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Good Sunday Morn C-body Moparians! Took the family to Phoenix and back yesterday for the Babushka's birthday, with Gertrude cruising effortlessly along I-10 at average speed ~85 mph. This engine has never run better for us in the near 10 years we've used it. I attribute some of this good...

Greetings C Body Moparians! Autumn is my favorite season for automotive projects! With Gertrude's 4th Anniversary with us just past, I'm seriously shopping for the best tires we can find for her for the best $. I found a couple or 3 yrs ago a SWEET deal on 5 16 slot Rally Rims, from a 1971...

I suspect my negligence has done mischief to my carburetor. I drove a Ford 351C w an Edelbrock 1406 some years ago, but didn't consider the need for long term care so much back then, having enough income to solve problems by purchasing new parts when I ruined old ones, like a good American...

Having recently seen and experienced some symptoms suggesting the 60 yr old Delco coil I installed may not be delivering good spark, I bought a Pertronix Flamethrower for a nice discount fr Bezo$. I see that they recommend discarding the ballast resistor. That's swell enough, but I wonder if...

Greetings C Body Moparians! Today I applied a little arithmetic for us on a simple spreadsheet to make it easy for folks to estimate speeds at given engine rotation rates (RPMs) in sundry transmission gears with a given differential gear ratio. One can vary the tire size and differential...

While it seldom rains in southern AZ, and far more seldom catches me out and about in Gertrude, I happily found and fitted her out a couple years ago with some genuine Anco 818 Red Dot windshield wipers, having tired of the modern plastic trash made ostensibly for our cars. I happily report...

Greetings B'rer C Body Moparians! While enjoying once again good steering and a straight, proper drive, I notice too much bouncing when I hit those little dips and bumps in the streets, indicative of shock absorber failure. These KYB Gas Adjust front shocks are just 4 years old, with perhaps...

Not in nigh 63 yrs in this world have I ever seen the like of what befell me this evening. I'd just dropped my middle child off at her art class, and turned back into traffic intent on a Sprawlmart run when Disaster struck! I thank my God this didn't occur while in transit TO the class while...

As Promised.... I'm starting this thread now that I no longer have to haul the Babushka to & fro her job this summer. The ball joints are loose, especially on the driver side, and the driver side LCA bushing has been damaged by sundry oils too. ALL FRONT SUSPENSION EQUIPMENT ON THIS CAR IS...

Esteemed Moparians, This afternoon I rest from hot, frustrated toil with the spare left LCA I have in a SUDDEN NECESSITY to replace the front suspension on Gertrude, discovered this past Tuesday when replacing the front left tire. I have PLENTY AUDIBLE SLACK in my steering hardware, which came...

Having mentioned this old engine a few times recently, and progressed to the point of starting to know a little about it, I decided to share my observations and questions about this 1969 383 Commando engine I snagged nearly a decade ago for less than $100. First, a look at what's now on the...

While I seldom get much time for the Forum these daze, I must ask my Elders what they know about sources of good quality stock hydraulic tappets. I loosened all the lifters in my Commando core, see rust, notice that both intake and exhaust on cylinder #1 corroded to a point precluding ANY...

Greetings C-body Moparians, Seeing the dearth of good mid-1960s Chrysler turquoise lately, I'm pondering using a primer to protect the freshly bared, cleaned iron surface of the Commando 383 block I've begun cleaning for disassembly and inspection. Have any of you primed an engine surface...

Greetings C-body Moparians! This evening I rejoice in having found the failure point in the turn signal circuit on Gertrude, our 1968 Newport ragtop. I had surmised late last year that the long summer heat had damaged the new Shee-Mar turn signal switch I had replaced the original with just 2...

A little warning to purchasers of newly made turn signal switches for Saginaw steering columns: BE WARY OF DIRECT SUN! About a month ago, the right turn signal on Gertrude ceased function when switching for it. Yestereve, so did the Left signal. I checked the flashers, and the lights all...

Esteemed Moparians, I had to paint a LOVELY cast iron thermostat housing recently purchased from one of our Fellows, got out my last can of VHT SP126 "Early Chrysler Blue" spray enamel, feebly sprayed just enough to make ONE light coat of the turquoise enamel I used on my 915 heads and 4bbl...

I did it, and preliminary tests promise excellent results! I scored a BRAND NEW, 1975, Micronta 22-1620 CD ignition box, all made in Ye Auld Republic of these here Yoonited States, sans ugly UPC barcode. Ecce: Note the old style slotted head screws included in the ditty bag meant to secure...

Greetings Slab Side Elders! While I'm not YET REPLACING my old thumb wheel AM radio, it struck me that I can't replace the dash speaker much unless I move it out of the way.... Even this doesn't look easy. I read the FSM on this matter, and really don't care much for the notion of...

As many of you doubtless have seen, I found a second 2524984 radiator this past March, entirely without prior intent while extolling the merits of this particular radiator AND its rarity to my Better Half. So, I snapped it up instantly, then had it rodded and sealed. As the solstice drew nigh...

Gertrude, our 1968 Newport convertible, marks only about half the actual distance she travels on the main odometer, and seldom twitches the trip odo. I can manually reset the trip odo, and get it to log about 9/10s of the actual distance travelled, while rolling after the reset, which also MUST...