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Nothing surprises me anymore after the drug dealers in my neighborhood stole and scrapped two of my 1965 Polaras. And the police refused to investigate because the assessed value of the cars was less than $2000, I could've gotten that out of the 383 engines and 727s before I even touched the...

I took the car on a road trip to the drag strip yesterday and made a time run just for fun. It did about what I expected, 10.96 at 65.5 mph in the 1/8. It weighs a bit over 5000 with me, the spare tire, a full tank of gas and all the spare parts in the trunk in it. The 60 foot sucks because it's...

I use tannic acid based rust converter. It reacts with the iron oxide to form ferric tannate which preserves the metal under it. The stuff is relatively inexpensive and lasts a while. Only problem is that it stains paint black, so keep it off of visible areas. I put it on all my cars rust spots...

The M code is for a standard duty 400 2 bbl, not the HP P code 400 you would expect. It could be a detective car or personal car for an official but almost certainly not a patrol vehicle. Would be interesting to see the rest of the build or fender tag, if it actually had the A38 package at all

I didn't see any straps on rockauto, just the silly universal pipe hangers and eye bolts they sell. Anyway, I did some research and it looks like Chrysler redesigned their fuel tank straps in 1977, they went to the strap like I have that has a more aggressive "T" slot on the rear and the front...

It's high time I start fixing the rust issues in the trunk and quarters of my car. I don't feel comfortable hanging 28 gallons of gas on rusty metal so I decided to cut out all the rust and fabricate some patch panels to provide structural rigidity to the frame and gas tank braces. They don't...

I took the gas tank out of my Gran Fury to put in trunk floor patch panels. While it was out, I laid the straps in my metal pile, and this guy I know from a salvage yard came by and took all of my scrap metal without my permission, including the straps, and by the time I realized they were gone...

What I've always done is stick a crowbar between the door gap right at the latch and pry while opening the handle/pushing the button. It scars up the paint and bends the body a little, but the cars I'm used to working on aren't show cars anyway. Once you get one door open you can take the door...

The car doesn't look that bad to be honest, as long as the frame rails aren't rusty and there aren't holes in the body so big they can't be patched with sheet metal and basic tools, that can be fixed in time. The interior is actually in better shape than my car though that isn't hard to do. But...

Another interesting feature the owner showed me it had was code S54 automatic height control, the car has a compressor in it that raises and lowers the car, I guess through air shocks or something. Very high end car when new

I think it's sold, it's the one I looked at last year. I wish I knew who bought it, I want to challenge them to a race. What do you think would win, civilian 440 or police 400? We've both got single exhaust, lean burn delete, aftermarket carburetor and ignition, the only difference is I've got a...

I have the perfect diversion to get out of a ticket, I run an original highway patrol plate on the '81 Gran Fury since it was originally an NCHP car and we're allowed to run original plates on old cars, got the official trooper's association plate on the front too. They still use that plate...

If you do need a gas tank, I think a 74 Fury II gas tank is the same as my 77 Gran Fury. The part number is a spectra CR22A which I found on Amazon for cheaper than most other places, some crazy people on eBay want upwards of $800 but it's on sale for $277 right now, I already got one Amazon.com

Took the car on an 80 mile road trip today, temps were in the low 90s and it ran fine at 70 mph on the highway. The gauge stayed about 180 on the road and never went over 190 in traffic. The shroud is apparently not necessary on a big enough aluminum radiator with the stock 7 blade clutch fan.

Went and drove the car around town with the new radiator, no leaks, and in the early evening with temps around 80 it never went over 190. Interestingly it actually idles cooler in traffic than it runs at high speed, would that seem to indicate I'm not getting enough water flow at high speed...

Well, I got the water pump and thermostat changed, this engine is incredibly clean inside. It's actually less rusty inside the cooling system than it is in the trunk, the old water pump looks perfect, I'm saving it in case this crappy chinese pump craps out. I got the radiator in too, as I...

Well, I installed the Auto Meter gauges and fired the car up and once it got up to temperature the radiator sprung a leak at the top of the flues. It looks like there's pretty much only one type of aluminum radiator that's supposed to fit the later C bodies, the one I ordered is a Champion CC503...

Thanks, it seemed strange to me too, apparently the department wanted to skimp on their unmarked cars, they didn't order it with gauges or a positraction rear end and only a 400 instead of the 440, but it is a brougham and has a rear defroster and AC and other stuff. It was probably a...

I checked the bolts and they worked loose a bit, snugged them up and took it out and drove it around town and the smoking and smelling has completely stopped, yay. The oil film that was on the valve cover rail has been charred and burned and no new oil is there. Now there's a new project I need...

Yeah, it is pretty much just the right side. I used 3m weatherstrip and gasket adhesive to glue the gaskets to the cover but left the heads bare metal, hit the rails with a brass brush to get them nice and shiny clean. The main leak is occuring between the two middle bolts on the bottom of the...