'69 Fury III Convertible Build Thread- Project IVY

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

"I'm gonna try and get the bar from a '68 Fury 318 car, It'll be free and do for now."

Learned from experience that two steps up on the torsion bars does wonders for the handling of a car, and I believe the same will apply to the front sway bar as well. So if you can find yourself a bar from a 383 or 440 car, I highly recommend swapping that in. You will be pleasantly impressed at the results.

My plan is to run the 318 bar from the '68 till I can afford to pick up a PST 1" Diameter front bar.

Anyway, talk is cheap. Took me about 30 minutes to plop the new 318 and it's 727 in.

Sadly I think I'm getting good at it :sFun_doh2:

 

[detmatt]

Well would you look at that, nice work Nick!

 

[65sporty]

Very nice, keep the updates coming

 

[bluefury361]

Looking good Nick, You'll be cruising soon at that rate.

 

[Samplingman]

Love it! Nothing like chrysler blue against a field of green poly!

 

[GooBak]

I do love the turquoise engine, but I thought all engines after 68 were orange? Which, BTW is a stupid and ugly color for an engine. Or is it just B/RB & Hemis? I know you're not going all original I was just wondering...

 

[MrMoparCHP]

I do love the turquoise engine, but I thought all engines after 68 were orange? Which, BTW is a stupid and ugly color for an engine. Or is it just B/RB & Hemis? I know you're not going all original I was just wondering...

A 69 318 would have been Red.

Alan

 

[commando1]

In this case, I'll stick up for him.
Good work, lad....

 

[MrMoparCHP]

In this case, I'll stick up for him.
Good work, lad....

I agree, the blue looks good.

I don't think the comments were intended to say he was wrong (at least not mine) I was just commenting on what a 69 318 should have been.


Alan

 

[GooBak]

Oh no regardless of what color they painted the engine at the factory, I say it shoulda been turquoise. when I finally get mine that will be job number 1, is paint the engine turquoise... didn't they (Ma Mopar) call it hemi orange? I call it blegh. I hated it on chevies, too. Hell, that's fords only redeeming quality is a reasonable colored engine lol

 

[GooBak]

I'm also diggin' the color-matched milk crate BTW...

 

[MrMoparCHP]

Oh no regardless of what color they painted the engine at the factory, I say it shoulda been turquoise. when I finally get mine that will be job number 1, is paint the engine turquoise... didn't they (Ma Mopar) call it hemi orange? I call it blegh. I hated it on chevies, too. Hell, that's fords only redeeming quality is a reasonable colored engine lol

There was RED, Hemi Orange and Street Hemi Orange (somewhere in between them).


Alan

 

[GooBak]

Ok, I never could tell the difference, but my wife claims I'm colorblind so that might be it

 

[1970cat]

there was a discussion about engine colors on here at some point. turquoise would be correct for a late build 69 small block. i've had two of them myself. i don't think we could pin down a date, but i believe it was spring of 69 for the change over.

 

[kmccabe56]

My plan is to run the 318 bar from the '68 till I can afford to pick up a PST 1" Diameter front bar.

Anyway, talk is cheap. Took me about 30 minutes to plop the new 318 and it's 727 in.

Sadly I think I'm getting good at it :sFun_doh2:

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Paint job turned out great. Glad to see all the taped off gasketed/sealing surfaces. You might want to kiss the inlet on the water pump with some sandpaper to help it seal when you hook up the lower rad hose.

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

there was a discussion about engine colors on here at some point. turquoise would be correct for a late build 69 small block. i've had two of them myself. i don't think we could pin down a date, but i believe it was spring of 69 for the change over.

My parts car had its original C body Windsor plant 1969 318, it was blue/turquoise, and was always blue/turquoise, it was a mid (ish) year car. My car had blue engines longer then it ever had a red engine, so I've always stood behind the blue.

As I always say "Don't like it.............good, because it's MY car"

 

[SFMajor]

The Engine on my 69 Fury III Convertible is Red. However, 69FuryIIIConvertible has done a nice job on the engine paint and Turquoise was available in 1969. Seems to me that I read somewhere that 318's built in Canada were painted in Turquoise, but I could be wrong on that. My 69 will be undergoing a body off restoration. I will be modifying the 318 and upgrading the internals of the transmission and rear end, but the engine will remain red.

This is what I found searching the Web on Mopar Engine Colors for 1969.

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]1969[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]225 Six[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]All[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Red[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mopar Paint P4349218[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]1969[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]273 V8 - LA[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]All[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Red[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mopar Paint P4349218[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]1969[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]318 V8 - LA[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]All[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Red[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mopar Paint P4349218[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]1969[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]318 V8 - LA - Police only[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Police engine[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]H-Orange[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mopar Paint P4349216[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]1969[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]340 V8 - LA - See Note below[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]All[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Red[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mopar Paint P4349218[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]1969[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]383 V8[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]All[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Turquoise[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mopar Paint P4120752[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]1969[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]383 V8 High Perf/Police[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]High Perf[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]H-Orange[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mopar Paint P4349216[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]1969[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]426 HEMI[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Street Engine[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]H-Orange[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mopar Paint P4349216[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]1969[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]440 V8[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]All[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Turquoise[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mopar Paint P4120752[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]1969[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]440 V8 High Perf/Police[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]High Perf[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]H-Orange[/FONT]	[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mopar Paint P4349216[/FONT]

 

['69FuryIIIConvertible]

Well, I'm done for the season guys.............

 

[65sporty]

Can't be that cold there yet? I will be looking forward to future updates

 

[kmccabe56]

Ironically, last night it was warmer in Whitby than it was down here in the `banana belt'. So, it's all relative.