I finally got the 1978 Newport on the road today. I had a day off today and replaced the transmission and a new torque converter. Only drove her about 5 miles and filled the gas tank while I was on the mini cruise. The brakes are not up to my safety standards so it'll be a few days until I have some time off to replace the brakes. I'm replacing everything on the brakes except the steel lines. New rotors, pads, bearings, seals, calipers, hoses, shoes, drums. wheel cylinders, hardware, adjusters, master cylinder and the dang booster. A lot of air leaking out of the booster when I step on the brakes. I'm going to rebuild the original lockup txsm (yep, I said lockup) and see if I can find a new lockup converter down the road. I haven't started the Newport since March and she fired right up. It still needs a ton of other work before going to Carlisle. Covert the Lean Burn to Mopar Performance Electronic ignition, Eddie carb, dual exhaust and Flowmaster's.
