New to me 78 NYB on its way but please Don't tell my wife

[73 T&C]

Meantime... I took the old girl out for lunch

Rubber backing for the old rub strip almost gone

Crap all gone on this side.

Man that is one long hood.

Will need a new rear view mirror.

Other than that she ran very well but not perfect. Still a slight stumble off idle but now only after warm up. Need to check timing. May be slightly retarded.

Halfway to lunch.... I thought to myself.... ****!!!!!!!...... The Tires! Slowed myself way way down. Brakes definitely much better on the way back.

 

[73 T&C]

Lunch trip list:

Check the steering box and links again; over 2” of play. No bueno.

Get rid of rediculous K-mart third brake light.... not that there’s anything wrong with having one but that one is looking total ghetto.

Change to Mopar radiator cap. This Stant one does not seem to be allowing for draw down of coolant. Unless I was really good at purging all the air out of the cooling system it should have drawn some from the reservoir. Good news is I drove it 20 miles (like an old widow) and she reached temp with no leaks. Holding good pressure.

Resnug the valve cover bolts on driver’s side. I smell a little oil burning on that side.

Door lock chrome pulls have seen better days. Replace.

Need lower front passenger door panel. Funny that the drivers side is near perfect but the passenger side has such a bad rear corner. Old ladies elbow must have been very sharp.

Clean clean clean. Car is filthy!

 

[73 T&C]

Found that she has an antenna switch. Of course, it doesn’t work.

Thinking about doing the SAAP “Stan’s Antenna Access Panel*” in the inner fender.

*patent pending

 

[73 T&C]

power trunk release..... nada!

Add to list.

 

[73 T&C]

Checked on tires.... after a trip to Fedex Miami main hub, should of be flying in tomorrow for delivery..... from down the street!!!!

 

[1978 NYB]

Found that she has an antenna switch. Of course, it doesn’t work.

Thinking about doing the SAAP “Stan’s Antenna Access Panel*” in the inner fender.

*patent pending

I would pull the dash pad off and troubleshoot all the antenna switch and wiring before messing with the antenna. Would be a shame to do all that work to get to the antenna to find out it wasn't the antenna.

 

[1978 NYB]

Lunch trip list:

Check the steering box and links again; over 2” of play. No bueno.

Get rid of rediculous K-mart third brake light.... not that there’s anything wrong with having one but that one is looking total ghetto.


Change to Mopar radiator cap. This Stant one does not seem to be allowing for draw down of coolant. Unless I was really good at purging all the air out of the cooling system it should have drawn some from the reservoir. Good news is I drove it 20 miles (like an old widow) and she reached temp with no leaks. Holding good pressure.

Resnug the valve cover bolts on driver’s side. I smell a little oil burning on that side.

Door lock chrome pulls have seen better days. Replace.

Need lower front passenger door panel. Funny that the drivers side is near perfect but the passenger side has such a bad rear corner. Old ladies elbow must have been very sharp.

Clean clean clean. Car is filthy!

2" play is normal.....even for Formal's. I have found the idler arm to be the common worn out part on both of my Formal's.

Hard to find good Formal door panels. Be very careful removing them....the clips pull out of fiber backing board part of the door panel. You might discover that the door panel you have may be better than one you can find.

 

[73 T&C]

Anyone know what this is??

 

[73 T&C]

Looky here... I guess Fedex is not so stupid after all.....

 

[73 T&C]

I would pull the dash pad off and troubleshoot all the antenna switch and wiring before messing with the antenna. Would be a shame to do all that work to get to the antenna to find out it wasn't the antenna.

That was the plan but I’m pretty sure it’s the antenna. Fuse is good. Probably bad ground.

 

[73 T&C]

2" play is normal.....even for Formal's. I have found the idler arm to be the common worn out part on both of my Formal's.

Hard to find good Formal door panels. Be very careful removing them....the clips pull out of fiber backing board part of the door panel. You might discover that the door panel you have may be better than one you can find.

Hope that I can find one better than this...

 

[73 T&C]

OMG... this old girl is bigger than my ‘73 wagon!!!!

 

[73 T&C]

Today at Ivan’s shop

 

[75LandYacht]

Today at Ivan’s shop

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Busy place huh.. is that an Old Volvo and BMW I see in the racks?

 

[73 T&C]

Busy place huh.. is that an Old Volvo and BMW I see in the racks?

Mercedes and BMW. The rest are in for just normal repairs.

 

[73 T&C]

Parts are all in for the A/C.....

Stood up the compressor so that the oil can drain to the sump overnight. Will be bringing rest of the Freon in tomorrow.

 

[73 T&C]

Next time I get the old girl up I’ll need to adjust the bumper up a bit.

 

[73 T&C]

Was able to get the last of the black rubber off the driver’s side. All done now.

Except, of course for the hand rubbing of the paint to get rid of the ghost in the paint

And was able to take care of two little things. Removed the seat belt extender the PO had installed and got the reading lights to work with a couple of bulbs

And with that... I went home to dream of ATC II’s and cleaning leather and antenna switches and SAAP’s

Good night.

 

[commando1]

Next time I get the old girl up I’ll need to adjust the bumper up a bit.

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Impossible. Every Imp/NYB has that annoying misalignment. It's even like that in their brochures.

They never got that bumper stamping right.

 

[73 T&C]

Impossible. Every Imp/NYB has that annoying misalignment. It's even like that in their brochures.

They never got that bumper stamping right.

We’ll see about that. If it can be done it will be done

I am not above using a torch in the name of aesthetics!!!