I am in the process of looking for a vent window crome lock and strip ( must be 6.5 inches long ) for the drivers side. Mine has broken at the stress point and any I have come accross in the wreckers are all broken in the same manner. So if anyone can help I really would appreciate it. '57 Dodge Mayfair 4 Door HT would also!!!!! thanks alot one and all -----Original Message----- From: Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Recipients of L-FORWARDLOOK digests <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Saturday, August 28, 1999 12:02 AM Subject: L-FORWARDLOOK Digest - 26 Aug 1999 to 27 Aug 1999 (#1999-154) >There are 12 messages totalling 326 lines in this issue. > >Topics of the day: > > 1. frame number (2) > 2. That super duper penetrating oil was areo kroil. (2) > 3. frame# > 4. Long Ram Air Cleaner Housings > 5. BLACKwalls (2) > 6. 57/58 diff colors > 7. 1/64th Diecast Mopars > 8. 1959 New Yorker Engine Specs > 9. Thanks for Frozen Engine info > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:29:47 -0700 >From: Jim Wilson <jwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: frame number > >I am going to pull the 58 all the way down and start >all over again, but I would like to keep driving it for >awhile yet, so--- I have another frame that I could send >in and have it completely cleaned and primped up for me >but the quandry, is there a number on the frame that corresponds >with anything other than part number, ie. title problems later >on. > I have a beautiful 58 body that is minus some real serious >parts (floor, windows, anything that moves) that will be my >start point and my existing 58 which shall from this day forth >be called Donor, but the frame will be my first item and probably >last for this year, so do I tear old 58 apart now or can I use >othere 58 frame with out getting nailed. >Jim > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 00:03:20 -0800 >From: richard main <shelldrakelimited@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: That super duper penetrating oil was areo kroil. > >A wise old junkyard guy told me a mix of brake fluid and automatic >transmission fluid works real good at freeing up stuck motors. Let sit for >a week or so, hot climate helps. > >Richard > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 03:01:15 -0400 >From: brians <brians@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: frame number > >Jim, > >You might want to look at the top of the frame in the rear >where it rises over the axle and see if there is a visible >number stamped on it (wipe or clean away the crud). That >should correspond to the vehicle number. > >Jim Wilson wrote: >> >> I am going to pull the 58 all the way down and start >> all over again, but I would like to keep driving it for >> awhile yet, so--- I have another frame that I could send >> in and have it completely cleaned and primped up for me >> but the quandry, is there a number on the frame that corresponds >> with anything other than part number, ie. title problems later >> on. >> I have a beautiful 58 body that is minus some real serious >> parts (floor, windows, anything that moves) that will be my >> start point and my existing 58 which shall from this day forth >> be called Donor, but the frame will be my first item and probably >> last for this year, so do I tear old 58 apart now or can I use >> othere 58 frame with out getting nailed. >> Jim > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 01:41:00 -0700 >From: Jim Wilson <jwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: frame# > >Thanks to all of you who wrote, looks like the 58 goes down and becomes >Donor sooner than I wanted. Those of you who live in the Washington (state) >area know how anal retentive the WSP can be, so I won't even chance it. > Again thanks I just couldn't find the darn thing but now that I know >where it is, it sticks out like a sore thumb. >Jim > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 06:10:39 -0500 >From: Wayne Graefen <wrgraefen@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: Long Ram Air Cleaner Housings > >Repro ram air cleaners are available to MEMBERS ONLY of the >Chrysler 300 Club International for $350 per pair. Membership >info avail per inquiry. > >Wayne Graefen > >----- Original Message ----- >From: moparman <moparman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 11:44 PM >Subject: Long Ram Air Cleaner Housings > > >> Does anyone know of a source for reproduction long ram air >cleaner housings? >> I am putting a long ram set-up together, and the prices I am >seeing for used >> ones are.........shocking. >> >> Al Wilson >> moparman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> '60 Plymouth Belvedere >> > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 07:10:08 -0400 >From: don dulmage <big-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: That super duper penetrating oil was areo kroil. > >Right on! >If brake fluid won't work nothing will. That is because brake fluid will >go where normal oils won't and it is hydroscopic (absorbs water) which >is what seized the motor in the first place. I have used it for 35 >years. >DOn DulmaGE > >richard main wrote: >> >> A wise old junkyard guy told me a mix of brake fluid and automatic >> transmission fluid works real good at freeing up stuck motors. Let sit for >> a week or so, hot climate helps. >> >> Richard > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 06:37:46 -0500 >From: Wayne Graefen <wrgraefen@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: BLACKwalls > >Y'all Forwardlookers, > >We've heard some preferences on making/keeping whitewalls white. > >What do the rest of you use (if anything) to keep black walls, >or the black outside your whitewalls, looking rich black like >new? > >Personally, I use two products: > >My blackwalled daily driver gets shot with "More Shine, Less >Time" aerosol. I let it sit 10-15 minutes and then wipe off any >excess with paper towels to avoid the "Armor-all" high gloss >look. > >For show car preparation, I'll apply Meguiar's "Clean, Shine and >Protect", also bottled as Meguiar's professional line "#40, >Rubber and Vinyl". I pump spray it onto a small kitchen sponge >which allows me to get just the application area needed like >into the assorted grooves and depression of tire sidewalls. >Also use this on my door/trunk weatherseals, interior vinyl >trim, radiator and heater hoses, windshield and backglass >gaskets. I REALLY like this stuff! and no silicone! > >Wayne Graefen > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:45:17 -0500 >From: David Homstad <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: BLACKwalls > >Wayne, > >I use Westley's. It works just as good on the black as on the white. The >black looks new, not greasy, glossy, or darker black than new. It is >important to rinse with lots of water, while brushing with a stiff bristle >brush, to flush away what has been loosened by the Westley's. Westley's >seems to work best when sprayed directly on every square inch of the tire >while it is dry. Spraying on most areas, but not all, and brushing it around >does not work well. > >Dave Homstad >56 Dodge D500 > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Wayne Graefen [SMTP:wrgraefen@xxxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 6:38 AM >To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [FWDLK] BLACKwalls > >Y'all Forwardlookers, > >We've heard some preferences on making/keeping whitewalls white. > >What do the rest of you use (if anything) to keep black walls, >or the black outside your whitewalls, looking rich black like >new? > >Personally, I use two products: > >My blackwalled daily driver gets shot with "More Shine, Less >Time" aerosol. I let it sit 10-15 minutes and then wipe off any >excess with paper towels to avoid the "Armor-all" high gloss >look. > >For show car preparation, I'll apply Meguiar's "Clean, Shine and >Protect", also bottled as Meguiar's professional line "#40, >Rubber and Vinyl". I pump spray it onto a small kitchen sponge >which allows me to get just the application area needed like >into the assorted grooves and depression of tire sidewalls. >Also use this on my door/trunk weatherseals, interior vinyl >trim, radiator and heater hoses, windshield and backglass >gaskets. I REALLY like this stuff! and no silicone! > >Wayne Graefen > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:36:24 -0400 >From: "Larry C. Stanley" <peerless@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: 57/58 diff colors > > All, > >> I think that you would be safe in painting anything from the frame on >down >> with a good black paint. I don't think that the original chassis had >much >> paint on it, and it was probably black. > >About the only color would be the inspection marks and the paint streaks >that showed what 'innerds' were in the differential and which lube to put >in, paint marks on the torsion bars to show stiffness and other marks made >by factory inspectors. Has anyone made a list of the color and location of >these marks? (They can vary from plant to plant and even shift to shift.) >Most of the cars from the late '60's and the '70's have this info. One of >the best ways to get it is to have the guys with the really low mile cars >to help document it. > >Larry > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 17:03:11 -0500 >From: Robert Whitman <rwhitman@xxxxxxxx> >Subject: 1/64th Diecast Mopars > >FYI - >Racing Champions is coming out with a few more finned Mopars in 1/64th scale >(Hot wheels and Matchbox size). As you may know they produce racing cars >and stock classics. They currently have a '57 Fury (very nice for $4!) and >a '60 Fury. They have come out with a Petty history series with most cars >raced/owned by Lee and Richard Petty. These include: >1953 Coronet >1954 Coronet >1955 300-B >1956 Coronet >1959 Plymouth Plaza >1960 Fury >1962 Plymouth Savoy >1963 Plymouth Savoy >1964 Belvedere >1965 Barracuda >and almost every other Petty car raced to present. More may be added >(hopefully a '57, '58, '61 Mopars, too). > >These usually are well done, and are good for customizing to be like your >favorite color scheme. The early cars are not in stores, yet, but keep an >eye out at any general toy department. You will see some Petty cars at any >store, today. I can't wait to pop out some rivets and strip some paint on >some of these for the shelf. >goto: http://www.racingchamps.com/petty/html/cars_set.html for more info. >-Robert >-'60 Adventurer > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:57:57 PDT >From: Eugene Calderaro <carnut31@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: 1959 New Yorker Engine Specs > >Does anybody hav general specifications on the 413 V8 found in the '59 New >Yorker? > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 17:29:28 -0800 >From: Nick Nichols <3nichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Thanks for Frozen Engine info > >Thanks to everyone that responded to my frozen engine problem. I got >some good tips and will try several of them. Many people did seem to >swear by "Kroil". Also, it was nice to see that no one thought that a >Studebaker was a piece of garbage. I do love Mopars, as I own >several, but I also have a thing for Studebaker Hawks, as well as >Hudson Hornets. thanks again, Nick Nichols, San Francisco, Ca > >------------------------------ > >End of L-FORWARDLOOK Digest - 26 Aug 1999 to 27 Aug 1999 (#1999-154) >******************************************************************** > |