Aussie 69 Hardtop...got some upgrades!!

[Oz Sport Fury]

I was working my *** off to make a deadline to have the 69 ready for our biggest car show in Oz, SummerNats! I swapped out the rear leave springs for HD ones that had been reset and lowered, added new 15" X 315 drag radials and 10" rims, fixed a leaking axle seal, installed a new (been sitting for 11yrs!) 727 specialist auto and Coan 4900rpm converter with reverse Grinner valve body. A new 440 (been sitting in a crate for 10+yrs!!) built for a Paxton blower (also in a box for 10+ yrs!) Upgraded the FAST Ezi EFI to a Sportsman ECU for boost, new Cold Case aluminium radiator and fan kit, Derale trans cooler with fan kit. Sadly problems with the ECU meant I couldn't make it to the show. The ECU is back with the Eddelbrock Group being tested to see what's up with it. Hoping to have it sorted in the coming months, the times I've driven it around our industrial estate it's been pretty frightening how much power this things making now, it's revs that fast it's hard to shift fast enough to stay with it!!

 

[Welder guy]

Nice

 

[1970FuryConv]

I great to finally put those parts to use. I had rebuilt a trans that then sat for 6 years before I installed it. It's been a strong trans.

 

[haywire 440]

Hey Oz, your Fury has the diabolical look of Mad Max Road Warrior with the flat paint. I’m a bit of a fan of the style.

I had this ‘68 Roadrunner in the ‘80s that while in the middle of bodywork was struck in the drivers door by a motorcycle that had failed to stop at a 4-way Stop. The cycle driver and male passenger flew over the roof of the RR and the rest of the Honda Motorcycle turned into the quarter panel destroying it.

A ‘68 Satellite donated its door and quarter panel, pop riveted on, to allow the Roadrunner to live out its life in flat black paint job while terrorizing the local towns and racking up Police citations. And that was with the stock 383 motor that was a pure indestructible demon.

The RR was also in a local flood, pushed to higher ground, started and the interior bailed out of water. The Plymouth is long gone but the 383 is waiting for it’s next body transplant. I can only imagine the feel and power of your beautifully built engine. WOW!

 

[Oz Sport Fury]

Hey Oz, your Fury has the diabolical look of Mad Max Road Warrior with the flat paint. I’m a bit of a fan of the style.

I had this ‘68 Roadrunner in the ‘80s that while in the middle of bodywork was struck in the drivers door by a motorcycle that had failed to stop at a 4-way Stop. The cycle driver and male passenger flew over the roof of the RR and the rest of the Honda Motorcycle turned into the quarter panel destroying it.

A ‘68 Satellite donated its door and quarter panel, pop riveted on, to allow the Roadrunner to live out its life in flat black paint job while terrorizing the local towns and racking up Police citations. And that was with the stock 383 motor that was a pure indestructible demon.

The RR was also in a local flood, pushed to higher ground, started and the interior bailed out of water. The Plymouth is long gone but the 383 is waiting for it’s next body transplant. I can only imagine the feel and power of your beautifully built engine. WOW!

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**** the bike rider must have flown quite a way after slamming into you!!! Yeah I love the old dirty flat black too!!

 

[Bucket]

Now that's fn impressive

 

[Oz Sport Fury]

Now that's fn impressive

Thanks mate... Aussie vs. US $ really hurt too! And some of the shipping charges were pretty disgusting!!

 

[haywire 440]

I can only imagine the cost on your end for this “fun” car hobby. But I like what you did.

To finish the story of the rogue American motorcycle enthusiasts, both the driver and male passenger did fly over the roof but landed on a grassy area surrounded by concrete sidewalks. They were very lucky to be relatively unharmed at the time.

The car insurance company “totaled” the Roadrunner which was my brothers at the time. I bought it from him for $200 and swapped the Satellite parts, paint it all rattle can flat. I enjoy that car for a few years, rebuilt the torqueflite in college automotive class. When that was reinstalled the mild stall speed torque converter acted like a full race unit. The 383 had to be revved to about 4000 rpm’s to get it to move. Ever Stop Light start was like getting shot out of a cannon. It was fun as hell.

Boy, I’m sorry not to have pictures of it draped in the notorious black.

Here’s a rare never seen before picture of the mope who rebuilt the indestructible 383. I even made my own camshaft bearings insulation tools in school machine shop. They are, of course, all different sizes.

Good Day, haywire