Author: Metalmarty

Hi all!

I’m looking for new rims and tires for my ’68 Newport. It currently has stock 14" rims with 205/75r14 Hankook tires which are more than 10 years old and are not round anymore.

I’ve got my eyes on a set of 15×7 for the front and 15×8 in…

Hi All,

I’m gradually going to restore my 1968 Chrysler Newport. First mechanically and maybe paint in the future.

First some backstory
I’m Martijn (26) from the Netherlands. As some of you already know, I was visiting a friend in North Carolina in J…

Hi All,

I’ve created a new thread since I’ve bought a new carb, which is working a lot better already.
Previous thread can be found over here : Holley 750dp lean secondary tip in

I’ve replaced my carb with a Brawler 670 vacuum secondary BR67256 and I…

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I’ve replaced the Edelbrock 1406 600CFM on my car for a Holley 750 DP and I’m currently trying to jet the holley for optimal performance.
Driving on the primaries is going pretty well, it’s drive able.
However, it’s going very lean when openin…

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I’ve got a mopar performance distributor off of Richard Ehrenberg, which name is familiar with some people I guess.

I want to recurve it, the current advance springs in it are too strong. It seems to advance pretty late and I only seem to ma…

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I’ve bought a secondhand Holley 4150 Double pumper with manual choke. Model number 4779-9.

I’m in the process of cleaning it and installing new gasket, which was much needed. To do this I’ve bought holley kit 37-485.

But it looks like they’v…

Hi all,

I’m working on getting my ’68 Newport back on the road. I’ve rebuild a lot of parts and I’m now at the point of reconnecting and setting the throttle and kickdown linkage. I tried setting it up as it was when I’ve bought the car, but that’s de…