DynaBro
Well-Known Member
Will be using this thread to solicit advice on all the little stuff I'd like to fix or correct as I make my way though the car as well as introduce it. First I'd like to thank DeltaV who was instrumental in my purchase of this particular vehicle. We went back and forth in DMs picking through every little detail and helped me out a ton to ask the correct questions and zero in on whether it was a good buy or not, and here we are. Great guy! Anyway, when I was little kid growing up in Indiana you never saw these cars, and you still don't. But there was one rotting away in the woods behind some shitbox house on HWY 20 across from a lumber yard I was obsessed with that sparked my MOPAR obsession. As well as a General Lee about 5 miles down the same HWY in front of a bait and tackle shop who sold us 1/4 sticks of dynamite when were were like 10 years old. I still can't believe that. I would ask questions about that Bee my whole life and hear all sort of kooky legends, because the owner wasn't approachable. 4 decades later I finally got my first one.
I bought it from what appears to be the third owner(s). A father and son who have had it for 25 years in LaSalle MI and only performed basic maintenance and rarely drove it. Prior to that the previous owner kept meticulous notes of every oil change and filter, as well as an engine rebuild adding harder valve seats etc. for modern fuels at 47K miles. I have all the paperwork and his notebook. Original odometer reads 65K. Was removed, and new odometer reads 203 miles total. While the body is absolutely solid, there remains the mystery of the replaced trunk pan. Paint has one respray, yet the fender tag was removed and stripped. The tag is correct, matches the broadcast sheet, and other numbers. Why did the trunk need replaced when the quarters and floors are solid? Underbody is great. Yes, it has one exhaust hanger that's wrong. The original numbers matching block was included. Transmission is original numbers matching. As well as the 3:91 gearing. How could a motor need replaced but not the tranny? Weird. Also included a spare rear end with tamer gearing.
Missing some of the wiper stuff. And I cannot find an exhaust manifold heat riser valve.
Right now the tach is not working but the clock is. Has a couple small oil leaks, and the 8 track won't play. The N96 pull cable is missing because the MSD box is covering the hole for it for some reason. But otherwise everything appears to be in good working order, original, and in great shape, but some of the work under the hood needs improved.
Right now I am trying to figure out why the tach is not working. As you see it has an aftermarket ignition system as well as the correct tach adapter, but the white wire running from the adapter is not plugged into anything. No idea why not. I would run it to that fuse block below but there are no tools at my current location or even zip ties otherwise I would do some experiments.
The other immediate concern is it runs on after stopping and pulling the key. In the original notebook he had played with the timing quite a bit for some reason after the rebuild. The last entry on timing has it 4 BTDC. Manual says 5-7, so I'm thinking this is not the issue.
Hoping to hear anything you see that needs fixed, replaced, etc. because I'd like to take great care of and improve this car as much as possible.
I bought it from what appears to be the third owner(s). A father and son who have had it for 25 years in LaSalle MI and only performed basic maintenance and rarely drove it. Prior to that the previous owner kept meticulous notes of every oil change and filter, as well as an engine rebuild adding harder valve seats etc. for modern fuels at 47K miles. I have all the paperwork and his notebook. Original odometer reads 65K. Was removed, and new odometer reads 203 miles total. While the body is absolutely solid, there remains the mystery of the replaced trunk pan. Paint has one respray, yet the fender tag was removed and stripped. The tag is correct, matches the broadcast sheet, and other numbers. Why did the trunk need replaced when the quarters and floors are solid? Underbody is great. Yes, it has one exhaust hanger that's wrong. The original numbers matching block was included. Transmission is original numbers matching. As well as the 3:91 gearing. How could a motor need replaced but not the tranny? Weird. Also included a spare rear end with tamer gearing.
Missing some of the wiper stuff. And I cannot find an exhaust manifold heat riser valve.
Right now the tach is not working but the clock is. Has a couple small oil leaks, and the 8 track won't play. The N96 pull cable is missing because the MSD box is covering the hole for it for some reason. But otherwise everything appears to be in good working order, original, and in great shape, but some of the work under the hood needs improved.
Right now I am trying to figure out why the tach is not working. As you see it has an aftermarket ignition system as well as the correct tach adapter, but the white wire running from the adapter is not plugged into anything. No idea why not. I would run it to that fuse block below but there are no tools at my current location or even zip ties otherwise I would do some experiments.
The other immediate concern is it runs on after stopping and pulling the key. In the original notebook he had played with the timing quite a bit for some reason after the rebuild. The last entry on timing has it 4 BTDC. Manual says 5-7, so I'm thinking this is not the issue.
Hoping to hear anything you see that needs fixed, replaced, etc. because I'd like to take great care of and improve this car as much as possible.
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