1968 New Yorker restoration

[dodge674]

Here are a few pictures of the New Yorker. I'm trying to make everything as straight as possible with just metal. I want as little filler on it as possible, but a rear panel like this warps very easily with to much heat. But so far it's nice, a few small bumps, but nothing that I can't fix with a hammer and dolly. I'm working piece by piece to keep the original structure and because I don't have the tools to form big pieces of the new metal because it is curved in 2 ways.

For those interested, here are a few pictures of the new engine for the Dodge pick up. I'm working on the heads to get them ported and ready to fit. They are just iron heads, no aluminum because I like to keep it a bit old school and don't make it to obvious that it has some power. It is a 408 stroker engine based on a 360 magnum from a 1999 dodge ram 1500. The magnum is basically a modernised version of the old LA. Should produce around 500 horsepower when it's finished.

 

[dodge674]

Unfortunately because I just didn't have the time and way to many projects progress on the New Yorker was slow (and my updates on this forum even slower). But there was actually some progress. All the welding was done about a year ago and today it returned from the paint shop, next step will be fitting everything back to the car..... She is finally starting to look nice again!

I filled the factory welding seem with lead