Recent content by JC68vert300

A person could truly personalize their car back then with all the individual options to check off. In retrospect, with this Imperial having standard manual air conditioning, I wonder how many people regretted checking off the Autotemp option for only $18.50.

Congrats on getting a great car. check out Craig on this site @mobileparts parts for brakes and suspension needs, he has all nos, or as to quote him “ no chineseium junk”. also Murray B Park at cbodies.com specializes in c bodies. I have also used Detroit Muscle Technologies for various gaskets...

if it turns out that you have a bad rear (universal) u-joint, I would replace the front u-joint while you have everything apart.

I look forward to watching your progress on this 66 Newport. Good luck. Keep the photos coming. Members here will give sound advice. And leads on members on the forum that supply/sell new and quality refurbed parts

National Mo-parts SKU LB0003 $3.60

Yes. FYI, when you place the 4 prongs of the retainer through the track and glass, you then push the plastic stick like a plunger all the way in to create pressure to hold it in place.

This is the plastic retainer and gasket I needed to for my 68, I would think it hadn’t changed by 1970

It sounds like the plastic piece that holds the track to the window glass may have disintegrated. The track sits on the bottom of the glass. The glass has a hole that lines up with the holes on the track. There is a gasket that wraps around the glass, that is probably toast as well.

this is a photo of the boot completely snapped in place. You can see the edge of the track that remains visible.

Here you go. The top was up, but, I went out there today. This is the track that the boot slides into. The top of the seat and track are original to the car. In the photo the top is down and the boot is unsnapped and folded over for you.

yes, the new boot came with the strip. If you look at post#1 of this thread, there is a before and after photo. You can see at the edge of the back seat, top rear, both boots are slid into the metal slot.

after ordering the boot I received it in about 4 weeks. My new boot is on the car, but luckily I still have the original boot. Attached are some photos of the plastic strip that slides in the slot at the rear of the top of the back seat.

Thanks. Legendary only installs 3 snaps. One in the middle of the rear, and 2 on the sides, the balance come in a bag with a rudimentary punch tool. Unlike today with computer controlled robot assembly, our cars were assembled by humans, so things like these snaps could have slight variations...

yes. On my boot, there is a plastic strip that slides into a metal slot along the entire width of the back seat top. This plastic strip was oem, it came on the Legendary boot as well, it stops the boot from buffeting when driving with the top down. when I put the top up, I unsnap the boot and...

Will your car be stored on a solid surface, such as concrete? If it will be stored on grass or dirt, and you put a 100% waterproof cover on it, you will create a greenhouse effect, where the moisture from the ground will come up and have nowhere to escape and will rot the car from the...