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Ground for my turn signals, fuel gauge, and altmeter go through the ignition switch of my '61 Dart. If they aren't functioning after startup, I jiggle my ignition key and then they start working. I'm going to try to tighten the ignition switch mount to the dash. Don't particularly care to...

I've won one First Place trophy at an all-makes car show in 2021. Also won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place medals over the past three years in the C Body Class at the Chicagoland Mo-Par Madness Annual Car Shows. When I came in 2nd and 3rd, the class winners were 300 Letter cars.

success? Maybe. Supposedly tracked down the proper temp sending unit for a later model slant six that looked a match for the one the car. Surprise...the major parts supplier substituted a unit its site said was correct for a 1961 block instead of what I ordered and they didn't inform me...

Back in 1971 my girlfriend's '66 Ford 289 2bbl began to stall out on low speed turns on city streets. Used my Dad's '57 Ford shop manual and discovered her carburetor was missing a dashpot. Went to a nearby dealer and put one on. Problem solved. Car ran great for her and the next owner for ten...

Check out car valuation sites like Hagerty and NADA. According to info that I found on classiccarvalue.com, NADA gave estimated values of $4100 (Low), $7750 (Average), and $13650 (High). As pointed out by others, a lot depends on the equipment and condition of the car. Results - American...

Today I had time to remove the old temp sending unit. It looked like the unit had a good ground with the block. Went to my bookmarked page at Advance Auto Parts to order one of the Carquest units that last week they had said were fits for my car. BTW, those sending units did not look like the...

After two years, I've worked down the list of major to-do's on my Dart. The big one now is that my temperature gauge doesn't budge no matter how long the engine has been running. Today I used a tester to connect the temperature sending unit to the battery ground after running the engine for a...

Rooting for you! That's a great goal.

Hi, I entered the world of C Bodies last year when I bought my Glacier Blue 1961 Dodge Dart Phoenix 2dr HT Slant Six with TorqueFlite. Previously I had a 1958 Chevy Bel Air for 10 years. Now I have to learn the quirks and foibles of old MoPars. I'm looking forward to using the Forum as a...