for rear. New Mastercraft tires will be mounted (295/50s in rear). The buyer may select either the new Magnum 500s with new Mastercrafts or the painted steel wheels shown in the ad with older but nice BFGs.

Also, I failed to mention in the ad that the 8 3/4” rear end was also gone through. The axle bearings are currently green bearings. The center section is a 2.76 open but I intend to swap it out soon with a 3.23 sure grip or a 3.55 sure grip. The new owner can have the 2.76 highway gears if they want it.