Had my 62 Newport 361 engine rebuilt stock and upgraded to 500 cfm 4bbl Edelbrock carb. After the first 100 break in miles I started noticing hesitation and sputtering above 55mph. Runs strong and no issue until highway speeds. Initial timing set at 10 btdc. Can't seem to find a vacuum leak. I...
I'd love too, but its not in the cards, I got two rough quotes that were 40% the overall cost to build.
When it comes to choosing where to spend money, I just can't justify spending almost half the total build cost on a creature comfort.
Its a civilian 318 car. There's a few fuselage cars, but they are all on very sad shape, theres numerous 70-71 Polara's.
I'll dig through the pictures I took in about 2019...some were crushed in 2020.
Mine leaked while sitting. they where "rebuilt"
I just disassembled them, cleaned everything and reassembled. It does not leak anymore.
I was surprised by how thin the piston bore seal was. Much thinner than smaller calipers I have rebuilt. If any debris gets in there, I can see where it would...
No, we did not. Black car is not ours. We sold ours years ago (and regretted it). Standard C300 front end & bumper-unique vertical's locations on a rather standard horizontal base.
it had crossed my mind to do this but i thought refurbing or replacing the calipers would be eaiser, but being my first mopar i didn't realise the brakes were that rare or hard to get parts for.
Can I ask which wildwood calipers and what rotors you used? also you have any photos just to give...
What did you finally get for mufflers? BTW, I'm running Flow master 70s on my 73 Newport. They have good sound and are quiet cruising down the road. Also, no drone.
Went through 3 different Cardone reman'd calipers before I gave up. I ended up with Wilwood calipers. Made my own caliper adapter bracket. The factory spacing between caliper bolts is 6 and 7/8 inch. The Wilwood bolt spacing is 3 and a half inch. How you shape the adapter bracket would be...
I have now calculated the cost to make up GM Full-size rotor and caliper conversion kits including billet adapter brackets, grade 8 hardware, bearings and spacers. To allow you to use off the shelf at any parts store Full Size GM Ambulance or Police Disc Brake System.
This will allow you to...
Thanks guys. I had a new Camaro in 2010 that was Imperial Blue. Very pretty. I just thought it would be nice to have a Valiant painted an Imperial color. Yes I know it's just a formula that anyone could have used.
I've got another Valiant I'd paint an Imperial color but that's for another...
1973 imperial front clip for parts $300
1973 imperial 8.75 housing/axles $100 pick up only on these items
1972 newport taillights/ housings and lenses complete and very nice $100? Obo can ship on your dime
Front turn signal housings and lenses and pig tail $25 pair will ship these in flat...
I'd bet not many left. 440 donor vehicles, and bad fuel mileage, absolutely huge in size and weight, hard to get parts, hard to work on. Saw many at the scrap yards back in the day.