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Three sunny days in the low 90's with windows rolled up will help relax that rubber back into shape.

I need two seat medallions to install in front bucket seat backs, and have not seen any reproductions of this item. Whoever installed new seat covers on my front seats many moons ago never transferred the metal medallions.

If I remember correctly one needs to turn cylinder with a key, and then depress little button thingy while gently puling on key to slide cylinder out.

Remove door sills, and kick panels. Clean and paint floor as needed. Relax carpet by placing it in sun light to lessen wrinkles, and allow it to lie into floor contours. Have a utility knife with several new replacement blades available. Don’t use dull blades change as needed. Work...

Year & model? There are reproduction consoles available for certain years that have to be less costly than repairing and rechroming an old part. The dilemma is; how many pits does it take to get to that tipping point to spend any dough to replace or repair it? Then once that one item is like...

Did you replace floor metal? Do you have a new carpet to install? Carpet generally comes with a pre made dimmer hole, when you trial fit the carpet you can mark where dimmer goes and mount it then.

I think Rambler and then AMC had the only reclining front seats in the industry in those days.

7 down, these may fit a Cuda: http://www.autobodyspecialt.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?search=action&category=0169

That is where a lot of stuff I need seems to be located. We recently moved, and every time I need a tool not housed in the box, all I can conger up is its location at the old house, and sometimes the house previous to that place. Guess I’m getting old, I know I’m living in the...

I think POR 15 makes a steering wheel restore kit as well.

Valiant, and Duster has shorter wheel base than Dart, carpets may not inter change.

Too much dough for an AM/FM conversion if you are providing the radio. Also they can make provisions to connect to XM/serius, and other external devices. Look here for other automobile radio repair outfits: http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/?0=0&adtypeFacet=Services...

Remove glove box, that should allow access to wiper parts, also it aids in removing heater box. No air conditioning heater box is held in place by a ”J” rod that hooks over opening in cowl and drops straight down to back corner of box behind fresh air door. You will see a nut if...

Spray contact cement will not hold mat too tightly, but just enough to keep the top edge along fire wall snug until it forms to the floor. A slight tug and mat will easily release for repositioning, or removal.

You need some sort of sound deadener under mat. Mark center lines on mat, and floor of car to aid centering. If needed; trim with small nibbles at a time while trial fitting around floor shifter and console if equipped using center lines to keep consistent repositioning. Once fitted to...

For lack of proper name of this material, it imitates a thick flexible rubber like nonstick mat. It can be cut to fit, and easily conforms to contours of floor surface. I too would be reluctant to apply some sort of thick coating to any sheet metal in a car which would make any future repair...

I installed Dante’s floor sound deadener a few years ago in my hot-rodded/6 ’67 ragtop. Dose it quiet the car down?… Good question and I can’t say it does or does not, but can’t hurt, as my exhaust is loud from high compression, the noise travels from trunk to...

Sometimes a squirt of electrical contact cleaner, if you have some on hand, and rotating dimmer switch left & right a number of times will clean the corrosion off of that resistance coil controlling voltage to dash lighting… sometimes it won’t. Headlight switches are fairly cheap...

Pull cable and re-lube it with speedometer cable lube. Also lube the spedo’s head bushing where cable attaches.

Automotive upholstery DIY installation videos are available on line for free, and to rent. Just conduct a search for them. I strongly recommend first timers to view several videos before picking up a tool. If you take your time, being real fussy, and not afraid to rework sections to make them...

Go to a glass shop or body shop and ask for calk strip that one would use to seal plastic sheeting to door behind door panel. It looks like a 1/8 inch sticky rope, and can be forced into and around antenna cable to seal out weather. A second item that will work is sealing putty electricians...

Auto body supply joints sell spot weld cutters that look like a cross between a drill bit and a hole saw in various sizes if you don’t have an air chisel. Here is a web store with photos of them: http://www.calibex.com/Spot-Weld-Cutters/zzcalibex2zB1z0--search-html

Fuel line runs along under passenger floor, you can see it from under the car. Best method of removing seat bolts nuts is to, remove under coating from bolt with brake cleaner then clean rust from threads with fine wire brush, spray with PB Blaster, and let them soak for a day or two.

Vent box, wiper pivot seal, windshield gasket, holes in top of cowl where hood closes on to are the usual suspects’ water can penetrate. (Hint driver’s side vent box is held in place with three nuts, and can be easily removed for cowl inspection) Once you find and fix the entry...

Pet Urine Clean products are the only option to correct this problem. The dried rat piss first needs to be chemically broken down; cleaners & water just reactivate and spread the stink to surrounding uncontaminated surfaces.

Check with an automotive friendly locksmith. Where the car is several lock generations old from today’s keyways & pin spacing, I suspect that you may have a hard time finding this item.

I suspect that a Viper dash would be too wide for an A body. Early 70’s Cuda and Challengers are quite a bit wider than an A body, and probably close to width of a Viper.

Find and fix the leak first, than dry out the floor boards, remove lose rust, and coat with rust encapsulating coating such as POR-15 on rusted surfaces only. This will stop further corrosion of floor metal, moisture proof the surface, and provide a good clean attachment surface for installing...

No, four strips of varying length and depth. Console rides above transmission hump on bracketery, one pair of brackets is located close to the front along the L & R side holding console with one screw each just behind the skirt. The rear attachment is by two screws on floor of console...

Previous owner of my dart stitched a burlap diaper like cover to underside of seat to control friable foam sawdust from making a mess. It does not accomplish the task very well as top down driving creates a bit too much air turbulence under seats, and the foam flakes disburse on carpet. Keep...