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    Started getting my 69 Newport ready for new paint.

    No, it's beat all to he'll. Looking to replace it with a paint stripe.
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    Hello there C:

    Welcome, and nice looking car. I have a 69 Newport with a 300 grill. Have her down for the winter getting a new paint job and some mild custom work. Still trying to decide on some stripes to break up all the white. Would love to see more pics of your 300
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    Started getting my 69 Newport ready for new paint.

    Yeah, mine is an old bucket seat onsole car. Was going to try and redo the originals, but those challenger buckets were cheaper than recovering the old ones. My have to find a smaller diameter steering wheel.
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    Started getting my 69 Newport ready for new paint.

    Yeah that portable lift is one of the best things my brother ha picked up. Here is a pic of my Galaxie at about full extention.
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    Started getting my 69 Newport ready for new paint.

    Got the rusty floor boards cut out. Found a patch panel on etsy for the passenger side. Should get those put in along with the new carpet in this weekend. Drilled the poprivits out and removed the scab patches on the front fenders. What a mess. Filled with dirt and leaves, rotted out the...
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    Started getting my 69 Newport ready for new paint.

    Started pulling the interior out so we can patch the floorboards. Test fitted the new 2020 Challenger buckets. Looks like they will fit in easy enough. Pulled the back seat and found the build sheet. Will get some pics when I get it flattened out. Got the console out and stripped down for its...
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    Started getting my 69 Newport ready for new paint.

    Yeah, I am too. There was a little bit of bubbling starting on the passenger side and the drivers side has a few pin holes. Will see how bad when we pull the panels and fix it right.
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    Started getting my 69 Newport ready for new paint.

    All in all she really isn't in too bad a shape.
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    Started getting my 69 Newport ready for new paint.

    Time to get rid of the 25 yr old Earl Scibe paint job. I've driven her for 5 yrs, now finally ready to start cleaning her up. Started pulling the chrome on Saturday. We knew there was a lot of bondo in the rear quarters. Almost left before test driving the car when we saw them. Started...
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    Taking the vinyl top off my 69 Newport

    Definitely going to paint the top. Going to put it in black primer for the summer. We've been planning on stripping and repainting over the winter. She's got a 25 yr old Earl Schibe paint job, found the can of touch up paint in the console when I got her home 5 years ago. Planning on a...
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    Taking the vinyl top off my 69 Newport

    Got the a pillar patch in with no problems. So starting to prep the top for a more permanent black primer.
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    Taking the vinyl top off my 69 Newport

    Spent the last couple of weeks doing some patching. We threw a spray can black primer on to keep the bare spots from rusting. After looking at the back window channel from below, we decided to try patching it with all metal putty. If it doesn't work we can try new metal when we repaint her...
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    Taking the vinyl top off my 69 Newport

    Pulled the Newport out and got the glue sanded off the top. Looks like when they replaced the vinyl top, they put down a few layers of primer. Probably saved the car. Hopefully start patching the rust next weekend.
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    Taking the vinyl top off my 69 Newport

    Got out to the junk yard this morning. Found a 72 Fury to cut a patch panel out of. Probably start on that tomorrow.
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    Taking the vinyl top off my 69 Newport

    Haven't quite decided yet. Thinking about either something like a Hurst 300 but different colors or stripes like a 75 roadrunner or the roadrunner strobe stripe. Definitely staying white just haven't decided how to break up all that white.
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    Taking the vinyl top off my 69 Newport

    Fortunately my brother is an aircraft mechanic. So we should be able to get the back welded up. We know a junk yard in the area that has a 72 Fury. Hoping that it ha close to the same curvature at the corner of the windshield and we can get a patch panel out of it. She won't get another vinyl...
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    Taking the vinyl top off my 69 Newport

    Had not planned on starting this job yet, but started noticing water in the trunk. Found a bigger mess than I planned for. Looks like this is the cars second top. Wondering if Earl Scibe also installed the top when they painted her 25 yrs ago. Was expecting the holes at the rear window. The...
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    A lil ? 68 300 with a 70 383. Needs tlc

    Just my 2 cents, my 69 Newport still has her original 383. All we have done is put a 4 barrel on her. She has plenty of power. Leave yours as she is for now and enjoy her. If at some point you pull the car down for some major work, then think about adding the 440.
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    78 New Yorker back from the detailer

    Just got the 78 back from the detailer. Took him a few days to buff her down but what a difference. I think the rear quarters were repainted at point. last pic is how she looked when I got her. If you need detailing near SW Ohio look these guys up.
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    Hub Cap Choice

    Mine had the original hub caps when I bought it. Thought they were kind of boring. Switched to 17 in torque thrusts.
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