Save 5% at Vevor and Support Canadian Poncho!
Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Canadian Poncho Homepage -> Canadian Poncho -> Hillar's General 65-70 Full Size Forum -> The 69 2+2 body is off
Post Info TOPIC: The 69 2+2 body is off
seventy2plus2


Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Status: Offline
Posts: 7791
Date:
The 69 2+2 body is off
Permalink  

As some know, I purchased the 69 2+2 hardtop parts car from Johnny Ringo.    My main focus was the chassis, but I was also interested in the power windows, tinted glass, power door locks and floor shift column.     I harvested those goodies, as well as a number of other things, then it was time to get rid of the body.     As it was a bit cut-up from harvesting things like the console & bucket seat mounts, I just continued to cut up the rest of the body.

First photo is what I started with.   2nd - 4th is with the front clip & doors removed, and the roof cut off.   The body is finally gone in the last photo.   If you look close at the last photo, the rear section of the car is in the foreground, and the left and right sides are laying on their side of the car.   The sheetmetal has been dropped at a metal recyler here in Calgary.    Now the work starts cleaning up the chassis.

 



Attachments
__________________
70 2+2 convertible
70 2+2 hardtop
70 Parisienne hardtop

 

 
rabbit64cs


Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Status: Offline
Posts: 7183
Date:
Permalink  

cool  !!

glad to see I'm not the only one that has cut up a 69 2+2....   that was a long time ago.



__________________

later...rog

AADD supporting member !!
I'm a collector...not a builder!!Located in sunny central Saskatchewan at the lakehead!
Nov 18 to Dec 2 Black Friday UP TO 50% OFF Plus Huge Coupons
Nov 18 to Dec 2 Black Friday UP TO 50% OFF Plus Huge Coupons
Greaser


Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Status: Offline
Posts: 5045
Date:
Permalink  

Nice work Clint,

if you need a hand with anything give me a shout.

 



__________________
muttwood


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 621
Date:
Permalink  

My 69 vert is an absolute Plain Jane.

Two people have now said I should find an old rusty 2+2 and do a tribute car.

We have seen a few come up in the last year but I think al leave all's well alone.

Cool to see the frame, it looks great !

Thanks for posting the picks, they are great for referencing.

__________________

First car, 1969 Grande Parisienne. 
427carl


A Poncho Legend!

Status: Offline
Posts: 35601
Date:
69 2+2 body is off
Permalink  

Right Side View.jpgBody is gone.jpgFront Right View.jpgFront Left View.jpgcar on trailer.jpg



Attachments
__________________

 
seventy2plus2


Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Status: Offline
Posts: 7791
Date:
The 69 2+2 body is off
Permalink  

I haven't posted much about this lately, as the winter has slowed progress.  After removing the body and doing an engine/transmission mockup to weld on the z-bar bracket, I did some cleanup on the chassis, then removed all the steering and suspension.  A buddy pointed out there were a number of dried bushings, etc, it's receiving all new bushings and steering pieces.

However there was quite a bit of dirt and sand in the chassis that could be seen through the various holes.  It was either wait until spring and run a garden hose through to remove it, or get creative.   Today we raised the rear of the frame substantially, and basically banged the frame to get the dirt to flow downhill to the large hole on the underside of the frame where the dirt entered.   Here's the results (I'm guessing the 2 piles equalled about 40 lbs):

Rear of the chassis raised.

Rear End Raised.jpg 

from the passenger side frame rail.

Passenger Side Dirt.jpg 

from the driver side frame rail.

Drivers Side Dirt.jpg



-- Edited by seventy2plus2 on Sunday 16th of March 2014 10:35:57 PM

Attachments
__________________
70 2+2 convertible
70 2+2 hardtop
70 Parisienne hardtop

 

 
deleted


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 902
Date:
Permalink  

wow, not a easy job. sand is better than dried up mud to get out I would think.

__________________
Nov 18 to Dec 2 Black Friday UP TO 50% OFF Plus Huge Coupons
Nov 18 to Dec 2 Black Friday UP TO 50% OFF Plus Huge Coupons
seventy2plus2


Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Status: Offline
Posts: 7791
Date:
Permalink  

Johnny Ringo wrote:

wow, not a easy job. sand is better than dried up mud to get out I would think.

It came out fairly easily once we started banging.  There was a bit of everything in there (including some shelled peanuts), and if it would have been black topsoil it likely would have really held the moisture and rusted everything out.   I was going to run water through it to really clean it out, but I figure no sense adding any moisture at this point.



__________________
70 2+2 convertible
70 2+2 hardtop
70 Parisienne hardtop

 

 
deleted


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 902
Date:
Permalink  

.....glad that the frame is usable. I wonder if a guy could shove a sewer pipe snake in there and just rotate and pound away and may break anything else lose in there ? You probably got most of it anyway. Wonder where the nuts come from ?.......maybe at the race track when it had a 427 in it ???

__________________
427carl


A Poncho Legend!

Status: Offline
Posts: 35601
Date:
Permalink  

Does Carl,  still have the big block out of it?



__________________

 
davepl


Poncho Master!

Status: Offline
Posts: 1312
Date:
Permalink  

Can you give me/us a little history on the car? I know about most of the big blocks and this one is new to me.

What's your plan overall? How much of the original 2+2 will remain in whatever you're building? And what are you building?

Cheers!

__________________
Front%20Corner.jpg
Rear%20Corner.jpg
Gauges.jpg
Engine.jpg
Interior%20Left.jpg
seventy2plus2


Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Status: Offline
Posts: 7791
Date:
Permalink  

This would have originally had a 350.    I wanted the 69 for the chassis, it'll end up under a 70 Parisienne I'm working on that has a bad chassis.  The 69 body has been taken to the metal recycler, the only things left are the dash, front & rear bumpers, and a handful of interior pieces.



__________________
70 2+2 convertible
70 2+2 hardtop
70 Parisienne hardtop

 

 
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Canadian Poncho Homepage -> Canadian Poncho -> Hillar's General 65-70 Full Size Forum -> The 69 2+2 body is off
Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us
.
Support Canadian Poncho!
Select Amount:
<
.
.
.