Author: Detroit_Lives

comments welcomed – Does this sound right or am I making a mistake ? 65 Polara 2 door

I’ve had the Michigan car for years, 65 2 dr, it has rusty quarter panels, has been sitting but engines not seized. Found a car from AZ. 65 2 dr. with good metal & I was planning to cut the good quarters off this car and weld them onto the MI. car….

Donor car decision..

I have a 65 Polara 2 door that is complete, it was running and driveable when I parked it in my garage…years ago. Its a Michigan car and there’s some rust at the rear wheel openings and rust to the rear of the wheel opening, some of the trunk side dr…

Quiet method of cutting up a car ?

I ll be cutting up this donor body and I’m trying to be considerate to my close neighbors. Otherwise I might just use my cutoff wheel and take my time, make a bunch of grinding noise. I don’t want to distort the metal so maybe air shears are out, I ass…

wheel cylinder worth re-conditioning

I’m going thru the brake system and when replacing the wheel cylinders I started thinking maybe I’d re-condition the original parts… until I popped the boot off. So I don’t think these are good for anything are they? I bought new Napa (china) instead. In general is it a good idea to recondition old wheel cylinders ? (assuming they are in better condition than these were)
Notice those letters on the casting “USA”

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RH wheel studs with .614 knurl

65 Polara power drums, 11" drums. several years ago I bought a set of wheel studs for the left side, Raybestos 615B & 616B front and rear, new old stuff from ebay So then I pressed out the front studs and thennn found out they are different si…

B engine, short fuel line from pump to filter

65 Polara, 383, I replaced the fuel pump and I need the short steel line from the pump to the filter. This is a short line with a U bend, flare fitting on the pump side, hose nipple on the filter side. So many B blocks I’m hoping there’s a source ?
… or… a good flare tool if I have to make a line, The cheesy flare tools I have used in the past are junk (maybe its me doing something wrong). referring to the typical flare tools you see on the shelf. If I try to bend this myself its…

B engine, short fuel line from pump to filter

B-body but hey…3 for 1 deal. (Not mine) CL Detroit

its ok to look, B bodies are still made of iron and steel just like a real Chrysler.

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