72Fury
Senior Member
Welcome aboard forzav12, you have an incredible car collection!
MrMopar's 1969 California Highway Patrol restoration
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forzav12
Member
Thanks, pretty heavy with Mopars(including 4 C-bodies!) and Corvettes at the moment.
72Fury
Senior Member
And that is my favorite one, with a cool story to boot.
That's a cool car.
Bingo!
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Back on track,
Over the weekend I put the driverside wheel liner in. Once you find the orientation that allows you to get it in it is pretty easy. One bolt at a time till you have them all started then lock them down. I went to move on to the battery tray and noticed I missed a couple bolts, the problem was I needed to put the clips in. I managed to get the clips in with the liner in place. The other problem was that a couple of the bolts that went into the frame were not even close to the hole, new holes were drilled and bolts put in. This may have been a result of my fixing a bent frame.
The battery tray and heat shield were put in but I didn’t like the way the heat shield fit. I didn’t see a better way to install it as the bolts hit the radiator the other way. Well in cleaning up more bolts were found also labeled heat shield and problem fixed.
Alan
Over the weekend I put the driverside wheel liner in. Once you find the orientation that allows you to get it in it is pretty easy. One bolt at a time till you have them all started then lock them down. I went to move on to the battery tray and noticed I missed a couple bolts, the problem was I needed to put the clips in. I managed to get the clips in with the liner in place. The other problem was that a couple of the bolts that went into the frame were not even close to the hole, new holes were drilled and bolts put in. This may have been a result of my fixing a bent frame.
The battery tray and heat shield were put in but I didn’t like the way the heat shield fit. I didn’t see a better way to install it as the bolts hit the radiator the other way. Well in cleaning up more bolts were found also labeled heat shield and problem fixed.
Alan
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Did your car start life as black or white or do they come like that from the factory
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
I see a flex hose. lmao.
Great work as usual.
Great work as usual.
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
This is a 99/99 paint code car, it was black and white from Dodge, "Special Mask" White was painted first then masked.
Under the hood everything was black but what black? On my other Polara and the parts car, a green car and a red car I was able to determine what was painted Gloss Black with the body and what was underhood satin black. I have seen this done wrong on other cars that were done gloss black throughout.
It is hard to see in these pictures but the battery heat shield was satin black and was not on the car when painted, therefore none of the hardware would be painted. Likewise with the bolts in the bottom of the battery tray should not be painted (black) as they were put in after the body was painted.
We haven't even got to the hood latch support, a mixed bag there.
haha,
Thanks,
Alan
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Nice work and attention to detail Alan. I'm fairly surprised to see a manual steering sector in this car .. just because I didn't know apparently it's a thing for them .. not questioning.
I assume it was for road feel since it's a Hwy Patrol car. What were the tire specs for these cars and were most of the Hwy Patrols spec'd with manual steering?
I assume it was for road feel since it's a Hwy Patrol car. What were the tire specs for these cars and were most of the Hwy Patrols spec'd with manual steering?
finally had time to go through your website.superb restoration. with all of your research and hard work your car will be a benchmark not only for patrol cars but c bodies in general
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
They used manual steering through 72, in 73 about half the cars had power steering then in 74 all them did. I think the CHP was just old school on change.
In 69 the CHP used 8.55-15 "Bluestreak Police Special Polyglas", in 70 the tire unchanged was labeled H-78, about the same as todays 235-75.
Alan
bajajoaquin
Senior Member
Any updates?
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
Nothing substantial.
Had the power brake booster rebuilt.
Got a reproduction battery cable.
Bumpers have been rechromed.
Graphics should be in shipping.
Acquired a very nice grill.
Generally I post updates more frequently on my website.
http://www.MrMopar.com/1969PolaraCHP/
Alan
Had the power brake booster rebuilt.
Got a reproduction battery cable.
Bumpers have been rechromed.
Graphics should be in shipping.
Acquired a very nice grill.
Generally I post updates more frequently on my website.
http://www.MrMopar.com/1969PolaraCHP/
Alan
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
"nothing substantial"
Those are major milestones for me.
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
I guess spending $2000 is substantial but none of it is progress other than parts.
My plan for this weekend is to get the taillights cleaned up so I can put them on and then the rear bumper.
Also planned is to get the brake pedal assembly in along with the booster. I guess I need to get a master now.
I am holding off on the grill and front bumper to give us that extra foot of access on the front, once I am almost done under the hood then I'll put the rest of the front on.
Alan
My plan for this weekend is to get the taillights cleaned up so I can put them on and then the rear bumper.
Also planned is to get the brake pedal assembly in along with the booster. I guess I need to get a master now.
I am holding off on the grill and front bumper to give us that extra foot of access on the front, once I am almost done under the hood then I'll put the rest of the front on.
Alan
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
With the front of the car moving along and the bumpers having been sent out for chrome I felt it was time to have a push-bar made. My friend has the prototype assembly for the 69’s on his car and there was time between shows to get it off his car so it could be used as a sample, the copy was perfect. Along with the push-bar I borrowed a CHP wiring harness that we removed from a car, something that typically wasn’t left on the cars. I was able to document how the harness was built and have acquired most of the correct components to accurately recreate one to their specifications.
This was installed only to see the placement, all new tubing and wire will be used and relay.
I recently contacted M & H Electric to see if they did battery cables as I could not find even a parts store one long enough. They were able to make one that looks like NOS.
I now have a grill that will need little to no work, all the others (4) are either pitted or cracked.
Just last night I received the power brake booster that I sent off to be rebuilt. The graphics company said they shipped the graphics but I haven’t seen them yet.
Seeing the DMT stuff on ebay indicates I should see them in a few days.
Some of these things have just happened so I haven’t had a chance to get pictures.
I was going to bundle much of this next week with the current stuff once I had pictures.
Alan
This was installed only to see the placement, all new tubing and wire will be used and relay.
I recently contacted M & H Electric to see if they did battery cables as I could not find even a parts store one long enough. They were able to make one that looks like NOS.
I now have a grill that will need little to no work, all the others (4) are either pitted or cracked.
Just last night I received the power brake booster that I sent off to be rebuilt. The graphics company said they shipped the graphics but I haven’t seen them yet.
Seeing the DMT stuff on ebay indicates I should see them in a few days.
Some of these things have just happened so I haven’t had a chance to get pictures.
I was going to bundle much of this next week with the current stuff once I had pictures.
Alan
bulldogchesty
Senior Member
Where id you get your bumpers re chromed? Was it expensive?
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