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    8th Annual C Body Show - June 22nd

    Those wheels / tires look great , what size are the tires and do you know the wheel offsets ? Ive got a 65 Polara project
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    66 daily driver

    Never been a fan of any type of hood scoop on these slab side c bodys... However,,, I really like the photo taken at grill level with the scoop, looks good!
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    What did you do to your C-body today....

    This has been my summer project. The AZ body had a crumpled up pass side taillight, quarter. The MI car had a quarter with rusty rot at the bottom and wheel opening. I swapped the trunk lid because the other one wouldn't latch right, bent. I used the tail light and its' frame and the filler...
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    Techniques to remove the underbody protection?

    I've done this from underneath, the car the jackstands. Best way I found after trying several things; as mentioned multiple times in prior posts... propane torch with a small flame or safer choice heat gun. It doesn't take much heat if its smoking its too hot. Wave the heat across the area you...
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    Sharing my latest trial modification for true cold air intake

    that makes sense , also the rain can drop to the bottom of the box and drain
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    Sharing my latest trial modification for true cold air intake

    cool idea..., curious, is there an advantage to the box rather than routing a tube / tunnel directly to the opening in the rad support?
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    Hey! Restoring my 66 Polara

    take the rear seat bottom out first and look underneath. I found my build sheet stuffed under the seat springs.
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    65 polara 4 speed- clutch rod assembly help

    I've never worked on that before, not sure what I'm talking about, but.. something does not look right. Does the fsm show the assy.?
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    1966 Chrysler 300 progresss

    lookin good, what wheel / tire sizes ?
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    comments welcomed - Does this sound right or am I making a mistake ? 65 Polara 2 door

    checked out Guzzi's, great information! no progress yet
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    Sad but true

    Hang in there Nick, hope everything works out. Focus on the good times. , like that beautiful Chrysler. Hey I hope you don't mind me asking... how did you first become aware of the oral cancer ? were there symptoms or how did that go wth the diagnosis. Could it have been caught earlier, maybe...
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    What is a fair price? 1967 Monaco 500

    White hides body work, everybody knows that. Check for buckets of bondo, get a gooood look under too. before you even consider a number, find out what's hiding. can't help wondering why fresh paint and then get it out of my garage? you know why if you think about it enough.
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    I painted my first car today!

    looks good. Any tips for us other beginners, advice that may come after making a mistake or would do different next time ?
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    First year's worth of Dodge ownership

    I bought a 2000 Jimmy with a v6 and it was the worst vehicle I ever owned, sank alot of $$ in repairs and sold the pos at a huge loss. On the other hand I've owned several ford vehicles w/ the 2.3, several mopars with the 2.0, 3 jeeps with the 4.0, all of those were great values. put lots and...
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    Car guy Road Trip through the Southwest

    beautiful convrtible , I'd like to see more of it with the top down. re. Oatman; what I meant was; the driving part of the drive to Oatman was the best part. Although I was driving some econo rental car (= auto trans) it was still fun. be careful, saw a rusty old wreck left at the bottom of the...
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    Car guy Road Trip through the Southwest

    real close to Kingman AZ, you might take a drive up to Oatman AZ, twisty mountain drive, old mining "ghost town", old time saloon, wlld west characters.. I thought the drive up there from Kingman was the best thing to do around there. but you know I'm a car guy too.
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    '67 Fury engine removal question??

    I'm not a pro and who cares what I think anyway but the first thought that I had after reading this was 4 carb studs ??? I'd be keeping my fingers out of the way with that rig.
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    '67 Fury engine removal question??

    sorry to get a little off topic and this might be a dumb question but thats never stopped me before.. whats a typical reason to remove the stub anyway? other than a different way to remove the engine/trans why would someone do that? also how would you align it correctly when installing it?
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    Looked what parked next to me at the Frankenmuth Show

    nice cruiser for sure, more pics of Frankenmuth please
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