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The Yankee Express is a 1967 Dodge Coronet 500 that I have been building for several years. Many custom modifications have been completed and it is now in grey primer as I finish up minor imperfections with glazing filler. The front clip is already painted and partially assembled. Shell gets color in a couple of weeks. or sooner.
The Express is powered by an RPM Racing Engines prepped 1972 440 RB.
Here's a list of mods:
Front to back------ Front bumper sectioned, shortened, turn signal rectangular holes filled, recurved to fit the new fender noses and to hug the sheet metal. Also enlarged the center license plate cut out into a ram airduct. 1967 Charger grill and revolving headlights. Custom elec motors, mounts and linkages. Front fender noses swept back to a 90* angle ( Think 70 Road Runner). Front disc brakes swap from a 76 Aspen. All rubber bumpers and bearings replaced. Inner fender close out smooth panels to hide wiring etc. Smooth firewall with relocated wiper motor to under dash as is everything previously on the firewall. Battery to box behind passenger seat. Wiring pass through tubes running along outside of inner fender just below the fender mounting flanges and into the cab through the firewall. Wiring passthrough boots in the door frames. 2004 Audi A6 Quattro dash/console /steering and center pull E Brake. And everything in/on the dash console too. Audi door panel elements fabricated into new panels that align with the Audi dash. Puddle lights and rear facing marker light on the rear face of the inner door surface so it can be seen when the door is opened. Power everything. Custom steering linkages. dual M/C and new hoses/lines. 10 way, power/heated bucket seats leather. 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury rear seat topper mounted just behind bucket seat tops and close out roadster type panels from there to the back glass. (Think 59 Corvette) Audi armrest with 4 analog gauges hidden inside. GPS speedo spare tire under the roadster panels in what would have been the center of the rear seat. Close out panel between cab and trunk. Fabricated shift linkage and lever. Hand made pistol grip and reverse lock out. Fake quarter panel side scoops opened up. dual motorcycle pop up gas filler caps, one on top of each quarter near the trunk lid front corners. fabricate he entire rear face of the car to accept 1966 Thunder Bird tail lights. Trunk lid on gas lifts 17 gallon fuel cell with dual filler necks. trunk close out panels rear wells tubbed leaf springs relocated to under frame. center pull E Brake cables move spring perches remove spare tire well 1970 Road Runner rear bumper lengthened 4 5/8" and recurved to hug the sheet metal. TTI exhaust to exit through those back up light holes. Remote trunk release. 'shave gas filler door
ditch the 318 in favor of a built 440 Magnum, and build a 727.
These are mods that have all been completed, not ideas that I want to try out. Done.
Here's a few pictures to wet your appetites.
New Speed Pro's 0.40 over in RPM Racing Engines prepped 72 440RB. 2004 Audi A6 Quattro dash/console/steering and door elements in 67 Coronet. Audi center tower with BOSE Symphony Stereo digital climate controls , floor shift and emergency flashers. One of two motorcycle style pop up filler caps on top of each quarter near the trunk lid corners. restored 67 Charger grill shell Weiand single plane powder coated in Alien Silver & black by Phoenix Specialty Coatings. 67 Coronet 500 side scoops opened up. front clip in Chestnut Brown Metallic Single stage urethane. 1976 Aspen front disc brakes swapped in with all new parts. Brute Force 440.