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Powerflite
Posted 2015-12-15 12:50 AM (#498001)
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I picked up a 1958 New Yorker 2dr coupe recently that is missing a lot of parts, including the drivetrain. It does come with an auto pilot feature, power steering, power brakes, power seat, seats with center dips of course, a sky high rear window and plenty of rust in the lower quarters, rockers and outer floors. It is an ambitious project, but one which I think will be worth saving. I didn't need another project, but this one fell into my lap so I couldn't turn it down. I have a 392 hemi from a '57 New Yorker built up for my '56 Savoy, but I never installed it. I don't want to install it this way into the New Yorker so I am currently tearing it down and prepping the engine bay for the new motor.



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Posted 2015-12-15 1:08 AM (#498003 - in reply to #498001)
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I removed all the aftermarket components and installed a fuel pump eccentric & stock motor mounts. I also removed the Hot Heads windage tray I had in the oil pan because it was kissing the rod bolts and I didn't want to deal with it right now. This motor uses a solid lifter cam and was previously built for a race boat. They welded a lot of weight to the 2 outer counterweights on the crank. It uses aftermarket pistons & rods so I am hoping that they knew what they were doing. You never know what you are getting into with an old race motor, but I am going to trust my luck with it and see how it goes.



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cbrayinga
Posted 2015-12-15 5:49 AM (#498011 - in reply to #498001)
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Posted 2015-12-15 9:06 AM (#498022 - in reply to #498001)
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I don't know, with all that added mass, I would take it to a shop for balancing.
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Posted 2015-12-15 1:01 PM (#498068 - in reply to #498022)
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I'm sure that they have already balanced it after adding weight to it, but I am really starting to wonder about what this motor really is. The crank number is 1673755, which is a 392 crank so that is good, but the rods seem to be extra long at 7.25". It is hard to get an accurate measurement with them installed, but they are definitely longer than the stock ~7" length. But usually a longer rod means that the piston should be a lighter weight, which would call for less bob weight on the crank, not more, so I am confused. The pistons are Venolias, and have almost no skirt to them, but the distance from the pin to the dome looks normal. If the crank had extra stroke, it might need more bob weight, but it would use shorter rods in that case - right? Could it be possible that this was an experimental motor to run with an out-of-balance crank?

I am thinking that you are right, that I should take it all out and get it looked at so I know what is here and that it is going to work well. I may end up putting another crank into it.
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Posted 2015-12-15 1:43 PM (#498071 - in reply to #498001)
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The problem is that you don't know the history and making assumptions at this point is risky. Now is the time to be sure it is done right!
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Posted 2015-12-15 2:06 PM (#498074 - in reply to #498001)
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So how about pics of the NY'er?
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Posted 2015-12-15 3:41 PM (#498085 - in reply to #498074)
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I added a couple of pics of the car at the beginning for you. This is the picture of the interior. I have all of the side glass sitting on the back seat. I also have the outer windshield trim, but none of the back window trim. This is the only one of my '57-'58 cars that doesn't come with the dual rear antennae. This one came with a single electric antenna on the right front fender.



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Posted 2015-12-15 8:55 PM (#498126 - in reply to #498001)
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WOW!! Great project!

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Posted 2015-12-15 9:05 PM (#498130 - in reply to #498001)
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I love the 58 New Yorker! What a great looking car!
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Posted 2015-12-16 12:38 AM (#498138 - in reply to #498001)
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Auto pilot today its called cruise control. I wonder how rare that is .
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Posted 2015-12-16 3:55 AM (#498147 - in reply to #498001)
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the crank looks like there may have been a ton of adding and removing weight over the past -----------------------------------------------later
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Posted 2015-12-16 3:57 AM (#498148 - in reply to #498001)
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is the piston to deck height correct , more or less ---------------------------------------later
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Posted 2015-12-16 1:55 PM (#498171 - in reply to #498148)
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Man, you've got a couple of rusty ones! Great looking '58s you have there!

As for the 392, you won't be able to tell much without having the hard parts dissected, or some kind of build sheet. I'm curious why you think the rods are something other than standard 392 (6.95) length. If they're aftermarket, each piston and rod should have a part number that will help you identify what you're looking at. Have you removed one yet?

The crankshaft work doesn't scare me. It looks like someone knew what they were doing. Cast iron work is always a little ugly, but the work seems tidy, with no big gouges or loose pieces. And it looks like the rods have also been balanced. Two things do concern me though. The first is that extra weight may have been added to make this engine work with some homebrewed jet drive or Casale drive. The second is that it may have been balanced for one combination, and then slapped together with a different set of rods and pistons.

If it were me, I'd put it together and see what happens. Dismantling the engine and then trying to back out all the work is going to cost a fortune. If it was all bought together and you've been told it all ran together, I'd at least trust it for an initial firing and see how it behaves.

Did you replace the main bolts with the ones that attach the windage tray? If so, I'd consider having an align hone done to true everything up. Even using different fasteners can change the shape of the main. You almost always have to trim the windage tray slightly to allow a few thousandths clearance around the rods and rod bolts. Keep us posted!
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Posted 2015-12-17 9:51 AM (#498241 - in reply to #498001)
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If you are really nervous about your engine I will take it off your hands and use it for a few years to make sure it is OK!!!!
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Posted 2015-12-17 3:02 PM (#498264 - in reply to #498171)
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Thanks for the words of encouragement guys. And Rolland, I've given your offer a great deal of consideration, but... no thanks.

Here is a picture of the piston at top dead center, Chuck. It looks OK to me. What do you think?

I measured the rods with them installed. That is why I think they are extra long. Granted it isn't a super accurate measurement, but they definitely look longer. They don't look like stock rods, but there is no embossed name or part number that I can see on them. Danny, you bring up a very good point about this motor possibly being designed for an externally out-of-balance system. I don't know the history and I don't trust this setup because there are too many unanswered questions with warning bells going off that I have decided to pull the assembly out and take it to get looked at by an engine balancer. Now to find one near LA that I can trust.... I have a freshly ground stock 392 crank sitting in my garage so I could swap it out quite easily, and it looks like I will probably end up doing that.



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Posted 2015-12-17 3:24 PM (#498269 - in reply to #498264)
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Hi Nathan,

If this has aftermarket rods in that look longer you might find crank has been ground offset to lengthen the stroke , that's why the pistons have a short skirt to stop them coming past the bores and hitting the crank , weight added to crank possibly because there was no torque converter or flywheel on there and needed the extra weight on the bob weights to get it to tick over at a lower rev , just make sure the crank you are swaping has the same stroke or pistons will come out of top of block.

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Posted 2015-12-17 4:09 PM (#498277 - in reply to #498001)
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Don't 392 Hemi's have forged cranks?

Not much better than a 58 NY 2 door...
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Posted 2015-12-17 6:36 PM (#498288 - in reply to #498001)
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"Not much better than a 58 NY 2 door...,

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Posted 2015-12-18 1:54 AM (#498329 - in reply to #498001)
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That's a REALLY COOL project you have there!!!
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Posted 2015-12-18 8:53 AM (#498349 - in reply to #498001)
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measure the stroke of your engine. it is fairly common to use longer rods with a stroker crank and use pistons with a shorter pin height. ( pin to top of piston)
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Posted 2016-01-11 8:24 PM (#500775 - in reply to #498349)
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Thanks Chris for the encouragement.

I have the crank & pistons out now. Rolland, how can I accurately measure the stroke? Measuring the rods outside, they are looking more like stock length. It must have been the angle that they were sitting at.

I measured the bore size and it is 4.011-4.012. That would mean that the pistons are 10 over? That is an odd number, but since the pistons are obviously custom, I guess he could make them at whatever size he wanted. But the bearings are really a mystery. The sizes are:

Type ----------- Stock ----- Mine - Difference
Main Journal -- 2.6875 -- 2.663 -- 0.025
Rod Journal --- 2.3750 -- 2.350 -- 0.025

What the heck? Does anyone even make .025" oversize bearings? I am confused. Also, I am not seeing a reason for the extra bob-weight, but we'll see what the balancer says.

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Posted 2016-01-12 10:52 PM (#500877 - in reply to #500775)
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I took the rotating assembly to Revco Precision in Long Beach. That guy has been working with race motors for many years. He could immediately tell that the rods were 426 street hemi rods. He confirmed that the 426 street rods are quite a bit heavier than the 392 rods and I agree. The 426 race rods are even heavier. So that may be the only reason for the extra bob weight on the crank. Also, he thought that the crank looked like it had a stock stroke and I agree because it still has the stock radius on the journals. He also told me that motors that run on alcohol run with thick 70 weight oil, 120psi, and .006-.007" clearance on the bearings. So that is likely the reason for the .025" under-size journals, probably run with .020" oversize bearings. So it is all starting to make more sense now.

I am just glad that I took the crank out to figure out that it had such large bearing clearances. Otherwise, it would have been a disaster. The only unknown at this point is the compression ratio. I need to measure the piston head volume somehow. Does anyone have advice for me? If the motor was built for alcohol, the compression could be pretty darn high, but maybe not too bad if it had a supercharger.
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Posted 2016-01-12 11:37 PM (#500881 - in reply to #500877)
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We use saran wrap laid into each cylinder "cup" and then fill to brimming with
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It could also be done in reverse, or with a measuring container in which the
syringe is used to put the liquid in (or pull from, if process is reversed).
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Posted 2016-01-27 12:45 AM (#502432 - in reply to #500881)
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Ugh....more fun. I found out today that they can't re-grind the crank down to .03" under unless they cut off those balance plates first. So now I need to cut them off, grind the bearings, and then weld them back on or put in expensive heavy metal ?tungsten instead. I guess I will pay for the tungsten, but this part is costing me a lot more $$$ and time than I had hoped.
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Posted 2016-01-27 8:37 AM (#502450 - in reply to #498001)
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Nate, they always cost more time and money than you thought

As you will know, the trick is not to get too daunted, and keep your eye on the prize which is getting into the drivers seat, starting the engine and driving away (hopefully for years to come).

I also am a big fan of 58 NYs. (and I have not seen one in the flesh). Love your pics of the car, keep up the good work and progress pics.


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Powerflite
Posted 2016-02-01 7:45 PM (#502983 - in reply to #502450)
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Yeah, Steven, just gotta keep keeping on.

I decided not to wait for the crank any longer and get started on exhaust manifold selection, build the exhaust, and the trans mount. So I dropped a spare motor into place to mock it up. I will finish doing the rust repair on the firewall and re-paint it before the final motor goes in, so this motor won't stay here for long. The air cleaners that I am using currently clear the hood when it is down, but are a little too close, so I will replace the 1" spacer with a 1/2" spacer under the carbs. This looks to be the minimum thickness for the carb linkage to clear the bolts on the manifold.

The dual master cylinder is really close to the valve cover. I should probably use an adapter that is offset instead, but I'm not sure how that would effect the linkage geometry. I guess since it clears, I may just leave it alone.



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Powerflite
Posted 2016-02-01 8:13 PM (#502985 - in reply to #502983)
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I put a 4-bolt truck manifold on the driver's side and it looks to clear the power steering fine, but probably a little too close if the motor starts to rock around at all. I may end up tying the motor down with a chain or hard brace if it starts to whack into the gear box.

I then put a number of different exhaust options on the right side. A custom full length header made for an early '50's car didn't have a chance of working, a Hot Heads full length header would have worked if it was shorter because it hit into the cross-link bar. It would need to be shortened up by about 1.5-2" and there is a straight section on it that it could easily be shortened there. But it also hit the motor mount like the shorty header and I'm not sure if it would work out as well on the left side because of the starter. A cheap Chinese shorty header hit into the motor mount pretty aggressively so that I couldn't get it even close to the right position. But the outlet for it ended up above the cross-link with enough space to be able to get a pipe above it so that it wouldn't have to go under the steering. The Hot Heads shorty header was the closest to being able to mount into position, and I did get one bolt started on it at the rear-most port. But the header still hit the motor mount that prevents it from finally bolting into place. The front-most pipe could possibly be modified to move it more horizontal to make it work, but unfortunately, the header dumps down too low such that you would be forced to route the exhaust pipe under the steering.

So, it looks like the best exhaust option, outside of a custom set of pipes or the stock restrictive New Yorker manifolds, is to use the truck manifolds. The next best would be to use some cheap Chinese shorties and modify the front-most pipe to get it to clear the motor mount well. That pipe would need to route almost directly backward in order to clear it. Next best would be to modify the Hot Heads full length headers, but it I'm not sure how well you could get it to work on the left side.

Edit: I have no idea what X29491 means. I just noticed it there.

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Posted 2016-02-02 1:29 AM (#503005 - in reply to #498001)
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I have just fitted exh manifolds to dads 57 NY and the control arm perches had to be removed to actually get to slide them on in the car . Quite a nightmare after removing the old one which was a right royal PITA !
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Posted 2016-02-24 5:44 PM (#505085 - in reply to #498001)
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Doh, editing this, i see your using a spare engine, for some reason i thought you pulled those aluminum heads off.

Don't mind me trying to buy parts i didn't think you were using.

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Posted 2016-02-25 6:57 PM (#505188 - in reply to #498001)
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Nathan, If you used the HH mnts that Timmo talks about in his posts on the modified page possibly it would give you room, maybe? With a ding or two. Thanks for testbedding this as I am wanting to do this also but don't have all the headers you do. Sandersons always look short on tier site but who knows? 400 bucks plus to find out. High comp pistons are definitely not for a blower. Those 426 rods should measure 6.86, 92 rods are 6.96. I wouldn't run 426 rods at all they are too heavy and would be stressful on your bottom end, K1 makes a nice light 392 rod. If you have to go thru the grief of all this crank work it probably wouldn't too much more to weld the crank up and offset ground it, of course you'd need some custom pistons and more money and more. Neat car! I think the mounts are either Hurst style or like a 62 and later A or B mount.
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Posted 2016-02-25 11:39 PM (#505220 - in reply to #505188)
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This is the typical hot rod mount like the one sold by hot heads. This one could work, but the angle is wrong to mate up to the frame mount. You could cut it back to make it work though and it's probably not too difficult to do. And yes, if you use these mounts, you would no longer have interference with the shorty headers. I don't have Sandersons, but the Chinese ones should work as long as you check to make sure the flange is flat enough to seal well first. I am running modified Chinese shorties on the hemi motor in my '56 Savoy, and they are really quiet after I machined the mating flange flat.

I tend to agree with you on the weight of the 426 rods. I would prefer to run H-beam rods not only for reduction in weight, but also so that I don't have to re-balance the crank, which is expensive to do it right (without re-welding those plates back on). But I need to check out what my compression ratio will be with the .100" increase in rod length. I really don't want to have to get a new set of .01" oversize pistons. This motor has very few miles on it (if any) since it was built so I want to take advantage of that as much as possible.



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Posted 2016-02-26 7:56 AM (#505239 - in reply to #498001)
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Didn't think about the existing piston moving up another .100, my bad. I used a graduated burette when I cc'ed my heads, with alc as Doc said.
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Posted 2016-02-29 9:29 PM (#505527 - in reply to #505239)
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I finally figured out the compression ratio. I just modeled the top of the piston, taking accurate measurements, and then used the software to calculate the piston volume. I put all the numbers into a table to calculate the compression ratio. This is what I got, but I am assuming a number for the deck height right now. I need to put the rotating assembly back together temporarily and measure that carefully. But these numbers should be close. It is clear from this that these are high compression pistons, even with the larger 110cc combustion chamber volume of the 392 head. So I will not be able to run 392 length rods with them, but they use 392 size piston pins at .984". So I am looking to see how expensive it would be to get new H-beam rods that are bushed to 392 pin size.

But I need to also weigh the stock 392 rod and 426 rod to compare them to the H-beam rod weight to see if it is even worth doing.

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Posted 2016-03-01 1:49 AM (#505546 - in reply to #505527)
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More craziness in this setup. I took a 426 rod off a piston to weigh it and found that the bushing was drilled offset. I measured the offset to be about .1"/2=.05" inches shorter. I also measured the length of the rod for a sanity check, and it is indeed the correct 426 length to within .01" accuracy that I could measure. A 426 length rod offset shorter by .05 is in between the two sizes.

392 rod length: 6.956
426 rod length: 6.865
440 rod length: 6.768
My 426 offset: 6.815

So I'm not sure which I would go for in an aftermarket rod - too long or too short.


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Posted 2016-03-01 2:25 AM (#505549 - in reply to #505546)
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My wife happened to have a kitchen scale that could measure up to a couple of kilograms and.... she actually let me use it to weigh my rods.

My 426 rod: 1040 grams
My 354 rod (1821345): 705 grams
Stock 392 rod: 767 grams (estimated based on weight ratios of aftermarket 354 vs. 392 rods since I can't seem to find any of mine that aren't spiro-locked down onto a piston.)

Aftermarket 440 rod: 750, 820, 880 grams. at around $500/set. So potentially, there may be an aftermarket rod available that wouldn't require extra weight added to the crank to save me some rotating weight and $200-$300 in extra balancing cost if I can figure out what to do with the length issue.

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Posted 2017-04-01 1:18 AM (#537130 - in reply to #505549)
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Well, it only took me a year to measure and figure this out. I measured the deck height at .012" to .015", so with the proper rod length change, I should be able to calculate the resulting compression ratio. From the results, it seems that these pistons were made to be 10:1 compression with 440 rods. I guess the previous owner wanted a little more compression so he used a 426 rod and offset bushed them. I would like to be at around 11.5 compression with 100cc aluminum heads and 10.5 compression with 110cc heads. By using 440 rods, it ends up being a little lower than what I want, but the value with 100cc heads is pretty darn close. So that is what I am going to do. I didn't really want to use these overly heavy 426 rods anyway and I am now glad that I tore this thing apart. I was kicking myself for doing it previously....

But this motor is no longer slated to go into my '58 Chrysler. Now I am prepping it to go into my '57 New Yorker so I will continue it's progress in that thread.



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Posted 2017-04-28 11:00 AM (#539040 - in reply to #537130)
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I was happy to be able to replace the missing front bumper guards on this car. I really like the look with them on there. Both my '58 Desoto and this car originally came with them, but both were MIA when I got the cars.



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Posted 2017-04-28 11:02 AM (#539041 - in reply to #498001)
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I need a set of those front bumper guards as well. Any leads? Thanks!
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Posted 2017-04-28 11:07 AM (#539042 - in reply to #498001)
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I wish I did. It took me about 3 yrs to find the two sets.
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Posted 2017-04-28 1:11 PM (#539046 - in reply to #498001)
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Is this what you guys are looking for?







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Posted 2017-04-28 2:50 PM (#539052 - in reply to #539046)
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Yessss. Grab em! What condition is that steering wheel in? If I were closer, I would grab a bunch of other parts off of it. Looks like a Saratoga, but what is that emblem up high on the fin?
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Posted 2017-04-28 3:06 PM (#539054 - in reply to #539052)
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Powerflite - 2017-04-28 2:50 PM

Yessss. Grab em! What condition is that steering wheel in? If I were closer, I would grab a bunch of other parts off of it. Looks like a Saratoga, but what is that emblem up high on the fin?


The car is a Canadian Windsor, so it is the same as a US Saratoga. It's really close to me, in a junkyard (as you can see from the pic), along with a red 58 New Yorker sedan, next to it. There are a lot of good parts still on those two cars.


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Posted 2017-04-28 3:09 PM (#539056 - in reply to #539054)
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I really could use the gold emblems, aluminum side trim, & New Yorker name emblems from the New Yorker. does it have any of that stuff still on it? Also, I need the aluminum inserts on the door panels that are '58 New Yorker, 300D specific.
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Posted 2017-04-28 3:13 PM (#539057 - in reply to #539056)
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Powerflite - 2017-04-28 3:09 PM

I really could use the gold emblems, aluminum side trim, & New Yorker name emblems from the New Yorker. does it have any of that stuff still on it? Also, I need the aluminum inserts on the door panels that are '58 New Yorker, 300D specific.



I don't know about the door panels inserts, are they the same in a sedan? If they are, and you need them, last time I was there, they were still in the car, and in pretty good shape.

New Yorker emblems are gone. Side trim was changed for some kind of handy andy 57 style aftermaket trim at some point in the car's life.
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Posted 2017-04-28 3:14 PM (#539058 - in reply to #498001)
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Posted 2017-04-28 4:13 PM (#539064 - in reply to #498001)
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I beleive the door panel inserts are the same so I could use them - if they are actually '58 pieces. The trim on the New Yorker is '57 New Yorker trim. It could be that it is actually a '57 NY, but the front bumper & grille was swapped out to a '58. I could use that steering wheel on the Windsor. Funny, I have never seen a radio delete in these cars before. Pretty cool.
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Posted 2017-04-28 4:45 PM (#539067 - in reply to #539064)
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Powerflite - 2017-04-28 4:13 PM

I beleive the door panel inserts are the same so I could use them - if they are actually '58 pieces. The trim on the New Yorker is '57 New Yorker trim. It could be that it is actually a '57 NY, but the front bumper & grille was swapped out to a '58. I could use that steering wheel on the Windsor. Funny, I have never seen a radio delete in these cars before. Pretty cool.


The car IS a 1958, no doubt: apart from the trim "style", everything else is 58, including serial number, dashboard, data plate, power steering, etc. And the trim, I believe, is NOT 1957 New Yorker trim. It is, as I mentionned, aftermarket cheap trim in the style of a 57 New Yorker, that someone installed on this car for some reason at some point. Looking at it upclose, it's not factory and not Chrysler made.

I could get that wheel and door trim for you, if they are still there. I got (and resold) the delete plate already, to a member here. Was the first time I saw one of those in a 58 too! Pretty rare stuff.

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Posted 2017-04-28 5:13 PM (#539068 - in reply to #539067)
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Sounds good. Thanks.
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Posted 2017-12-29 12:50 AM (#555147 - in reply to #498001)
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The previous motor went into my '57 New Yorker so I mounted this new motor on the stand to begin building it for the '58. It originally came from a '57 New Yorker as well, and was rebuilt recently with .03" over stock style cast pistons. It looks like it still ran when it was torn apart because it turns quite easily. There is almost no wear on all the cylinders except #7. On hole #7, there is deep, uneven wear on one side of the cylinder and a deep vertical gouge down the wall. I don't know what happened there, maybe a broken ring or something that scraped on the cylinder wall, but I am thinking I should sleeve that one cylinder and put it back together with .03" pistons. But I will probably replace the pistons (& rings of course) because these look to have quite pathetic compression - probably 9:1. Does anyone know if I can install hypereutectics or forged without changing the bore size? In other words, are all the pistons made for a .03" overbore and have the proper clearances built into the piston size, or do I need to change the bore size to get the proper clearance?
Right now I am using it as a mockup for the crossover modification.



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