Author: darth_linux

’66 Newport Conv. For Sale

NOT MINE
Santa Rosa, CA
$8K
1966 Chrysler Newport – cars & trucks – by owner – vehicle…

1968 383 – +20 HP

Hi! The promo video for 1968 Chrysler models mentions that the horsepower on the ’68 383 went from 270 to 290. Does anyone know what changed for the ’68 model year to give this increase?

thanks!
Dave

Disc brakes?

Hi!

Can you retrofit disc brakes to a ’66 Newport? I thought I read that discs were a factory option, but it seems like they were pretty rarely chosen. I was thinking of pulling from something newer (early 70s?) that is more readily available . . . …

vintage electronic ignition conversion question

Hi! Back in the late ’80s I had a ’66 Newport that had some sort of electronic ignition conversion on it. I don’t have any pictures or anything, but inside the distributor there was a plastic circular basket (for lack of a better term) where the poin…

WANTED – 1966 Newport 2 door

Prefer a convert, but a 2 dr. hardtop is acceptable. Really hoping for turquoise, light blue, or dark blue. No barn finds, basket cases, or trailer queens, please. Looking for something that’s mostly original, needs TLC, but still driven occasionall…

Hello all, former ’66 Newport owner, on the search for another one . . .

Hi everyone, thanks for having me here.

I owned a 1966 Chrysler Newport 4 door sedan from 1988 to 1992. It developed some mechanical issues that I was too poor and inexperienced to repair myself, then it got vandalized, and I ended up selling it for …