Recent content by Rustyrodknocker

I have been tinkering with a 69 newport and I see that it has a different booster and master assembly than my 300. My 300 Is a dual diaphragm style while the newp in a single. Can anyone shed some light on this? Maybe there is a heavy duty version?

These came in a terrible green. This looks to have green seats..

I have found that people are tribal about carburators. They like what they understand the most. I have also found that they all pretty much work fine. The primary issue I have seen is the overall condition. Many can be warped. This seems to be from continued retightening. Many heat cycles of...

Incredible that they are still out there like this.

Well if you work on these a bit you will be able to see a plethora of parts on that car. First thing I see is that the windshield looks like it might be good. I'll pay $350 every day for one but I would pay $500 today. Has a 440 that might turn and the last 73 New Yorker had a factory steel...

Oregon Auto Shops’ Labor Rates Surge by 25% Since 2021 Shop rates are way high these days. I understand, I bill out labor at not a bunch less. 20%ish. My employer supplied pickup transmission **** the bed on me last summer, went to the dealer on a tow truck. The good news because it was under...

That an incredible deal on the wagon seats.

I still see these ones. Your comment of short lived, got me to thinking about any old threads I read you pics are always x'd. It definitely stands out. You must be doing a type of drag and drop on a pc?

I seem to always end up with a 2:76 no matter what.. my 69 300 has it and I think the 65 Newp and NY'r my nephews 69 newp with 2bbl is a 3:23 sure grip car.

My nephew has bought a bunch of Chinese carbs for his small engine projects including a couple we did for motorcycles. Base material can be soft. They have all worked but the components were all crap. All orings swell up when exposed to gas. Floats were often cheap plastic. I rebuilt a 1405 a...

That organization is still active I forwarded a link. One of their members would likely be interested

Are they listing it anywhere?

@cuda hunter Why do all the pictures you uploaded get x'd out?

Sounds like this was a nice original car. It didn't need a restore. It was just left outside. In Florida.

Yea they are great. That's kind of the other 99 percent of the website.