Yea I miss having a duster. Deent projetcs are hard to find, reasonable. Found one, it needs 2 rollers, and the dad selling it is, well.... it is a 73 slant car, came with sbp????? I am thinking.
I have in the last year or so, taken the wiper arms off 2 64 cars, you know the arm with the screw and that slides onto a tapered splined shaft. I have soaked it in rust penetrant several times, I can not get it off!! Any ideas. I bet there is a 50 year old Mopar tool though!!!!!
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Hoping to get the attention of all guys hat own or have owned and/or WORKED on these wonders. Just would like to acquire contact with those, so as to have info available to all of us working on these wonders! Yes we a are a small but proud group!!
Her is my first question. No doubt...
yes we are a small group, but it might be a great thing to have fellow owners here on tis thread, for support and contacts. I will have to search for the pic of my 62 Lancer 170, 2 door post car, 3 on tree.
I put my 65 cuda 273 together bout a year ago, used stock 273 exh. now I have dropped in the 318 into the 64 dart. the left side 273 will not drop in there unless I take the steering column from the steering box. I know I had no trouble...
I know, pull the fender! 64 dart, it needs the clip that keeps the hood hinge on that stud. I have a clip, can not quite get to the stud with my hand ( and my hand is not that big)..... any body have a way to get that clip on without pulling the...
can someone tell me the diameter of the stud the hood hinge attaches to?? 64 dart. trying to find the " whatever" you call the thing that holds the hinge on that stud. trying to get it hooked back without taking the fender off!!!
striping the Toad, I need to get the door panels off, therefore the window and door handles in there?? the handles are off the back glass and I see the handles go on a square rod with a grove around it halfway down. I assume a clip that...
I have several early A's i'm piddling with, and admit the lancer just gets sporadic attention. I was looking inside it while ago for something?? I remember how many people seem to have bad radio grills there in the dash on these cars. I...
still looking for a (within pickup distance) A body pushbutton SB 904. I did find a longtailshaft 727 cable job. my question is what would I have to do to use it in the 64 dart. is th e 727 is wider? and the longer tailshaft would cause what problem with the...
can someone give me the correct routing for the positive battery wire to starter ???? trying to piece the sucker together. it does have the original exh, manifolds.... thanks
trying to piece this thing back together. 63 dart slant, cable shift, I have good rad that is like out of 72 duster. the fittings for the cooler lines are 6 inches apart on it,,,, and the oem rad. in my 65 dart
the fittings are 10 in apart, which...
nother question: does my 65 cuda use a trim piece at the headliner to windshield? or does the windshield gasket encase the headliner there ? same question for the headliner at back glass? thanks
not sure what to call them, but the front door glass on hardtop, the chrome strips that insulate between the end of door glass and quarter window, they need to be glued back. what is good to use.? the black windshield glue that is...
the other early A cars all have original wiper blades that are 13 in, the 65 cuda i'm putting back from boxes of parts has 15 in original blades. I guess the 13 in size is correct???? anybody using the longer 15 in blades? id so, any problem...
I took a fre pics other day installing the 273/ cable shift 904 in the 65 barracuda, redneck style, hoist hooked to rafter, dirt floor, and 30 years old floor jack that only goes with a monkey wrench hooked to handle!? LOL anyone without sense of humor need not...
been working on the toad, ( aka 62 lancer). I admit its the first car I've drug home with any appreciable frame rail rust. the rear rails had lots of rust out on the bottom opf the rail opnly. sides just normal surface rust. probably...
hopefully getting close to dropping in the 273 in the 65 cuda. last SB I installed was 73 duster 12 years ago! I know the engine bay is narrow, is it best to bolt on the exh man before I drop it in or is there good room to do so...
I had to use valiant fenders, I got it painted, NOW I need measurement for where the barracuda and v8 emblems go. can anyone help me here? thanks a bunch!!
wondering if anyone here has one that color. I picked up one with a great body, original paint, ( whats left that hasn't faded off), my best indicator of the color is the jams. looks like a greenish silver!!???? wonder how it looks with fresh...
on the 63-5 dart hardtop, that chrome stripe that atttaches to the side of the door glass, how do you remove it???? and how is it attached back? weatherstrip glue???? thanks
I wanted to add this to the " show your 65 dart" thread but being puter handicapped I didn't get the pics to go.
took down to bare metal, epoxy prime, and will finish the urethane primer in few minutes. priming outside, my just...
o k I admit it. I drug home 2 old early A's this weekend. this is 64 dart gt, was slant car. VERY little rust holes on outside, couple size of half dollar. little floor rust, roller. price was right. been working on...
drug home this 62 lancer 170 post car, 3 on tree, plenty rough but all there except radiator. original bill of sale shows it costs like $1700 something new! the young guys can't quite picture what a dollar bough t back then!! I hardly can...