Author: tbad

Lock side window channel rubber

Hello everyone. Bought new windows channel rubber. Matched the shape to originals. Thought the new ones would just pop in. Problem is they seem to be just a hair too wide and don’t sit flat and even like I thought they would.
Since I have never done t…

Manual to power windows

Merry Christmas everyone!
Anyone know if you could add an electric motor to a manual regulator? I know it would take some drilling, cutting and welding, but would the gearing be the same or is it a special regulator for the electric motor?
Thanks

Convertible top well

Hello everyone. Could anyone give me a measurement of how deep the glass sits in the convertible well when the top is down from where it mounts to the body in front of the trunk? Trying to make a solid "well" without crushing the glass the fi…

IRS under 68 Newport

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Started trying to install a Hellcat rear in my 68 Newport. (Why not?) Any chance someone could send me measurements from the back door sill and from the top of the wheel opening (without skirts on) to the rear wheel center? Didn’t take those measurements before I pulled the old axle and I need a reference to get a location for the new rear.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.

IRS under 68 Newport

Can anyone tell me the width of a newer IRS setup out of a charger/challenger? Thinking of putting one in my Newport but having trouble finding specs of the width of the whole assembly and measurements of the cradle mounting points. Is the total width …

1973 440

Selling 1973 440, casting number 3698830.440.8. Was running when it was pulled from 1968 Newport. Only thing missing fuel pump. $650

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A/C system

Pulled this A/C system from 1968 Newport. Blower and compressor spin freely.
$400.

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