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(1 Comments) Reunited with my 2 former cars early Sept 08 at a local cruise in. My Saratoga along with my Ex-Polara and my Ex-300. | (1 Comments) I think this is one of the best views of the 1960 Chrysler. | With the New Yorker grille installed. July / 09. Photo taken at the car show, WPC National, Sacramento CA July, 09 . | |
Prior to detailing the engine in July 09. YUK what a mess. | Not quite finished, still some brackets and areas under the compressor /behind the fan etc. to paint . | After detailing engine, getting the car ready to go to the WPC National in Sacramento, July 2009. It's not perfect - the firewall, fenders wells and rad support should be repainted but the engine isn't coming out any time soon to make room to do that. This car was built in L.A. and as such came from the plant with black fender wells and rad core support. In other plants they came sprayed body color. Firewall and fender wells will be done at a later date. | Just finished a 2200 mile round trip from Victoria, BC ( On Vancouver Island ) through Washingon, Oregon and on to California to the meet. After leaving CA we took a side trip to the Oregon coast for 2 days, then back home. Average mileage for the entire trip on this old 4200 LB car with a 383 4 barrel was 23 MPG ( Imperial Gallons) or about 19 MPG in US gallons. I have put 7000 miles on this car in just over 1 year since I bought it in June 2008. |
I removed the Saratoga grille, which had been painted black, and installed an upscale and better looking New Yorker grille. The underside of the hood is sprayed with thick tar undercoating, which I believe was factory sprayed as it had a factory silencer pad glued over that stuff. I removed the pad as it was really ratty, cleaned up the tar and sprayed it semi gloss black to freshen it up. | Nice shot! My 12 year old ( at the time ) son Jordan took this photo. | Reunion with my 300 - Mark, who I sold the 300 to in June 2008 came over this evening and we replaced the accelerator pump in my carb. Notice the two cars share the same roof and glass areas. Floor pans, cowl and basic inner body structure are also the same. | |
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