FEandGoingBroke
New Member
Hi folks, point me in the correct direction, new to this forum and searching has me confused.
What is a C body versus this New Look Forward business I'm seeing?
I am going to do a lot of mods to my ladies 1961 Newport Hardtop Wagon. I call it a 61 Newport... Someone told me i't s a C body, and being a Ford guy in my personal life I got no damn clue what the hell a C body is (same with the peoples that use body types for GM products, if you dont say it's a Camaro or a Ventura or a Firebird etc... I'l have no damn clue what they're talking about) Fords don't fool around wiht seven names for one product... It's a Mustang or a Galaxie or a Comet or an Pickup, simple plain english hahahaha.
OK, so What do I call this car in my searching? It's been owned by my lady for 25 years, on the road for 3 of those years and off the road ever since, kept running, but not driven. It's currently filled with the original everything 361 2V and one lunger drum brakes.
I have a running Donor 413 I'm going to put in it's place from a 62 Custom 880 4 door I picked up. And I want to convert it to manual dual bowl Master with front Disc brakes.
SO.... In my searching for the correct donor vehicles, and the correct threads pertaining to this 61 Newport, What Words do I use? C body 61 or Forward Look?
Thanks for any advice. I was on another forum these last several years and NOBODY posted any replies, so to hell with that place....
Regards,
FE (Gary)
CKAR&R Port Orchard WA.
What is a C body versus this New Look Forward business I'm seeing?
I am going to do a lot of mods to my ladies 1961 Newport Hardtop Wagon. I call it a 61 Newport... Someone told me i't s a C body, and being a Ford guy in my personal life I got no damn clue what the hell a C body is (same with the peoples that use body types for GM products, if you dont say it's a Camaro or a Ventura or a Firebird etc... I'l have no damn clue what they're talking about) Fords don't fool around wiht seven names for one product... It's a Mustang or a Galaxie or a Comet or an Pickup, simple plain english hahahaha.
OK, so What do I call this car in my searching? It's been owned by my lady for 25 years, on the road for 3 of those years and off the road ever since, kept running, but not driven. It's currently filled with the original everything 361 2V and one lunger drum brakes.
I have a running Donor 413 I'm going to put in it's place from a 62 Custom 880 4 door I picked up. And I want to convert it to manual dual bowl Master with front Disc brakes.
SO.... In my searching for the correct donor vehicles, and the correct threads pertaining to this 61 Newport, What Words do I use? C body 61 or Forward Look?
Thanks for any advice. I was on another forum these last several years and NOBODY posted any replies, so to hell with that place....
Regards,
FE (Gary)
CKAR&R Port Orchard WA.