Author: swisherred

I have been able to take the Newport out for some good drives lately. I filled the tank and went camping in the mountains. For having 106k miles, abandoned for 30 years and not rebuilding the engine, converting to 4BBL…..It burns no oil and gets 13.2 mpg with normal driving in the east cost mountains…not babying and not being hugely aggressive. I’m happy…

I’m going to be using some left over HOK paint to paint my engine. I was wondering about the intake crossover though. Would that get hot enough to burn the paint off? Should I use a high temp clear on the intake or will the urethane hold up?

wouldn’t my car be safer to drive today than it was 53 years ago? (for me)

My thinking is this:
53 years ago these cars were tanks made to survive small nuclear explosions and being driven over a cliff with only minor scrapes…for the car…not so much the driver. No crumple zones or airbags or shoulder harnesses…seats that fold forward on their own, BIG metal stabby switches on the dash…everything that could possibly kill you is there. Anything you hit is going to be just as sturdy…

statistically speaking…

I purchased the new roof rail seals from Steele Rubber and they really do seem very nice and fit well. My originals were so damaged though that I cannot exactly tell how they are glued in. Does anyone have a decent close picture of the seal with the wi…

I just put on some 8″ wide turbine wheels and they currently have 245/60-15 BFG Radial T/A tires on them. They are older tires and should be replaced. I’m looking for recommendations on brand. I want white lettering and something that will last a decent length of time given that it wont have a huge number of miles put on it. I do not want the same tires. I’m not paying Cokers prices. I want to stick with either 245/60-15 or 235/70-15 which has a better selection.

Im working on a set of power seats from a 1967? imperial. The passenger side has a small limit switch that I cannot seem to find in any diagrams. It also has a momentary switch that I cannot find any info on where it mounts other than deducing it is …

Found a good set of these turbines for the newport. Im keeping the original 14" rims and hubcaps, but I will be installing these once I get the lefty lug nuts and center caps in the mail.

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