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I can relate, brother.
What did you do to your Mopar today?
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Don't ferget ta wash the winders there Gomer...
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Finally re & re'd the Trans. pan on the 'Net. Been dripping since I bought it in '13, but has gotten slowly worse. Good old NAPA had a gasket & filter kit. Looks like whoever "fixed it" before used a bunch of silicone on the cork gasket - bit of a "no no" with cork. Anyway, all ended well....no further leaks. I even torqued the bolts to 150 inch-pounds per the factory service manual. Also changed the oil & filter, gave her a good grease job & filled the tank with high test, with added stabilizer, prior to bedding down for Winter. Weather man says the Ontario honeymoon ends next week!
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Finally completed the 12V conversion on my 1955 Plymouth Plaza Suburban by switching the heater blower motor using a 4 Seasons Unimotor.
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I scored this thing a few days ago...
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I have one and it plays tunes and programs from the sixties. Amazing!!!
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I'd like to know haw many cars they sold in 68 with FM.
Factory car audio is notoriously behind current technology, with the notable exception being The Mopar cassette recorder. Mainstream MFG didn't get cassettes until the early 1980's, 1/8" aux jacks until the 2000's, and some still don't even have a USB input.
Factory car audio is notoriously behind current technology, with the notable exception being The Mopar cassette recorder. Mainstream MFG didn't get cassettes until the early 1980's, 1/8" aux jacks until the 2000's, and some still don't even have a USB input.
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I watched a video last night on the SuperBeeRegistry YouTube Channel about the 1971 Plymouth Duster and it had the cassette with a microphone option.
Cassettes at the 3 minute mark.
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Yesterday I swapped my Grant steering wheel back to a standard B body wheel. That was fun and went well.
A little background is needed about the hood swap before I proceed. I swapped my bulge hood for a ramcharger hood and had it paint to match the car. They also painted the grill area, fenders and blended the doors. I had them paint the black on the interior of the passenger door since there were a thousand paint chips and I had them paint the new driver's side door hing since the doors would be off. There is little evidence that anything was done to protect my baby while ECL had her with the exception of tan masking tape
left on some painted surfaces here and there and the one time when I was there to drop off the hood scoops I saw plastic covering the door openings after the doors were removed; apparently that wasn't very durable.
After I finished swapping the steering wheel I spent several hours cleaning the absolute mess that ECL Body Shop in Moore, OK left. I'm still not done and think I have a sinus infection even though I was wearing a dust mask. There was mold on all of the carpet and a pile of dirt in the driver's floor. The seats and glass were covered in dust as well as the rest of the interior. All of the bare metal surfaces have surface rust, as well as some of the coated hardware. For example, the screws inside the console were brand new before they took the car and now I have to replace them because they are oxidized. How do zinc plated screws inside a covered console get oxidized? My insurance and title docs and case for my reading glasses that were in the console had signs of water damage. WTF??? The car looked and smelled as though it had been in a flood. Thankfully I installed mold resistant sound and heat barrier under the carpet that is aluminum backed on both sides and sealed on the edges.
I had to take the brand new polished aluminum American Racing to a professional metal polisher to have the schmutz removed and polished again at $75 per wheel. The polisher said they were all etched on one side. The front wheels were the worst. The chrome lug nuts are etched, too. A lot of the finishes are dulled under the hood (new brake booster-dull, new master cylinder plated cap-etched, new radiator-dull, MP valve covers-dull, freshly powder coated intake-dull) you get the point. And there is still a lot of clean up left under the hood and under the car. The powder coated suspension components are all now dull and flat black.
I still have a lot of cleaning to go but I don't have the patience or stamina to do it all at once. Here are some photos of what I cleaned and some of the damage they did to the car.
A little background is needed about the hood swap before I proceed. I swapped my bulge hood for a ramcharger hood and had it paint to match the car. They also painted the grill area, fenders and blended the doors. I had them paint the black on the interior of the passenger door since there were a thousand paint chips and I had them paint the new driver's side door hing since the doors would be off. There is little evidence that anything was done to protect my baby while ECL had her with the exception of tan masking tape
left on some painted surfaces here and there and the one time when I was there to drop off the hood scoops I saw plastic covering the door openings after the doors were removed; apparently that wasn't very durable.After I finished swapping the steering wheel I spent several hours cleaning the absolute mess that ECL Body Shop in Moore, OK left. I'm still not done and think I have a sinus infection even though I was wearing a dust mask. There was mold on all of the carpet and a pile of dirt in the driver's floor. The seats and glass were covered in dust as well as the rest of the interior. All of the bare metal surfaces have surface rust, as well as some of the coated hardware. For example, the screws inside the console were brand new before they took the car and now I have to replace them because they are oxidized. How do zinc plated screws inside a covered console get oxidized? My insurance and title docs and case for my reading glasses that were in the console had signs of water damage. WTF??? The car looked and smelled as though it had been in a flood. Thankfully I installed mold resistant sound and heat barrier under the carpet that is aluminum backed on both sides and sealed on the edges.
I had to take the brand new polished aluminum American Racing to a professional metal polisher to have the schmutz removed and polished again at $75 per wheel. The polisher said they were all etched on one side. The front wheels were the worst. The chrome lug nuts are etched, too. A lot of the finishes are dulled under the hood (new brake booster-dull, new master cylinder plated cap-etched, new radiator-dull, MP valve covers-dull, freshly powder coated intake-dull) you get the point. And there is still a lot of clean up left under the hood and under the car. The powder coated suspension components are all now dull and flat black.
I still have a lot of cleaning to go but I don't have the patience or stamina to do it all at once. Here are some photos of what I cleaned and some of the damage they did to the car.
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Went to get NYS Inspection today. Afterwards, I was driving around in my Automobile. My throttle cable decided to leave me. I used two plastic wire tires as a hand throttle to proceed home..
Re-acquainted my GTX with the road yesterday ....that time of the year again - 6-monthly road fitness testing. No pics, sorry, but had to change my shorts after pulling out of the local gas station after putting air in the tyres. Apparently 38lb on the gauge was a little too much.
Made for a helluva good sound on the smooth tarmac.... 2 out of 3 lanes used.
Made for a helluva good sound on the smooth tarmac.... 2 out of 3 lanes used.
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yer not a pro till you use all 3 lanes and the sidewalk...
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It only took me 4 years, lol, yes she is a bit of a garage queen, but finally this this milestone!
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