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It's more than likely not lead. Most quality leaded fuels contained dichlorethane or dibromoethane to form lead chloride or bromide salts which leave the engine with the exhaust to prevent this very problem with metallic lead fouling in the oil and plugs. Either someone burned lots of very poor...

Have you tried using a stock 100A Leece-Neville alternator? Also, you need to ground the alternator and every other powered component on the vehicle with a cable as large as the hot wire as even an ohm or two between the alt and the engine bracket will cause nearly all current to be put through...

I had this problem manifest on my 400. The pump worked initially and lasted about 6 months and 1200 miles. One day I was sitting at a light and the belt started squealing because the pump locked up. The impeller was already very close to the pump housing and walking back a few thousandths from...

Here are the torque boxes at the leaf springs on a 1981 R body A38, they appear much more substantial since the frame is narrower on it

Here are some pictures of the mentioned areas on my car, it's a 77 PH41 A38. I didn't see anything directly behind the upper control arms, but there's a hollow box where the frame meets the firewall with some metal gussets on it. Also one at the front leaf spring hanger. The rear hanger has what...

I've installed 2 cheap aluminum radiators that did not fit at all, but with a little grafting and fabricating they fit and work. I put a radiator for a mustang in my slant 6 Aspen and a radiator for a b-body in my c-body Gran Fury and all it took was some metal plates to connect the flange to...

And of course as soon as I got to Mopars at the Rock today it let me down. It looks like the well plugs fell out and flooded my motor out when I cut the car off after pulling in the gate. I used JB tank weld on them when I built it about a year ago and it decided to let go. I had a spare Holley...

I put the thermoquad that I've been super-tuning for my 318 on the car after I got the bugs out of it and it woke it up big time, it loves the 400 engine even though it's an '81 small block carb. I also changed the old plugs and wires for solid core accels and non resistor J12YC champion plugs...

Nothing surprises me anymore after the drug dealers in my neighborhood stole and scrapped two of my 1965 Polaras. And the police refused to investigate because the assessed value of the cars was less than $2000, I could've gotten that out of the 383 engines and 727s before I even touched the...

I took the car on a road trip to the drag strip yesterday and made a time run just for fun. It did about what I expected, 10.96 at 65.5 mph in the 1/8. It weighs a bit over 5000 with me, the spare tire, a full tank of gas and all the spare parts in the trunk in it. The 60 foot sucks because it's...

I use tannic acid based rust converter. It reacts with the iron oxide to form ferric tannate which preserves the metal under it. The stuff is relatively inexpensive and lasts a while. Only problem is that it stains paint black, so keep it off of visible areas. I put it on all my cars rust spots...

The M code is for a standard duty 400 2 bbl, not the HP P code 400 you would expect. It could be a detective car or personal car for an official but almost certainly not a patrol vehicle. Would be interesting to see the rest of the build or fender tag, if it actually had the A38 package at all

I didn't see any straps on rockauto, just the silly universal pipe hangers and eye bolts they sell. Anyway, I did some research and it looks like Chrysler redesigned their fuel tank straps in 1977, they went to the strap like I have that has a more aggressive "T" slot on the rear and the front...

It's high time I start fixing the rust issues in the trunk and quarters of my car. I don't feel comfortable hanging 28 gallons of gas on rusty metal so I decided to cut out all the rust and fabricate some patch panels to provide structural rigidity to the frame and gas tank braces. They don't...

I took the gas tank out of my Gran Fury to put in trunk floor patch panels. While it was out, I laid the straps in my metal pile, and this guy I know from a salvage yard came by and took all of my scrap metal without my permission, including the straps, and by the time I realized they were gone...

What I've always done is stick a crowbar between the door gap right at the latch and pry while opening the handle/pushing the button. It scars up the paint and bends the body a little, but the cars I'm used to working on aren't show cars anyway. Once you get one door open you can take the door...

The car doesn't look that bad to be honest, as long as the frame rails aren't rusty and there aren't holes in the body so big they can't be patched with sheet metal and basic tools, that can be fixed in time. The interior is actually in better shape than my car though that isn't hard to do. But...

Another interesting feature the owner showed me it had was code S54 automatic height control, the car has a compressor in it that raises and lowers the car, I guess through air shocks or something. Very high end car when new

I think it's sold, it's the one I looked at last year. I wish I knew who bought it, I want to challenge them to a race. What do you think would win, civilian 440 or police 400? We've both got single exhaust, lean burn delete, aftermarket carburetor and ignition, the only difference is I've got a...

I have the perfect diversion to get out of a ticket, I run an original highway patrol plate on the '81 Gran Fury since it was originally an NCHP car and we're allowed to run original plates on old cars, got the official trooper's association plate on the front too. They still use that plate...