Recent content by Treozen

Thanks all - I'll need to post pictures of my ill-fated attempts at body work, just to balance the scales and keep ego in check ;-)

So - One of the issues my 1961 Newport had was that the turn signal system wasn't working well - specifically that in the left turn mode, the lever would stay activated, but would not cancel after the turn, and for the right turn mode, the turn signal lever wouldn't stay activated at all. One of...

Well, I'd like to say I'm just that good at stitching, but the reality is I had a little help: I've done some leather work for other projects, and so I had a set of Pricking Irons - the black comb looking things - and you use those to punch your holes. You still need to measure your margins...

So, my recently acquired '61 Newport had a badly cracked steering wheel, and in fact the entire top rim of the wheel was missing the plastic (I believe this would have been a transparent gold-tone originally). I looked for a good used one.....LOLOLOL.....yes that was funny for me too. So then I...

Thank you! one of the things I like about it is that you don't see one every day - or even at every car show. I was thinking resin for the cracks myself - perhaps try color match.

The entire engine, from oil pan to intake, was painted the same red as the car. I have no idea why, and there is evidence it was once a light blue. I can only imagine that when the engine was replaced, they decided to paint the entire thing red - for reasons that escape me, but must have made...

Well, here is what I could find: My research suggests the block code (2205697) means its a 413 from 1959 - 1964. I am not sure what the "-2" means. The stamp pad numbers may be a date code, but not sure. S-41, again from research, suggests this means S = 1962 and 41= 413 engine and some...

The wheels - and I am not sure what brand or model - are 15". So no joy on that front. I wonder if everything came out of a New Yorker - grill, engine, transmission - it would make sense. Did the '62 have the long ram manifold as an option? Not that it matters I guess, the manifold could...

Thanks all - yes, there's lots of investigation to be done - The pulsation is in the way the car stops, not in the pedal - so I'd say its definitely a drum / Shoe thing. The only odd thing is that the car doesn't pull to one side or anything, so its as though the issue - whatever it is - is...

I've been asking a few questions here and there, some before I even bought the car, but now that she's here I thought I'd do the formal introduction....Meet "car" .....name TBD. "Car" is a 1961 Chrysler Newport, that has been sort of warmed-over as a 300 look-a-like, at least in part. She...

Thank you for that. It seems that there is a collar of sorts that is a few inches longer at the input shaft - I found a site that differentiates between the long and short collar, though it doesn't explain which one is for which model in 1961 - 1964. I may just reach out to Firm Feel - they are...

Hello folks - I'm building the list of things my '61 Newport will need, but first among them really is a new / rebuilt power steering box. There is 5+ inches of free play at the wheel and this is with no movement of the pitment arm - so the slop is in the box or in the way the shaft connects...

Well - I've tied to steer clear of the "since I am here anyway" black hole of car projects in the last several years. I used to be a firm believer in the "might as well...." doctrine, but I now realize how much time, fun and frankly years that sort of thinking steals from you - your car ends up...

Yeah - I suspect this is one of those situations where they have no idea what they are talking about. There are situations where you can use a disc master for drums, but its rarely the other way around, and these masters don't look like they have a fluid capacity - maybe. Beyond capacity though...

Yea - thanks for that. I am learning steadily - this engine is a 413 (or at least reported as such) and I'm told comes from a similar era New Yorker. I've been speculating its a '62 base don a few small clues, but once the cat gets here I'll try find the various numbers and we'll find out for...