1983 E Cleanup

[Guest]

Been through more than my fair share of storms up to hurricanes over the last 32 years. Some brainbucket in Ottawa decided we could go survey Sable Island in April. We never left port before May around here because its crap out there. Anyway we got caught in a bugger in which the ship three or four times exceeded her maximum roll calibrations by a few degrees. When she rolls over and hangs you really do wonder if she'll right herself. Or having to be tied into your bunk as you're tossed around like a rag doll trying to stand up? Cook can't even make sandwiches. Point her nose into it and hang on. 36 hours of that takes the good out of you.

And we never did go again in April.

Or just a couple of years ago in Northern Labrador we left the ship and went sounding in the launches. Weather came up real quick. Too rough for the ship to recover the launches so we had to steam three hours in a 31 foot launch in a sea state of between very high 6 or lower 7 (the scale goes to 9 and 9 is very rarely encountered - the worst of hurricanes) to find a lee good enough to recover us. Waves bigger than the launch coming over you. Seems like more time underwater than above. One of the longest three hour periods in my life.

 

[Guest]

Night before we sail the painter calls up with the body done. Its a Candy Apple red with a gold pearl base instead of the usual silver. I'm not sure if its the angle of the sun in these photos, but the show it way too light and dull. The fifth shot is closer to the color and shows some gloss.

 

[koolaid_kid]

Are you going to re-decal it? They are available from several sources.

 

[7981GS]

It is going to be SCHWEEEET!

Eric

 

[Guest]

Are you going to re-decal it? They are available from several sources.

Yes. I have the decals I got some time ago. However it was too much of a rush last night to put them on so they'll have to wait until I get back. I was thrilled just to get the pieces back last night.

 

[steve murdoch]

Candy apple red is my favourite bike colour[CBX owner].
Hopefully see you in a month for the next stage of your build.

 

[Guest]

Candy apple red is my favourite bike colour[CBX owner].

Hear ya! I had a Candy Glory Red 1979 CBX. Sold it to buy the lot my house sits on. While it had neither the torque nor handling of these GS' here, it was a sweet bike. Loved to hear the 6 cylinders at redline. Nice sound - and smooth. And really, one could get them going pretty good before the limits were reached.

 

[Frank Z.]

That wouldn't be a Super Bee in the background, would it?

 

[steve murdoch]

Sorry to hijack the thread[again] but that is a great pic of your CBX. Obviously happy times.
Mine has a couple different bits.

 

[Guest]

That wouldn't be a Super Bee in the background, would it?

You're looking at the only 1968 Coronet R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed ragtop car Dodge made that year. There were 11 in total - 10 autos, one four speed. When I bought the car I had no idea it was the only four speed. While that may have been nice to know during the early days - it wouldn't have matter how the car was treated. They were just vehicles to be beat on. I believe the image is 1980 and I've got her apart to change the color to super stock red. You can see the top backside of the rad support is already painted. So the engine bay was done and I took it home to put the hemi back in it to get all the sheetmetal on and aligned prior to exterior paint. The car was originally the dark burgundy with a white stripe. No one cared about fender tags or originality back then. Unfortunately she is no longer with me. House, wife, kid and between jobs makes the toys go bye-bye.

The hardtops were much more plentiful because they were cheaper, lighter and by triangulation virtue alone had much stiffer bodies than the ragtops. There were special gussets welded in the frames of both Hemi Cars and ragtops. But still not enough to really stiffen them or lower the cost for the average young guy starting in some office. The lower cost Super Bee version of the Coronet was aimed at the gas pump jockey. Same as the difference between Plymouth's road runner and GTX. The R/T and GTX were more "upscale" and had many doodads and refinements not available in the taxicab like runner and Bee. All that stuff added weight and cost - not the hot setup for streetlight to streetlight acceleration contests.


Found this - had the 78 bias plys, whitewalls and dog dish hub caps for setting up targets. The drawback to this was the 78's never stood a chance, it was oil on an ice rink. Another bight idea shot down by reality.

Sorry to hijack the thread[again] but that is a great pic of your CBX. Obviously happy times.
Mine has a couple different bits.

I'm loving the spoked aluminums one her!!!! How does the sound with the 6 into 6 sound? More mellow than stock? Did you have her since new? They certainly carry a fond spot in my heart. In a few aspects of motorcycling they set a few standards not to be reclaimed. I'd love to replace mine, but they are commanding large coin at this time.


Get a few more shots up of her - please.

 

[Guest]

That wouldn't be a Super Bee in the background, would it?

The Blue Vert? Looks like it might me a Coronet. Kinda hard to tell with no front clip. Didnt they make the GTX from those? Oh and a Duster. A Duster, lol..

 

[steve murdoch]

6pk, seeing as it is your thread, another pic of my '79.
Sun rims, antique grey engine enamal, '82 calipers, CBR rotors and PipeMaster exhaust.
The pipes sound is amazing, not at all mellow, Ferrarish? I also have a set of performance baffles that everybody but me finds annoying.
p.m. me your e-mail and i can send you some other pics.

 

[Guest]

Okay not a lot going on here for a while. I was away for a month and the bike isn't right at the top as front ends are a lot harder to locate than I had thought. I've got a shot at one pair that look good in 8 photos, but if they don't pan out I'm going to bite the bullet and get Forking by Frank to make a pair. Seems like the rubbers for the air collar and the headlight stays keep enough water that the vast majority of them suffer from moderate to pretty friggin' severe pitting. Anyway all that's moved is one of the nearly last scrubbing on the engine before it opens up (now definitely in the fall/winter) and the Reprodecals on the parts. Ironically there is no sun again today and the paint is not given its proper due. What can I say?

 

[Guest]

Okay not a lot going on here for a while. I was away for a month and the bike isn't right at the top as front ends are a lot harder to locate than I had thought. I've got a shot at one pair that look good in 8 photos, but if they don't pan out I'm going to bite the bullet and get Forking by Frank to make a pair. Seems like the rubbers for the air collar and the headlight stays keep enough water that the vast majority of them suffer from moderate to pretty friggin' severe pitting. Anyway all that's moved is one of the nearly last scrubbing on the engine before it opens up (now definitely in the fall/winter) and the Reprodecals on the parts. Ironically there is no sun again today and the paint is not given its proper due. What can I say?

That "Candy Apple Red" on your's looks like the '82's very stockish "Candy Fancy Maroon" don't you think?

 

[Guest]

Basically the idea, but it has a lot of gold and gold micro flake in it. The idea was to basically appear like a stock color, but when the sun hits it the edges and creases light up a flake orangish/gold.The flash on the camera washes it out and the underlying gold looks pinkish or washed out. I tried with the camera inside and failed miserable. I need a sunny day. It does look neat when the sun catches it.

 

[Guest]

And also showing up today was the gloss black frame and bits and some semi-gloss black items I had redone in powder for better resistance than plain paint.

 

[Guest]

DAMMMMNNNNN!!!!! Now that is one clean bike. You have it since new?

 

[Guest]

Try this? Forced but the idea is there.

The front is starting to show flake - now too much reflection.

And trying to force its hand

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[Guest]

DAMMMMNNNNN!!!!! Now that is one clean bike. You have it since new?

Mine only looks good in pictures, it will be yours that is going to be the "Cream Puff"
I think I'm either the 4th or 5th owner. I have the paperwork somewhere that has the history of it that I got from the PO, more likely the 5th owner.

 

[Guest]

Try this? Forced but the idea is there.

The front is starting to show flake - now too much reflection.

And trying to force its hand

It definitely looks allot more red than it did in the previous pics with all the other painted parts. A really great color, Absolutely stunning! Don't know why but I've seen allot of '83's (on the Internet) that look more on the orange'ish side, perhaps they were faded or maybe something to do with camera's replication of the color. I always thought when I saw those, a Halloween bike.