MonacoBlue
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The two rallye sport mirrors and hood scoops add to the effect.
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You are correct, as that is the area from where I purchased it maybe 12 years ago now. The guy who purchased it from me also owns a light yellow one as well that I sold him maybe 4 years ago. The light yellow one has been restored to a nice level and will also get the new woodgrain decal again. They will be two beauties. The guy with both of these wagons now does not frequent this forum, unfortunately, as he feels that these forums take too much of his time and he tries to minimize that as a result. But a super nice guy and he has a lot of other mopars as well. Especially Bs and Es of all years.
MJF
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Sisu diesel, that would be a lot power
My 65 Valiant had a Nissan 2,8 diesel before I got it, which was common swap to many cars in 90's. I think all Nissans rusted away, but engines were still reliable. In 70's Perkins diesel was commonly used, but it had no power. Nowadays Mercedes diesels are used, they make nice power when hotrodded I think Mercedes 420cdi V8 would be a nice engine to car like this But for now, 440 stays in. IF I change the Magnum, it goes with overdrive transmission and shorter gears. I haven't had luck to find transmisson yet, these are rare here. And for diesel swap. Finnish taxes goes by total weight. TC = very heavy = very expensive taxes. Diesel cars has separete "diesel tax" which goes by weight too = lots of more taxes.dieseldazzle
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Small world. He had a white six cylinder dart i went to look at years ago. He was doing something under the hood of it. I cant remember what but i think maybe a timing chain and gears?
Amazing wagon
MonacoBlue
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Was thinking some countries in Europe had engine displacement taxes : more volume of combustion chamber, more taxes? But if it's based on overall vehicle weight in Finland, then yeah, smaller modern engine with better power and improved fuel efficiency makes more sense. (Makes purists shudder to think of removing original engine!) In the US old cars typically have less tax rate : based on sale price valuation only. You have to do what makes sense for your situation. Keep that original engine, though, for sure.
Yep, when I bought it, for some reason, he had the intake manifold off, and I couldn't figure out why, but I bought it just because it was so darn nice otherwise and low miles. So I went ahead and put it all back together and rebuilt the TQ carb, and it was as smooth and ran as nice as could be.
dieseldazzle
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Crazy that was an amazing car and I always wondered what happened to it.
MonacoBlue
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Interested in the reproduction woodgrain decals/vinyl if there are any new developments, please keep me posted. You can send a message to me directly if you want. I notice there were different contrasts: it appears some years had light oak base with dark mahogany-looking contrast stripe, and in other cars it was the reverse - of dark base and light oak contrast stripe.
MJF
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I've tried every citric based sticker remover with no luck. Someone suggested a wall paper remover that uses steam, I have not tried it yet.
I painted the fixed bottom of rear quarter, couple rounds epoxy primer, one filler, base coat and clear coat. Old plastic molding clips broke when I removed those, so I made new from stainless steel.
Fuel gauge has not worked at all. I checked groundings from sending unit. There was grounding strap between sending unit and fuel line, but it did not ground sending unit to chassis. So I added ground wire. After I filled tank, gauge still did not move. Could it be faulty voltage regulator, I think it does nothing else than fuel gauge in these cars? There is no temperature gauge. Or maybe it is bad sending unit. It did read 50 ohms when I checked, almost empty tank. I'll have to check both these.
BTW, yesterday had a nice weather, so I drove it to town and had it inspected for next year
I painted the fixed bottom of rear quarter, couple rounds epoxy primer, one filler, base coat and clear coat. Old plastic molding clips broke when I removed those, so I made new from stainless steel.
Fuel gauge has not worked at all. I checked groundings from sending unit. There was grounding strap between sending unit and fuel line, but it did not ground sending unit to chassis. So I added ground wire. After I filled tank, gauge still did not move. Could it be faulty voltage regulator, I think it does nothing else than fuel gauge in these cars? There is no temperature gauge. Or maybe it is bad sending unit. It did read 50 ohms when I checked, almost empty tank. I'll have to check both these.
BTW, yesterday had a nice weather, so I drove it to town and had it inspected for next year
MonacoBlue
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That looks great. You have a lot of skills. I think wallpaper removal methods may be a good option. The material that was applied at the factory gets brittle but also hard to remove. I had the same problem. It even resists a scraper!
MonacoBlue
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I've tried every citric based sticker remover with no luck. Someone suggested a wall paper remover that uses steam, I have not tried it yet.
I painted the fixed bottom of rear quarter, couple rounds epoxy primer, one filler, base coat and clear coat. Old plastic molding clips broke when I removed those, so I made new from stainless steel.
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Fuel gauge has not worked at all. I checked groundings from sending unit. There was grounding strap between sending unit and fuel line, but it did not ground sending unit to chassis. So I added ground wire. After I filled tank, gauge still did not move. Could it be faulty voltage regulator, I think it does nothing else than fuel gauge in these cars? There is no temperature gauge. Or maybe it is bad sending unit. It did read 50 ohms when I checked, almost empty tank. I'll have to check both these.
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BTW, yesterday had a nice weather, so I drove it to town and had it inspected for next year
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So I expect you already have this plan, once you burn up some fuel out of the tank by driving around in your fabulous Mopar chariot....
If you could remove the sending unit from the tank but keep it connected by wiring, then switch on the ignition key and watch the gauge on the instrument panel while moving the float up and down with your hand, that could be an indication: that sender unit is bad...or maybe that there is some break in the circuit/wiring some place. This (wiring) can be a problem if mice or rats were ever in the car. And of course, check and clean contacts for corrosion, then re-connect. You already fixed the ground wire, good catch. Basic, obvious stuff you probably already know. I am no expert. "Check obvious stuff first", I always tell myself. Well... 'sometimes' tell myself...
"You have the SKILLS, that pay the BILLS."
MJF
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Driving every now and then. We had a 1/4 mile test day a couple weeks ago. I "had" to test the timing equipment and took a couple pass at track. The better was 16.887/80mph. That was better than I expected, Automobile-Catalog says 18.5/78 for -73 T&C
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Why not contact the 3M company for advice on removing the old vinyl and residue?
The vinyl is likely di-noc, a 3M product, but in any case 3M seem to make something for every purpose and would surely be able to assist you.
The vinyl is likely di-noc, a 3M product, but in any case 3M seem to make something for every purpose and would surely be able to assist you.
MonacoBlue
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Can you post a photo of your car in the green spring landscape? To confirm: eventually snow melts in Finland!Driving every now and then. We had a 1/4 mile test day a couple weeks ago. I "had" to test the timing equipment and took a couple pass at track. The better was 16.887/80mph. That was better than I expected, Automobile-Catalog says 18.5/78 for -73 T&C
MJF
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Snow has already melted Actually May was the hottest month in looong time, temperatures were several weeks between 23-28 degree celsius. Today was the first day raining after probably in month. But it is after midnight, I took Chrysler out, dirty and woodgrain still not removed, took camera and shoot some pictures. To also confirm that sun does not set at middle summer here
Actually May was the hottest month in looong time, temperatures were several weeks between 23-28 degree celsius. Today was the first day raining after probably in month. But it is after midnight, I took Chrysler out, dirty and woodgrain still not removed, took camera and shoot some pictures. To also confirm that sun does not set at middle summer here
MonacoBlue
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Looks very stately and dignified. What a fine color.
You are making great progress. Soon the wood grain issue will be resolved.
I think this car needs some kind of camping trailer...
Full moons. Nice.
Thank you for sharing some inspiration.
You are making great progress. Soon the wood grain issue will be resolved.
I think this car needs some kind of camping trailer...
Full moons. Nice.
Thank you for sharing some inspiration.
MJF
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Nothing much new here. Got this inspected for next year today. Did nothing, just drived it there There is a couple annoying things that I have tried to solve. Biggest is vent windows. And the HUGE noise they are making. I dont know are weather strips dried and shrinked or what, but there is at least 1/8" gap between top of window and seal. Is there anything that can be done or do I just tape these shut...
This picture is from couple months ago.
There is a couple annoying things that I have tried to solve. Biggest is vent windows. And the HUGE noise they are making. I dont know are weather strips dried and shrinked or what, but there is at least 1/8" gap between top of window and seal. Is there anything that can be done or do I just tape these shut...This picture is from couple months ago.
MonacoBlue
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Perhaps new seals may help? Have you looked at Metro Moulding in Minnesota? They do repro stuff...Nothing much new here. Got this inspected for next year today. Did nothing, just drived it there
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This picture is from couple months ago.
MonacoBlue
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You can pinpoint wind noise by covering suspected areas with duct tape. Then remove duct tape a little at a time and note when noise returns. Repair/replace specific noisy area.
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