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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7211 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | 60 Imp - 2014-05-29 5:25 AM Yep, very nice engine bay, even got the filter snorkel pointing right Sticker is on the wrong side though!. Steve. Yeah, I found out about the decal after I put it on! I have a spare , may repaint the housing and put a new one on some time! | ||
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Expert Posts: 2490 Location: Kansas City, KS | Put new u-joints in one of my Imperials today. Tires are old and I only use them for rolling cars around in the driveway. Had some excitement when the tread decided to let loose all of a sudden while I was under it. (2014-05-29.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 2014-05-29.jpg (81KB - 340 downloads) | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Well, at least your ride is good at peeling rubber. | ||
KcImperial |
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Expert Posts: 2490 Location: Kansas City, KS | d500neil - 2014-05-29 4:01 PM Well, at least your ride is good at peeling rubber. | ||
fenix |
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Expert Posts: 2120 Location: atlanta | Guess ya keep a roll of toilet paper in your toolbag now, don't cha? :-) | ||
1960fury |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7501 Location: northern germany | couple of days ago, had a classic b&w photo taken of my 60 fury on the return trip from strassenkreuzer & musicbox festival at about 3 am driving on the A2.... it will be in the mail soon, and it wont be cheap........ | ||
KcImperial |
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Expert Posts: 2490 Location: Kansas City, KS | fenix - 2014-05-29 5:57 PM Guess ya keep a roll of toilet paper in your toolbag now, don't cha? :-) no toilet paper... just spare pants! I did get the engine started today. It's been at least 15 years that I know of since it last ran Edited by KcImperial 2014-05-29 7:25 PM | ||
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Member Posts: 23 | Replaced the rear axle seals on my 56 Royal Lancer. After doing the left side I realized I could do the right side a lot quicker but just leaving the brake shoes and everything connected to the backing plate and just unbolting the backing plate from the axle housing. I am replacing the master cylinder so I will have to bleed the brakes anyway. | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3490 Location: Montreal, Canada | This is how mine looks today! (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (247KB - 358 downloads) | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Good thing that it's no longer Winter (is it?) there, or, you'd be out somewhere, dash-ing through the snow. | ||
imopar380 |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7211 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | David you wanna come out to Victoria and pull my dash apart when you're done? ;-) | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3490 Location: Montreal, Canada | d500neil - 2014-06-03 8:32 PM Good thing that it's no longer Winter (is it?) there, or, you'd be out somewhere, dash-ing through the snow. It's actually hot and humid now. Summer is really here. Dash is getting back to OEM scotchgrain textures black colour. | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | Hi David, it looks like you had more on the list than the steering column!! Greg | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3490 Location: Montreal, Canada | LD3 Greg - 2014-06-03 10:01 PM Hi David, it looks like you had more on the list than the steering column!! Greg Hey Greg! Yes indeed, the interior is being restored back to the original black and white Regent/Savoy interior, instead of the green 57 Mayfair style interior that was in it when I purchased the car. The steering column was a big part of this project, though, as it had to be fixed to put the original seat back in the original location. Edited by soiouz 2014-06-03 10:21 PM | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | soiouz - 2014-06-03 10:19 PM LD3 Greg - 2014-06-03 10:01 PM Hi David, it looks like you had more on the list than the steering column!! Greg Hey Greg! Yes indeed, the interior is being restored back to the original black and white Regent/Savoy interior, instead of the green 57 Mayfair style interior that was in it when I purchased the car. The steering column was a big part of this project, though, as it had to be fixed to put the original seat back in the original location. David, you had mentioned that the seat location had been altered which puzzled me. NOW I understand. The longer steering column necessitated this change in location. Good to see it all coming together for you. Congrats! Greg | ||
KcImperial |
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Expert Posts: 2490 Location: Kansas City, KS | soiouz - 2014-06-03 6:23 PM This is how mine looks today! I just started the same thing today! should have a similar pic in a day or two. | ||
imopar380 |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7211 Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | Still on the A/C system... added a custom touch to the top of the compressor today, cleans it up nicely. (IMG_0001.JPG) (112.JPG) (IMG_0006.JPG) Attachments ---------------- IMG_0001.JPG (123KB - 330 downloads) 112.JPG (111KB - 338 downloads) IMG_0006.JPG (176KB - 320 downloads) | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3490 Location: Montreal, Canada | Getting closer now! (image.jpg) (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (52KB - 363 downloads) image.jpg (60KB - 363 downloads) | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | Good progress, David. Can you show me a close up of scotch grain textures black?? I don't have any idea what that is! You certainly have a deep top tint in that windshield. New door panels installed? Greg | ||
60 Imp |
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Location: North Australia | Yeh Sid, those speedo calibration certificates are expensive! How fast? Steve Edited by 60 Imp 2014-06-06 2:16 AM | ||
soiouz |
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Expert Posts: 3490 Location: Montreal, Canada | LD3 Greg - 2014-06-05 11:31 PM Good progress, David. Can you show me a close up of scotch grain textures black?? I don't have any idea what that is! You certainly have a deep top tint in that windshield. New door panels installed? Greg Yes the tint is deep and I really dont like it. I plan on replacing the windshield for a clear one later on. The door panels are actually original ones that I restored myself by carefully pulling off the vinyl from the warped and broken backing panel, fabricating new panels and gluing the vinyl back. I meant scotch grain textured black. Some call it a wrinkle finish too. It's the oem dashboard finish on 57-58 plymouth and canadian plodges. Most people just repaint their dash without the texture, but I am too much of a detail freak for that, and I had my paint guy replicate the texture. I dont have a close up of what my painter did right now, but he did a fantastic job replicating that finish and it is as close as one can get to the original. Heres how it looks like in an unrestored car: Edited by soiouz 2014-06-06 9:13 AM (image.jpg) Attachments ---------------- image.jpg (69KB - 325 downloads) | ||
1960fury |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7501 Location: northern germany | 60 Imp - 2014-06-06 2:08 AM Yeh Sid, those speedo calibration certificates are expensive! How fast? Steve fortunately not fast, maybe 75mph in a 62mph zone. wtf? 3 wide lanes, 3 am, no traffic, straight road and 62 mph? highway robbery. last time they got me 9 years ago, but never paid and got away with it. Edited by 1960fury 2014-06-06 7:40 AM (radar.jpg) Attachments ---------------- radar.jpg (38KB - 355 downloads) | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | That would be a good new avatar for you, Sid! That, or maybe the ticket; they DO send out a physical ticket, right? At least you were maintaining the proper distances between cars, huh? There's a moral to this story, but I dunno what it would be. | ||
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Expert Posts: 2120 Location: atlanta | Gotta admit, Ya'll take a great picture, and it looks like your looking right at the camera, all your missing is a Cheshire kat smile! Edited by fenix 2014-06-06 6:02 PM | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | "What, me worry"? (th.jpg) Attachments ---------------- th.jpg (4KB - 321 downloads) | ||
fenix |
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Expert Posts: 2120 Location: atlanta | LOL, exactly! | ||
57Kelii |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 699 Location: Los Angeles, California | I wonder what the man was thinking as he typed up this ticket That speed is rather normal here. If you were going 80, thats another story. Hope you can shake it off. No valid reason to give a speeding ticket to a 54 year old car lol | ||
KcImperial |
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Expert Posts: 2490 Location: Kansas City, KS | Replaced the entire wiring harness in my car. Got the dash back in today and everything works. I forgot how nice/noisy the sound of a mechanical clock can be. Still have a few trim pieces to put back but at least it's driveable again. (dash.jpg) (2014-06-07.jpg) Attachments ---------------- dash.jpg (108KB - 317 downloads) 2014-06-07.jpg (80KB - 334 downloads) | ||
miquelonbrad |
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Expert Posts: 1737 Location: Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada | I didn't work on my FL today...the water pump bearing has given out on my '58 Caddy, so I was prepairing a replacement pump for paint. You'd think a water pump would last longer than 56 years... | ||
LD3 Greg |
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Expert Posts: 1906 Location: Ontario, Canada | soiouz - 2014-06-06 7:28 AM LD3 Greg - 2014-06-05 11:31 PM Good progress, David. Can you show me a close up of scotch grain textures black?? I don't have any idea what that is! You certainly have a deep top tint in that windshield. New door panels installed? Greg Yes the tint is deep and I really dont like it. I plan on replacing the windshield for a clear one later on. The door panels are actually original ones that I restored myself by carefully pulling off the vinyl from the warped and broken backing panel, fabricating new panels and gluing the vinyl back. I meant scotch grain textured black. Some call it a wrinkle finish too. It's the oem dashboard finish on 57-58 plymouth and canadian plodges. Most people just repaint their dash without the texture, but I am too much of a detail freak for that, and I had my paint guy replicate the texture. I dont have a close up of what my painter did right now, but he did a fantastic job replicating that finish and it is as close as one can get to the original. Heres how it looks like in an unrestored car: Oh yeah, I remember seeing that textured finish now that you pointed it out. Thanks for the photo. Greg | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | This make you feel any better, Sid? From the 1/62 Sports Car Graphic ("Combined with Motor Life"); where it all BEGAN: (PICT0488.JPG) Attachments ---------------- PICT0488.JPG (95KB - 315 downloads) | ||
1960fury |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7501 Location: northern germany | never heard that before that would be illegal today. got the ticket. clocked at 121km/h, fined for 117km/h (-3%) speedometer was indicating 75mph or sightly below. i know now my speedo is dead on. actually i knew that before since the german roads are flanked with speed measuring devices that show how fast you are going, accompanied with a sad or a smiling face, depending if your speeding or not | ||
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 7501 Location: northern germany | d500neil - 2014-06-06 5:00 PM That would be a good new avatar for you, Sid! no, thats a measly 19km/h. a couple of days ago i was doing 140mph in a 62 zone passing a new audi that hit the throttle when i was overtaking. that would have been a nice avatar | ||
Ray |
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Expert Posts: 1497 Location: Fairfax, Minnesota | I have been reading threads that touted the benefit s of just installing a new steering column isolator versus a new steering box. How could a $4 piece of rubber solve the problem? Two Mercedes nuts (one was my son) were here today and they tackled the job. The steering slop is gone! The old isolator was totally shredded and nearly falling out of position when we got to it. | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | The speed limit may have been a whopping 100KPH (62MPH) and Sid was photo'd at 117KPH (72.5 MPH) ? 10 miles 'over', at 3:00AM? | ||
BigBlockMopar |
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Expert Posts: 3575 Location: Netherlands | I fired up the longrammed and stroked '60 NewYorker this evening to take it home and have it's bi-annual checkup done tomorrow. Just after startup it was missing a cylinder so I gave it some throttle on the highway back home to 'blow out' the cylinders and burn the sparkplugs clean again... Luckily there are no speedcams on that stretch of highway | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | ....that you KNOW of....buahahahahahaha.... You've got mail! | ||
BigBlockMopar |
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Expert Posts: 3575 Location: Netherlands | If there were I should have a mailbox filled to the brim with 'goverment fan-mail' by now... | ||
ab7fh |
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Veteran Posts: 172 Location: Aridzona | Big day yesterday. I finally installed the 318 poly stroker in the '60 Dart. (engine_installation.jpg) (engine_installed.jpg) (engine_installed2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- engine_installation.jpg (228KB - 301 downloads) engine_installed.jpg (176KB - 309 downloads) engine_installed2.jpg (203KB - 323 downloads) | ||
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | That looks great! I put an interrupter-type brake light switch on the brake pedal of my '57 Suburban. The pressure switch worked fine, but only when there was enough pressure in the brake system to trigger it. I had one too many idiots try to run in to the back of the car in normal traffic. A small change, but worthwhile I think. | ||
jboymechanic |
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Expert Posts: 2206 Location: Muskego, WI | I love seeing people building up their "oddball" 318 Polys, beautiful work. | ||
ab7fh |
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Veteran Posts: 172 Location: Aridzona | More progress... Made room for the Gearvendors overdrive unit: (OD_hole.jpg) (OD_hole2.jpg) (OD_hole3.jpg) Attachments ---------------- OD_hole.jpg (205KB - 322 downloads) OD_hole2.jpg (169KB - 333 downloads) OD_hole3.jpg (223KB - 360 downloads) | ||
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Board Moderator & Exner Expert 10K+ Posts: 13068 Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | You should post in a separate thread Rick, the car and your good work deserves it. The OD is very interesting - I'm sure that more than me would like to know more about it. | ||
d500neil |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil! Posts: 19146 Location: bishop, ca | Hey, Rick; what product did you use to get such a 3-dimensional application of undercoating, on the floor pan???? | ||
BigBlockMopar |
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Expert Posts: 3575 Location: Netherlands | Nice detailing and good to see the engine parts have been painted seperatly before being assembled, (and not the entire engine looks like it's dipped in a huge bucket of paint). | ||
ab7fh |
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Veteran Posts: 172 Location: Aridzona | d500neil - 2014-06-12 11:46 AM Hey, Rick; what product did you use to get such a 3-dimensional application of undercoating, on the floor pan????
Rolled on Herculiner. | ||
ab7fh |
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Veteran Posts: 172 Location: Aridzona | wizard - 2014-06-12 11:38 AM You should post in a separate thread Rick, the car and your good work deserves it. The OD is very interesting - I'm sure that more than me would like to know more about it.
I have a build thread here: http://forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=46090 I just updated it. I also have a webpage for the car at www.60dart.com Edited by ab7fh 2014-06-13 10:31 AM | ||
jboymechanic |
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Expert Posts: 2206 Location: Muskego, WI | Does the gear vendor unit share trans fluid with the transmission? Make sure you have a cooler on your trans and the OD if the fluid is separate. | ||
ab7fh |
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Veteran Posts: 172 Location: Aridzona | No it carries it's fluid separately. They require a 5000 mile fluid change interval. It takes 28 oz with the standard pan, and 32 oz with their deep pan. There are no external fluid lines. Edited by ab7fh 2014-06-13 10:52 PM | ||
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Expert Posts: 2647 Location: Minor Hill, TN | My fowardlook is loaded on a car trailor to be taken to the Tennesee Valley Mopar show. The Arm rests are in the process of being recovered. (2010-02-16 22.17.55.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 2010-02-16 22.17.55.jpg (148KB - 307 downloads) | ||
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