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I am the second owner of this beautiful 1966 Chrysler Newport convertible. I bought the car at the beginning of the ‘pandemic’ to take our moms on drives. It is my daily driver for most of the year, except winter. I have lots of trophies from car shows. It's a rarely seen car and draws LOTS of...

EVERYTHING IS PLUS SHIPPING. ACCEPTING REASONABLE OFFERS Message me your email if you want more photos. I am in town Mon-Wed only for photos and shipping. These parts are from the 1967 Polara 500 I just sold, and some are from my 1966 Newport I have for sale now. I will remove items as they...

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The radio is AM. It's a NOS original radio and speaker from 1966. It does NOT have the grille.

EVERYTHING IS PLUS SHIPPING. ACCEPTING REASONABLE OFFERS Message me your email if you want more photos. I am in town Mon-Wed only for photos and shipping. These parts are from the 1967 Polara 500 I just sold. It had the BUDD disc brakes. I'm unsure of their value, but if you're interested...

I am the second owner of this beautiful 1966 Chrysler Newport convertible. I've had the car for almost four years and purchased it to take our moms on drives. It is my daily driver for most of the year except winter. I have lots of trophies from the car shows. It gets LOTS of attention. RUNS...

Any contact info for it?

Haven't had time. Maybe next week I'll get to it.

When I get a chance I will check it out. Busy at the office and leaving for a trip to Utah on Thursday. Probably get to it next week.

Just put it in

No condenser or points. It’s a Mopar electronic ignition

I had the problem prior to the new coil, so I have to think that is not the issue. But I will check the ballast.

It's 20 miles of driving. I have checked the accel pump and all is good. Fuel flows perfectly to the carb. We have tried and checked everything expect replacing the carb. For me, it's much easier to replace and eliminate the carb as a possible source and get a fresh carb. If that doesn't work...

If so, why does it wait for me to drive 20 miles before it quits working?

After about 20 miles. No problems until then.