69 R/T stolen, and abandoned decades ago, in San Bruno California right off San Bruno blvd and Burrows st.

It a community garden center that I saw this 69 Coronet R/T laying there, it was abandoned decades ago right there and they kept it there as they built an art garden.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/996045710517424/permalink/27200108579684446

not many B bodies get upgraded the full way to race track ridiculous. I think this is probably an AI generated image though, it mixes 68 rear panels, with 69 tail lights, and has fake wide body wheel wells

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1167110458782296&set=pcb.1167110568782285

Damn, this is how to figure out the biggest tire that will fit, and probably, the right backspacing for the rim too. Info on the tire, is that it's 315/35/20 (12.6 x 28.7”)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2702194266641370&set=p.2702194266641370&type=3

/TIt's been my pleasure to own a 69 Coronet since 1995, 1st a Bee for 7 years, replaced by an R/T

 https://www.dodgegarage.com/news/article/owners-clubs/2024/11/where-are-they-now-part-1-to-bee-or-not-to-bee.html

69 R/T with a Nelson Racing Engines 572 cu in Hemi, with dual injectors, dual fuel systems, twin turbo, 2000 hp,

https://www.streetmachine.com.au/features/2000hp-bare-metal-dodge-coronet-in-the-build-flashback

one of only 45, front disc brake optioned ,'69 Hemi R/T found in an Indiana storage unit has only 58,165 miles and is a "stripe delete," making it even rare. No power steering though (thank you Mike!)

The original owner bought this vehicle near the end of high school, and then moved to California in 1975. Around 1986, he moved back to New York, and then to Indiana shortly after. This car them sat in storage for the last 37 years

Check out the Roger Ward back tires!

part 1 above, getting it out of the storage unit, and it looks like 85k in cash. That is the right amount for this car with this condition

part 2 starts with 4 minutes of time wasting garbage, then finally catches up with the R/T getting unloaded

notice the hemi air induction on the drivers side of the N95 

https://www.hotcars.com/1969-dodge-coronet-rt-hemi-indiana-storage-unit-37-years/

I love how the late 60s and early 70s station wagons and trucks are making such a splash with restified awesome Broncos, F150s, and station wagons

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=927489118310413&set=pcb.927489344977057

https://www.facebook.com/groups/996045710517424/user/100000094564089

best real car story I've learned in a while, Victor's R/T was a dealership showroom draw

the dealership was in central LA, and special ordered this R/T to be catnip to Mopar musclecar buyers, and intended to race it when the 1970 model came along a year later to replace it in the showroom.

But a guy came in who wouldn't be denied, and paid what the dealership who didn't want to sell it, demanded. 

He died within the decade, and his widow then drove it as a daily commuter. It's a Super Track Pak 4.11 geared Dana 60, 727, 440 4 barrel.... but it wasn't able to run forever without oil added, and soon windowed the block with the #2 cylinder piston. 

She had it taken to the nearby service station who replaced the block, and dumped the ventilated one in the alley behind the service bay... 

About this time, a car finder was out getting the local kids hired on a muscle car search party, handing them photos of the cars he was out to locate. One of the kids saw this getting the engine replaced, let him know where it was, he contacted the widow who was read to sell, and Victor bought it from the finder for a good 200 dollar fee. 

This was in the early 80s, and he set about restoring it, after the original block was grabbed before it could be sent to the junkyard. The original block was a condition of the purchase, as Victor was an NCRS Corvette guy, and matching numbers stuff is critical to them. 

He cleaned up and restored the original parts, had the block welded and fixed, and has only driven it 1000 miles since finishing the restoration. It hasn't left the garage in a decade, and this was it's first day out breaking the long hibernation. 

looks like a shifter boot mounted in the driver side air box... so far, I've only found that is a relief area to allow the brake master cylinder on a 69 and 70 Hemi Coronet to not hit the air box (thank you Brett!)

I've got a 69 R/T, and it's got some weird funky drivers side replacement air box, so now every time I look at another N96 equipped 69 Coronet, I am wondering if I'm going to see the usual, or something weird

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=886293322429993&set=pcb.886293349096657

these screen grabs are from an episode of a tv show that restores Mopars https://youtu.be/vK5ozijAKLA

Legendary Auto Interiors had this 69 R/T demonstrating what nice interior stuff they sell

 

interesting Mopar trivia, I've never heard of until now, in a Hagerty article

In 1969, both the Road Runner and Super Bee came standard with the 335 horsepower 383. It was painted orange. 

The non-performance 383 4-barrel was rated at 330 horsepower and was painted turquoise. 

The main difference between the two engines was the camshaft. 

However, if you ordered a Road Runner or Super Bee with air conditioning, Chrysler installed the milder 383, meaning AC-equipped Road Runners and Super Bees received the turquoise 383.

 Chrysler handled this dynamic differently in 1968 and 1970

https://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/dealerships/DealershipDataBook/1969/69_Coronet0015.jpg  via  https://www.hagerty.com/media/buying-and-selling/common-muscle-car-restoration-gaffes-noticing-these-transgressions-could-save-you-some-money/

I've now had a 1969 Coronet for 27 years, and been pondering what style of rims would look best on it... way back in 95 I got my Super Bee a set of Weld Street Stars, and my R/T came with stock Magnum 500s

 these examples of 1969 Coronets are not mine, they simply show what a 69 Coronet looks like with the rims I like, and will someday pick from

So,  favorite rim designs I like, and am most likely to choose from are Keystone classics, slotted mags, Cragar SS, factory steel, dog dish hubcaps on factory steel, factory recall rims, slotted mags and Torque Thrust D

I think the Keystones look best, what do you think? And I'm not rushing out to buy rims. But someday I'll be upgrading the rims and tires so there's more contact patch, especially on the front tires. 

wow, there's a 1969 Coronet R/T in Midland Texas (no power train, no VIN) on Ebay, that someone with ambition to build a cool muscle car ought to snap up for the low price of 3 thousand dollars. IF they have about 60k to invest in it

 

this gets my attention, not because it's a shell, but because my old Dodge is a yellow 1969 Coronet R/T. Mine doesn't have the fender top turn signals, or the power bulge hood... or the side scoops. 

Hell, I suspect this was a plain Coronet, Coronet 500, or Super Bee, as all it has that says it's an R/T is the trunk mounted "R/T" badge. 

There's no VIN, there's no title. So, the next owner can make it whatever they want

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/mystery-1969-dodge-coronet-r-t-found-abandoned-in-west-texas-field-178971.html#

https://www.ebay.com/itm/384666457400?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337851298&customid=502514&toolid=10001&mkevt=1

it only had 3sk miles on it when it was put on blocks in 1973, due to the gas shortage, insurance and tickets. It came off the blocks in 1994, was de-trimmed, and painted, but never put back together and left to sit until 2008 when he finally sold it

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dcsboc/permalink/10157900200253495

waiting in the garage for good weather, with hood and headlights set for racing... but the bumperettes?

when you have an air dam under the bumper, you really ought to tell your bumper it's no longer on taxi duty, and it's time to look ready to join the headlights and hood in the winners circle

https://www.facebook.com/groups/996045710517424/permalink/3802208099901157/?__tn__=%2CO*F

and maybe flip those Yokohamas to black letter side out.

Why the choice to go halfway to making a Coronet 440 (that doesn't mean a 440 engine, it was the weird meaningless model number choice Dodge made back then, 440 or 500 for the basic cars, then Super Bee, then R/T for the best car with all the upgrades) look like an R/T when the tail lights are as obviously out of place as the side trim under the beltline. Then again, if you feel the word Mopar belongs over the rear wheels... you might be a dirt track sticker junkie, who doesn't understand that Mopars don't benefit from traction bars

those double blade fake chrome wiper blades though... omfg. If you can ignore the "powered by 340 cu in" sticker on the bolt on scoop, that, thank god, he upgraded to a 340 Six Pack sticker 

https://www.facebook.com/gene.bragg.37  clearly, this guy is a circle track fan