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When trying to get an old system going again, plan for the "default mode", which is it's going to need everything. When our '72 Newport needed a new condenser, I found one in a salvage yard which had double the number of coils in the condenser (32 vs 16, or something like that). So I got...

With the system discharged (or otherwise empty), there is a bolt on the compressor's oil pan that is where the oil level is checked. Whatever oil might be in the system already will probably have migrated to the lowest point in the various system components. A new receiver/drier will be...

Well . . . in addition to the 5-cyl Sandens which everybody seems to use, even in OEM, there are also 7-cyl Sandens that look similar to them AND have a displacement of just over 9CID. The GM A-6 is a 10CID compressor. Consider that almost every newer car on the road is cooled with a 8CID...

Small ones should be 3.5" round. If you take the back off of the clock mechanism, you might find a pair of contacts that look similar to automotive ignition points. Clean them and then hook the mechanism to a solid 12V power source. In earlier times, the "self-regulating" mechanism would...

The 1967 normal 440 came with a Holley 4160? The local Chrysler dealer normally swapped out the "rebuild every year" OEM Holleys for similar year (no rebuild every year) AFBs back then. Kept their customers happy, that way. My '67 Newport 383 4bbl came with a "small pattern" AFB from the...

No, both are "dual pattern" bases, as pre-1968 AFBs had their normal "narrow pattern" flanges, with the 1968 "Holley flange" being what the AVS carb was. Neither are "spread-bores", with 1.38" primaries and 2.25" secondaries. The Carter Thermoquad is a spreadbore, just as the Rochester...

Muffler probably not "clogged". If you bang on its bottom side, you should hear a metallic noise if a baffle has come loose. Or disconnect it at the front joint. When it does run, check for exit flow from the end of the exhaust pipe at the back bumper. MIght head off to Academy Sports or...

In general, expansion valves are somewhat generic in nature. Method of attachment to what size piping, angles of attachment, or similar are some of the major differences. If you know what yours looks like and the pipe sizes, then getting into the back of an a/c parts book, in the "Buyer's...

By observation, some people feel like "experts" and MUST make some comment to confirm that to their friends. Which results in those "educated-sounding" comments that are completely incorrect. In the 1980s, at the cruise-ins our Mopar club members went to, some teens would come up to a 426HEMI...

Look in the FSM for what is in the place of the normal "blower motor resistor" that varies the fan speeds on the AT II system. Whatever there might be that does that will be between the inst panel blower switch and the motor itself. Not sure if that is a part of the AT II module or not. I...

If the speaker grille rests on the dash pad itself, the two probably bonded a bit over the years. "Gentle and careful" are the operative words, I suspect. Can you raise the rear side enough to get a thin metal item, or one of the nylon trim removal tools, near the corner of the grille to help...

Your best option would be to get your OEM speaker re-coned. Any NOS speaker's cone will be as old as our car, which means it will fail sooner than later as the paper in the cone has dried-out and become more brittle with age. There are some speaker re-coning services which have been mentioned...

At least I didn't say "HIGH Noon" . . .

Perhaps the 12Noon orientations for both dots coincide with the #1 cylinder being at TDC in its bore (12Noon)? Or the simplicity of looking at the centerlines of the cam bolt and crankshaft bolt without parallax interfering?

I suspect that finding a shop which could emboss the design onto the new leather might be a trick. Having to make the tool and dies to do that would be expensive. Might get it digitized at a shop that does embroidery for car club jackets and such. But that many holes in the leather would...

The newspaper article quoted was also on the Mecum website description for the car. As were some of the pictures with foreign dignitaries at the White House. The prior Imperials, in limo form, tended to exemplify the modernistic, jet-age styling which was illustrative, to me, of the youthful...

That particular Imperial limo seemed to be overshadowed by the Presidential Lincolns of the time. Which were 4-dr convertibles (one with a clear dome, IIRC). That particular car, on the Mecum website, was allegedly Mrs. Kennedy's limo, which was later used by LBJ. LBJ had his white Lincoln...

I had forgotten about that car until I saw it on the Mecum website recently. The correct amount of "stateliness" for a Presidential Limo!

Possibly the reinforcement for a side marker light?

I would have gone for a '66 Crown Coupe, power everything with a/c and such. Would have been a nightmare to work under the hood, but "others" can do that, IF I could afford the price of the car to start with. I just like the styling of those cars! By '73, it would have been an Imperial 4dr...