Recent content by CBODY67

The term "gas guzzler" has changed with the time, as to definition. It still means "high consumption", but that reference point has changed greatly since the middle 1970s. Usually applied to cars rather than pickup trucks, though. At the Chevy dealer I worked at, we sold LOTS of C20 and C30...

Thanks for the additional information. On the '77 Camaro I ordered new (with G80 PosiTraction rear axle), no long-term maintenance issues. Just fluid/additive changes every so often. Maybe I did it twice in 400K miles? At about 450K miles, rebuilt everything in the rear axle housing (except...

There are two main "hard points" in rear wheel placement in the rear wheel house. One is the pinchweld where the wheel house and the outer quarter panel skin come together. The other one is the rear leaf spring/inner tire sidewall area. You'll need clearance at both places to allow for...

@MoPar~Man, vacuum-operated parking brake releases were common in the 1960s. before electric solenoids for such came into being. Less expensive. "For-real" electric parking brakes did not happen, OEM, until the 2000s. Some OEM luxury brands also had vacuum power door locks, as they were...

Thanks for that information. How close is the inner sidewall to the leaf spring on each side?

That style of differential has been around since about 1963. Maintenance on a clutched ltd slip differential is a non-issue, from my experience. Just use quality lube and the friction modifier additive to it. On a rwd ltd slip axle, torque steer is not an issue on flat and level ground, paved...

(How wide are those wheels? Backspacing?)

The 1950s-era headlights actually had a light BULB in them, though they were sealed beams. More like 35W rating, but it was unusual to drive "fast" back then, when the speed limits (in many states) has "Daylight" and "Night Time" speed limits (usually 5mph at night). When factory halogen...

The Chevy light truck wheels should be 5x5, I believe. 5x4.75 was on the intermediate and smaller cars, at least in the 1970s. 5s5 was also on the larger, full-size cars of the 1970s, too.

Brighter lights, per se, is NOT as good as using a beam pattern that puts light where it is needed. As in "down road" rather than 50' in front of the car. The 50' light might give you a more secure feeling, BUT not when driving at night in places where there is little to no ambient light...

Remember that the Poly A motor has the basic block of a "double-rocker shaft" V-8 under it. The 1952 Chrysler "Hemi" V-8. Which sat in a chassis architecture designed for inline 6 and 8 cyl engines. THIS fact explains the restrictive exh manifolds on the early Hemis, which can't be seen from...

Do NOT forget about the flex line for the rear brakes, too! CBODY67

16 Slot Chrome Road Wheels 15x6 W23 option code 1970 was the first C-body year. Became VERY popular option on 1975-1978 Cordobas and New Yorkers. 1977 Chry LeBaron had them in 15x7 size. Quite rare, I suspect. Will need trim rings and the center cap (which uses SPECIAL bolts to hold it on...

Considering where Chrysler Corp was in the earlier 1960s, I suspect the LA engine was about using more conventional (and less expensive) parts than making wild horsepower. Apparently, they did pretty well, considering how stout the stock 340 was, back then. Interesting to see the renewed...

(160*F thermostat in Ohio? OEM was 196*F, but 180*F works well, too.) The one on the left is what Chrysler used up until about the earlier 1970s. Back then, the company that built it was Robert Shaw. If you read their information on how and why that design can work better, you'll realize it...